JULY 6, 2021
Trump son-in-law and former White House adviser Jared Kushner. NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images
Jared Kushner reportedly had a blowup with the chair of the Republican National Committee last year.
A new book from Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Bender details the pre-election exchange.
Kushner floated taking over the RNC's entire online fundraising platform,...
JULY 5, 2021
Vehicles are parked at Bagram Airfield after the American military left the base, in Parwan province north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, July 5, 2021. The U.S. left Afghanistan's Bagram Airfield after nearly 20 years, winding up its "forever war," in the night, without notifying the new Afghan commander until more than two hours after they slipped away....
JULY 5, 2021
Pope Francis is recovering after undergoing a planned surgical operation for diverticular stenosis, which is an intestinal procedure on the colon.
"His Holiness Pope Francis is in good general condition, alert and breathing on his own," said a statement released by the Holy See Press Office on Monday.
The surgery lasted about three hours and involved a hemicolectomy --...
JULY 4, 2021
Chris Jeffers placed flowers on a barricade fence that has become a makeshift memorial near the site of the Champlain Towers South collapse site in Surfside, Fla. - Scott McIntyre/NY Times
SURFSIDE, Fla. — Elena Blasser kept her two-bedroom, two-bath condo in the Champlain Towers South as a beachside gathering place for family reunions. She adored the ocean...
JULY 4, 2021
A man walks past the Olympic Rings lit up at dusk in Yokohama on July 2, 2021. - Afp Contributor#afp/AFP/Getty Images
A third visiting Olympian tested positive for the coronavirus upon arrival in Japan, the latest challenge for the strict health protocols meant to prevent the virus’s spread ahead of the Tokyo Games set to kick off...
JULY 4, 2021
US President Biden at King Orchards cherry farm in Central Lake, Mich., on Saturday. The visit was part of a tour by the administration to highlight progress against the pandemic. - Sarahbeth Maney/NY Times
WASHINGTON — On the day that President Biden had long anticipated as a milestone in the fight against the coronavirus, the White House...
JULY 2, 2021
The U.S. economy gained 850,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate rose to 5.9 percent from 5.8 percent, a sign that the recovery of the world’s largest economy is building momentum after downside misses in April and May.
Economists had expected gains of roughly 700,000 jobs and a drop of between 1 and 2 percent in the...
JULY 1, 2021
President Joe Biden attends a briefing in Miami Beach, Fla., with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on July 1, 2021. - Susan Walsh/AP Photo
This 65-year-old retiree left the U.S. for Mexico—and spends $160 per month…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday praised President Joe Biden's federal response to the collapse of a condo building in the coastal suburb of...
JUNE 30, 202
Veteran challenging AOC for House seat, slams her 'disgraceful' remark on…
In what looks like a celestial version of "Pac-Man," scientists have detected black holes gobbling up neutron stars — marking the observation of collisions between the two most extreme objects in the universe for the very first time.
And the hefty feasts occurred one billion years ago.
Within a...
JUNE 29, 2021
New Delhi: South Asia’s reliance on state-led development is concealing vulnerabilities to growing levels of unsustainable debt that could lead to financial crises, the World Bank warned.
Governments in the region, including India and Pakistan, are exposed to the risk of “hidden debt” via funding guarantees by state-owned banks and enterprises, as well as public-private partnerships, the World...
