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Forensic consultant says multiple bullets were used from short range in attack that has caused global outrage. Israel expanded aerial and ground attacks in Gaza since ending the ceasefire. Benjamin Netanyahu said it intends to divide up the territory

In her new role as a party leader, Jane Kleeb is organizing Democrats to go on the offensive. "People are excited to hear the Democratic Party giving them something concrete that we are working toward."

Crawford's win in Wisconsin points the way forward for Democrats. The high court has held a 4-3 liberal majority since 2023. That liberal majority will hear any cases related to the administration of the 2028 election.

Supposedly, this is all going to revive domestic manufacturing. But the evidence for that is slim, and it wouldn’t happen overnight—especially not without other policies. At a basic level, tariffs make stuff more expensive.

As the world churns

The citizens of such a state live with a feeling of being constantly watched. They live with a sense of random danger. Anyone can be a plainclothes agent or a self-appointed enforcer.

Israeli forces also bombed an U.N. clinic in Jabalia, killing at least 68 Palestinians including elders, women, and children—one of them a newborn baby.

Demonstrators are protesting in support of Mahmoud Khalil, calling for “the names of the trustees who facilitated the abduction” of Khalil.

Watching the New Jersey senator hold court for 25 hours felt radical and cathartic