On Saturday, the Iran-backed Palestinian militant group Hamas launched a rocket that struck the Erez Crossing, a critical border point for humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip.
In recent weeks, a mysterious fog with a strong chemical odor has spread across multiple U.S. states, raising public health concerns and prompting speculation about its origins, including theories of bioweapons following reports of drone sightings in the affected regions.
A massive wave of freezing winds, ice, and snow is set to engulf vast regions of the central, eastern, and southern United States next week, with meteorologists warning that more than 250 million people will feel the effects of this historic winter storm.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky commended President-elect Donald Trump’s strength and unpredictability, suggesting they could be pivotal in ending the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine. Zelensky made the remarks during a televised interview on Thursday, where he discussed the potential impact of Trump’s second presidency on the conflict.
Documents obtained by the Washington Examiner reveal that the U.S. State Department is preparing to redistribute employees from the now-shuttered Global Engagement Center (GEC) into a newly created “hub” that will continue similar activities, including efforts to counter what it calls foreign disinformation.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is replacing left-wing Nick Clegg, the president of Meta's global policy team, with Joel Kaplan, a Republican, according to a report from Semafor.
A U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday that a lower court judge must reconsider his dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a pregnancy crisis center and other religious organizations challenging a New York law that prohibits retaliation against employees who receive abortions. The lawsuit, brought by CompassCare, a pregnancy crisis center operator, and other plaintiffs, argues that the law infringes on their First Amendment rights.
The Biden administration's former Director of Hostage Rescue and Recovery and current Senior Vice President for Global Operations at The Soufan Group, Christopher O'Leary, told MSNBC that terrorist groups are "stronger now than they’ve ever been."
