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US-built pier in Gaza will need to be removed and repaired after damage from rough seas
By Tara Copp, The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon says the U.S.-built temporary pier taking humanitarian aid to starving Palestinians has been damaged in rough seas and weather and will be removed from the coast of Gaza to be repaired. Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told reporters Tuesday that over the next two days the pier will be pulled out ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Aid deliveries suspended after rough seas damage US-built temporary pier in Gaza, US officials say
By Tara Copp, The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – A U.S. built temporary pier that had been used to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza was damaged by rough seas and has temporarily suspended operations, three U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Tuesday. The Joint Logistics Over The Shore, or JLOTS, pier only began operations in the past two weeks and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge denies request to restrict Trump statements about law enforcement in classified records case
By Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s classified documents case in Florida on Tuesday denied prosecutors’ request to bar the former president from making public statements that could endanger law enforcement agents participating in the prosecution. Prosecutors had told U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon that the restriction was necessary to protect law enforcement from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Aid deliveries suspended after rough seas damage US-built temporary pier in Gaza, 3 US officials say
By Tara Copp, The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – A U.S. built temporary pier that had been used to deliver additional humanitarian aid into Gaza was damaged by rough seas and has temporarily suspended operations. That’s according to three U.S. officials who spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday. The Joint Logistics Over The Shore, or JLOTS, pier only began operations ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge nixes bid to restrict Trump statements that could endanger officers in classified records case
By The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s classified documents case in Florida on Tuesday denied prosecutors’ request to bar the former president from making public statements that could endanger law enforcement agents participating in the prosecution. U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon said in her order that prosecutors didn’t give defense lawyers adequate time to ... Read More »
1 responseBiden campaign sends allies De Niro and first responders to Trump’s NY trial to put focus on Jan. 6
By Colleen Long And Zeke Miller, The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden’s campaign on Tuesday showed up outside former President Donald Trump’s New York City criminal hush money trial with actor Robert De Niro and a pair of former police officers in an effort to refocus the presidential race on the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol insurrection. It was a sharp ... Read More »
1 responseBiden campaign sends allies De Niro and first responders to Trump’s NY trial to keep focus on Jan. 6
By Colleen Long And Zeke Miller, The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden’s campaign on Tuesday showed up outside former President Donald Trump’s New York City criminal hush money trial in an effort to refocus the presidential race on the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol insurrection. It was a sharp about-face for Biden’s team, which had largely ignored the trial since it ... Read More »
1 responseGeorgian parliament overrides presidential veto of the divisive foreign influence bill
By Sophiko Megrelidze, The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
TBILISI, Georgia (AP) – The Georgian parliament on Tuesday overrode a presidential veto of the “foreign agents” legislation that has fueled Western concerns and sparked massive protests for weeks. The legislature, controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party, dismissed President Salome Zourabichvili’s veto of the legislation that she and other critics say will restrict media ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Key witness lied on stand, Trump lawyer tells jurors during closing arguments in hush money trial
By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker And Jill Colvin, The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump’s landmark hush money trial turns on the testimony of a prosecution witness who told lies on the stand and cannot be trusted, a defense lawyer said Tuesday during closing arguments as he pressed jurors for an acquittal in the first criminal case against a former American president. The arguments, ... Read More »
1 responseBiden campaign sends allies De Niro and first responders to Trump NYC trial to keep focus on Jan. 6
By Colleen Long And Zeke Miller, The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden’s campaign on Tuesday showed up outside former President Donald Trump’s New York City criminal hush money trial in an effort to refocus the race on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection. Biden’s team, which had largely ignored the trial since it began six weeks ago, was looking to capitalize ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump is ‘innocent,’ defense lawyer tells jury as closing arguments get underway in hush money trial
By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker And Jill Colvin, The Associated Press on May 28th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Donald Trump is “innocent” and did not break the law, a lawyer for the former president told jurors during closing arguments Tuesday as the landmark hush money trial moved closer to its conclusion. The arguments, expected to last the entire day, will give attorneys one last chance to address the Manhattan ... Read More »
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