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US Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas fights off challenge from gun-rights activist in GOP runoff
By Jim Vertuno, The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas has won his primary over a gun-rights activist who pushed the border congressman to a runoff and threatened to unseat a U.S. House incumbent. Gonzales defeated Brandon Herrera, a gun enthusiast who calls himself “The AK Guy” on social media and attacked Gonzales over positions ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan wins GOP primary runoff, fending off challenger backed by Trump
By Jim Vertuno, The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – Republican Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan won his primary runoff Tuesday to a survive a wave of party turbulence in America’s biggest red state, and anger from the right over last year’s impeachment of state Attorney General Ken Paxton. Phelan, who finished second in March to challenger David Covey, a former ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for royal defamation, prosecutors say
By The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
BANGKOK (AP) – Thai prosecutors on Wednesday said former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra will be indicted for defaming the monarchy, three months after he was freed on parole on other charges. Thaksin will not yet be indicted because he had filed a request to postpone his original appointment on Wednesday with proof that he has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan wins GOP primary runoff, fending off anger over impeachment
By Jim Vertuno, The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas was out to save his job Tuesday in a GOP primary runoff that has put rifts within the party on display. Gonzales, who has clashed with some of his hard-right colleagues in Washington and drawn a rebuke from the state party, is in a race ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Texas runoffs put Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales, state’s GOP House speaker in middle of party feud
By Jim Vertuno, The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas is out to save his job Tuesday in a GOP primary runoff that has put rifts within the party on display. Gonzales, who has clashed with some of his hard-right colleagues in Washington and drawn a rebuke from the state party, is in a race ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prosecutor says Trump tried ‘to hoodwink voters’ while defense attacks key witness in last arguments
By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker And Jill Colvin, The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump engaged in a conspiracy “to hoodwink voters” in 2016, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday during closing arguments in the former president’s hush money trial, while a defense lawyer branded the star witness as the “greatest liar of all time” and pressed the panel for an across-the-board acquittal. The lawyers’ ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Transitional council in Haiti selects new prime minister for a country under siege by gangs
By Dánica Coto, The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Garry Conille was named Haiti’s new prime minister Tuesday evening, nearly a month after a coalition within a fractured transitional council had chosen someone else for the position. The long-awaited move comes as gangs continue to terrorize the capital of Port-au-Prince, opening fire in once peaceful neighborhoods and using ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US condemns loss of life, but says no policy changes after civilian deaths in Israeli strike
By Aamer Madhani, The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House on Tuesday condemned the loss of life of dozens of civilians as a result of an Israeli airstrike in Rafah, but said it is not planning any policy changes as a result of the Israeli actions. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters that Israel had not violated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump prosecutor focuses on ‘cover-up’ in closing arguments while defense attacks key witness
By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker And Jill Colvin, The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump engaged in “a conspiracy and a cover-up,” a prosecutor told jurors during closing arguments Tuesday in the former president’s hush money trial, while a defense lawyer branded the star witness as the “greatest liar of all time” and pressed the panel for an across-the-board acquittal. The lawyers’ dueling accounts, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!US-built pier will be removed from Gaza coast and repaired after damage from rough seas
By Tara Copp, The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S.-built temporary pier that has been taking humanitarian aid to starving Palestinians for less than two weeks will be removed from the coast of Gaza to be repaired after getting damaged in rough seas and weather, the Pentagon said Tuesday. Over the next two days, the pier will be pulled from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Democrats plan to nominate Biden by virtual roll call to meet Ohio ballot deadline
By Seung Min Kim, The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden will be formally nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee through a virtual roll call ahead of the party’s official convention in Chicago in August – a maneuver that will allow Biden to appear on the November ballot in Ohio. The issue is because the Democratic National Convention, where the ... Read More »
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