Shutdown Grinds Many Government Services to a Halt

A bitter deadlock between President Trump and Democrats in Congress over federal spending is expected to disrupt services and leave many workers furloughed, and possibly cause mass job losses.

Gaza City Exodus Is Overwhelming Relief Efforts, Aid Agencies Say

Hospitals are overflowing, water is low and diseases are spreading as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians flee south to escape Israel’s expanded ground offensive.

Moscow Indicates Retaliation if Europe Uses Russian Assets for Ukraine

Amid a plan to lend $165 billion to Ukraine using Russian state assets, European officials are mindful of the possibility of Russian blowback.

Trump Gave the Military’s Leaders a Rehashed Speech, Until Minute 44

Almost daily, thousands of words pour forth from President Trump’s mouth. Sometimes, he tucks in a revealing insight about the direction he is taking the U.S.