Smoke rises after Israeli strikes hit the Islamic University area in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on Oct. 7, 2025. Abood Abusalama/Middle East Images via AFP The United States will assign 200 troops from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) to be part of a joint task force to oversee Gaza stability, with no boots on the ground
Argentine President Javier Milei arrives to speak during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Oxon Hill, Md., on Feb. 22, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times The U.S. government has finalized a $20 billion economic rescue plan for Argentina, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced on Oct. 9. Bessent stated last month that all options
Republican Winsome Earle-Sears and Democrat Abigail Spanberger faced off for the first and only time on the debate stage Thursday night in Virginia’s high-stakes gubernatorial race. It was a fiery affair in which Earle-Sears, who is trailing in the race, went on the offensive from the very beginning, repeatedly interrupting Spanberger and asking her several
Maine Gov. Janet Mills is expected to launch a campaign for Senate on Tuesday, two Democratic sources familiar with her plans confirmed to CBS News. A Democrat, Mills is vying to unseat longtime Republican Sen. Susan Collins in one of the most closely watched contests of next year’s midterm elections. Mills’ planned campaign launch
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump successfully brokered a cease-fire deal between Israel and the Hamas terrorist group, seen by many observers as a groundbreaking chance to end the two-year conflict and establish lasting peace in the Middle East. Following days of negotiations in the Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh, Hamas signed an agreement on Oct. 9 to
People wave U.S. and Israeli flags at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv on Oct. 9, 2025, following the announcement of a new Gaza cease-fire deal. Jack Guez / AFP via Getty Images Democrats have reacted positively to the first phase of a Israel–Hamas cease-fire and hostage deal announced Oct. 9 by President Donald Trump, while
Des Moines, Iowa — Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Capitol Hill remained at a standstill Thursday over how to reopen the government. Democrats claim they won’t budge until health insurance subsidies due to expire at the end of 2025 are extended, while Republicans are calling on Democrats to reopen the government, and then they will