• News Wrap: French territory of Mayotte devastated by cyclone

    News Wrap: French territory of Mayotte devastated by cyclone

    Dec 16, 2024 11:50 PM EST

    ... say that six children were among the dead. Israel claims that Hamas fighters were using the shelter as a command center. Across Gaza, Palestinian civilians, lamented the death and suffering caused by more than 14 months of war. Alaa Hamouda, Gaza Resident (through interpreter): We have nothing to do with ...

  • Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on how Trump's team is preparing for his Day 1 agenda

    Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on how Trump's team is preparing for his Day 1 agenda

    Dec 16, 2024 11:25 PM EST

    ... I think Trump is also different. He's coming in more confident. He knows he doesn't have that much time. He's immediately a lame-duck. He's not running again. So he has a narrow margin in the House and the Senate. He doesn't have much time ...

  • White House says Biden would veto bill expanding federal judiciary

    White House says Biden would veto bill expanding federal judiciary

    Dec 10, 2024 11:27 PM EST

    ... issued the veto threat, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said he would be curious to hear Biden's rationale for such action. “It’s almost inconceivable that a lame-duck president could consider vetoing such an obviously prudential step for any reason other than selfish spite," McConnell said.

  • PHOTOS: An archbishop's knock heralds Notre Dame's reopening as world leaders look on

    PHOTOS: An archbishop's knock heralds Notre Dame's reopening as world leaders look on

    Dec 07, 2024 09:23 PM EST

    ... Monumental feats of restoration Inside Notre Dame, 42,000 square meters of stonework—equivalent to six soccer pitches—gleamed anew, revealing intricate carvings and luminous limestone. Above, 2,000 oak beams, nicknamed “the forest,” restored the cathedral’s iconic spire and roof. The great organ, dormant for over five years ...

  • PHOTOS: What to expect from Notre Dame's reopening

    PHOTOS: What to expect from Notre Dame's reopening

    Dec 06, 2024 08:17 PM EST

    ... s rector, told AP. Primped for the occasion Although construction work continues outside, the restored interiors look more magnificent than they have for generations. The limestone walls are creamy and luminous, cleaned of years of accumulated grime. Vaulted ceilings that collapsed have been repaired. The archbishop and other members have ...

  • The bald eagle was never officially named the national bird. That could soon change

    The bald eagle was never officially named the national bird. That could soon change

    Dec 04, 2024 11:20 PM EST

    ... assumption has been with us for 240-some-odd years. John Yang: The Senate passed the bill without opposition. If it's approved by the lame-duck House and President Biden signs it, the eagle would join the rose, America's national flower, the oak, the national tree, and the ...

  • Biden broke a promise pardoning his son Hunter, raising questions about his legacy

    Biden broke a promise pardoning his son Hunter, raising questions about his legacy

    Dec 02, 2024 04:14 PM EST

    ... car crash that killed Biden's first wife and a daughter more than a half-century ago. Or to those who heard the president regularly lament the death of his older son, Beau, from cancer or voice concerns — largely in private — about Hunter's sobriety and health after years of ...

  • PHOTOS: Notre Dame Cathedral reveals its new interior 5 years after devastating fire

    PHOTOS: Notre Dame Cathedral reveals its new interior 5 years after devastating fire

    Nov 29, 2024 03:59 PM EST

    ... angels look on from the centerpiece of one of the rebuilt ceilings, seeming to fly again above the transept. The cathedral's bright, cream-colored limestone walls look brand new, cleaned not only of dust from the fire but also of grime that had accumulated for centuries. The cathedral attracted ...

  • Biden pushes to fill federal judicial vacancies before Trump takes over

    Biden pushes to fill federal judicial vacancies before Trump takes over

    Nov 26, 2024 11:35 PM EST

    ... January? I don't think we fully know yet how that's going to play out. Laura Barron-Lopez:  We should note that, during the lame-duck session, when Donald Trump was in his first term, the Senate confirmed 14 federal judges, and the president-elect's 234 judicial appointments ...

  • Some worry no-fault divorce could change under Trump after Vance said divorce is too easily accessible

    Some worry no-fault divorce could change under Trump after Vance said divorce is too easily accessible

    Nov 26, 2024 07:52 PM EST

    ... in calls from women seeking divorce consultations. Trump — who is twice-divorced — hasn’t championed overhauling the country’s divorce laws, but in 2021 Vance lamented that divorce is too easily accessible, as have conservative podcasters and others. “We’ve run this experiment in real time and what we have ...