Today’s top stories Israel released nearly 2,000 prisoners yesterday as part of the initial phase of a ceasefire agreement with Hamas. Hamas also freed the last 20 surviving Israeli hostages. Some of the Palestinians who returned to Gaza were journalists, doctors and first responders who were taken from hospitals and off the streets by soldiers. … Read more
Nearly 2000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees held in Israeli prisons were released into Gaza and the occupied West Bank as part of phase one of the ceasefire deal. All 20 surviving Israeli hostages were freed by Hamas after spending more than two years in captivity in Gaza. We hear reaction from Gaza and Tel Aviv.
Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Tuesday that she’ll enter the race to defeat Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a top target in national Democrats’ bid to regain the Senate. Maine Gov. Janet Mills announced Tuesday that she’ll enter the race to defeat Republican U.S. Sen. Susan Collins, a top target in national Democrats’ bid to … Read more
Around 600 workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were cut over the long weekend, as part of a wider push by the Trump Administration to slash the size of the federal workforce during the government shutdown. The layoffs at CDC were among those halted by a federal judge on Wednesday, who described … Read more
A Silicon Valley chronicler on the increasingly radical politics of Elon Musk, David Sacks and Mark Zuckerberg. To hear characters like venture capital firm a16z’s Marc Andreessen tell it, much of their current support for Trump has to do with a Joe Biden administration that attempted to throttle tech innovation. In December, Andreessen said in … Read more
It’s the latest state to mandate such warnings, advocated by the former U.S. surgeon general. SACRAMENTO, California — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a law mandating health warning labels for social media, making California the latest U.S. state to wield a rule originally designed to curb tobacco addiction as a digital safety feature. The … Read more
Google, Meta and OpenAI supported the bill, while film studios and streaming platforms lobbied hard against it. SACRAMENTO, California — Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a law requiring device-makers like Apple and Google to check users’ ages online, marking a win for tech companies that had rallied behind it in the face of opposition … Read more
Republicans on Capitol Hill and in the White House are quietly mulling proposals that could unite members on Obamacare subsidies. A menu of options is starting to emerge around what a compromise might look like for extending a suite of Affordable Care Act tax credits, which have become a focal point in the current government … Read more
The budget stalemate is forcing some hospitals to withdraw from a successful Medicare program that allows seriously ill patients to be treated at home. The government shutdown is forcing some hospitals to withdraw from a Medicare program that allows seriously ill patients to be treated at home — leading some facilities to move patients back … Read more
Trump’s visit and the hero’s welcome punctuate a peace deal that, if lasting, would likely be one of the most significant foreign policy achievements of his presidency. JERUSALEM — President Donald Trump on Monday said the world is witnessing the “historic dawn of a new Middle East” with the ceasefire that has taken effect in … Read more