Donald Trump called off a planned surge of federal forces to the San Francisco Bay Area, a day after reports said more than 100 CBP and other agents would stage at the Coast Guard base in Alameda for immigration enforcement. He reversed course after speaking with Mayor Daniel Lurie and...
Days after a call with Vladimir Putin led to the announcement of a US-Russia summit in Budapest, President Donald Trump canceled it, saying there was no point. The earlier Alaska meeting went ahead with minimal preparation and little result. Now Trump has imposed sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil, signaling frustration...
President Donald Trump said he’s weighing whether to urge Israel to free jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti, telling Time he discussed the idea with aides and said he will make a decision. Barghouti, convicted in 2004 in attacks that killed five people, was not among prisoners freed this month under...
Illinois gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey’s campaign said Thursday that his son, Zachary, daughter-in-law, Kelsey, and their children, Vada Rose, 12, and Samuel, 7, were killed in a helicopter crash in Montana on Wednesday evening. A third grandchild, 10-year-old Finn, was not aboard and is safe. The family is leaning on...
A sweeping new Science study led by Shedd Aquarium biologist Ross Cunning declares Florida’s elkhorn and staghorn corals functionally extinct after the record 2023 heat wave. Divers assessed more than 52,000 colonies at nearly 400 sites and found 97.8% to 100% mortality in the Florida Keys and near Dry Tortugas—erasing...
President Donald Trump said Thursday he is shelving a planned weekend “surge” of federal troops to San Francisco after a late-night call with Mayor Daniel Lurie, who asked for a chance to make progress. In posts on his social platform, Trump called the pause a risk, saying he could “fix...
Isabelle Adora Tate, 23, has died, her agency confirmed, noting the 9-1-1 Nashville pilot actress passed on October 19 with no cause disclosed. McRay Agency remembered "Izzy," noting she had recently returned to acting. An obituary said she "wanted to change the world," highlighting her business degree from Middle Tennessee...
President Trump pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the billionaire Binance founder, wiping away a major U.S. crypto-crime crackdown after a yearslong investigation. Zhao pleaded guilty to money-laundering violations in 2023 and served four months. The White House cast the move as ending the Biden administration’s 'war on cryptocurrency,' while critics including Sen....
French endurance cyclist Sofiane Sehili, 44, was freed by a Primorye court after seven weeks in detention on suspicion of illegally crossing Russia’s border. The court said he admitted guilt, was found guilty under Article 322, and was released in the courtroom, exempted from a 50,000-ruble fine because of time...
Prominent conservative voices who once backed Donald Trump’s anti–“forever war” message are alarmed by his administration’s expanding operations against Venezuela and in the Caribbean. Since early September, the U.S. has carried out lethal strikes on civilian boats and surged more than 10,000 troops, ships and aircraft, while Mr. Trump authorized...
