Trump's Mar-a-Lago New Year's Eve party features '90s rapper Vanilla Ice  —  The New Year's Eve party at Mar-a-Lago featured a performance by rapper Vanilla Ice, launching the early-1990s sensation as 2024's first musical act to trend on X.  —  Vanilla Ice, whose real name is Rob Van Winkle …

A fraying coalition: Black, Hispanic, young voters abandon Biden as election year begins  —  In a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll, Biden's failure to consolidate his victorious 2020 support has left him narrowly trailing Trump.  —  President Joe Biden heads into the election year …

Israel is pulling thousands of troops from Gaza as combat focuses on enclave's main southern city  —  Thousands of Israeli soldiers are being shifted out of the Gaza Strip, the military said Monday, in the first significant drawdown of troops since the war began as forces continued to bear …

2024: The public's priorities and expectations  —  Foreign policy issues top the public's agenda for 2024, followed by economic concerns.  Education, the environment and climate change, and health care continue to be major concerns.  Most Americans do not expect things to get better for themselves or the country in the upcoming year.

South Korea opposition chief stabbed in neck - media  —  South Korea's opposition Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung was stabbed in the neck during a visit to the southern port city of Busan on Tuesday, the Yonhap news agency reported.  —  Lee was attacked by an unidentified man while touring …

Marjorie Taylor Greene Attacks Bill Clinton's Jeffrey Epstein Ties, Ignores Trump's … Video

Mental hospitals warehoused the sick.  Congress wants to let them try again.  —  Lawmakers are on the verge of allowing Medicaid to cover substance use treatment in the facilities.  —  The linked crises of drug addiction and homelessness have Washington on the verge of embracing …

Harvard President Claudine Gay Hit With Six New Charges Of Plagiarism  —  Half of Gay's published works now implicated in growing scandal  —  Harvard University president Claudine Gay was hit with six additional allegations of plagiarism on Monday in a complaint filed with the university …

Judge allows Mississippi to create state-run court in Black-majority capital city  —  Despite objections from the NAACP, a federal judge is allowing Mississippi to create a state-run court in Jackson — the state capital where the majority of residents are Black.

House Minority Leader Jeffries's father dies at 85  —  Marland Jeffries, father of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), died Sunday, according to the younger Jeffries's office.  —  Marland Jeffries, 85, was a former substance abuse counselor who raised two sons with his wife of 56 years …

Fox News Panelist Is Surprisingly OK With Trump Being ‘President From Jail’  —  Dr. Janette Nesheiwat said that if Trump is both reelected and convicted of a crime, he could just do the job from behind bars.  —  LOADING  —  Considering that Donald Trump has been indicted four times on 91 felony counts …

The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier is returning home after extended deployment defending Israel  —  After months of extra duty at sea providing protection for Israel, the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group will be heading home, the Navy announced on Monday.

Israel's Supreme Court strikes down disputed law that limited court oversight  —  Israel's Supreme Court on Monday struck down a highly disputed law passed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing government that rolled back some of the high court's power and sparked nationwide protests.