Donald Trump inherits a Middle East that looks dramatically different from the one his administration left in 2021.

Mr. Pongsak was among five Thai hostages who were released on Thursday. Working on farms in often dangerous parts of Israel, Thai farmhands suffered a heavy toll in the Hamas-led attacks of Oct. 7, 2023. At least 39 were killed, and at least 31 were taken hostage, according to an earlier tally from the Thai foreign ministry.

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Lawmakers at the state and federal levels are responding to President Joe Biden’s record presidential pardon spree – as more than 3,000 people found their sentences commuted or pardoned.

In February 2023, a vast balloon the height of a 22-storey building entered U.S. airspace, with a payload weighing 2,000 pounds and including solar panels and surveillance equipment.

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At least 39 Thai agricultural workers were killed in the Oct. 7 attacks, and at least 31 were taken hostage, according to the Thai foreign ministry. Of the 31 hostages, at least two died in captivity, Thai officials said. During a cease-fire in November 2023, 23 Thai hostages were released.

The U.S. State Department issued a "stop-work" order on Friday for all existing foreign assistance and paused new aid, according

Trump’s Moves to Upend Federal Bureaucracy Touch Off Fear and Confusion Agencies are gripped with uncertainty about how to implement a blizzard of President Trump’s new policies as workers ...