Alaska Airlines’ acquisition of Hawaiian clears key antitrust review
Alaska Airlines’ acquisition of Hawaiian Airlines cleared a major hurdle Monday, after the airlines said the Justice Department ended a review of the merger without challenging it on antitrust grounds.
Biden approved secret nuclear strategy refocusing on Chinese threat
President Joe Biden approved in March a highly classified nuclear strategic plan for the United States that, for the first time, reorients America’s deterrent strategy to focus on China’s rapid expansion in its nuclear arsenal.
George Santos pleads guilty to wire fraud and identity theft
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — George Santos, the disgraced former Republican member of Congress from New York whose penchant for lying led to one of the oddest sideshows in modern U.S. politics, pleaded guilty on Monday to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft and admitted to an array of other frauds and deceits.
Phil Donahue, talk host who made audiences part of the show, dies at 88
Phil Donahue, who in the 1960s reinvented the television talk show with a democratic flourish, inviting audiences to question his guests on topics as high-minded as human rights and international relations, and as lowbrow as male strippers and safe-sex orgies, died Sunday at his home on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City. He was 88.
Prosecutors leave decision on delaying Trump’s sentencing up to judge
NEW YORK — Manhattan prosecutors left the politically fraught decision of when to sentence Donald Trump in his criminal hush-money case to a judge, declining to endorse or oppose the former president’s request to postpone until after the November election.
Outraged over Gaza, protesters show left-wing divisions as convention opens
CHICAGO — As Democrats gathered in Chicago on Monday, eager to project an image of a liberal movement fully united behind Vice President Kamala Harris, thousands of people marched a few blocks away, presenting a thorny counterpoint.
People rescued from cars amid flash floods in Connecticut
Heavy rainfall in southwestern Connecticut led to mudslides, washed-out roads and flash flooding Sunday, while thunderstorms sweeping through New York City disrupted flights and train service.
Statue of John Lewis replaces Confederate memorial in Georgia
A statue of John Lewis, the civil rights leader and congressman, was installed Friday in front of a Georgia county courthouse in a space occupied for more than 100 years by a Confederate memorial.
Vance defends unsubstantiated claims about immigration and crime
WASHINGTON — Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican vice presidential nominee, on Friday defended his past unsubstantiated claims about immigration in which he suggested that early waves of Italian, Irish and German immigration led to higher crime and interethnic conflict, by citing the movie “Gangs of New York.”
Protesters are converging on Chicago. City leaders say they’re prepared.
CHICAGO — As delegates arrived in Chicago on Sunday before the Democratic National Convention, protesters gathered along Michigan Avenue. On Monday, as the political show begins inside the United Center, demonstrators say they will gather by the thousands outside. And as the convention goes on, activists say, so too will the protests, every single day, showcasing divisions on the left during a week when Vice President Kamala Harris is trying to project Democratic unity and enthusiasm.
Hurricane Ernesto brings dangerous beach conditions to East Coast
Ernesto regained hurricane status Sunday as it continued to move offshore along the East Coast, where there was a significant risk of dangerous conditions at beaches.
Urged to focus on the economy, Trump leans into attacks of Harris
WILKES-BARRE, Pa. — Former President Donald Trump in a campaign speech Saturday bounced among complaints about the economy and immigration, wide-ranging digressions and a number of personal attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris, including jabs at her appearance and her laugh.
Hurricane Ernesto brings strong winds and heavy rains to Bermuda
Hurricane Ernesto made landfall on the western side of Bermuda early Saturday as a powerful Category 1 storm, bringing significant rain and the threat of a dangerous storm surge throughout the day.
George Santos is expected to plead guilty, people close to the case say
George Santos, the former Republican member of Congress from New York undone by a mind-bending array of biographical lies and moneymaking schemes, has told prosecutors that he intends to plead guilty and avoid a federal trial that was expected to begin next month, according to two lawyers involved in the case and two other people with knowledge of the matter.
Stranded in space? NASA doesn’t see the Starliner astronauts that way.
If you go somewhere expecting an eight-day trip and end up not being able to leave for eight months, most people would consider that “stranded.”
When NFL dreams end, NASCAR’s pit crews beckon
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — D.J. Twitty was taking it all in: the jackmen lifting the race cars, the whizzing of air guns screwing in lug nuts, the slinging of 50-pound wheels. For a South Carolina native like the 24-year-old Twitty, the cacophonous scene was just this side of paradise.
Menendez, convicted of taking bribes, ends race for reelection
Sen. Bob Menendez, a famously pugnacious Democrat from New Jersey whose five-decade political career came to a crashing halt last month when he was convicted of corruption, has run his final race for reelection.
Hurricane Ernesto, packing strong winds and heavy rains, heads toward Bermuda
Ernesto, a Category 2 hurricane, was headed Friday for Bermuda, which was bracing for its powerful winds and saturating rains.
Secret Service pulls from Biden’s protective team to guard Trump
The Secret Service has bolstered former President Donald Trump’s security in a variety of ways since the assassination attempt on him last month, several people familiar with the matter said Thursday, including by temporarily shifting part of President Joe Biden’s protective team to Trump.
Gaza cease-fire talks to resume in Cairo, as mediators race to head off wider war
TEL AVIV, Israel — High-level talks to halt the war in the Gaza Strip ended without an immediate breakthrough Friday, but the United States, Egypt and Qatar said the negotiations would continue next week as mediators raced to secure a truce that they hope will avert a wider regional conflagration.
