US President Donald Trump ramped up economic pressure on the Iranian regime on Monday by announcing he was imposing import duties on the goods of any country that trades with Tehran. The move could fu...
Sam Slater says he wants to raise his children in Massachusetts, despite paying the millionaire's tax. Sam Slater California's proposed wealth tax is sparking debate among billionaires across the stat...
US President Donald Trump is expected to get a briefing over sanction options against Iran, as Washington has been threatening to act against the country. But according to US newspaper Wall Street Jou...
PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, January 13: A Corsican separatist leader is gunned down while attending his mother's funeral. Also, a famous Italian anti-mafia writer pens an opinion piece, questioning the Co...
President Ahmad al-Sharaa has postponed his visit to Berlin, for talks with Chancellor Friedrich Merz, due to the political situation in his country. The repatriation of Syrian refugees was high on th...
Qatar has confirmed “the departure of certain personnel from Al Udeid Air Base” due to current regional tensions, after reports that the US military is evacuating a part of its key base as Washington ...
Semafor CEO Justin Smith says his company hosted close to 100 events in 2025. His ambition is to build a Washington, DC-based event that's supposed to rivals the annual Davos gathering in Switzerland....
"Share a Disney quote that sums up how you're feeling right now!" That's what Disney posted on Threads the other day, and people immediately replied with lines from Star Wars , The Hunchback of Notre ...
Elizabeth Warren and other Democrat lawmakers have written an open letter to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) asking for an investigation into alleged "false advertising and deceptive practices" fro...
Activists report that more than 2,400 people have been killed in Iran’s crackdown on nationwide protests, according to updated figures from the Human Rights Activist News Agency, which says most of th...
The Trump administration announced last week that it wants Americans to consume more protein, churning out a colorful illustration of an inverted food pyramid that prominently features a big, red stea...
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa issued a decree on Friday declaring Kurdish a "national language", in an apparent gesture of good will towards the minority following clashes in recent days. The decre...
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa announced a ceasefire agreement on Sunday with Mazloum Abdi, the chief of the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, following the Syrian government's advance into Kurd...
I live in Minneapolis. I grew up not far from here, in a suburb of St. Paul; after stints on both coasts, my wife and I settled here to raise our daughters in a freezing state that had always welcomed...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom is headed to Davos. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images California Gov. Gavin Newsom plans to call out President Donald Trump at the World Economic Forum. Newsom has been a vocal...
Civilians fled a Kurdish-held region of northern Syria on Friday before a deadline set by the army, which seeks to expand its control over the area after driving Kurdish forces from Aleppo. The govern...
Brian Armstrong, chief executive officer of Coinbase Global Inc., speaks to members of the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. | Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg via Getty...
Proposed policy changes could lead more consumers to turn to private or personal loans. Tatiana Maksimova/Getty Images New caps on student-loan borrowing could prompt more Americans to turn to private...
A Ukrainian soldier fires a Javelin anti-tank missile. Dmytro Smolienko via Reuters Connect NATO's secretary general said up to 25,000 Russian soldiers are being killed in Ukraine each month. Mark Rut...
China's JY-27A radar didn't appear to be effective during the US raid on Venezuela. US Air Force Photo Venezuela's Chinese air defense radars weren't game-changing during the US raid to capture Maduro...