As the Israeli military closed in on Kamal Adwan Hospital in recent weeks — the last remaining major health care facility in northern Gaza — Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya remained inside to record the worsening situation. In one video, Abu Safiya, the hospital’s director, showed an intensive care unit with blown out windows where he […]
President Joe Biden is poised to sign a bipartisan bill this week that would restrict gender-affirming care for transgender children of military service members. In an 85-14 vote on Wednesday, the Democratic-controlled Senate approved the annual defense spending bill, which includes an anti-trans rider tacked on by Republican leadership. If the massive $895 billion National […]
Tucked into a $895 billion Pentagon bill making its way through Congress is a little-noticed provision to further conceal the death toll in Gaza — the latest effort by U.S. policymakers to cast doubt on casualty figures reported by Palestinian health officials. The House approved this year’s National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, on Wednesday […]
When the identity of the person who killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was a mystery, Americans grafted their own ideas about the gunman onto the little information available. Now that a person of interest in the case has been arrested, that imagined character is bumping up against the identity and writings of a named suspect, […]
The leak of classified documents about preparations for an attack on Iran forced Israel to delay military action at a time of sky-high tensions in the Middle East, a federal prosecutor said as he sought to convince a judge to jail a CIA employee accused of violating the Espionage Act. Instead, U.S. Magistrate Judge Ivan […]
A Florida Congresswoman is on a mission to stamp out Gen-Z’s growing support for left-wing ideas, and is turning to a hard-line neocon group for help in educating the youth on the “evils of communism.” In the latest front in the culture war over school curricula, the House of Representatives is set to vote Friday […]
Supporters of gender-affirming care for transitioning minors outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 4, 2024, as the justices hear arguments on a case from Tennessee. Photo: Andrew Leyden/NurPhoto via AP The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in a case that will determine the fate of trans youth health care — […]
There will be much analysis and innumerable postmortems of what Kamala Harris and her campaign got wrong about the electorate this election. Already, the trends are becoming clear: She failed to reach Black and Latino men, who flocked to Donald Trump this cycle. She underperformed in cities, typically Democratic strongholds. And she even lagged among […]
A Philadelphia judge on Thursday paused a lawsuit against Elon Musk’s massive cash giveaways to voters in battleground states after the billionaire argued that questions about his political efforts should be resolved in federal court. Philadelphia’s district attorney claimed a $1 million-a-day sweepstakes sponsored by Musk and America PAC, his pro-Trump group, violated state lottery […]
A billboard depicting Iranian ballistic missiles with text in Persian that says “Israel is weaker than a spider’s web,” in Tehran on April 15, 2024. Photo: Atta Kenare/AFP via Getty Images If you ask the average citizen of any country whether their leaders should start wars, almost all would give a resounding “No.” The public, […]
