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The host of the United Nations‘ COP28 climate change summit cast doubt on whether eliminating fossil fuels would help limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, saying there is “no science” behind it. Scientists told The Guardian, which first reported the comments, that his remarks are “incredibly concerning” and “verging …

Ron DeSantis, who in the Congress voted three times to repeal the Affordable Care Act, is now promising a less costly, “better plan” of his own to “supersede” it while bashing Donald Trump for failing to fulfill his vow to “repeal and replace” the popular health care legislation. He also …

The U.S. intelligence community has “indicated that they did not have access to” a document outlining Hamas‘ plan to attack Israel, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby said. According to a New York Times report last week, Israeli officials had circulated a 40-page document detailing Hamas’ planned assault …

A protester set themselves on fire Friday outside the Israeli consulate in Atlanta, AP reported. A security guard who tried to intervene was also injured. During a news conference, Atlanta Police Chief Darin Schierbaum said a Palestinian flag found at the scene was part of the protest. “We do not …

George Santos won’t be taking the high road out of Washington, D.C. as the now-former congressman has promised to rain hellfire and ethics complaints against some of the Republicans who voted to expel him from Congress. In a series of Friday night tweets, Santos set his sights on four former …

President Joe Biden issued a brief statement on Henry Kissinger‘s death on Thursday, a day after the former secretary of state died at the age of 100. “I’ll never forget the first time I met Dr. Kissinger. I was a young Senator, and he was Secretary of State —giving a …

A year before Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel, a document detailing plans to carry out the assault circulated among Israeli officials, according to the New York Times. While the approximately 40-page document reviewed by the Times did not mark a specific attack date, methods of the assault aimed at …

Donald Trump’s attacks against Dawn Engoron, the wife of New York Judge Arthur Engoron, were — surprise — likely based on a lie. The former president spent several days this week targeting Mrs. Engoron, accusing her of posting anti-Trump content on her social media and claiming her opinion of him …

According to a statement from the U.S. Supreme Court, retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor passed away “of complications related to advanced dementia, probably Alzheimer’s, and a respiratory illness.” O’Connor, whose husband suffered from Alzheimer’s, first announced her diagnosis in 2018 in a letter explaining that as her condition progressed, she …

George Santos has, finally, been kicked out of the House of Representatives. The New York congressman — who repeatedly refused to resign in the face of his many scandals, including a federal criminal indictment — announced last month that he would no longer seek reelection in 2024 following the release …