MANILA, Philippines — An impasse in the Philippines between two factions of senators that shut the Senate for two consecutive days ended on Wednesday when one side gained a quorum and allowed the upper chamber to reopen. Senate President Alan…
In the 215-208 vote, four Republicans joined Democrats to pass the measure, which had failed in three previous attempts. Source link
President Trump declined to commit to scrapping plans for a $1.8 billion fund that would have compensated his allies and Jan. 6 rioters, one day after the Justice Department’s top official said they were retreating from the program that sparked…
The ministry also said that two paramedics were killed and a third was seriously wounded when Israeli forces “directly targeted an ambulance” in the Chehour area, which is about 14km (9 miles) to the east. The ambulance belonged to the…
A dual U.S.-Iranian national and CEO of an Iran-based technology company was arrested on federal charges that he spent more than a decade acquiring and smuggling American networking, security and encryption equipment to Iran — including to the Iranian regime’s…
new video loaded: A Death at the Epicenter of Ebola Our chief Africa correspondent, Declan Walsh, reports from the epicenter of the Ebola outbreak on how families, medical workers and local volunteers are grappling with losses of life. By Declan…
Another Democrat, billionaire climate activist Tom Steyer, is in third place as the tally continues. Source link
Most of us like to think that we’re not judgemental people, we don’t make assumptions based on how people walk, talk or look. We’re thoughtful and treat people with kindness, or at least that’s what we like to think. But…
LOS ANGELES — After a tough first term framed by the most destructive wildfire in city history and an ongoing struggle with widespread homelessness, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass advanced to a November runoff Tuesday as she fights to stay…
new video loaded: Ukraine’s Daily Moment of Silence Every day at 9 a.m., Ukrainians observe a minute of silence to honor people killed during the Russia-Ukraine war. Our reporter, Maria Varenikova, who has covered the hostilities since 2014, takes us…
new video loaded: On the Front Lines of Myanmar’s Forgotten War Our Times correspondent, Hannah Beech, travels to the center of the armed resistance movement in Myanmar and meets rebel fighters who are outgunned and undermanned after years of fighting…
When the CEO of the world’s largest publicly traded property and casualty insurer describes a waterway as a “war-zone environment” and says conditions change “from day to day, hour to hour,” that is not hyperbole. That is a man whose…
Melissa Gilbert is leaving behind her longtime New York City apartment while her husband, actor Timothy Busfield, awaits trial on child sex abuse charges. The “Little House on the Prairie” star revealed Tuesday that she is moving out of the…
