Is President Biden going to debate Donald Trump as the November election nears&;#63; “I am. Somewhere. I don’t know when‚” Mr. Biden said Friday in an interview with Howard Stern. “I’m happy to debate him.” Nice to hear‚ though we’ll believe it when we see it. If the 81-year-old President wants to skip the stage this fall‚ Mr. Trump’s refusal to debate his GOP primary opponents has handed Mr. Biden an easy excuse. Now Mr. Trump‚ who for the record is 77‚ is demanding to debate...

Vitel’homme Innocent’s picture on the FBI’s “Ten Most Wanted” list of fugitives suggests a crazed man – eyes wide and wild‚ teeth bared. It’s the photo you might expect for a gang leader accused of destabilizing a nation‚ who claims to be under divine protection and who has a $2 million bounty on his head for alleged kidnappings. In person‚ he projects a different image‚ at least to guests. Powerful‚ yes‚ surrounded by armed acolytes who jump at his glance – but also carefully...

The U.S. military's cost estimate to build a pier off Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid has risen to $320 million‚ a U.S. defense official and a source familiar with the matter told Reuters. The figure‚ which has not been previously reported‚ illustrates the massive scale of a construction effort that the Pentagon has said involves about 1‚000 U.S. service members‚ mostly from the Army and Navy. Still‚ the cost has roughly doubled from initial estimates earlier this year‚ according to a...

Supreme Court rulings this term will advance federal law on the powers of the presidency and the administrative state and clarify decisions in recent years on abortion and the Second Amendment. Last week‚ the justices heard final arguments of the 2023 term in cases that test whether cities can fine homeless encampments that create public health and safety concerns‚ whether emergency rooms must perform abortions in states that ban the procedure‚ and whether former President Donald Trump...

Shares of Tesla rose sharply on Monday morning after the electric carmaker passed a significant milestone to roll out its advanced driver-assistance technology in China. The company’s share price spiked more than 13% as investors reacted to news surrounding Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s visit to China. Tesla on Sunday said local Chinese authorities removed restrictions on its cars after passing the country’s data security requirements. The move raised expectations that Tesla’s...

Protests against the war in Gaza have spread to college campuses across the country in the days since students at Columbia University were arrested last week‚ evoking images of historical student protests that were met with similar backlash. Recent protests have not yet reached the scale of the major student protests of the late 1960s against the Vietnam War or the 1980s against South African apartheid. But on campus‚ they may be “the largest student movement so far” of the 21st...

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken embarked on three days of uphill Middle East diplomacy Monday‚ hoping to pause the bitter conflict in the Gaza Strip that is taking a heavy toll on civilians and inflaming anti-Israel sentiment in the U.S.‚ complicating President Biden’s path to re-election. The White House’s immediate goal is to secure a cease-fire that would delay an Israeli invasion of Rafah‚ the city in southern Gaza where more than one million...

A group of more than 100 Princeton faculty and post-docs have signed a letter demanding that the university reinstate and expunge the records of two graduate students who were arrested for trespassing while participating in an anti-Israel protest last week. “This repressive action‚ undertaken at the behest of the University administration‚ constitutes a grave threat to freedom of speech‚ dissent‚ and assembly on the Princeton campus‚” reads the open letter‚ which was released on...

On a three-lane test track along the Monongahela River‚ an 18-wheel tractor-trailer rounded a curve. No one was on board. A quarter-mile ahead‚ the truck's sensors spotted a trash can blocking one lane and a tire in another. In less than a second‚ it signaled‚ moved into the unobstructed lane and rumbled past the obstacles. The self-driving semi‚ outfitted with 25 laser‚ radar and camera sensors‚ is owned by Pittsburgh-based Aurora Innovation Inc. Late this year‚ Aurora plans to start...

Governor Ron DeSantis and former President Donald Trump reportedly met in Miami‚ Florida‚ on Sunday morning to discuss potential collaboration during the general election. The two Florida Republicans appear prepared to set aside their feud from the presidential primary with the meeting‚ organized by Florida real estate broker Steve Witkoff. A Trump campaign representative said it was a &;quot;productive meeting arranged at the behest of Gov. DeSantis.&;quot;