Detroit – There’s a new target in the clash over immigration: hotels. Advocacy groups and unions are pressuring Marriott, MGM and others not to house migrants who have been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers. The U.S. government has occasionally detained migrants in hotels for decades and says it might have to split up [...]

Hong Kong – Hong Kong police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in chaotic scenes late on Sunday as anger over an extradition bill morphs into a fresh front against what many see as a broader erosion of freedoms by the city’s political masters in Beijing. Thousands of protesters descended on China’s representative office in [...]

Northern Gaza Strip – Teams have begun to take preparatory measurements and actions in an area in the northern Gaza Strip designated for a US-founded and funded hospital. The Qatari delegation currently in Gaza has brought up the issue with the Hamas leadership in Gaza, but various factions have expressed opposition to the new medical [...]

Jerusalem – US Secretary of Energy Rick Perry visited the Kotel, Western Wall, and on Sunday morning, kick-starting his first official trip to Israel as Secretary of Energy. Israel’s Minister of Energy, Dr. Yuval Steinitz, Western Wall Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz and other rabbis accompanied Perry during his visit to the holy site. Perry read chapter [...]

New York – U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said on Saturday that President Donald Trump relished a chant by the crowd at a campaign rally this week that called for a Democratic congresswoman to be sent back where she came from. Trump renewed his criticism of four minority women lawmakers on Friday, saying that they had [...]

New York – A gargantuan heat wave hunkered down over the central and eastern United States on Saturday, sending residents to cooling centers and inflicting on Washington a heat index of 106 degrees F (41 C) with even steamier conditions in the forecast. “It’s pretty hot right now from the Plains states all the way [...]

Jerusalem – Israeli forces have dispersed several dozen Palestinians protesting the planned demolitions of homes in an east Jerusalem village. Jerusalem – About 50 Palestinians gathered Saturday at Sur Baher, which straddles Israel’s West Bank separation barrier, in solidarity with owners of homes close to the wall. Witnesses say Israeli forces fired tear gas and [...]

Berlin – German Chancellor Angela Merkel has urged Europeans to confront populism, nationalism, racism and anti-Semitism as she paid tribute to the Nazi resistance in her own country. Speaking Saturday at a solemn ceremony marking the anniversary of the failed attempt to kill Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler, Merkel said the courage and sacrifice of the [...]

New York – About a third of New York City’s subway lines were suspended for more than an hour during Friday’s hot evening commute, and the head of the city’s Transit Authority acknowledged that the agency “did not know exactly where our trains were.” A computer system failure that resulted in the snafu stranded some [...]

Los Angeles – Joe Biden, a former U.S. vice president and Democratic presidential candidate, compared Republican President Donald Trump on Friday to the late George Wallace, a prominent supporter of racial segregation. Biden, in California for a two-day swing to campaign and fundraise, told a gathering that Trump is “more George Wallace than George Washington.” [...]