Around the World
Putin says Russia, Turkey, Iran see US pullout from Syria as ‘positive step’
Moscow, Ankara and Tehran see the planned US withdrawal from Syria as a positive step, Russian President Vladimir Putin said after a summit with his Turkish and Iranian counterparts on Thursday.
Pence: Iran is plotting 'new Holocaust' to wipe Israel off the map
Vice President Mike Pence said Thursday that Iran is plotting a 'new Holocaust' to obliterate Israel.
Venezuela unveils anti-US coalition at United Nations
It was almost a who’s who of America's foes as Venezuela’s foreign minister, Jorge Arreaza, was surrounded on Thursday by some of the world’s most notorious human rights violators. He was announcing the formation of a group of countries that he said would defend the United Nations Charter.
Rouhani claims Israel, US behind deadly suicide bombing in Iran
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Thursday blamed the suicide bombing of a bus carrying Revolutionary Guards troops that killed 27 in southeastern Iran on Israel and the United States, vowing revenge against Jaish al-Adl, the 'mercenary group' that committed it.

Israel-Palestinian Conflict
Kushner: Mideast peace plan expected after Israeli election
President Donald Trump’s senior Middle East adviser, son-in-law Jared Kushner, said Thursday that the Trump administration would unveil its much-awaited Mideast 'Deal of the Century' after Israeli elections on April 9.
Israeli, US troops wrap up annual joint missile defense war games
Three hundred American soldiers on Thursday wrapped up a week-long joint military exercise with the Israel Defense Forces.
In Warsaw, Pence hails sight of Netanyahu ‘breaking bread’ with Arab leaders
US Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday hailed the symbolic importance of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “breaking bread” with Arab leaders at a Mideast conference in Warsaw, saying he hoped it heralded further cooperation to come.

Inside the United States
Pelosi holds Democrats together to pass spending deal
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Thursday managed to hold most of her caucus together to pass a border security spending package, even though it lets President Trump spend $1.375 billion to build steel slat fencing, a priority that's almost universally opposed by Democrats.
Trump to declare national emergency to secure border wall funds
US President Donald Trump will sign a spending bill averting a government shutdown but will also issue an emergency declaration to fund his controversial border wall, the White House and lawmakers said Thursday.
McCabe, Rosenstein must testify to explain claim that DOJ discussed removing Trump, GOP leaders say
The top Republicans on the House and Senate Judiciary Committees are calling for former FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to testify before their respective panels, following McCabe's explosive claims in an interview this week that senior Justice Department officials had considered removing President Trump using the 25th Amendment.
McCabe details central role in Russia probes, DOJ meetings on whether to oust president
Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, speaking out in a new book and TV interview, detailed the central role he played in the bureau's Russia probe and the eventual appointment of a special counsel -- while reportedly describing Justice Department meetings where officials discussed ousting President Trump.

Christian News
Focus on the Family to put live 4-D ultrasounds on Times Square jumbotron
In response to New York's new abortion law, which effectively allows unlimited abortion until birth, Focus on the Family launched the largest pro-life effort in the organization's history.