Friday will be the first time New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and President Donald Trump will meet face-to-face following a war of words between the two leaders throughout the campaign and Mamdani’s election. And while Trump announced the meeting with an insult to the progressive Democrat’s policies, Mamdani has maintained that he is looking…
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria and LONDON – An unknown number of students and staff were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in an attack on a Catholic boarding school in western Nigeria early Friday, authorities said. The incident occurred before dawn, around 2 a.m. local time, at St. Mary’s School in Papiri community of Agwara local government area of…
LONDON — As a high-level U.S. military delegation arrived in kyiv this week in an attempt to revive the White House’s stalled push to end Russian President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy navigated a growing corruption scandal that was shaking the very foundations of his government. The military delegation arrived…
The Trump administration’s 28-point draft proposal to finally end the Russian invasion of Ukraine would require Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s government to make significant concessions, but also includes NATO-style security guarantees for Ukraine, according to a senior US official. The plan, which is still a draft and could change, was presented in kyiv on Thursday…
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine planned to meet with Nigeria’s national security adviser Thursday night, following President Donald Trump’s threats to send U.S. troops into the country with “firearms” to “take down Islamic terrorists” who he said were killing Christians. The meeting, confirmed by two…
As the Justice Department’s criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey appears increasingly threatened, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Lindsey Halligan and other Justice Department officials are launching unusually public attacks on the judge overseeing the case by mischaracterizing comments he made at a Wednesday hearing. “Personal attacks, like Judge Nachmanoff…
Employers hired many more workers than expected in September, defying a sharp slowdown over the summer that appeared to cool the labor market. The United States added 119,000 jobs in September, according to data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That figure marked an acceleration from the previous month and surpassed an average of…
President Donald Trump said in a social media post Wednesday night that he signed the Jeffrey Epstein files bill, again accusing Democrats of associating with the disgraced financier and saying alleged ties between party members and Epstein “will soon be revealed.” The president repeated his claim that the Epstein files are a distraction from his…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries rejected questions Wednesday about whether he had solicited campaign donations from Jeffrey Epstein, calling House Oversight Chairman James Comer a “cold liar” after Comer alleged Tuesday that Jeffries had solicited money from the convicted sex offender in 2013. During debate over the Epstein files bill Tuesday afternoon, Comer took direct…
Former Vice President Dick Cheney’s funeral will be held in Washington on Thursday, and several high-profile political figures will attend the service for the man considered one of the most influential vice presidents in American history. Former President Joe Biden plans to attend, a spokesperson confirmed to ABC News. The funeral will be held at…
