Jerusalem embassy told to issue protest to Palestinian Authority leaders, warning ‘consequences will follow’ if they do not comply The Trump administration is seeking to pressure the Palestinian Authority to drop its bid amid fear it would allow Palestinians to chair high-profile debates on the Middle East. Photograph: Xinhua/Shutterstock The US has ordered its Jerusalem embassy to press the Palestinian leadership into dropping a bid for a senior position at the UN general as
Since the Trump administration doesn’t track how many children have been separated from their parents by immigration detention, a Brookings report tried to calculate it — and it cited ProPublica’s reporting. Volunteers escort a 2-year-old American boy to be reunited with his mother, who awaited deportation in February. Christopher Lee for ProPublica Far more American children have likely been separated from their parents during immigration sweeps than previously understood, a
Credit: Damon Winter/NYT President Trump’s war with Iran is the most significant military action in American history that a president has undertaken without any form of congressional authorization. Yes, past presidents have often pushed the bounds of their constitutional authority in using the military. Nonetheless, they have typically involved Congress for anything more than a brief attack. Sometimes, Congress passed a bill formally approving action, as was the case in Iraq
A federal grand jury in the Northern District of Texas issued the subpoena demanding information on every minor who received gender-affirming care since 2020. Justice.gov The U.S. Attorney’s Office in the Northern District of Texas has issued the first known criminal subpoena directed at a health care institution for offering gender-affirming care to transgender youth—at NYU Langone, a hospital situated almost 2,000 miles away in the greater New York City area. The notificati
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a ceremony commemorating Israel’s Remembrance Day for fallen soldiers, or Yom HaZikaron, at the Military Cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem April 21, 2026. Ilia Yefimovich/Pool via Reuters May 10 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes to wean Israel off U.S. military support within a decade as his country pushes to strengthen ties with Gulf states, he said in an interview that aired on Sunday. "I
The targeted Americans are accused of misdeeds that can qualify them to lose citizenship, but denaturalization has rarely been invoked in the past. A naturalization ceremony for new citizens in Chicago last year. Photo Credit: Kamil Krzaczynski/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images The Trump administration asked federal courts this week to revoke the citizenship of 12 immigrants who committed crimes or took other actions that officials say disqualify them from being Americans,
A recap of recent developments US President Donald Trump says he will “soon be reviewing the plan Iran has just sent to us” but does not think he can make a deal. The comments come after Iran sent a 14-point plan to the US, calling for guarantees of non-aggression, the lifting of a naval blockade and an end to the war “on all fronts," including in Lebanon. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it is on standby for a return to war with the US, saying a resumptio
Plaintiffs argued that Facebook helped spread hate speech that “amounted to a substantial cause, and eventual perpetuation of, the Rohingya genocide.” Photo Credit: Depositphotos Facebook’s parent company Meta has been spared a lawsuit accusing the social media platform of failing to moderate hate speech against Myanmar’s Rohingya minority, which contributed to a military-led campaign of ethnic cleansing in 2017. In a ruling handed down on Tuesday, a U.S. Ninth Circuit panel
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