Joe Biden stepped back into the public eye on Thursday to sharply criticize President Donald Trump’s major legislative achievement, taking to X shortly after the House approved the “One Big Beautiful Bill.”

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Waves of drone and missile attacks tar

President Donald Trump campaigned on keeping the United States out of foreign wars, but it didn’t take long to convince him to come to the direct aid of Israel, hitting Iranian nuclear targets with bunker-buster bombs dropped by B-2 stealth bombers and Tomahawk cruise missiles fired from a submarine. Beyond the attack’s immediate impact on helping bring the 12-day war to a close, experts say Trump’s decision to use force against another country also will certainly be reverberating in the Asia-Pacific, Washington’s priority theater.

Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic candidate vying for the mayoralty of New York City, marked “Black or African American” on his 2009 application to Columbia University, despite now saying he doesn’t consider himself Black, according to a Thursday report in The New York Times.
The revelation comes from leaked Columbia admissions data, which surfaced after a cyberattack on the Ivy League university exposed archived applications and internal records.
At the time, Mamdani was a senior in high school. On the application, he also selected “Asian” and handwrote “Ugandan” in a section that allowed applicants to elaborate on their heritage. Although his father teaches at Columbia, Mamdani was ultimately not admitted.

President Donald Trump stunned observers Thursday night by reviving an anti-Jewish slur while taking a victory lap over his newly passed spending bill — then veering into a tirade against congressional Democrats, declaring bluntly, “I hate them.” Speaking before cheering supporters in Des Moines, Trump boasted about pushing through a massive spending package that extends his 2017 tax cuts while slashing Medicaid and SNAP. In private meetings with GOP lawmakers the day before, Trump had reportedly been unaware of nearly $1 trillion in Medicaid cuts buried in the bill. In his rally speech, Trump praised the bill’s elimination of the estate tax, telling the crowd: “No death tax, no estate tax.

PARIS (AP) — About 40% of flights were canceled Friday at all Pa

In an interview with Sky News Arabia, opposition leader Yair Lapid asserted that the horrific events of October 7, carried out by Hamas, would have been avoided had he remained in charge of the Israeli government.
“If I were Prime Minister, I don’t think something like October 7 would have happened. I would have worked to replace the regime in Gaza. When I was Prime Minister, the border was quiet,” said Lapid.
Lapid used the interview as a chance to deliver a broader appeal to the Arab world, urging regional players to take action against Hamas and emphasizing the importance of humanitarian concern for Gazans.

Israeli forces reportedly staged a prolonged incursion into Syrian territory overnight Friday, according to the Lebanese Al-Mayadeen network and Syrian sources. Three IDF helicopters are said to have landed at a facility once tied to the presidential guard of former Syrian President Hafez al-Assad in the Yafour area, roughly 10 kilometers west of Damascus. The Israeli troops allegedly held their position for nearly five hours before withdrawing. Simultaneously, three IDF armored vehicles reportedly crossed into Syrian territory near the Lebanese border, entering the village of Rakhla under the cover of night.