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WASHINGTON — A panoply of critics is trying to take down Food and Drug Administration commissioner Dr. Marty Makary — sensing blood in the water after President Trump forced him to approve flavored e-cigarettes with new “age gate” ID-verifying technology.
Vials containing PFAS samples sit in a tray April 10, 2024, at a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lab in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)
United States President Donald Trump has called for criminal charges of “incitement to violence” against top Democratic lawmaker Hakeem Jeffries, escalating his push to use the legal system against his political rivals.
WASHINGTON — A mass release of North Carolina prisoners under Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper during the COVID-19 pandemic had a devastating effect on public safety — with nearly half of the sprung inmates going on to commit more crimes, according to a Post review of state records and reports.
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Casey Putsch, whose rhetoric has included antisemitic dogwhistles, did not come close to winning the Republican primary on Tuesday.
Boeing shares rose in late-morning trading in New York after CNBC reported that CEO Kelly Ortberg will join President Trump on his trip to Beijing next week for talks with President Xi Jinping.
Riyadh told White House it would deny access for operation to provide tankers military escort through strait of Hormuz
MANILA, Philippines — Sen. JV Ejercito filed Senate Bill (SB) 2114 to address over importation of sugar and protect local producers from unfair competition amid declining incomes of farmers and workers.
Xavier Becerra is not governor material, according to former colleagues and Biden administration staffers who worked with the one-time Health and Human Services secretary.
VATICAN CITY — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio eased tensions between the White House and the Catholic Church after meeting with Pope Leo XIV on Friday.
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Over the weekend, we reported that in what some called a "watershed moment", Beijing ordered Chinese companies not to comply with US sanctions on five domestic refiners linked to the Iranian oil trade, deploying for the first time a blocking measure introduced in 2021 that was aimed at protecting its firms from fore…
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With hopes of a permanent truce being continually undermined by minor skirmishes and blockade infringements, it remains unclear whether this war is close to ending. And while oil prices gyrate from one Trump Truth post to the next, two weeks of Brent above $100/barrel (only just inching below as of this morning) sug…
Late-night hosts discussed the situation in Iran and the Trump administration’s efforts to avoid using the word ‘war’
Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg is expected to join President Donald Trump on his visit to China next week, a source familiar with the planemaker's plans told CNBC on Thursday.
Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn is calling for a full-blown investigation into a Torrance gun store that sold a shotgun to White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooter Cole Allen, the deranged CalTech grad accused of trying to assassinate President Donald Trump.
Grab your sneakers and tighten those laces — the Presidential Fitness Test is back.
El secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos de Estados Unidos, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifica ante el Comité de Finanzas del Senado en el Capitolio, el miércoles 22 de abril de 2026, en Washington. (AP Foto/Jose Luis Magana)
WASHINGTON — \White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has given birth to a baby girl, she announced Thursday.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio jokes with Pope Leo XIV as they exchange gifts at the Vatican on Thursday. (Vatican Media via Reuters)
While conventional wisdom, especially after Trump's counter-blockade of Iran's blockade, that the Strait of Hormuz is completely blocked, the reality is that the UAE is now running loaded crude tankers through the Iranian-controlled Strait of Hormuz with transponders switched off - just like sanctioned Iranian ghost…
The Trump administration’s counter-terrorism strategy is set shrink the space in which the Muslim Brotherhood can operate, a leading expert on the group has said.
US President Donald Trump is selling peace with Iran again. Leaks about draft memorandums and breakthrough talks are circulating, and the familiar choreography has resumed – inflated expectations, maximalist demands, brief rallies in energy markets and, eventually, strategic deadlock.
A mystery smear site popped up on Wednesday, targeting TKO CEO and WME chairman Ari Emanuel. A group dubbed the Hollywood Anti-Genocide Movement launched NoMoreGenocide[.com], which refers to Emanuel as “the censor” and casts the 65-year-old puppet master as overseeing a vast global conspiracy involving Donald Trump…
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President Trump blasted sky-high 2026 FIFA World Cup ticket prices in an exclusive interview with The Post, saying even he wouldn’t pony up the $1,000 needed to watch the US play in the team’s opening game against Paraguay next month.
WASHINGTON — President Trump suspended a plan to have the military escort commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz after Saudi Arabian officials warned Riyadh would not allow the US to use its airspace or air bases to support the initiative.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before a Senate Committee on Finance hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 22, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)
As Trump ramps up pressure by cutting off fuel to the island, Havana’s refuse is rarely collected, forcing residents to burn it in the streets despite the pollution
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Ilia Topuria (left) and Justin Gaethje (right) met US President Donald Trump at the White House
It's no secret that America's Gulf allies bore the brunt of Iran's military retaliation in the wake of Operation Epic Fury. Now there are reports of Washington being brushed back when it comes to ongoing base access in the region.
El juez de la Corte Suprema Clarence Thomas posa para una foto junto con otros magistrados, en la sede de la Corte Suprema, en Washington, el 7 de octubre del 2022. (AP foto/J. Scott Applewhite)
US President Donald Trump’s abrupt reversal on his plans to ensure the passage of ships through the shuttered Strait of Hormuz came after Saudi Arabia and Kuwait suspended US access to airspace and bases.
US President Donald Trump’s abrupt reversal on his plans to ensure the passage of ships through the shuttered Strait of Hormuz came after Saudi Arabia and Kuwait suspended US access to airspace and bases.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio came to the Vatican on Thursday for a potentially fraught encounter with Pope Leo as President Donald Trump has continued a series of disparaging attacks on the Catholic leader over the Iran war.
Ukraine’s most popular format for political content recently seems to be reading aloud invective-laden transcripts of Vladimir Zelensky’s closest political allies scheming about stealing in Russian. The ‘Mindich tapes’ could have serious ramifications for the government, as they purport to implicate Zelensky in unab…
Ukraine’s most popular format for political content recently seems to be reading aloud invective-laden transcripts of Vladimir Zelensky’s closest political allies scheming about stealing in Russian. The ‘Mindich tapes’ could have serious ramifications for the government, as they purport to implicate Zelensky in unab…
Supreme Court Associate Justice Clarence Thomas joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Oct. 7, 2022. Thomas was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to succeed Justice Thurgood Marshall and has served since 1991. (AP Photo/J. S…
This information was used to understand the problems Americans face. The consequences of its erasure, experts warn, could affect generations to come
Such a move could reshape the electoral map ahead of the midterms by carving up a majority-Black congressional district
An American citizen has applied for political asylum in Spain's Balearic Islands, claiming that he fears returning to the US due to his politics.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio opened a fence-mending visit to the Vatican on Thursday after President Donald Trump’s broadsides against Pope Leo XIV and the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran angered the Holy See and sparked ongoing sparring between the two American leaders.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio kicked off a two-day visit to Vatican City and Italy Thursday by meeting Pope Leo XIV, days after President Trump claimed the first American-born pontiff was “endangering a lot of Catholics and a lot of people.”
KYIV — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dispatched Kyiv's chief negotiator to meet with Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in the U.S., a top Ukrainian official told POLITICO.
The United States was waiting on Thursday for Iran to convey its response to the latest American proposal to end the war, after public messages from top-ranking officials on both sides suggested a burst of behind-the-scenes diplomatic activity.
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Beijing’s top diplomat also tells delegation led by close Trump ally the two countries should be ‘partners rather than adversaries’
Beijing’s top diplomat also tells delegation led by close Trump ally the two countries should be ‘partners rather than adversaries’