President Trump said Friday he believes a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is possible “within the next week.” “I think it’s close,” Mr. Trump told reporters when asked about the prospect of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. “We think within the next week, we’re going to get a ceasefire.” The Trump administration has
On Friday, the fight with U.S. higher education started by America’s 47th president, Donald Trump, landed at the university founded by its third president, Thomas Jefferson. The University of Virginia’s president, James E. Ryan, submitted his resignation Friday in an effort to resolve Trump administration demands related to a federal investigation into the school’s diversity, equity and
Washington — A federal judge on Friday struck down President Trump’s executive order that sought to punish the law firm Susman Godfrey, ruling that it is unconstitutional and blocking the administration from enforcing it. The decision from U.S. District Judge Loren AliKhan caps an unbroken streak of victories for the four major law firms that
The University of Virginia’s president, James E. Ryan, submitted his resignation Friday in an effort to resolve Trump administration demands related to a federal investigation into the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, according to sources familiar with the matter. File: University of Virginia President James Ryan attends a press conference related to an overnight shooting at
Washington — President Trump on Friday celebrated the signing of a U.S.-brokered peace agreement between the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, marking what the Trump administration hopes will be the end of a deadly conflict that has spanned nearly three decades. The agreement brokered by the Trump administration is an effort to stop
Washington — Republicans’ goal of sending President Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” to his desk within the next week appears to be on shaky ground as the legislation runs into obstacles in the Senate, with changes that risk bleeding GOP support in the House. A day after Mr. Trump hosted an event at the White House
Family members of the victims of American Airlines flight 5342 — which collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter outside Washington, D.C., in January — are urging Congress to do more to address the nation’s aging air traffic control system. As the Senate aims to vote on President Trump’s sweeping domestic policy bill ahead of