With the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, many Israelis are sensing a window of opportunity to bring back the hostages still held in Gaza – and they are making their voices heard. Huge crowds of protesters gathered across several cities in Israel on Saturday, demanding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government make the return of the hostages their ...

Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla met large, cheering crowds in Sydney after attending a church service on Sunday, the first event of their Australia tour. The royal couple were greeted at St Thomas’ Anglican Church by the archbishop of Sydney, Kanishka Raffel, and children from the church’s Sunday school who waved Australian flags. Camilla, wearing a pale green Anna ...

One year after his election victory sparked a rare round of relief and optimism among Europe’s establishment, Poland’s leader made a startling announcement. Donald Tusk, a former European Union Council president whose longstanding ties to Brussels have cast him as both a savior and a scapegoat in Poland’s toxic political landscape, said on Saturday he planned to temporarily halt the ...

Israel has been on the receiving end of scathing criticism from European leaders who are trying to restrain the Jewish state from pressing on with its wars in Gaza and southern Lebanon. From calls for a complete halt of weapons sales to Israel and considering sanctions on far-right Israeli ministers, to talks among EU members on reviewing Israel’s Association Agreement ...

DETROIT — Sen. JD Vance’s event here chugged along like a typical campaign rally. He attacked his rivals, painted a grave picture of life under the Democratic Party and warned Republicans against complacency. Members of the audience nodded, clapped and cheered. Then an aide handed a microphone to journalists. And things got raucous. A Detroit Free Press reporter was booed ...

WALLACES CORNER, Va. — He didn’t mention it in his mailers or campaign brochures. It was absent from a slew of recent television ads. And here at a synagogue in this far-flung D.C. exurb, Yevgeny “Eugene” Vindman did not bring up the reason the worshipers breaking their Yom Kippur fast had first learned who he was. Most of those digging ...

SUPAI, Ariz. — Rep. Ruben Gallego arrived at the bottom of the Grand Canyon barefoot, shoes in hand, after crossing a stream during a 2,000-foot descent. The 44-year-old Marine Corps veteran, five-term Democratic congressman and U.S. Senate candidate had started the eight-mile hike in darkness. Now, under the midday sun, he was approaching a Havasupai village that is only accessible ...

It’s no secret that the House has had a tough two years. One speaker, Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), got ousted mid-term, and his successor, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), survived a coup attempt only because Democrats spared him. The most basic procedural votes have become herculean tasks. Legislative output has cratered. Now, with Election Day nearing and the Democrats within a few ...

LATROBE, Pa. — Seventeen days from the election, here in arguably the most decisive swing state, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump spent the first 10 minutes of his speech without mentioning politics. Instead, he delivered a long tribute to Arnold Palmer, the late golfer who was born here and is the namesake of the airport where Trump was speaking. Trump’s ...

ATLANTA — Vice President Kamala Harris criticized former president Donald Trump over the issue of abortion access at a rally in Atlanta on Saturday, pointing out that the family of Amber Thurman — a Georgia woman who died in 2022 after she did not receive proper medical care because of abortion restrictions — was in the audience. In the waning ...