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It was the second time Mr. Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, has been given the chance to form a government in five months. He won a plurality in the previous election in April but failed to assemble a majority coalition in its aftermath, leading to a repeat election this month. Mr. Rivlin had been pushing Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Gantz to forge a broad unity government including both their parties….

NEW YORK — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani called the United States the “supporter of terrorism” in the Middle East and downplayed Tehran’s role in the recent Saudi oil facility attacks in a Tuesday interview with Fox News. “Today, unfortunately, America is the supporter of terrorism in our region and wherever America has gone, terrorism has expanded in that wake. Wherever we have gone, on the other side, we have defeated…

John Wagner September 25 at 9:43 AM Key developments in the burgeoning controversy over President Trump’s phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky are expected to play out Wednesday in Washington and New York, with the release of a rough call transcript Wednesday morning and a scheduled meeting between Trump and Zelensky on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in the afternoon. The July 25 call has been…

 (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Good morning and welcome to Fox News First. Here’s what you need to know as you start your day … Video Fox News Exclusive: White House to release document showing intel community watchdog found whistleblower had ‘political bias,’ official says  A senior Trump administration official told Fox News late Tuesday that the administration will release a document showing the intelligence community inspector general found the whistleblower who…

Image copyright Spl Image caption Coral reefs are threatened by the acidification of the oceans Climate change is devastating our seas and frozen regions as never before, a major new United Nations report warns. According to a UN panel of scientists, waters are rising, the ice is melting, and species are moving habitat due to human activities. And the loss of permanently frozen lands threatens to unleash even more carbon,…

President Donald Trump. | Spencer Platt/Getty Images White House Trump has approved releasing the document at the center of his latest standoff with lawmakers, a senior administration official said. By NANCY COOK 09/24/2019 06:56 PM EDT Updated 09/24/2019 09:04 PM EDT 2019-09-24T09:04-0400 The White House is preparing to release to Congress by the end of the week both the whistleblower complaint and the inspector general report at the center of…

Salmon swim upstream in Seattle in 2017. A mass of abnormally warm water off the West Coast of the U.S. that year contributed to a federal fishery disaster. Warming oceans and rising sea levels are threatening coastal economies as the world’s climate changes. Elaine Thompson/AP hide caption toggle caption Elaine Thompson/AP Salmon swim upstream in Seattle in 2017. A mass of abnormally warm water off the West Coast of the…

Video Howard Kurtz: Trump shifts explanation after report he personally froze aid to Ukraine ‘MediaBuzz’ host Howard Kurtz weighs in on the battle between President Trump and the mainstream media as the Ukraine story evolves. With Nancy Pelosi finally bowing to Democratic pressure and launching a formal impeachment inquiry, many in the media may be getting their wish. After all, many pundits, especially on the left, longed for the same…

The White House is preparing to release to Congress the full whistleblower complaint at the center of House Democrats impeachment inquiry, and it could reach lawmakers by the end of the week. The “decision and timing could change over the next few days,” but Trump had approved the release of the complaint, according to a Politico report citing a senior administration official. The whistleblower complaint, according to news reports, says…

Trump slams Pelosi impeachment probe: ‘PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT!’ Trump, in a string of at least five tweets, called the move “PRESIDENTIAL HARASSMENT!” and shared a video slamming impeachment as Democrats’ “sole focus.” Politicsread more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday blamed California’s worst-in-the nation air quality on shoddy paperwork, calling on the state to overhaul its plans for cleaning up toxic smog or risk losing billions in federal road dollars. The government’s warning comes days after the Trump administration moved to block the state’s emission standards for cars and trucks, a move that would eliminate California’s most important weapon for combating…

“We applaud the decision to release the whistle-blower complaint as it establishes that, ultimately, the lawful whistle-blower disclosure process can work,” said Mr. Bakaj and I. Charles McCullough III, another lawyer for the whistle-blower. Intelligence community lawyers have had discussions with the White House and the Justice Department officials about how the whistle-blower can share his complaint without infringing on issues like executive privilege. Allowing the whistle-blower to meet with…

The Orlando police have fired a school resource officer after he arrested two 6-year-old students at their school on misdemeanour charges on Thursday. According to WKMG-TV, Officer Dennis Turner, who was initially suspended after the incident, arrested and handcuffed 6-year-old Kaia Rolle, a first-grader at Lucious and Emma Nixon Academy after she reportedly got agitated and kicked someone. Another 6-year-old, initially thought to be 8 years, was also arrested in…

No one outside the White House or the Ukrainian government knows what was said in July in a private phone call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. No one knows whether it is true that Trump pressed Zelensky to investigate Democratic front-runner Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, with the explicit intention of interfering in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. But a lack of details has not stopped…

For example, Mr. Craig said, the initial rules in that case gave Republican managers four days to make a case for conviction, followed by four days for the president’s legal team to defend him. These were essentially opening statements. The Senate then decided whether to hear witnesses, and if so, whether it would be live or on videotape. Eventually, the Senate permitted each side to depose several witnesses by videotape….

CHICAGO — Fourteen people were transported to area hospitals after a possible collision between two CTA trains. It happened at about 9 a.m. Tuesday just north of the Sedgwick station. It appears that a southbound Brown Line train made contact with a southbound Purple Line train. There was no derailment of any rail cars, and it’s unclear at this time whether or not the trains collided. A pregnant woman and…

NEW YORK – For two years, world leaders meeting at the United Nations have tiptoed around an unconventional U.S. president who stormed into town, touted his “America first” foreign policy and left allies uncertain about what he would do next. This year there are signs the world is taking a new tack with President Donald Trump. As in the past, Trump arrived at the United Nations riding a cloud of controversy – this…

Addressing the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, President Trump attacked his favorite whipping horse — globalism — in its greatest stable. Trump was explicit. “The future does not belong to globalists. The future belongs to patriots. The future belongs to sovereign and independent nations.” Lamenting the failure of international organizations to deal with abusive practices such as China’s trade policies, Trump continued, “For years, these abuses were tolerated, ignored…