The U.S.-led peace plan for the Gaza Strip is beginning to transition from the first phase to the second, following the release of all living Israeli hostages, senior U.S. advisers told reporters on Wednesday. “We got through phase one very, very well, and now we’re all working hard to create the conditions for a successful […]

President Donald Trump and his allies are preparing to boost Republican Jack Ciattarelli in the final days of his campaign to become the next governor of New Jersey, a sign the race could get even more competitive with less than three weeks until the election. Trump is planning to hold tele-rallies for Ciattarelli, where he […]

Senate Democrats aren’t ruling out bipartisan progress on full-year spending bills as Republicans make Pentagon funding the new pressure point in a weekslong shutdown fight. A Thursday vote on the War Department funding bill, teed up by Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), is presenting Democrats with their latest unity test. They have largely stuck together […]

PARIS (AP) — French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu survived a vote of no-confidence Thursday that could have toppled his fragile new government and plunged France deeper into political chaos. The National Assembly vote clears the way for the embattled Lecornu to pursue what could be an even greater challenge: getting a 2026 budget for the European Union’s second-largest economy […]