Author: Reuters
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Palestinian elections give some Gazans first chance to vote in years
CAIRO/RAMALLAH • Palestinians voted in local elections on Saturday that for the first time in two decades include Gaza and are a gauge of the political mood as Israel’s government seeks to destroy any future for a Palestinian state. The West Bank-based Palestinian Authority has said it hopes the inclusion of the Gazan city of…
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Americans blame Trump for gas price surge
WASHINGTON • A clear majority of Americans blame President Donald Trump for surging gasoline prices, which is weighing on his Republican Party ahead of November’s congressional midterm elections, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. Some 77% of registered voters in the poll, which concluded last week, said Trump bears at least a fair amount of responsibility…
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Canceled Pakistan trip a blow to hopes for Iran war breakthrough
ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON • President Donald Trump canceled a trip by two U.S. envoys to Iran war mediator Pakistan on Saturday, dealing a new setback to peace prospects after Iran’s foreign minister departed Islamabad after speaking only to Pakistani officials. While peace talks failed to materialize Saturday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his troops to “forcefully” attack…
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Iran war has revealed Trump’s pressure point: the economy | Analysis
WASHINGTON • Seven weeks of war have failed to topple Iran’s theocratic rulers or force them to meet all of President Donald Trump’s demands, but for U.S. adversaries and allies it has cast a spotlight on one of his central vulnerabilities: economic pressure. Trump joined Israel in attacking Iran on Feb. 28 based on what he…
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Circling the moon, a Black astronaut inspires millions
WASHINGTON • At 12 years old, Naia Butler-Craig decided she wanted to be an astronaut. Each time she walked into St. Mark AME Church in Orlando, Fla., and saw the framed photo of Mae Jemison, the first Black woman to travel into space, she knew space was her ultimate goal. About 16 years later as…
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Iran talks end with no deal
ISLAMABAD – U.S. Vice President JD Vance said negotiations ended early Sunday between the United States and Iran without a peace deal after the Iranians refused to accept American terms to not develop a nuclear weapon. The high-stakes talks ended after 21 hours, Vance said, with the vice president in constant communication with U.S. President…
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How many people have been killed in the Iran war?
Thousands of people have been killed across the Middle East in the Iran war, which began when the U.S. and Israel struck Iran on Feb. 28. Those strikes triggered Iranian attacks on Israel, U.S. bases and the Gulf states, while opening a new front in Lebanon. Here are the latest death tolls reported. Reuters has…
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Many losers, few winners in political battle over ICE funding
WASHINGTON • Democrats in Congress have waged a battle to place new legal restrictions on President Donald Trump’s immigration agents, knowing that they were unlikely to win Republican support but hopeful they might win a bigger prize: control of Capitol Hill in the November elections. The exact outcome was still unknown as House of Representatives…
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Trump threatens to put ICE agents in airports
WASHINGTON • President Donald Trump threatened to deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to U.S. airports on Monday if congressional Democrats do not immediately agree to fund airport safety. Transportation Security Administration personnel are set to miss a second full paycheck on March 27 amid a partial government shutdown in its 36th day as lawmakers…
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Special counsel Robert Mueller dies at 81
WASHINGTON • Robert Mueller, the no-nonsense former FBI chief who documented Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. election and its contacts with Donald Trump’s campaign but opted not to bring criminal charges against a sitting president, has died at age 81, his former law firm confirmed on Saturday. Media reports did not mention a cause…