Hamas says 40 hostages can’t be located Safety concerns for Gaza aid workers, Israel says Hamas can’t locate 40 hostages 03:02 Washington — President Biden on Wednesday met 4-year-old Abigail Mor Edan, an American girl who was taken hostage by Hamas after both her parents were killed in the group’s Oct. 7 attack. The president
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel filed charges last year against 16 alternate electors from the 2020 election. An official with the Michigan attorney general’s office revealed in court this week that former President Donald Trump has been named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the state’s investigation into 2020 election interference. Howard Shock, a special agent
With help from Shawn Ness. New from New York Happening now: Columbia University is now a gathering place for protesters and political leaders. A new push for wage parity between upstate and New York City. The sanitation union is calling for better health care for their workers. A new leader for the Alliance for Clean
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday condemned the anti-Israel protests that have swept U.S. college campuses, calling the demonstrators “anti-Semitic mobs” who must be confronted. “What’s happening on America’s college campuses is horrific. Anti-Semitic mobs have taken over leading universities. They call for the annihilation of Israel. They attack Jewish students. They attack Jewish
USAID head Samantha Power declined meeting with Israeli ambassador Gilad Erdan during 2021 Hamas conflict Samantha Power (cropped from Ali Moustafa/Getty Images) When Israel’s ambassador was denied a meeting with the Biden administration in May 2021, he was looking to raise concerns about American funding to the United Nations’ Palestinian aid agency, whose employees went
Washington — House Speaker Mike Johnson was met with loud boos when he visited Columbia University on Wednesday to call for the resignation of the institution’s president as the campus has been roiled with accusations of antisemitism amid ongoing pro-Palestinian protests. “I am here today joining my colleagues and calling on President [Minouche] Shafik to resign if she
A poll released Wednesday shows President Joe Biden’s approval bump last month in swing states has all but vanished, with Republican nominee Donald Trump again ahead of Biden in six of the seven states most likely to impact the 2024 presidential election. Biden is leading by 2 percentage points in Michigan but losing to Trump