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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Monday aimed at eliminating cashless bail for arrested suspects in Washington, D.C., a senior White House official said. The official said the executive order could threaten to withhold federal funding or government-backed project approvals if the district does not end the policy, which allows…
At least 15 people, including four journalists working for the international media, are reported to have been killed in an Israeli strike on a hospital in the southern Gaza Strip. A Reuters cameraman and an Associated Press journalist were among those killed in the attack at Nasser Hospital. Another journalist is reported to have worked…
Melbourne, Australia — The sole survivor of a deadly lunch laced with toxic mushrooms said on Monday he felt only half alive following the death of his wife and he continued to grieve the loss of his two closest friends. Ian Wilkinson read the first victim impact statement in at a sentencing hearing for Erin…
Ex-US Open champ suffers meltdown in a third-set flashpoint after an errant photographer’s action caused a point replay. France’s Benjamin Bonzi sent 13th seed Daniil Medvedev crashing out of the US Open in a stormy late-night thriller that boiled over into chaos following an extraordinary third-set meltdown by the Russian. Bonzi advanced to the second…
View of pedestrian and vehicle traffic in Sham Shui Po shopping district in Hong Kong, May 1986. (Photo by Forrest Anderson/Getty Images) Forrest Anderson | The Chronicle Collection | Getty Images Asia markets climbed Monday, led by Hong Kong, after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled that the central bank could begin easing monetary policy next month in his…
Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the man who the government says was mistakenly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador, will meet with immigration officials Monday under the looming threat of a second deportation, this time to Uganda. Abrego’s case — a flashpoint in the Trump administrations crackdown on immigration — is now at a major…
MOHAMMED BADRA/EPA/Shutterstock France says it will summon the US ambassador to Paris, Charles Kushner, over what it says are unacceptable allegations of failing to tackle a surge in antisemitism. Kushner, who is Jewish and whose son is married to US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka, made the comments in an open letter to French President…
Ukraine on Sunday marked 34 years since its independence, as Russia accused the country of launching drone attacks that sparked a fire at a nuclear power plant in its western Kursk region overnight. The weekend’s developments come as U.S. Vice President JD Vance said in an interview that he believes “the Russians have made significant…
Democratic leaders in the United States are warning that President Donald Trump does not have the authority to deploy US troops to Chicago amid reports of administration plans to send National Guard soldiers to the Midwestern city. Trump, a Republican, has said he would likely expand the deployment of federal forces to oversee policing in…
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks during a joint press conference with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Tehran, Iran, February 25, 2025. Majid Asgaripour | Via Reuters Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov threw cold water on the possibility of an imminent meeting taking place between President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, saying that no…
