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Slovenia becomes latest European country to recognize a Palestinian state after parliamentary vote
By Ali Zerdin, The Associated Press on June 4th, 2024
LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) – Slovenia recognized a Palestinian state on Tuesday after its parliament voted overwhelmingly in favor of the move, following in the recent steps of three other European countries. Slovenia’s government endorsed a motion last week to recognize a Palestinian state, and had sent the proposal to parliament for final approval, which was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jurors in Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial see the document at center of the case for the first time
By Randall Chase, Claudia Lauer Colleen Long And Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press on June 4th, 2024
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – Federal prosecutors on Tuesday painted President Joe Biden’s son Hunter as deceptive and driven by addiction, a man whose dark habits ensnared loved ones and who knew what he was doing when he lied on federal forms to purchase a gun in 2018. Jurors also got their first look at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prosecutor asks Texas court to reverse governor’s pardon of man who fatally shot demonstrator
By Jim Vertuno, The Associated Press on June 4th, 2024
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – A prosecutor said Tuesday is asking the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to reverse the governor’s pardon of a former Army sergeant who was convicted of fatally shooting a Black Lives Matter demonstrator. Travis County District Attorney José Garza and the family of Garrett Foster, who was killed in July 2020, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New York magnet fisher catches safe full of soggy $100 bills
By Joseph B. Frederick And Karen Matthews, The Associated Press on June 4th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – James Kane has used a magnet to fish all manner of junk from New York City waterways, but stacks of $100 bills he pulled from a safe were something else entirely. Kane’s girlfriend, Barbi Agostini, 39, thought he was joking when he said their life was about to change, she told ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prosecutors play audio of Hunter Biden reading his memoir, show jury laptop in his federal gun trial
By Randall Chase, Claudia Lauer Colleen Long And Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press on June 4th, 2024
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – Federal prosecutors on Tuesday painted President Joe Biden’s son Hunter as deceptive and driven by addiction, a man whose dark habits ensnared loved ones and who knew what he was doing when he lied on federal forms to purchase a gun in 2018. Meanwhile, Hunter Biden’s attorney argued that his client ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biden says he’s restricting asylum to help ‘gain control’ of the border
By Seung Min Kim, Colleen Long And Elliot Spagat, The Associated Press on June 4th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as the White House tries to neutralize immigration as a political liability ahead of the November elections. “The border is not a political issue to be weaponized,” Biden said, while accusing former ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prosecutors play audio of Hunter Biden reading his memoir to set scene at his federal gun trial
By Randall Chase, Claudia Lauer Colleen Long And Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press on June 4th, 2024
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – Federal prosecutors on Tuesday painted President Joe Biden’s son Hunter as deceptive and driven by addiction, a man whose dark habits ensnared loved ones and who knew what he was doing when he lied on federal forms to purchase a gun in 2018. Meanwhile, Hunter Biden’s attorney argued that his client ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biden rolls out migration order that aims to shut down asylum requests, after months of anticipation
By Seung Min Kim, Colleen Long And Elliot Spagat, The Associated Press on June 4th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled plans to enact immediate significant restrictions on migrants seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border as the White House tries to neutralize immigration as a political liability ahead of the November elections. The White House detailed the long-anticipated presidential proclamation signed by Biden, which would bar migrants ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!President Biden’s brother, son’s widow among witnesses expected at Hunter Biden’s federal gun trial
By Claudia Lauer, Michael Kunzelman, Colleen Long And Randall Chase, The Associated Press on June 4th, 2024
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – Federal prosecutors on Tuesday painted President Joe Biden’s son Hunter as a “drug addict” whose dark habits ensnared loved ones and who knew what he was doing when he lied on federal forms to purchase a gun in 2018 when he said he wasn’t in the throes of addiction. Meanwhile, Hunter ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hunter Biden’s attorney says he’ll call president’s brother as a witness in federal gun trial
By Claudia Lauer, Michael Kunzelman, Colleen Long And Randall Chase, The Associated Press on June 4th, 2024
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) – Federal prosecutors on Tuesday painted President Joe Biden’s son Hunter as a clear drug addict whose dark habits ensnared loved ones and who knew what he was doing when he lied on federal forms to purchase a gun in 2018 when he said he wasn’t in the throes of addiction. Meanwhile, ... Read More »
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By Scott Bauer, The Associated Press on June 4th, 2024
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul filed felony forgery charges against two attorneys and an aide who worked for former President Donald Trump related to their roles in submitting paperwork falsely saying that Trump had won the battleground state in 2020. The charges were filed against Trump attorneys Kenneth Chesebro and Jim ... Read More »
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