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After $15 Billion in Military Aid, Israel Calls Alliance With U.S. ‘Ironclad’
The money from Washington, which includes $5 billion to replenish Israel’s defenses and $1 billion for Gazan civilians, comes as Israel readies to invade Rafah.
Posted: April 24, 2024, 11:18 pm
Trump Respects Women, Most Men Say
Women do not see it that way, and that could matter this fall.
Posted: April 24, 2024, 10:35 pm
At Columbia, Johnson Suggests Military Could be Needed to Quell Protests
The Republican speaker appeared on Columbia University’s campus to condemn protesters as antisemitic and urge stronger action by the school’s president and President Biden.
Posted: April 24, 2024, 10:30 pm
‘Don’t Inject Bleach’: Biden Mocks Trump on Anniversary of Covid Comments
President Biden has homed in on the infamous moment, which crystallized the chaos of the Trump presidency, as he trolls his political opponent.
Posted: April 24, 2024, 9:49 pm
Donald Payne, Five-Term New Jersey Congressman, Dies at 65
A Newark Democrat, he succeeded his father, who was the first Black member of New Jersey’s congressional delegation.
Posted: April 24, 2024, 9:20 pm
Prosecutor Says Sept. 11 Suspects Can Be Held Past War Crimes Sentence
The argument, in a pretrial hearing, dealt with the unresolved question of whether a prisoner who completes such a sentence is entitled to release from military detention.
Posted: April 24, 2024, 8:38 pm
Supreme Court Appears Sharply Divided in Emergency Abortion Case
The justices weighed whether a federal law aimed at protecting access to emergency medical care superseded Idaho’s near-total abortion ban.
Posted: April 24, 2024, 8:22 pm
Biden Says Weapons Will Flow to Ukraine Within Hours as He Signs Aid Bill
The $95.3 billion measure comes after months of gridlock in Congress that put the centerpiece of President Biden’s foreign policy in jeopardy.
Posted: April 24, 2024, 7:58 pm
Inside Lawmakers’ Secretive Push to Pass the TikTok Bill
A tiny group of lawmakers huddled in private about a year ago, aiming to keep the discussions away from TikTok lobbyists while bulletproofing a bill that could ban the app.
Posted: April 24, 2024, 7:31 pm
Supreme Court Arguments on Idaho’s Abortion Ban: 5 Takeaways
The court’s ruling could extend to at least half a dozen other states that have similarly restrictive bans, and the implications of the case could stretch beyond abortion.
Posted: April 24, 2024, 7:19 pm
NATO Puts on a Show of Force in the Shadow of Russia’s War
The alliance’s largest exercises offer a preview of what the opening of a Great Power conflict could look like. How it ends is a different story.
Posted: April 24, 2024, 7:02 pm
Boeing Loses $355 Million in Latest Quarter
The manufacturer has had to slow production of its popular 737 Max planes after a hole blew open on a jet during an Alaska Airlines flight in January.
Posted: April 24, 2024, 6:50 pm
Supreme Court Case on Idaho’s Abortion Ban Reveals Language Debate
The word choice is not merely a question of semantics but gets to the heart of the ultimate goal of the anti-abortion movement: fetal personhood, and prohibiting abortion entirely.
Posted: April 24, 2024, 6:32 pm
Pennsylvania Primary Elections 2024: Three Takeaways
A liberal Pittsburgh-area congresswoman turned away a centrist challenger, Nikki Haley kept ringing up votes against Donald Trump, and a Senate race began in earnest.
Posted: April 24, 2024, 5:39 pm
Here’s How U.S. Aid to Ukraine Might Help on the Battlefield
Weapons from the support package, considered “a lifeline” for Ukraine’s military, could be arriving on the battlefield within days.
Posted: April 24, 2024, 5:29 pm
Bucking G.O.P. Isolationists, McConnell Was Linchpin in Winning Ukraine Aid
The leader said he often “felt like I was the only Reagan Republican left” as he pushed back on rising forces in his party arguing against American intervention in foreign affairs.
Posted: April 24, 2024, 5:19 pm
Homeless Voters in Georgia Could Face New Hurdles Under New Law
A provision in an election bill would bar homeless voters from receiving mail-in ballots and election information at shelters or other temporary addresses.
Posted: April 24, 2024, 4:21 pm
New Nutrition Guidelines Put Less Sugar and Salt on the Menu for School Meals
The Agriculture Department finalized a new rule to bring the meals more in line with federal dietary standards.
Posted: April 24, 2024, 3:27 pm
‘Oh, Mary!,’ a Surprise Downtown Hit, Will Play Broadway This Summer
Cole Escola’s madcap comedy about the former first lady Mary Todd Lincoln will begin performances in June.
Posted: April 24, 2024, 1:45 pm
Wanted: A CEO to Fix Boeing
The plane maker, which is searching for a new chief executive, is likely to consider a small number of people, including several former Boeing executives.
Posted: April 24, 2024, 12:46 pm
High Borrowing Costs Have Some Democrats Urging Biden to Pressure the Fed
Polls show voters are angry about costs, like mortgages, and worried they will stay high if the president wins re-election.
Posted: April 24, 2024, 9:04 am
Two Lawsuits, in Texas and Idaho, Highlight Fight Over Emergency Medicine Law
Federal trial judges in Texas and Idaho came to opposite conclusions in a battle between conservative states and the U.S. government over limits on abortion access.
Posted: April 24, 2024, 9:02 am
Summer Lee, ‘Squad’ Member, Wins Democratic House Primary in Pennsylvania
A first-term representative, Ms. Lee defeated a centrist Democrat in a race that centered on her opposition to the war in Gaza.
Posted: April 24, 2024, 3:13 am
McCormick and Casey Win Senate Primaries, Setting Up Battle in Pennsylvania
Senator Bob Casey, the Democratic incumbent, will face David McCormick, a wealthy businessman whose first run for Senate was torpedoed by former President Donald J. Trump.
Posted: April 24, 2024, 3:03 am
Tennessee Passes Bill to Allow Teachers to Carry Concealed Handguns
The move came about a year after the state’s deadliest school shooting and was opposed by some of the families whose children survived the attack.
Posted: April 24, 2024, 1:29 am
George Santos Said He Was Running for Congress Again. (He’s Not.)
Less than two weeks after announcing a surprise long-shot bid for a House seat on Eastern Long Island, Mr. Santos said he was no longer pursuing the seat.
Posted: April 23, 2024, 11:37 pm