Trump took office, vowing ‘America’s decline is over’ Donald Trump completed his remarkable return to power yesterday as he was sworn in as the 47th U.S. president. “The golden age of America begins right now,” Trump declared in his Inaugural Address delivered at the Capitol, shortly after he took the oath of office. Much as…
Welcome to The Briefing, where every Monday The Athletic discusses three of the biggest questions posed by the weekend’s Premier League action. During this set of fixtures, Darwin Nunez rebooted his navigation software to lift Liverpool past Brentford, Arsenal gave up a late two-goal lead over Aston Villa to lose ground, Nottingham Forest continued to…
The start of a truce in Gaza Several Israeli hostages were released from captivity in Gaza yesterday and were reunited with their families, the Israeli military said, as a 42-day cease-fire agreement between Israel and Hamas went into effect. Follow our live coverage. The first hostages released were three women: Romi Gonen, Emily Damari and…
Disputes delayed an Israeli vote on the cease-fire Israel’s cabinet said yesterday that it was unlikely to meet to ratify a cease-fire agreement that had raised hopes for an end to 15 months of devastating war in Gaza. At the time this briefing was sent, they were not expected to meet until at least today….
Negotiators agreed to a cease-fire deal in Gaza Negotiators from Israel and Hamas have agreed to a 42-day cease-fire and hostage release in Gaza, President Biden and other leaders said yesterday, raising hopes that a 15-month war that killed at least 45,000 Palestinians and destroyed much of the enclave could soon come to an end….
Trump’s defense pick faced a divided Senate hearing Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, faced hours of questioning yesterday during his Senate confirmation hearing. A vote to decide whether he will lead the Pentagon — a department with three million employees and an $849 billion budget — could come as soon as…
Welcome to The Briefing, where every Monday during this season The Athletic will discuss three of the biggest questions to arise from the weekend’s football. This was the FA Cup weekend when Plymouth Argyle celebrated jettisoning Wayne Rooney by beating Brentford, Manchester City made short work of Salford City, Newcastle United were given a scare by Bromley and…
