Netanyahu, President Trump Discuss Renewed Iran Strikes Ahead of Elections By The Media Line Staff President Donald Trump has not committed to a new military campaign against Iran despite discussions with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over possible joint US-Israeli strikes on Iranian military an
President Trump Rejects Claims China and Russia Are Helping Iran in War By The Media Line Staff President Donald Trump said Monday that he does not believe China or Russia is helping Iran in its war with the United States and Israel, rejecting allegations of outside assistance in a Truth Social post
By Maria Tsvetkova NEW YORK, Oct 13 (Reuters) – Cornell University will ban parties and social events at fraternity houses until the end of the academic year, its president said on Tuesday, responding to the outcry over an alleged gang rape on campus in 2024. The measure is the strongest reaction ye
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON, Oct 13 (Reuters) – The US Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to allow the pretrial release of an anti-ICE activist whose arrest for an allegedly threatening social media post during an immigration crackdown in Minneapolis was touted by President Donald Trump’s administratio
Oct 13 (Reuters) – More than two dozen lawmakers on Tuesday asked the Federal Aviation Administration to pause the use of a new AI tool in the Washington area to assist air traffic controllers, citing safety concerns. The lawmakers including Democratic Representatives April Delaney, Alexandria Ocasi
Oct 13 (Reuters) – The US CDC said on Tuesday it would deploy additional support to Pennsylvania to help investigate the ongoing measles outbreak, as the state formally requested federal assistance through the agency’s Epi-Aid emergency response program. Pennsylvania health officials have reported 1
Chants of “deport” rang out Monday night as President Donald Trump criticized Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., and Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate nominee in Michigan, at a rally for Republican candidates in Youngstown, Ohio. “I don’t know what they’re doing with it, but I can tell you this: She’s a
By Steve Gorman and Luc Cohen LAS VEGAS, Oct 13 (Reuters) – A former gang leader was sentenced to 40 years to life in prison on Tuesday for orchestrating the 1996 drive-by shooting death of hip-hop star Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas, capping the prosecution of a long-unsolved murder that shaped the gold
By Steve Gorman LOS ANGELES, Oct 12 (Reuters) – Actor RJ Mitte, whose personal experience living with cerebral palsy informed his role as Walter White Jr, the physically disabled son of a methamphetamine kingpin in the landmark television series “Breaking Bad,” died on Monday at age 34. News of Mitt
LOS ANGELES, Oct 12 (Reuters) – Actor Selma Blair was arrested after flight attendants reported a “physically abusive passenger” on a Delta Air Lines flight from Los Angeles to New York, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s police department said on Monday. Police identified Blair, known
Oct 12 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to move three senior officials from the Center for Advancing Innovation and Standards for Super Intelligence (CAISSI) to the White House, news website The Information reported on Monday, citing a White House official. The White H
Oct 12 (Reuters) – Pennsylvania’s Franklin County coroner on Monday reported a measles-associated death in a 39-year-old woman with several health conditions, the state’s sixth death linked to the disease. In a statement posted on Facebook, the coroner said the death, investigated on Saturday, met t
By Nolan D. McCaskill WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (Reuters) – Republicans in the US House of Representatives are defending a narrow majority in November’s midterm elections. History suggests Democrats will gain seats – they would need to net four to win control of the chamber. But Republicans kickstarted a n
By Tim Reid WASHINGTON, Oct 12 (Reuters) – Republican President Donald Trump’s low approval ratings, voter concern over high prices and dissatisfaction with the Iran war have led many analysts and opinion polls to predict significant Democratic gains in the November 3 midterm elections. But six anal
Trump Administration Investigates Harvard, 8 Other Universities Over Alleged Visa Fraud By The Media Line Staff The administration of President Donald Trump has launched an investigation into nine leading US universities, including Harvard, Yale, and Stanford, over allegations that they improperly u
Trump Announces Russia-Ukraine Energy Ceasefire as Zelenskyy Offers Elections By The Media Line Staff President Donald Trump announced Sunday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to halt attacks on each other’s energy infrastructure, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy offered to hold elections
Oct 10 (Reuters) – A 45-year-old man shot and killed eight people in Erie, Pennsylvania, including a pregnant woman and two children, then apparently shot himself to death, authorities said on Saturday at a press conference where they revealed details of the previous evening’s shooting. The shooter,
ROME, Oct 10 (Reuters) – Pope Leo renewed his condemnation of the death penalty on Saturday, saying it violates the sanctity of human life and deprives people of the chance of redemption, days after the Pentagon said it planned to livestream an execution. The US military will livestream the upcoming
By Leah Douglas, Joseph Ax and Tim Reid WASHINGTON, Oct 10 (Reuters) – On paper, Democrat Justin Pearson, a 31-year-old Tennessee state legislator, has little chance of winning the state’s 9th Congressional District, which Republican lawmakers redrew months ago from a Democratic stronghold to a deep
By Rhea Rose Abraham, Rajveer Pardesi and Marianna Parraga Oct 10 (Reuters) – Four people died after Hurricane Isaias made landfall early on Saturday, and about 670,000 residents in Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi were still without power as the storm weakened to a post-tropical cyclone, a
Oct 9 (Reuters) – The US FDA on Friday approved Japan’s Asahi Kasei’s drug for persistent herpes simplex virus sores in certain patients with weakened immune systems who have not responded to available antiviral treatments. • The oral drug, called pritelivir, was developed by German drugmaker Aicuri
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) – The chair of the Federal Communications Commission said on Friday that he would defer to the Pentagon on whether US networks could air a planned December 3 military execution, which would be an unprecedented broadcast. US Defense Secretary Pete Hegse
By Bo Erickson, Timothy Gardner and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump said on Friday that Russia had agreed to supply diesel to global markets in an effort to lower fuel prices, and his administration temporarily lifted US sanctions on Russian fuel that were design
WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) – FBI Director Kash Patel said on Friday the bureau has arrested another person tied to the ShinyHunters hacking group. In a post on X, Patel said, “Our agents in the field have arrested another suspected co-conspirator of the ShinyHunters group,” whom he said was believe
Oct 9 (Reuters) – The U.S. military plans to livestream the Dec. 3 execution by firing squad of Nidal Hasan, the former Army psychiatrist convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 Fort Hood shooting. If carried out as planned, death penalty experts said it would mark the first known broadcast or li
By Ann Saphir WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump launched a new inquiry into Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook weeks before congressional elections, convening an investigative committee and ordering an unprecedented White House hearing into allegations she made false statements
By Humeyra Pamuk, Steve Holland and Anthony Deutsch Oct 9 (Reuters) – US President Donald Trump’s administration imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court on Friday, hours after one of its former judges won the Nobel Peace Prize, putting Washington on a diplomatic collision course with E
By Feras Dalatey DUBAI, Oct 9 (Reuters) – Thomas Barrack, a top US diplomat in the Middle East, advocated for a firm run by his business partner to take part in the development of an oil pipeline from Iraq to Syria, three people said, activities which appear to violate federal ethics rules. In July,
By Leah Douglas and Nichola Groom WASHINGTON, Oct 9 (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s looming changes to a rural energy program that has distributed billions of dollars in recent years will make it harder for many farmers to access funds for such things as solar arrays and energy efficiency proje
(Grand Rapids, MI) — The two candidates for U.S. Senate in Michigan clashed in their first debate Thursday night. On a Grand Rapids stage, Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed went after his Republican opponent Mike Rogers over high fuel costs. Rogers hit back, saying El-Sayed’s policies will raise the
