New, dramatic video shows the moment Delta Flight 4819 caught fire and rolled over upon landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport Monday afternoon. This video — which was given to investigators, who are now reviewing it — shows the plane reach the ground, erupt in flames, bounce on the runway and then overturn. The aircraft … Read more
The trouble started in August 2017 when the television producer Norman Lear said he was skipping a White House reception for his Kennedy Center Honors award. Another honoree, the dancer and choreographer Carmen de Lavallade, pulled out after President Trump said there were “very fine people on both sides” of a white supremacist rally and … Read more
The professional skiers made their way down Sicily’s Mount Etna with a glowing lava field alongside them. Source link
While President Donald Trump’s comments about wanting to “clean out” Gaza and forcibly displace its nearly 2 million Palestinians have stirred outrage and accusations of ethnic cleansing among U.S. allies and international law experts, some members of the Arab American community still believe he was a better choice than Vice President Kamala Harris. “I don’t … Read more
Leonard Peltier, a Native American rights activist held for nearly half a century for the killing of two F.B.I. agents, was released from a federal prison in Central Florida on Tuesday morning. Mr. Peltier, 80, will serve the remainder of his two life sentences in home confinement in North Dakota, where he is a member … Read more
A new political-action committee formed by a Republican is endorsing candidates who emphasize problem solving over partisanship. A former Republican governor is trying to root out political trash talk. And a push to redraw a congressional map that could bring back a Democratic House district has been buoyed by a Republican-dominated state Supreme Court. As … Read more
Among the hundreds of people chanting “Elon Musk has got to go!” and “No one elected Elon!” in front of the U.S. Capitol on Monday were recently fired federal workers left devastated and uncertain by their terminations. “Elon Musk doesn’t even know my job exists, right? But like, we do a lot. I mean, I’m … Read more
A veteran federal prosecutor in Washington responsible for overseeing major criminal cases in one of the nation’s most important offices abruptly resigned on Monday, according to an email sent to colleagues. Denise Cheung, the head of the criminal division in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington, resigned rather than carry out a directive from the … Read more
Who, exactly, runs the so-called Department of Government Efficiency? You might think it would be Elon Musk, the man who President Trump said “will lead the Department of Government Efficiency” alongside Vivek Ramaswamy, before Mr. Ramaswamy stepped away from it last month. But when Mr. Trump set up the cost-cutting body in an executive order … Read more
A U.S. foreign service officer deployed overseas blamed President Donald Trump administration’s “cruel and harmful shutdown” of USAID for threatening the lives of his pregnant wife and unborn child, according to court documents filed Monday night. Identified in an affidavit only as Terry Doe, the foreign service officer explained in vivid detail how the emotional … Read more