Giant factories are rising up in the desert all around this city. It’s ground zero for President Biden’s massive bet that he can bring back to America one of the 21st century’s most important manufacturing jobs: making semiconductor chips. Congress approved $53 billion in funding‚ and the White House has just announced preliminary agreements to give billions in grants to corporations such as Intel‚ TSMC and Micron. Now comes the greatest challenge of all: finding enough workers...

Vice President Kamala Harris was asked on Drew Barrymore's daytime talk show Monday if she could become a mother to the country. &;quot;I’ve been thinking that we really all need a tremendous hug in the world right now‚&;quot; Barrymore said‚ &;quot;but in our country‚ we need you to be Mamala of the country.&;quot;  &;quot;Yeah‚&;quot; Harris responded‚ laughing.

Hamilton Hall‚ the building at Columbia University that protesters occupied early Tuesday morning‚ has been occupied several times by student activists over the past half-century. Here are some of the notable moments of student protest at the building. 1968 The building‚ which opened in 1907‚ was the first that hundreds of students seized in April 1968 during protests over the Vietnam War‚ racism and Columbia’s plans to build a gymnasium in nearby Morningside Park....

Anti-Israel protesters at Columbia University took over a building on campus early Tuesday morning after the school began suspending students for refusing to disperse from the anti-Israel encampment set up on the campus quad last week. Dozens of Columbia protesters occupied Hamilton Hall Tuesday and barricaded the entrances to claim the area as their own. Footage emerged on social media of protesters smashing windows and barricading themselves inside the building...

Pro-Palestinian activists occupied a building at Columbia University early on Tuesday‚ escalating a battle with administrators who have begun suspending students for refusing to dismantle tents set up on the New York campus. Protesters entered Hamilton Hall - the site of student protests dating back to the 1960s - and suspended a banner reading &;quot;Hind's Hall&;quot; from an upper floor. Others outside blocked the doors with outdoor tables and linked arms to form a barricade in front. &;quot;This...

Protesters began occupying a central campus building at Columbia University in New York early Tuesday morning‚ one day after the school asked them to voluntarily disperse from an encampment set up in support of Palestinians. Once inside‚ students chained and barricaded the doors. A crowd cheered as the facade was draped with signs reading &;quot;Intifada&;quot; and &;quot;Hind's Hall&;quot; — the latter a reference to Hind Rajab‚ a young Palestinian girl who was killed in Gaza in January. Hours later‚ the...

Hamas was studying Tuesday Israel's offer of a 40-day truce in the war in the Gaza Strip in exchange for the release of scores of hostages held since the Palestinian militant group's October 7 attacks. Returning to Qatar after the latest talks in Cairo‚ the Hamas delegation said it would &;quot;discuss the ideas and the proposal... we are keen to respond as quickly as possible‚&;quot; a Hamas source told AFP on condition of anonymity. Egyptian sources told Al-Qahera News‚ a site linked to Egyptian...