President Donald Trump said more countries are lining up to join the Abraham Accords in an effort to normalize relations with Israel.  Kazakhstan is expected to join the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco, which had formalized relations with the Jewish state.  On Thursday, Trump said he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev of Kazakhstan. NETANYAHU TO SKIP TRUMP’S MIDDLE EAST PEACE SUMMIT...

Hundreds of tourism and travel industry groups are warning those planning to fly this Thanksgiving holiday that if the government shutdown doesn’t end before the holiday arrives, passengers could face higher costs and increased wait times, delays and cancellations that could derail family travel plans across the country.  The groups, collectively under the banner of the U.S. Travel Association, a trade group representing the U.S. travel industry, also...

The Supreme Court cleared the way for the State Department to require people to state their biological sex on new or renewed passports, a victory for the Trump administration as it aims to tighten policies involving transgender people. The high court found in a 6-3 order temporarily greenlighting the policy that a lower court in Massachusetts had erred in blocking it.  “Displaying passport holders’ sex at birth no...