Blog

On Saturday morning, a cruise ship carried 1,435 evacuees from the devastated Bahamas into the port at West Palm Beach, Florida. Most of those on board were Bahamian citizens, but more than 40 nations were represented among the refugees welcomed into the U.S. that morning. Another ferry, carrying hundreds more evacuees, arrived after midnight on Sunday. That ferry also brought a disturbing story of a ferry operator who wrongly kicked…

Karen DeYoung Josh Dawsey Missy Ryan September 9 at 8:21 PM President Trump said Monday that negotiations with the Taliban “are dead” and indicated that he had no further interest in meeting with the group over an end to the Afghanistan war. “I’m not looking to discuss it,” he said. “I’m not discussing anything.” Trump appeared to provide the definitive response to at least one question officials across his administration…

Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what’s happening in the world as it unfolds.

Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what’s happening in the world as it unfolds.

Chat with us in Facebook Messenger. Find out what’s happening in the world as it unfolds.

BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — A rescue team has heard noises from inside a cargo ship where four crew members are missing after their huge vessel overturned and caught fire, but the flames and smoke have so far prevented the rescuers from safely penetrating the unstable vessel, the U.S. Coast Guard said. “They heard noises, but we can’t confirm that it’s signs of life,” Petty Officer 3rd class Ryan Dickinson told…

Dozens of Bahamians trying to evacuate from the hurricane-wrecked islands were told to get off a ferry headed towards Florida last weekend, and were told that was because they did not have U.S. visas. But the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said on Monday afternoon at a White House press briefing that they would grant entry into the U.S. to anyone from the Bahamas on “humanitarian reasons.” “We will…

SoftBank reportedly asks WeWork to shelve IPO SoftBank, WeWork’s biggest outside investor, is urging the startup to shelve its initial public offering, according to a Monday report from the Financial Times. Technologyread more

President Donald Trump. | Win McNamee/Getty Images white house By QUINT FORGEY 09/09/2019 04:13 PM EDT President Donald Trump on Monday dismissed his trio of challengers for the Republican presidential nomination as “a laughingstock,” and defended the decisions by GOP leaders in a handful of states to scrap their 2020 primaries and caucuses. “The three people are a total joke. They’re a joke. They’re a laughingstock,” Trump told reporters outside…

In this image released by the U.S. Coast Guard, a helicopter hovers over the overturned Golden Ray cargo vessel in St. Simons Sound, Ga., on Monday. Twenty of the 24 people on board had been rescued as of Sunday afternoon, when crews were forced to suspend the search because of safety concerns related to a fire on the ship. AP hide caption toggle caption AP In this image released by…

In this image released by the U.S. Coast Guard, a helicopter hovers over the overturned Golden Ray cargo vessel in St. Simons Sound, Ga., on Monday. Twenty of the 24 people on board had been rescued as of Sunday afternoon, when crews were forced to suspend the search because of safety concerns related to a fire on the ship. AP hide caption toggle caption AP In this image released by…

In this image released by the U.S. Coast Guard, a helicopter hovers over the overturned Golden Ray cargo vessel in St. Simons Sound, Ga., on Monday. Twenty of the 24 people on board had been rescued as of Sunday afternoon, when crews were forced to suspend the search because of safety concerns related to a fire on the ship. AP hide caption toggle caption AP In this image released by…

“There’s no such thing as a clean break — or just getting it done,” the Irish prime minister, Leo Varadkar, said to Mr. Johnson, throwing his own words back at him. On a chilly, gray day, with the Irish and British flags flapping behind them, Mr. Varadkar and Mr. Johnson both spoke of the need to find solutions. But the gulf between them seemed wide. The Irish border remains the…

In September 2019, shortly after Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas, a rumor started to circulate on Facebook claiming that U.S. President Donald Trump had personally donated $1 million to the relief fund for the Caribbean country: This rumor is unfounded.  Although verbatim copies of this message — “President Trump donated $1 million dollars to the relief fund for The Bahamas. No politicians have donated ANYTHING. ZERO” — were shared by…

The chief scientist of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said in an email that he will be investigating the agency’s response to President Trump’s claims that Hurricane Dorian posed a threat to Alabama. The Washington Post reported on Monday that Craig McLean, NOAA’s acting chief scientist, wrote an email to colleagues that said the agency’s response to Mr. Trump’s claims were “political” and a “danger to public health and safety.”  “I am…

NBC News has obtained the 5-page resolution in which the House Judiciary Committee has laid out the parameters of what the panel is calling its ongoing “impeachment investigation” of President Donald Trump. The committee could vote on the resolution as early as Wednesday. Read the full text here.

The Taliban have hit back at President Donald Trump’s dramatic cancellation of an imminent Afghanistan peace agreement, suggesting his erratic diplomacy is damaging his credibility. According to BBC correspondent Lyse Doucet, a Taliban spokesperson said Sunday that the president’s weekend tweets had come as a surprise to the group. Trump announced on Twitter on Saturday that he was shelving the peace deal following the killing of a U.S. soldier in…

The Taliban have hit back at President Donald Trump’s dramatic cancellation of an imminent Afghanistan peace agreement, suggesting his erratic diplomacy is damaging his credibility. According to BBC correspondent Lyse Doucet, a Taliban spokesperson said Sunday that the president’s weekend tweets had come as a surprise to the group. Trump announced on Twitter on Saturday that he was shelving the peace deal following the killing of a U.S. soldier in…

The Taliban have hit back at President Donald Trump’s dramatic cancellation of an imminent Afghanistan peace agreement, suggesting his erratic diplomacy is damaging his credibility. According to BBC correspondent Lyse Doucet, a Taliban spokesperson said Sunday that the president’s weekend tweets had come as a surprise to the group. Trump announced on Twitter on Saturday that he was shelving the peace deal following the killing of a U.S. soldier in…