The conflict poses a challenge for the new interim president as he tries to unify Syria and extend his authority over the entire country. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/05/world/middleeast/syria-militias-fighting.html Author : Alissa J. Rubin Publish date : 2025-03-05 05:49:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
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Critics say the steep rise in three-pointers has made the NBA less entertaining, mirroring MLB’s recent fan revolt. Neither sport has an easy fix. Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/03/04/nba-mlb-analytics-rule-changes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=wp_homepage Author : Publish date : 2025-03-05 06:04:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., blasted President Donald Trump’s foreign policy agenda Tuesday after the president addressed Congress, claiming that Trump would have lost the Cold War if he’d been president in the 1980s. Slotkin’s remarks come after Trump delivered an address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday in a speech similar to the annual State of the Union, where he declared that "America is back" and that the "American dream is surging." "We all want an end to the war in Ukraine, but Reagan understood that true strength required America to combine our military and economic might with moral clarity," said
In a speech to Congress in his first weeks in office, the president laid out his vision to remake U.S. policy on the military, trade, immigration and foreign aid. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/us/politics/transcript-trump-speech-congress.html Author : The New York Times Publish date : 2025-03-05 04:39:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Studio Theatre’s world premiere play “The Scenarios” explores the pitfalls and egos of a de-escalation training. Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater/2025/03/04/the-scenarios-studio-theatre/ Author : Chris Klimek Publish date : 2025-03-04 18:03:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
A 13-year-old boy who survived cancer named DJ Daniel stole the show during President Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday night when the president introduced him to the audience and officially swore him in as a member of the Secret Service. "Joining us in the gallery tonight is a young man who truly loves our police," Trump told the crowd. "His name is DJ Daniel is 13 years old, and he has always dreamed of becoming a police officer. But in 2018, D.J. was diagnosed with brain cancer. The doctors gave him five months at most to live. That was more than six
Andrew Tate and his brother Tristan Tate face human-trafficking charges in Romania and Britain. They arrived in Florida last week after a Romanian court lifted travel restrictions. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/us/andrew-tate-brothers-florida.html Author : Claire Moses Publish date : 2025-03-05 03:19:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
“Attention. Attention all seniors,” Carell said to the students, in a video reminiscent of his “Scott’s Tots” episode of “The Office.” Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2025/03/04/steve-carell-prom-eaton-fire/ Author : Sydney Page Publish date : 2025-03-04 21:02:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Reactions poured in as Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, was removed from the House chamber for protesting in the middle of President Donald Trump’s address to Congress on Tuesday night. However, Green and other Democrats protesting were drowned out with chants of "USA" at the start of the president's remarks. On social media, several conservatives slammed Green and the Democrats, saying their behavior was "out of control.""The Democrats are out of control. They are embarrassing themselves. Heckling the President, especially in a forum like this, is not how they will win," former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer posted on X.TRUMP DECLARES 'AMERICA
President Trump has offered a mix of reasons for upending global trade relations, baffling and angering America’s biggest trading partners. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/us/politics/trump-trade-war-economy.html Author : Alan Rappeport and Ana Swanson Publish date : 2025-03-05 01:30:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
All three major U.S. markets sank before regaining lost ground on fears a trade war will hobble the world’s largest economy and boost inflation. Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2025/03/04/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-stock-market-inflation/ Author : David J. Lynch, Jeff Stein, Evan Halper Publish date : 2025-03-04 23:21:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Former Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg met with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., as he contemplates wading into the 2026 Michigan Senate race. The two met last week to discuss Buttigieg potentially running for outgoing Democratic Sen. Gary Peters' seat in the Trump-won swing state, a source familiar confirmed to Fox News Digital. HOUSE GOPERS HOPE TRUMP KEEPS DOOR TO MINERAL DEAL OPEN FOR UKRAINE DESPITE OVAL OFFICE DISPUTESchumer's office and a representative for Buttigieg did not immediately provide comment to Fox News Digital. The meeting was first reported by Politico. Buttigieg, 43, previously served as mayor of South Bend, Indiana, before launching
The Shin Bet said that it had disregarded intelligence from Gaza about a planned Hamas raid, but also that government policies may have emboldened the militants to attack. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/world/middleeast/israel-oct-7-attack-shin-bet.html Author : Ephrat Livni Publish date : 2025-03-04 23:44:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
A federal judge has blocked a Trump order that targeted transgender young people and their health care, allowing hospitals to provide gender transition care. Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/03/04/judge-trump-order-transgender-healthcare-youth/ Author : Jenna Portnoy Publish date : 2025-03-05 00:07:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Indiana Gov. Mike Braun signed an executive order Tuesday to prohibit transgender athletes from competing in women's college sports. He was joined by former San Jose State University volleyball player Elle Patterson, who claims she lost out on a scholarship to a trans athlete. Braun said his order ensures fairness in women’s sports in a news release."Women’s sports create opportunities for young women to earn scholarships and develop leadership skills," Braun said. "Hoosiers overwhelmingly don’t want those opportunities destroyed by allowing biological males to compete in women’s sports, and today’s executive order will make sure of that."The order states, "This executive order
Trade wars during President Trump’s first term slashed billions of dollars in U.S. agricultural exports. Farmers and trade groups expect an even bigger hit this time. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/business/retaliatory-tariffs-farmers.html Author : Danielle Kaye Publish date : 2025-03-04 23:13:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
The nation’s top three trading partners are rolling out levies on a wide range of products, including soybeans, meat and grains, in the escalating trade war. Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/03/03/china-retaliates-against-trump-tariffs/ Author : Lily Kuo, David J. Lynch, Amanda Coletta, Mary Beth Sheridan Publish date : 2025-03-04 22:51:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
President Donald Trump blasted CBS's "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan, suggesting "anybody on the street" can do her job. Trump sat down with The Spectator’s Ben Domenech for a wide-ranging interview and was asked about a February exchange Brennan had with Secretary of State Marco Rubio where she attempted to link the horrors of the Holocaust to free speech."I call it ‘Deface the Nation,’" Trump said when Domenech asked him about the viral exchange."Brennan is like anybody on the street that you could take and say, ‘Go in and ask a few questions,’" Trump added. "That was so bad, I don’t
The European Commission’s president unveiled a sweeping plan to help Ukraine and boost defense spending, but it won’t be easy. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/world/europe/eu-defense-spending.html Author : Jeanna Smialek and Steven Erlanger Publish date : 2025-03-04 21:49:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
The latest news on President Donald Trump’s return to the White House and the new Congress. Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/04/trump-presidency-news-speech-tariffs/ Author : Sabrina Rodriguez, Mariana Alfaro, Brianna Tucker, Justine McDaniel, Maegan Vazquez, Laura Meckler Publish date : 2025-03-04 21:50:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
Thirty Los Angeles County probation officers have been charged with child abuse for allegedly staging "gladiator fights" between youth detainees being housed at a troubled juvenile detention facility.California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the charges of child endangerment and abuse, conspiracy and battery on Monday, saying the California Department of Justice began an investigation in January 2024 after receiving leaked footage of a so-called gladiator fight between youths sheltered at the Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in the Los Angeles suburb of Downey. The video shows an unidentified boy being attacked as detention officers stand and watch, Bonta said during a press
In her final State of the City address, Speaker Adrienne Adams, who is considering a run for mayor, proposed ideas that she said could be “scaled for greater impact.” Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/nyregion/adrienne-adams-mayor-state-of-city.html Author : Jeffery C. Mays Publish date : 2025-03-04 20:21:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
NATO should step up, Ukraine should offer Europe its minerals, and everyone should face reality. Source link : https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/03/04/ukraine-zelensky-oval-office-blowup-minerals/ Author : Letters to the Editor Publish date : 2025-03-04 20:07:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.
A woman is believed to be dead after falling overboard on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship on the first day of the '80s-themed voyage near the Bahamas, her family said.The victim is reportedly Kimberly Burch, the 56-year-old fiancée of Taime Downe, the frontman for the band "Faster Pussycat," Burch's family told Fox News Digital.Burch's sister-in-law, Kellie Burch, said that Downe called their family to share the devastating news, but said her body had not been recovered yet. Passengers had watched Downe's band perform less than 90 minutes before Burch went overboard, one passenger, Casey Markee, wrote on X on Tuesday. A
With Iran already wounded economically and diplomatically, hard-liners forced out two top officials and blocked talks with the United States, freezing President Masoud Pezeshkian’s agenda. Source link : https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/04/world/middleeast/iran-conservatives-zarif-pezeshkian.html Author : Farnaz Fassihi Publish date : 2025-03-04 19:08:00 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked Source.