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The Biden administration has built a “high degree of credit” in Israel, says Ambassador Dennis Ross, former U.S. special envoy to the Middle East and an NBC News Foreign Affairs analyst. He explains that with this “credit,” the administration has been pressuring Prime Minister Netanyahu to lay out a “day after strategy” for what happens … Read more

California, Illinois and Colorado among states implementing ‘red flag’ laws after US ends 2023 with more mass shootings than days New gun safety laws are taking effect in several states around the US on 1 January after the country ended 2023 with more mass shootings than days. States including California, Illinois and Colorado are starting … Read more

With a wary eye over the future of the federal courts, Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts warned Sunday of the perils of artificial intelligence (AI) when deciding cases and other important legal matters. His remarks came in the annual year-end report issued by the head of the federal judiciary, which made no mention of … Read more

President touts US job gains and says his resolution is ‘to come back’ while ex-president repeats unproven election rigging claims The likely candidates in the 2024 presidential match-up issued two starkly different new year messages to voters, with Joe Biden striking a note of cheerful optimism as his almost certain challenger Donald Trump, and Trump … Read more

The U.S. southern border saw its highest rate of illegal migrant encounters last month, blowing away previous statistics. Sources with Customs and Border Patrol told Fox News Digital that migrant encounters hit a staggering 300,000 incidents in the last month of 2023, reaching a level thought unimaginable just years ago. Between Dec. 1 and December … Read more

States across the country will ring in the new year with laws set to take effect throughout 2024 about issues like gun violence, book bans and gender-neutral toy sections.

On the heels of a sports year that was chock full of surprises, Guardian US contributors make their bold predictions for the months to come In the year of the backup quarterback, Flacco’s encore performance has been a genuine surprise. Just when it seemed as if the 38-year-old father of five might’ve been cooked, he … Read more

Ex-president ahead with 39% support among Latino voters surveyed, wiping out Biden’s lead among crucial voting bloc A new poll indicates former US president Donald Trump is gaining ground among Latino voters, wiping out incumbent Joe Biden’s lead among the crucial, but diverse, voting bloc. A USA Today and Suffolk University survey showed Trump was … Read more

Kate Starbird says attacks have made research difficult, and claims of bias arise because of prevalence of lies from the right A key researcher in the fight against election misinformation – who herself became the subject of an intensive misinformation campaign – has said her field gets accused of “bias” precisely because it’s now mainly … Read more

Given the state of the world, it’s no surprise so many of us are turning to spooky stories as a form of escape Everybody seems to be talking about ghosts right now. I turn up to dinners with friends, we’re talking about ghosts. I sit in the office, the conversation is dominated by ghosts again. … Read more