US Envoys Present ‘New’ Ideas in Moscow and Kiev That Could Rekindle Negotiations

Though they didn’t provide exact numbers for how many are still at large, the Syrian Interior Ministry has confirmed that the al-Hawl camp that housed ISIS detainees in the Hasakeh Governorate did experience mass escapes in the weeks since the central government seized the camp from the Kurdish SDF. This agrees with an assessment from […]

Trump Threatens Billions In Federal Funds If NYC Doesn't Put 'Little Italy' Back On Map Authored by Nicholas Zifcak via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump on Friday threatened to withhold billions in federal funding from New York City unless the city updates a map of immigrant communities to include Little Italy. In 2023, the city created a map, "New York City Immigrant Enclaves," that maps ethnic communities across the city, such as Chinatown in Lower Manhattan, Little India and Little Manila in Queens, and Little Palestine in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. However,...

Largest US Power Grid Declares Emergency To Prevent Blackouts A mega heat dome is set to descend on the eastern half of the U.S., prompting the Energy Department to issue two emergency orders to reduce the risk of rolling blackouts in the Mid-Atlantic area as PJM Interconnection braces for record power demand. DOE's first order directs the PJM region, which serves 67 million people across 13 states, "to dispatch specified units and to order their operation as needed to maintain reliability." PJM has implemented several alerts and actions to maintain reliable...