The Day Lebanon Burned

Ongoing crises in Sudan, Gaza and Ukraine have underscored the inefficacy of the world’s foremost decision-making body. Great power competition may be to blame.

His outlandish rhetoric is a reminder of the chaos of his term in office. But the nature of the campaign has not budged.

The Israeli military urged people in southern Lebanon to flee ahead of more strikes, as the conflict with the Hezbollah militia neared all-out war.

Whether it’s Jill or someone else running the country, the bottom line is that we don’t have a functional president.

International concern is mounting about the possibility of a broader regional conflict as cross-border fire heats up between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon.

The attacks came amid some of the heaviest cross-border exchanges of fire in a conflict raging alongside Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

The IDF warned of extensive strikes throughout the country.

The attacks came amid some of the heaviest cross-border exchanges of fire in a conflict raging alongside Israel-Hamas war in Gaza.

Vice President Harris is set to campaign in three key battleground states this week, a campaign official said, underscoring her team’s confidence that she has multiple paths to reaching 270 electoral votes in November. Harris will campaign in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, where she is expected to focus on her economic vision for the country if...

The measure does not include any part of the SAVE Act, the election security proposal backed by former President Donald Trump.

The bombardment rocked several villages close to the Israeli border.

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Several top staffers working on North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s campaign for governor have quit their posts.

U.S. to crack down on Chinese tech in driverless and connected vehicles

No one knows this morning how this presidential election will end in 43 days. Not voters, candidates or paid political advisers. Pollsters greet daily survey results with head shakes and eager calls for fresh polls. The political drama is suspenseful and exhausting. It’s a contest about everything and nothing. What’s intended to shock has a...

The Democratic National Committee launched a billboard campaign on Monday calling former President Trump “chicken” for not agreeing to a second debate with Vice President Harris on CNN. The mobile billboard, which features Trump’s face on a chicken, will be deployed outside of his rally in Indiana, Pa. on Monday. Separate billboards will be set...

Lebanese officials say at least 50 people have been killed as Israel warns residents it's targeting Hezbollah weapons hidden in homes.

Israel’s military warns Lebanese civilians to leave areas where the Iran-backed militant group operates

Israel’s military warns Lebanese civilians to leave areas where the Iran-backed militant group operates

Lebanon’s health ministry said 50 people were killed and 300 wounded in the strikes.

Israel called for civilians in Lebanon to evacuate or move away from properties it says could be storing weapons for Hezbollah.

Former President Woodrow Wilson's vision of a strong central government with a powerful president has been realized, but the current candidates for president, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, are unfit for office. We need to start insisting that Congress does its job and begins rolling back the enormous power we’re conferring on presidents who are clearly not “the best we can do.”

Lebanese civilians flee border areas and southern Beirut as Israel launches what it says are ‘extensive strikes’ against Hezbollah

Former President Trump pulled ahead of Vice President Harris in three key Sun Belt states, according to a set of polls published Monday from The New York Times and Siena College. Trump maintained a 5-point lead over Harris, 50 percent to 45 percent, among likely voters in Arizona; he maintained a 4-point lead, 49 percent...

Israel warned civilians to leave their homes before launching attacks that it said targeted Hezbollah. Hundreds were injured, Lebanon’s health ministry said.

The November election is a chance for voters to bring national energy policy back in line with reality.

Israel warned civilians to leave their homes before launching attacks that it said targeted Hezbollah. At least 100 people were killed, Lebanese officials said.

In the deeply-felt Intermezzo, the celebrity novelist plays chess with God.

Citizens United Productions is releasing a film on Monday titled Trump’s Rescue Mission: Saving America, featuring exclusive interviews with former President Donald Trump, his running mate Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), and many more top conservatives, aimed at exposing Vice President Kamala Harris’s radical agenda.

Harris’s support in the polls has largely plateaued over the last two months, with no real shift in the race.

A note addressed “To the World” was dropped off at the home of an unidentified person who contacted authorities following the arrest of Ryan Wesley Routh.

Russia and Ukraine have fought for a decade. The Israel-Hamas war is part of a conflict dating back generations. NPR’s Greg Myre has covered both wars, and looks at why they seem to defy a solution.

The United States worked on the reduction with the Mexican government; perhaps credit should go to the Mexican government instead.

Lebanese officials say at least 182 people have been killed as Israel warns residents it's targeting Hezbollah weapons hidden in homes.

Ryan Wesley Routh, the suspect who was arrested in connection with the apparent assassination attempt on Trump, was charged with two federal firearms offenses.

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Israel launched aerial attacks in Lebanon that it said targeted Hezbollah, which fired dozens of rockets and drones into northern Israel.

Former CIA director Leon Panetta in a new interview labeled last week's deadly pager explosions in Lebanon a form of “terrorism.” “I don’t think there’s any question that it’s a form of terrorism," Panetta said on "CBS News Sunday morning." "This is going right into the supply chain, right into the supply chain," he added....

A Times investigation of California’s underground puppy resale market “raises serious alarms about the inhumane treatment of pets,” Gov. Newsom’s office said.

New polls from The New York Times and Siena College showed Donald Trump ahead in Arizona and leading in tight races in Georgia and North Carolina.

The apparent launch failure raised questions about Russia’s military capabilities and put in a dent in the Kremlin’s nuclear saber rattling.

A record-high 80 percent of U.S. adults say Americans are “greatly divided” on the most important values, according to a recent Gallup poll. The survey does not define “most important values” in the question, instead leaving the phrase open to interpretation. Just 18 percent in the survey, conducted Aug. 1-20, say Americans are “united and...

A note addressed “To the World” was dropped off at the home of an unidentified person who contacted authorities following the arrest of Ryan Wesley Routh.

Bruce Zuchowski, a Trump-supporting Republican, likened migrants to “human locusts” and called the vice president a “Flip-Flopping, Laughing Hyena.”

America’s top colleges send a huge share of their graduates to work directly in finance. This pipeline between elite universities and Wall Street is the result of a deliberate campaign of influence, and it’s made the world significantly worse.

The suspect accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump at his Florida golf course wrote a chilling note months earlier declaring he intended to kill the 45th president, the Justice Department said Monday.

Fifty-eight-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh, the alleged would-be assassination in Palm Beach on September 14, 2024, allegedly left a note with a friend making clear his intent to kill former President Donald Trump.

The Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), the quarter-century old law that compensates Americans sickened by U.S. nuclear testing, expired this summer, but two indigenous women are keeping up the fight, even if they have to fund the effort themselves. Loretta Anderson of the Pueblo of Laguna and Maggie Billiman of the Sawmill Chapter of the...

Would Kamala Harris seek to implement a demonstrably unpopular and economically destabilizing UBI program nationwide? Her record suggests she would.

New polls from The New York Times and Siena College showed Donald Trump ahead in Arizona and leading in tight races in Georgia and North Carolina.

The suspect accused of trying to assassinate Donald Trump at his Florida golf course wrote a chilling note months earlier declaring he intended to kill the former president, the Justice Department said Monday.

The strategy comes at a cost for the planet.

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Israel called for civilians in Lebanon to evacuate or move away from properties it says could be storing weapons for Hezbollah.

The attacks mark the deadliest day of conflict in Lebanon since October, as Israel warned residents to evacuate from places near where it asserts Hezbollah stores weapons.

Japanese jet fighters fired warning flares at a Russian military reconnaissance plane that violated Japan’s airspace, the first time Tokyo has taken such an aggressive stance against incursions of its airspace.

The Israeli military said it struck 300 targets on Monday in Lebanon in one of the heaviest air strike attacks in almost a year of fighting against the Hezbollah terrorist group.

Exposure expert Stephen Petty is bound by confidentiality but said he would speak about his findings if a judge asked him to.

Prosecutors seeking to keep Ryan Routh locked up say he offered a $150,000 reward to anyone who could "complete the job" if he failed.

When asked whether he would run again in four years if his current presidential bid is unsuccessful, Trump said “I don’t see that at all.” He would be 82 in 2028 — a year older than Biden is now.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. asked the Supreme Court for an emergency intervention to restore his name on New York’s presidential ballot.  Lower courts excluded the former independent candidate from the ballot after finding he falsely claimed residency in the state because his Katonah, N.Y., address was not his fixed and permanent residency. Kennedy indicated in...

Voters in Arizona, North Carolina and Georgia give Trump a bump across the Sun Belt over concerns about the economy, abortion and immigration.

At least 274 people were killed Monday, Lebanese officials say, marking the deadliest day since Hezbollah and Israel intensified their conflict nearly a year ago.

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Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, on Monday said that consumers can expect smaller interest rate cuts after last week’s significant half-point reduction.  "I was comfortable taking a larger first step, and then as we go forward, I expect, on balance, we will probably take smaller steps unless the data changes...

As he’s gotten older, Trump increasingly prefers working from home at Mar-a-Lago.

Former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele, now a frequent critic of the party, said on Sunday he thinks Vice President Harris will win the general election, flipping North Carolina and Florida in the process. “This coalition that's being created right now by Kamala Harris and Tim Walz is not just one to watch, but...

Israel called for civilians in Lebanon to evacuate or move away from places it says could be storing weapons for Hezbollah.

Luis Armando Albino was 6 years old in 1951 when he was abducted while playing at an Oakland, California park. Now, more than seven decades later, Albino has been found alive.

Donald Trump leads Kamala Harris in the critical states of Arizona, North Carolina and Georgia, according to a New York Times poll.

The U.S. is sending a small number of ground troops to the Middle East as a larger war between Israel and Hezbollah threatens to break out, the Pentagon announced Monday. Defense Department press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder told reporters the new detachment was being sent "in light of increased tension in the Middle East...

Actor and activist Jane Fonda sounded an alarm on climate change when it comes to former President Trump. "We can't lose another four years," Fonda said, according to CBS News. Fonda’s comments come from an interview set to air next weekend, per CBS News. She has a history of climate activism, previously launching the “Fire...

WASHINGTON — The US is sending additional troops to the Middle East in response to a sharp spike in violence between Israel and Hezbollah forces in Lebanon that has raised the risk of a greater regional war, the Pentagon said Monday. Pentagon…

Dairy company HP Hood has recalled Lactaid, a brand of lactose-free dairy milk, in 27 states due to exposure to almonds.

The last full-size Kmart store in the United States is officially closing in New York.

Over 1,200 people injured, Lebanon health ministry says. Netanyahu says Israel is at war with Hezbollah, not the people of Lebanon.

The Waukesha Christmas parade attack was caused by a man with a lengthy violent criminal record, and the Keeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act aims to protect communities by defining bail bonds as insurance products and subjecting charitable bail funds to state insurance regulation.

When asked whether he would run again in four years if his current presidential bid is unsuccessful, Trump said “I don’t see that at all.” He would be 82 in 2028 — a year older than Biden is now.

A key Nebraska Republican has come out against a push to change the way the state awards its Electoral College votes just weeks before Election Day.  State Sen. Mike McDonnell, a Democrat-turned-Republican whose vote was seen as pivotal to moving the effort forward, has said now isn't the time to try and tweak the Cornhusker...

Monday’s strikes are the deadliest barrage since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war.

State governments are considering tax policy that favors businesses that make real investments in the local economy, while also considering the impact of businesses that view the locals as merely a market to be reached remotely.

This fall, there will be a second “mini-moon” outside of Earth. The recently discovered asteroid will begin to orbit the planet in late September.

Over 1,200 people injured, Lebanon health ministry says. Netanyahu says Israel is at war with Hezbollah, not the people of Lebanon.

At least 274 people were killed Monday, Lebanese officials say, marking the deadliest day since Hezbollah and Israel intensified their conflict nearly a year ago.

For 22 years, Jason Mazzola’s life was defined by a genetic condition that can cause autism and intellectual disability. Then he started taking an experimental drug.

In June, the US Supreme Court voted 6-3 to allow states to ban homeless people from sleeping outside. This decision has put thousands of unhoused families in danger, exacerbating a crisis for which both political parties are to blame.

Most forecast models suggest a hurricane landfall on Thursday, and experts say the storm could be at least a Category 3.

Vice President Harris is leading former President Trump in the swing state of Pennsylvania, according to a new Spotlight PA/MassINC poll. Harris is winning 49 percent support in the poll, compared to 44 percent for Trump, in the race for the Keystone State's 19 electoral votes.  The polling results were within the margin of error...

Former President Trump on Monday accused the Justice Department and FBI of “downplaying” the second apparent assassination attempt against him this year, suggesting the case should be left to Florida authorities to handle. Trump issued a lengthy statement escalating his attacks on the Justice Department and FBI, accusing the agencies of going after him for...

Pop sensation Sabrina Carpenter is everywhere — even the chorus of scandals around Mayor Eric Adams. The brouhaha began with the pint-size singer’s racy music video, showing her writhing in a little black dress at the altar of a…

The attacks mark the deadliest day of conflict in Lebanon since October, as Israel warned civilians to evacuate from places near where it asserts Hezbollah stores weapons.

A bipartisan coalition is pushing for lawmakers to sign a declaration to combat possible abuses of power by the president in the wake of a Supreme Court decision giving former executives broad immunity from criminal prosecution. The “No Dictators Declaration” asks lawmakers to take steps that would prevent a president from misdirecting military might, abusing the power...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is bashing former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), attacking them in American media outlets and touring an ammunition factory in Pennsylvania Sunday — reportedly arriving there at the taxpayers’ expense on an Air Force jet.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is bashing former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH), attacking them in American media outlets and touring an ammunition factory in Pennsylvania Sunday — reportedly arriving there at the taxpayers’ expense on an Air Force jet.

Vice President Harris has a 7-point lead over former President Trump among likely voters in Wisconsin, according to a poll from Wisconsin Watch and The MassINC Polling Group released Monday. In the poll, conducted Sept. 12-18, Harris gets 53 percent support to Trump's 46 percent support, in a head-to-head matchup. In a multi-candidate race, Harris’s advantage...

On Saturday, 45th President Donald Trump announced that his campaign will be selling $100 “Trump Coins” with his face on them, in what he calls a “true symbol of American greatness.”

A group committed to electing Republicans as governors across the country appears to be pulling back from the North Carolina gubernatorial race following the latest reports about the GOP nominee, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson. The Republican Governors Association’s (RGA) current ad buy in the Tar Heel State is set to expire on Tuesday and the...

Violent crime including murder, rape, assault and robbery declined in 2023. Crime rates have become a key issue in the 2024 presidential race.

The U.S. Commerce Department has proposed to ban Chinese and Russian-made hardware and software in internet-connected vehicles in the United States due to "national security concerns."

Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta filed a first-of-a-kind lawsuit aimed at ExxonMobil for allegedly deceiving the public about plastic recycling and creating an environmental blight that has cost the state billions.

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Monday’s strikes are the deadliest barrage since the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war.

Over 1,600 people injured, Lebanon health ministry says. Netanyahu says Israel is at war with Hezbollah, not the people of Lebanon.

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The attacks mark the deadliest day of conflict in Lebanon since October, as Israel warned civilians to evacuate from places near where it asserts Hezbollah stores weapons.

The Harris honeymoon phase has ended, as new polling revealed on Monday that Trump has a stabilizing lead in key battleground states.

Lebanon’s health ministry says Israeli strikes killed more than 490 Lebanese, including more than 90 women and children.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has already declared a state of emergency ahead of the system, which would be named Helene.

News that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was in a sexting relationship with a star reporter has left Jill Twiss wondering—what kind of hella crazy messages are on their phones?

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The state has an odd rule that gave Biden an electoral vote in 2020. Trump wants to change that. So far, he’s failed.

Presented by Prevent Cancer Foundation — The CEO of Novo Nordisk will testify in the Senate HELP Committee tomorrow about the cost of popular diabetes and weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy. {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Novo CEO to blame drug middlemen The CEO of Novo Nordisk plans to blame...

Nearly 40 percent of Gen Z men do not have a primary care provider, according to a Cleveland Clinic survey. The survey defines Generation Z as people born between 1997 and 2005. Thirty-seven percent of Gen Z men do not have an established primary care provider—the highest rate of any age group in...

Former President Trump criticized Nebraska state Sen. Mike McDonnell (R) for coming out against Republicans’ renewed push to change Nebraska’s electoral system to a winner-take-all state. “I would like to thank Governor Jim Pillen of Nebraska for trying to help the Republican Party simplify the complexity of the State’s Electoral Map. It would have been...

The former president slammed the feds as too corrupt to hold his would-be assassin accountable.

Former President Trump is headed to Tuscaloosa, Ala. for the University of Alabama vs. University of Georgia football game this Saturday. The University of Alabama confirmed Monday that Trump plans to attend the Alabama-Georgia game this Saturday, Sept. 28 at 7:30 p.m. ET, after “receiving an invitation from a private citizen.” “The safety of our...

A Colorado jury has found the man who fatally shot 10 people at a King Soopers supermarket in 2021 guilty of all counts, including first-degree murder.

"The plan of victory is strengthening of Ukraine," Zelenskyy told "GMA."

Amer Ghalib, the mayor of the first U.S. city to have all-Muslim city councilmembers, has officially endorsed GOP nominee Donald Trump for president.

“I anticipate testifying in New York’s Federal Court to help ensure Diddy is imprisoned for life,” said Adria English.

Foreign dignitaries will descend on New York City beginning Tuesday for this week’s United Nations General Assembly, tackling topics including the powder keg situation in the Middle East and ongoing conflicts in Ukraine and Sudan. The 79th UNGA's theme is “advancing peace, sustainable development, and human dignity." It will include a Summit of the Future...

The president’s support for the working poor was wildly popular. But he left much of his predecessors’ policies in place, and corruption, violence and impunity remain rampant.

Lebanon’s health ministry says 492 killed, including 35 children and 58 women. More than 1,600 wounded. Israel says 1,300 Hezbollah assets struck.

Welcome to The Hill's Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security   The Big Story Pentagon ups US troops to Middle East The U.S. is sending a “small number” of ground troops to the Middle East as a larger war between Israel and Hezbollah threatens to break out, the Pentagon announced...

Californians will no longer have the option to choose between paper or plastic shopping bags at the register when they check out from grocery stores thanks to a new rule that was signed into law on Sunday by Governor Gavin Newsom.

On Saturday, 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump announced his plan to end the migrant crisis should he win his re-election bid.

Israel called for civilians in Lebanon to evacuate or move away from places it says could be storing weapons for Hezbollah.

Vowing deportations and spreading conspiracies about migrants packs more political punch, GOP strategists say.

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) called Vice President Harris "the biggest threat to religious liberty we've had in at least a generation" during a campaign event in North Carolina, and he suggested the administration was an "opponent" of individual freedoms. "Now let's just run through a number of ways in which the Kamala Harris administration has...

Gov. Newsom signed the Phone-Free Schools Act into law. It requires California school districts to draft policies restricting or banning student cellphone use.

The crowd at former President Donald Trump’s rally in Indiana, Pennsylvania, on Monday erupted into cheers as Breitbart News’s Jon Kahn’s song, “Fighter,” played.

Lebanon’s health ministry says 492 killed, including 35 children and 58 women. More than 1,600 wounded. Israel says 1,300 Hezbollah assets struck.

Former President Trump on Monday told a crowd of supporters in Pennsylvania that he doesn't like anybody who doesn't like him, joking that it was a "personality defect." The former president went on a lengthy rant about late night hosts, bashing NBC's Jimmy Fallon and ABC's Jimmy Kimmel, who frequently mock Trump. He then spoke...

State Sen. Mike McDonnell is the key vote standing in the way of a Trump-backed push to change the state’s electoral college rules.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration Monday after it declared a rare lizard endangered earlier this year. Paxton, a Republican, is suing the Department of the Interior, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Biden administration officials after the agencies declared the dunes sagebrush lizard was endangered. He argued that the groups...

Former President Trump on Monday told women he would protect them if he is elected and attacked his opponent, Vice President Harris, as "very dumb" during a rally in the key battleground of Pennsylvania. Trump at one point sought to directly address the women in the audience as polls have shown him trailing Harris with...

TikTok has removed accounts on the platform linked to Russian media groups for engaging in what it calls “covert influence operations” ahead of the 2024 U.S. election. The video-streaming platform announced Monday it had removed accounts associated with parent companies Rossiya Segodnya and TV-Novosti for violating its community guidelines. TikTok did not list which specific...

But economists say the moves are unlikely to be enough to repair a broken housing market or pull the economy out of a deflationary rut.

'I DON'T NEED CONGRESS'