Biden administration throws cold water on prospect of renewed Iran nuclear talks

After the supreme leader of Iran signaled a willingness to return to nuclear negotiations with the United States, the Biden administration cast doubt on the likelihood of resuming talks in the near future. “We will judge Iran’s leadership by their actions, not their words,” a State Department spokesperson said Tuesday. “If Iran wants to demonstrate Continue reading

Two sworn enemies hold the key to ending the war in Gaza. Does either man want a deal?

The latest flurry of Gaza cease-fire talks — the back-and-forth over now-familiar sticking points and appeals from around the world — obscures a grim truth about the monthslong efforts to end the Israel-Hamas war and free scores of hostages. Any deal requires the signatures of two men: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leader Continue reading

Jack Smith files new indictment in Trump election subversion case

Smith explained in an accompanying filing that the superseding indictment was presented to a new grand jury that hadn’t previously heard evidence in the case and that it “reflects the Government’s efforts to respect and implement the Supreme Court’s holdings and remand instructions in Trump v. United States,” referring to the July 1 immunity ruling. Continue reading

Biden administration throws cold water on prospect of renewed Iran nuclear talks

After the supreme leader of Iran signaled a willingness to return to nuclear negotiations with the United States, the Biden administration cast doubt on the likelihood of resuming talks in the near future. “We will judge Iran’s leadership by their actions, not their words,” a State Department spokesperson said Tuesday. “If Iran wants to demonstrate Continue reading

Ukraine’s daring offensive intensifies pressure on US to ease cautious approach to the war

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ukraine’s daring ground offensive has taken the fight to Russia, but not nearly as much as its leaders would like because, they say, the United States won’t let them. The U.S. restricts the use of long-range ballistic missiles it provides to Ukraine, which wants to aim them at military targets inside Russia. Continue reading

Missing Man Found Dead Under House After Vanishing During Beach Vacation

LOADING ERROR LOADING A 60-year-old Massachusetts man reported missing during a South Carolina beach vacation earlier this month was found dead on Monday beneath a nearby home, ending a frantic 10-day search, authorities said. Stanley Kotowski’s remains were found late Monday morning under a crawl space in the same Hilton Head Island neighborhood resort that Continue reading

Kamala Harris campaign proposal draws on her prosecutor past

Consider inflation, which has been one of the Biden administration’s thorniest political problems. In a speech this month, Harris proposed going after grocery chains that she claimed are using inflation as a pretext to price-gouge consumers. In one line in the speech, she outlined an approach that you might call prosecutorial populism: target the rule-breakers. Continue reading

Columbia protesters’ demands have worked before. This time may be different.

Go to newsletter preferences Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Student protests are escalating there and other college campuses over the Israel-Gaza war and schools’ investments in Israeli entities, with demonstrators on Tuesday breaking into a Columbia campus building and occupying it. Continue reading

RFK Jr. won’t be able to remove himself from ballots in Michigan and Wisconsin

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be unable to remove himself from the ballots in the key swing states of Michigan and Wisconsin, election officials confirmed Tuesday, days after he ended his independent presidential campaign and endorsed former President Donald Trump. Cheri Hardmon, a spokesperson for the Michigan secretary of state’s office, confirmed that “minor party Continue reading

Jack Smith files new indictment in Trump election subversion case

Smith explained in an accompanying filing that the superseding indictment was presented to a new grand jury that hadn’t previously heard evidence in the case and that it “reflects the Government’s efforts to respect and implement the Supreme Court’s holdings and remand instructions in Trump v. United States,” referring to the July 1 immunity ruling. Continue reading