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A video spread widely on the internet shows a Jewish family being asked to get off an airplane in Florida because their 2-year old daughter wasn’t wearing a mask. The Spirit Airlines flight from Orlando to Atlantic City was interrupted by the event—all the passengers had to disembark and were later allowed back on, according […]

JERUSALEM—Israel’s president handed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the difficult task on Tuesday of trying to form a government from the country’s splintered parliament, giving the embattled leader a chance to prolong his lengthy term in office while he stands trial on corruption charges. In his announcement, President Reuven Rivlin acknowledged that no party leader had

The border crisis puts a dent in President Joe Biden’s approval rating. What are some of the major concerns about his border policies? Biden wants congress to pass another multi-trillion dollar spending bill. Democrat leaders say they’re willing to pass it without Republicans. How do they plan to avoid the filibuster this time? House Speaker

A group of Democrat senators has proposed changes to international tax provisions in former President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax reform law in a bid to discourage offshoring and raise tax revenue for domestic investment. The crux of the efforts of Sens. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon), Mark Warner (D-Virginia), and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) are calls to reform

WASHINGTON—Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) said Monday he will not leave Congress and denied that he “slept with” an underage girl, suggesting that accusations against him stem from political foes angry that he “loathes the swamp.” The Florida Republican, starting his fifth year in Congress, has been battling to preserve his political career since reports last

Commentary President Ronald Reagan used to refer to our country as “these United States,” not “the United States.” That may seem to be an inconsequential grammatical difference, but a whole different philosophy of our system of government is embedded in that phraseology. Reagan reinforced the traditional notion of American federalism: that the states created the

KYIV—President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on NATO on Tuesday to lay out a path for Ukraine to join the Western military alliance, after days in which Russia has massed troops near the conflict-hit Donbass region. Zelenskiy’s comments drew an immediate rebuke from Moscow, which said Kyiv’s approach to NATO could further inflame the situation in Donbass,

The UK government said on Tuesday that face coverings should continue to be worn in secondary schools and colleges in England when students return after the Easter break. The government said this “cautious approach” will help limit the risk of transmission of COVID-19 and enable continued monitoring of the effect of school reopening. Secondary school

So you’re at a party with friends, and Steve asks what you’ve been reading lately. You launch into a description of Sarah Bakewell’s “How to Live, A Life of Montaigne,” her biography of the “father of the essay,” telling Steve enthusiastically how much you’re learning from this book and how you want to read some

Commentary When I see people walking outside, often alone with no one anywhere near them, wearing a mask, my primary reactions are disappointment and sadness. I am disappointed because I expected better from my fellow Americans. I never thought most Americans would be governed by irrational fears and unquestioning obedience to authority. I have come