US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Michigan on July 27. Evan Vucci/Reuters US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he called off planned strikes on Iran, adding later that officials from Washington and Tehran will meet for talks later today. Iran has denied it is having…
[Today’s Iran war, as usual, fired a bit early. Please return at 7:30 AM EDT for a final version] As most of you know well, Trump again TACOed over the weekend, calling off a loudly-broadcast, supposedly monster attack on Iran at the very last minute, in yet another instance of Trump being influenced by the…
Egypt intensified its diplomatic efforts on Sunday to contain regional tensions and prevent a wider conflict after US President Donald Trump said he had suspended a planned strike on Iran following preliminary understandings that could include reopening the Strait of Hormuz and addressing Tehran’s nuclear programme. Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Foreign Minister Badr…
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday, 31 July, that Hamas has agreed to a plan for the “complete disarmament” of the group and other armed factions in Gaza as part of the second phase of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire initiative. According to Trump, the agreement was reached through the Board of Peace, an international body…
Ed’s stories explore prescription drug pricing, affordability and access, as well issues surrounding patents, litigation, and legislation. He is also the author of the morning Pharmalittle newsletter and the afternoon Pharmalot newsletter. The Trump administration has revised the terms of a pilot effort that will allow some drugmakers to offer rebates to certain hospitals and…
President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to withdraw Todd Blanche’s nomination to be attorney general until two Republican senators who have expressed concerns about Blanche leave office in January. “I have no objection to temporarily withdrawing Todd’s name, if they do not do the right thing, and putting him back after Cornyn and Tillis are…
The president was visibly dozing off throughout the late senator’s memorial at Washington National Cathedral Lindsey Graham was laid to rest today, and at least one of his many mourners marked the occasion by getting in a little nap. In several clips of the funeral, Donald Trump was seen openly drifting off in his seat,…
Published On 28 Jul 202628 Jul 2026 Hundreds of mourners have paid their respects to the late Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. The Republican lawmaker and key ally of President Donald Trump unexpectedly died on July 11. Graham was elected to the US Senate in 2002 and was re-elected in 2008, 2014 and 2020….
His speech was racist, homophobic, vindictive, and soul-crushingly unfunny—and the journalists in the crowd didn’t seem to care. Ad Policy President Donald Trump speaks at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Waldorf Astoria Washington DC on Friday, July 24, 2026.(Mark Schiefelbein / AP) Fittingly, the disgraceful second edition of the 2026 White House…
For decades, physicists wrestled with a fundamental mystery of the universe. They wanted to know why certain particles — like the protons in atoms — have mass, while particles of light do not. Whatever the reason was, it was crucial to understanding the origins of planets, galaxies and life itself. The leading theory stated that…
