The Washington Post faces scrutiny after three recent editorials touched Bezos-linked interests without initial disclosure. The latest defended President Trump’s plan to raze the White House East Wing for a ballroom, even as Amazon helped defray costs; a disclosure was added only after veteran editor Bill Grueskin flagged the omission,...
Supercharged to Category 5 with 175 mph winds, Hurricane Melissa is crawling at 2–3 mph toward Jamaica, where more than 800 shelters are open and evacuations ordered in parts of Kingston and Port Royal. Forecasters warn of 30–40 inches of rain, 9–13 feet of storm surge along southern coasts, and...
House Republicans escalated their challenge to Joe Biden’s clemency record, releasing a 93-page report and a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi that deem autopen-signed actions "void" and urge Justice Department action, including probes of aides who invoked the Fifth. The panel alleges a cover-up of Biden’s cognitive decline and...
Commanders’ fourth-down gambles backfired Monday night, and the Chiefs made theirs count. The Commanders failed on both tries — Marcus Mariota threw incomplete on one, then gained five yards on fourth-and-6 — while the Chiefs converted twice, with Patrick Mahomes throwing a touchdown and Kareem Hunt rushing for a first...
Bill Gates is recasting his climate message, urging an end to “doomsday” rhetoric in a memo released Tuesday. The Microsoft co-founder, who has spent billions on climate efforts, argues that while warming will bring serious harm—especially to the poorest countries—it won’t spell humanity’s demise, and attention should shift to improving...
With presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping set to meet Thursday in Busan, the United States and China signaled progress but not a grand bargain. Officials touted a preliminary consensus and a “very successful framework,” while a threatened 100% tariff was said to be effectively off the table. Talks touch...
Donald Trump has demolished the White House’s East Wing to clear space for a $300 million, 90,000-square-foot ballroom, leaving the century-old structure in rubble and erasing the East Colonnade, Family Theater, and Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, new photos show. Critics—including preservationists, former officials, and Jason Carter—condemned the teardown, saying Trump bypassed...
The U.S. is promoting a temporary International Stabilization Force for Gaza, aiming to train vetted Palestinian police and consult with Jordan and Egypt, while seeking a U.N. mandate. Washington says no American boots will deploy, though about 200 U.S. troops are in Israel at a coordination center. Arab and Muslim...
Freddie Freeman ended an epic lasting more than six and a half hours with a walk-off homer in the 18th, giving the Los Angeles Dodgers a 6-5 win over the Toronto Blue Jays and a 2-1 World Series lead. The joint-longest postseason game by innings saw no runs from the...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom escalated attacks on President Donald Trump, deriding a planned 90,000-square-foot, bulletproof White House ballroom—projected at $300 million with no completion date—while a shutdown that began Oct. 1 stalls SNAP aid. Citing a USDA warning that November benefits won’t go out because “the well has run dry,”...
