Trump Plans to Send $8 Billion in Arms to Israel, Bypassing Some Lawmakers

Trump Plans to Send  Billion in Arms to Israel, Bypassing Some Lawmakers

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 still ongoing in one House committee. The move took place just two days after President Trump met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of … Read more

2 Americans Held in Afghanistan Are Freed in Prisoner Swap

2 Americans Held in Afghanistan Are Freed in Prisoner Swap

In one of its final acts, the Biden administration secured the release of two Americans held in Afghanistan in a prisoner swap for a Taliban member imprisoned in the United States on narcotics charges. The Taliban government freed Ryan Corbett and William Wallace McKenty in exchange for Khan Mohammed, who was released from a U.S. … Read more

Opinion | What the Cease-Fire Deal Really Means

Opinion | What the Cease-Fire Deal Really Means

With the long-sought cease-fire agreement now in place, both President Biden and President-elect Donald Trump can claim credit for the accomplishment, while Israel and Hamas ponder what precisely they have signed up for. The agreement’s first phase calls for the release of 33 of the about 100 hostages still being held in Gaza, a six-week … Read more

In Farewell Address, Biden Warns of an ‘Oligarchy’ Taking Shape in America

In Farewell Address, Biden Warns of an ‘Oligarchy’ Taking Shape in America

President Biden on Wednesday warned that an “oligarchy” of the ultrawealthy was emerging in America, sounding the alarm about unchecked power as he gave a farewell speech to the nation just days before he surrenders office to a man he disdains. In an address from the Oval Office, Mr. Biden expressed concern about the “dangerous … Read more

Israeli Security Chiefs Join Critical Talks for a Cease-Fire in Gaza

Israeli Security Chiefs Join Critical Talks for a Cease-Fire in Gaza

Israeli security and policy chiefs were expected to arrive in Qatar on Sunday for high-level talks about a proposed cease-fire deal in Gaza that would see hostages released in the final days of President Biden’s term and before Donald J. Trump takes office. Biden administration officials have been pressing for a deal that would become … Read more

Kamala Harris Shares a Trump-less Photo of Presidents at Jimmy Carter’s Funeral

Kamala Harris Shares a Trump-less Photo of Presidents at Jimmy Carter’s Funeral

Former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral on Thursday brought together five current and former presidents. But photos of the group later shared to social media by Vice President Kamala Harris and the Carter Center left one of them out of frame: President-elect Donald J. Trump. Ms. Harris, who lost a bitterly fought campaign to Mr. Trump, … Read more

U.S. Steel Faces Stark Choices as Nippon Steel Merger Founders

U.S. Steel Faces Stark Choices as Nippon Steel Merger Founders

For more than a year, U.S. Steel pursued an ambitious solution to its mounting challenges. Once a symbol of American industrial might, it had agreed to a takeover by Nippon Steel, a Japanese rival, in a bid to ward off obsolescence. Citing the need to finance a costly modernization of its mills, U.S. Steel warned … Read more

Biden Says He Might Not Have Been Able to Serve 4 More Years

Biden Says He Might Not Have Been Able to Serve 4 More Years

President Biden acknowledged in a new interview released on Wednesday that he might not have had the vitality to serve another four years in office, even as he insisted that he could have won re-election had he stayed in the race. Mr. Biden, 82, who abandoned his bid for a second term in July under … Read more

Biden to Dole Out 19 Medals of Freedom, and One Unmistakable Message

Biden to Dole Out 19 Medals of Freedom, and One Unmistakable Message

With 16 days left in a political career that spanned a half-century, President Biden is expected on Saturday to confer one of the nation’s highest honors on core members of the political, financial and celebrity establishment of which he has long been a part. President-elect Donald J. Trump will replace Mr. Biden on Jan. 20, … Read more

US pledges $4 Billion to replenish World Bank’s International Development Association

US pledges  Billion to replenish World Bank’s International Development Association

Rio de Janeiro: US President Joe Biden announced that America will pledge USD 4 Billion over the period of the next 3 years to replenish the World Bank‘s International Development Association. In a post on X, Biden shared, “This week I joined World Bank President Banga to announce the United States will pledge $4 billion … Read more