Blog Verité

by Edgar CALDERON At least 51 people were killed in Guatemala City on Monday when a bus crashed through a guard rail and plunged into a ravine, rescuers said, one of the worst road accidents in Latin America in years.

To spend a rush hour these days at any of the traffic-snarled checkpoints outside Palestinian cities in the West Bank is to hear of the endless problems they have brought — families divided, money lost, trade disrupted, sick people kept

Hamas has said it will delay the release of more hostages after accusing Israel of violating their ceasefire deal. 

In what will be seen as a signature act of the new Trump administration, the president and his team have denounced and dismembered the US government’s international assistance arm, USAID, in a matter of three weeks.

President Donald Trump required Department of Education employees to attend “diversity training” during his first term. Now, he’s suspending them as he seeks to root out Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) from the federal government. A new piece in Monday’s

Israeli police have confiscated books and arrested Palestinian booksellers following a raid on two famous East Jerusalem bookshops.

Vance questions authority of US judges to challenge Trump  BBC.com Musk calls to impeach judge whose order blocks DOGE from Treasury systems access  CNBC Vance Challenges Courts’ Power, and Trump Targets the Penny  The New York Times George Conway: J.D. Vance is telling

Trump Muses About a Third Term, Over and Over Again  The New York Times

It wasn’t even close. DeJean got a pick-6 on his 22nd birthday, Sweat tormented Mahomes and the Eagles routed the Chiefs 40-22 on Sunday to secure the franchise’s second Super Bowl championship.

For many Palestinian Americans, Trump’s Gaza plan evokes legacy of displacement  The Guardian US Trump Says Palestinians Wouldn’t Have Right to Return to Rebuilt Gaza  The Wall Street Journal Moscow doesn’t reject Trump’s Gaza plan outright; Turkey, Hamas say it’s doomed  The Times