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Haley Van Erem, a former career attorney in the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division, has filed a complaint claiming the Trump administration task force charged with investigating antisemitism pushed universities into massive settlements despite tur

Israel's military on Wednesday admitted that its soldiers opened fire in January 2024 on a car trying to flee Gaza City following Israel's evacuation orders. The car was carrying 5-year-old Palestinian Hind Rajab and six of her relatives. They were all ki

Loui Ridi, a Palestinian American man who lives in Ohio, traveled to the occupied West Bank on Monday to help relatives defend their family home in the village of Qusra, south of Nablus. Israeli settlers have surrounded the home, which Ridi owns, for more

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Thursday the U.S. will impose the toughest sanctions in history on Iran, after President Trump promised to wage

In Tunisia, hundreds of protesters marched through the streets of the capital Tunis on Thursday calling for the ouster of authoritarian President Kais Saied, the release of jailed opposition activists and journalists, and the restoration of democracy. The

President Trump is in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, today to support the campaign of Republican Senator Darline Graham, who was appointed to fill the vacancy left by the sudden death of her brother Lindsey Graham in July. Darline Graham faces Republican C

The Department of Homeland Security is defending harassment tactics deployed against people who've criticized the agency's deadly crackdown on immigrants. That's the claim at the center of a First Amendment lawsuit filed by David Streever, a U.S. citizen

The New York Times is reporting that the owner of a major Dominican sugar producer accused of forced labor at one of its plantations has close ties to President Trump. Central Romana's owner, José Fanjul, a Cuban American businessman known as Pepe, donate

Sixty-nine-year-old Wynd Kaufmyn, a retired teacher from Berkeley, California, is believed to be the first person imprisoned for protesting the development of artificial intelligence, after she and other members of the group StopAI were arrested during a

President Trump led reporters on a bizarre 40-minute tour of the White House on Wednesday, showing off renovations while announcing plans to build an elaborate granite and marble helipad. According to President Trump, the manufacturer of the Marine One fl