Politics Feb 23 WATCH: State Department holds news briefing as fighting in Israel and Palestine continues State Department spokesman Ned Price will hold a news briefing on Thursday as Palestinian militants in Gaza launched rockets at southern Israel and Israeli aircraft struck targets in the coastal enclave early Thursday after a gunbattle triggered by an Israeli…
Politics Feb 23 WATCH: White House urges higher fines for train safety violations after derailment The White House is calling on congressional Republicans to increase the fines levied on rail companies for safety violations, as a fiery Feb. 3 train derailment in Ohio has become a political lightning rod.
Politics Feb 23 Transportation Secretary Buttigieg visits train derailment site in East Palestine, Ohio Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is in East Palestine, Ohio, to tour the site where a train wrecked nearly three weeks ago as the government faces growing criticism over the federal response to the derailment.
Politics Feb 22 Supreme Court rules for Arizona inmate in death penalty case The Supreme Court has ruled that a man on Arizona's death row should be resentenced because jurors in his case were wrongly told that the only way to ensure he would never walk free was to sentence him to death.
Politics Feb 22 China blasts Pentagon official's Taiwan visit China has sharply criticized a visit to Taiwan by a senior Pentagon official and reaffirmed sanctions against Lockheed Martin and a unit of Raytheon for supplying military equipment to the self-governing island.
Nation Feb 22 Malcolm X's family announces lawsuit against CIA, FBI, NYPD for wrongful death Ilyasah Shabazz, the co-administrator of her father’s estate, says that the agencies “conspired with each other and with other individuals and acted, and failed to act, in such a way as to bring about the wrongful death of Malcolm X.”…
Politics Feb 22 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears case over big tech's liability for 2017 ISIS attack in Turkey The Supreme Court seemed skeptical Wednesday of a lawsuit trying to hold social media companies responsible for a terrorist attack at a Turkish nightclub that killed 39 people.
World Feb 22 Russia, China display close ties amid concerns Beijing may offer more support to Kremlin in Ukraine Relations between Russia and the West are at their lowest point since the Cold War, and ties between China and the U.S. are also under strain.
Economy Feb 21 Microsoft makes case for Activision Blizzard merger amid EU scrutiny Microsoft has announced new partnerships with Nintendo and chipmaker Nvidia. The moves come as Microsoft is trying to persuade European regulators to approve its planned $68.7 billion takeover of game publishing giant Activision Blizzard.
World Feb 21 U.S. delegation meets with Taiwan's president, reaffirms commitment to island The group was one of many U.S. delegations President Tsai Ing-wen has welcomed in recent years even as Beijing has stepped up diplomatic and military harassment of Taiwan.