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The Israeli police have raided a pair of Palestinian bookstores in East Jerusalem, arresting two of their owners and confiscating books, in a move that came as Israel tightens its restrictions on free speech and cultural activities for Palestinians across the country. The police on Monday confirmed the arrests of two brothers, Mahmood Muna and … Read more
President Trump again reiterated his proposal for the United States to take over Gaza, telling reporters on Air Force One on Sunday that the strip of land was “a big real estate site” that the United States was “going to own.” He also mentioned building “some beautiful sites for the people, the Palestinians, to live … Read more
Since taking office, President Trump has threatened European countries’ security and economies, angled to take control of Greenland and promised to “definitely” slap the nations with tariffs. Even parties that would seem to be his natural allies are nervous. Some have quietly tiptoed back from the American president. But Saturday was not the day for … Read more
In less than three weeks, President Trump has thrown the U.S. clean energy industry into chaos, with much of the economic damage hitting Republican states and districts. In a quest to eliminate any funding linked to climate change, the Trump administration has frozen federal grants for everything from battery factories to electric school buses and … Read more
The draft was almost ready for submission, due in less than a month. More than 150 scientists and other experts had collectively spent thousands of hours working on the report, a first-of-its-kind assessment of nature across the United States. But President Trump ended the effort, started under the Biden administration, by executive order. So, on … Read more
The thousands of people who work for the U.S. government’s main agency for humanitarian aid and disaster relief have been on the front lines of efforts to fight famine, contain virulent infectious diseases like H.I.V. and Ebola, and rebuild infrastructure in impoverished and war-torn countries. On Friday evening, just hours before the vast majority of … Read more
Hamas released three Israeli hostages on Saturday in exchange for 183 Palestinians jailed by Israel, in a staged handover where rifle-toting Hamas fighters prodded their gaunt captives to give short speeches, effectively at gunpoint, thanking the militants who had held them captive for 16 months. The events made an already tenuous cease-fire more fragile, possibly … Read more
The State Department has given Congress formal notification that it plans to move forward with sales of more than $8 billion in weapons to Israel, bypassing an informal review process that was underway in a House committee. The move took place just days after President Trump met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and … Read more
Three Israeli Hostages Are Released for 183 Palestinian Prisoners
