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Israel's highest court has rejected a bid by Jewish settlers to halt Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan to withdraw settlements from the Gaza Strip in August. The court challenge was the last legal obstacle to the pullout, which will affect 1,700 families.

The impending pullout from the Gaza Strip has roiled the political waters in Israel. Anti-withdrawal protestors have blocked traffic on main highways and threaten more acts of civil disobedience. Some Gaza settlers are vowing to resist the pullout by all means.

The Israeli cabinet approves the dismantling of 21 Jewish settlements in Gaza and four in the West Bank. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has said the Gaza pullout will begin in July and take 12 weeks.

So You Want to See The President! depicts a procession of visitors waiting to see Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The original 1943 Rockwell suite of illustrations goes on public view Thursday in D.C.

The Democratic Party is facing questions about its future after democratic socialist candidates prevailed in New York primaries and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani demonstrated his political clout.

The U.S. and Iran have signed a preliminary agreement. Who are the winners and losers? We unpack what we know.

The New York district represented by Republican Rep. Mike Lawler is a toss-up and one Democrats are eyeing to pick up in their quest for control of Congress.

The trial of seven protesters who were arrested on the Golden Gate Bridge in 2024 for protesting Israel's mass slaughter of civilians in Gaza resumed yesterday.

Almost 50 years on, an American's idea for a citywide outdoor celebration of music in Paris has grown into Fête de la Musique, where the city's streets become a global music block party.

New York's primary election highlighted a question the Democratic Party is facing: Just how progressive does it want to be? In safe seats, progressives win, but in competitive seats, moderates prevail.

David Bianculli offers an appreciation, then we listen back to a '06 interview with Burrows, who died June 19. He directed over 1,000 sitcom episodes, co-created Cheers and chose the cast for Friends.

A dancer is evicted from a San Francisco home with deep roots in their experimental dance community.