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US paused bomb shipment to Israel to signal concerns over Rafah invasion, official says
By Zeke Miller And Aamer Madhani, The Associated Press on May 7th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. paused a shipment of bombs to Israel last week over concerns that Israel was approaching a decision on launching a full-scale assault on the southern Gaza city of Rafah against the wishes of the U.S., a senior administration official said Tuesday. The shipment was supposed to consist of 1,800 2,000-pound ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Spartz fends off Republican rivals to win contentious Indiana congressional primary
By Isabella Volmert, The Associated Press on May 7th, 2024
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Two-term U.S. Rep. Victoria Spartz won a contentious Republican primary to defend her seat just months after she decided to run for reelection in a campaign that focused attention on her opposition to sending aid to her native Ukraine. She defeated eight rival Republicans to secure her place on the ballot this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Semi-automatic gun ban nixed in Colorado’s Democratic-controlled statehouse after historic progress
By Jesse Bedayn, The Associated Press on May 7th, 2024
DENVER (AP) – A sweeping bill to ban the sale and transfer of semi-automatic firearms was nixed in Colorado’s Democratic-controlled Legislature on Tuesday as lawmakers pressed forward with a slew of other gun control bills on the 25th anniversary year of the Columbine High School massacre. The western state has a deep history with firearms ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Latest | Stormy Daniels to return to witness stand on Thursday as court adjourns
By The Associated Press on May 7th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – As the third week of witness testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial takes place, all eyes are on Stormy Daniels, who took the stand Tuesday morning and recounted for jurors the lead-up to meeting Trump and a 2006 sexual encounter she has said the two engaged in. Trump denies the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Latest | Defense begins cross-examination of Stormy Daniels in Trump hush money trial
By The Associated Press on May 7th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – As the third week of witness testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial takes place, all eyes are on Stormy Daniels, who took the stand Tuesday morning and recounted for jurors the lead-up to meeting Trump and a 2006 sexual encounter she has said the two engaged in. Trump denies the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Latest | Judge rejects Trump’s request for mistrial over Stormy Daniels’ testimony
By The Associated Press on May 7th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – As the third week of witness testimony in Donald Trump’s hush money trial takes place, all eyes are on Stormy Daniels, who took the stand Tuesday morning and recounted for jurors the lead-up to meeting Trump and a 2006 sexual encounter she has said the two engaged in. Trump denies the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Stormy Daniels describes meeting Trump during occasionally graphic testimony in hush money trial
By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker And Jake Offenhartz, The Associated Press on May 7th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Stormy Daniels took the witness stand Tuesday at Donald Trump’s hush money trial, describing for jurors a sexual encounter the porn actor says she had with him in 2006 that resulted in her being paid off to keep silent during the presidential race 10 years later. Jurors appeared riveted as Daniels ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Israel seizes Gaza’s vital Rafah crossing, but the US says it isn’t the full invasion many fear
By Samy Magdy, Melanie Lidman And Lee Keath, The Associated Press on May 7th, 2024
CAIRO (AP) – Israeli troops seized control of Gaza’s vital Rafah border crossing on Tuesday in what the White House described as a limited operation, as fears mount of a full-scale invasion of the southern city and cease-fire talks with Hamas remain on a knife’s edge. The U.N. warned of a potential collapse of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In Holocaust remembrance, Biden condemns antisemitism sparked by college protests and Gaza war
By Zeke Miller, The Associated Press on May 7th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden condemned the “ferocious surge of antisemitism in America and around the world” during a Tuesday ceremony to remember victims of the Holocaust at a time when the Hamas attack on Israel and controversy over the war in Gaza have sparked new waves of violence and hateful rhetoric toward Jews. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Biden condemns current antisemitism in Holocaust remembrance during college protests and Gaza war
By Zeke Miller, The Associated Press on May 7th, 2024
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden condemned the “ferocious surge of antisemitism in America and around the world” during a Tuesday ceremony to remember victims of the Holocaust at a time when the Hamas attack on Israel and controversy over the war in Gaza have sparked new waves of violence and hateful rhetoric toward Jews. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Testifying in hush money trial, porn actor Stormy Daniels describes first meeting Trump
By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker And Jake Offenhartz, The Associated Press on May 7th, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) – Stormy Daniels took the witness stand Tuesday in the hush money trial of former President Donald Trump, prepared to testify about a sexual encounter the porn actor says she had in 2006 that resulted in her being paid off to keep silent during the presidential election 10 years later. Daniels strode ... Read More »
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