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The killing of seven international aid workers providing food assistance to starving Gazans has put President Biden in a bind over his policy on Israel, even as the president seethed over what he called a lack of discretion to protect civilians. Biden this week issued his sharpest tone yet toward Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, warning that U.S. policy as it relates to Gaza would now be determined by "immediate" steps Israel must take to mitigate an "unacceptable" humanitarian situation. |
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A three-judge panel in Tennessee heard arguments Thursday in a case seeking to have the state's near-total abortion ban declared unconstitutional.
The nine plaintiffs include seven women who say their health and fertility were threatened by their doctors refusing to perform medically necessary abortions due to fear of prosecution, as well as two Tennessee OB-GYNs who say the ban impedes their ability to provide treatment. |
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BY ZACH SCHONFELD AND ELLA LEE |
Former President Trump on Friday demanded his hush money judge recuse himself from the upcoming trial, now less than two weeks away, over his daughter's firm's digital marketing work for prominent Democrats. Last summer, Justice Juan Merchan rejected an earlier recusal motion that also cited his daughter's employment. |
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Former President Trump and his allies are ramping up fundraising to close a money gap between him and President Biden. Trump, known for his fundraising prowess in previous election cycles, has started off 2024 with a bit of a financially lackluster start. Biden significantly outraised him in the last quarter of 2023, $33 million to $19 million, and that gap carried into the new year. |
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The body of a missing construction worker who was on the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore when it collapsed last week has been found, according to authorities. The Unified Command, a group that includes the U.S. Coast Guard and Maryland state agencies, said in a press release that the body of Maynor Yasir Suazo-Sandoval, 38, was recovered by its dive teams Friday morning at about 10:30 a.m. |
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Multiple aftershocks shook the New York and New Jersey area following a 4.8 magnitude earthquake Friday morning, according to officials. "New Jersey just experienced an aftershock," New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy said in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, on Friday evening around 6 p.m. "Please follow the emergency guidance below and avoid calling 911 unless you have an actual emergency." |
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| Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) clinched the first spot on the ballot for her Colorado GOP primary after securing the highest percentage of delegate support on Friday at the district assembly. Boebert, who is running for the full two-year term in former Republican Rep. Ken Buck's eastern Colorado district, received 41 percent support from the 527 delegates gathered at the assembly, according to the Colorado Sun. That allows her name to be placed first on the GOP ballot in June. |
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The House Freedom Caucus is issuing a series of conditions for considering funding to rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, as Congress awaits a supplemental request from the Biden administration. In an official position released Friday, the conservative group demanded that any funding for the bridge be "fully offset" and called on the Biden administration to first lift its pause on approvals for natural gas export projects before discussing a supplemental for the bridge. |
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| A State Supreme Court judge blocked former President Trump's attempt to gain access to NBC's documentary material related to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan said the Trump lawyer's subpoena was "far too broad" and did not meet the legal standard to compel NBC Universal to turn over documents and other items related to the documentary "Stormy." |
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| OPINION | Last month, the Chinese Communist Party and Hong Kong authorities — using Article 23 powers under the city-state's mini-constitution, the Basic Law — struck yet another blow against freedom in Hong Kong by enacting a new "national security" law. The bill was enacted on March 22 and goes beyond the scope of the Beijing-imposed national security law passed in 2020 by adding five new categories of security crimes: treason, insurrection and sedition, theft of state secrets and espionage, external interference and sabotage activities. |
OPINION | Last week, five senators and 11 members of the House, including Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), wrote to the Federal Trade Commission urging the antitrust agency to promote "fair competition" in the food industry by reviving enforcement of the Robinson-Patman Act. The act is an old anti-price discrimination statute prohibiting certain exclusive discounts and rebates offered by suppliers and wholesalers to retailers. |
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BY MICHAEL CROWLEY AND EDWARD WONG |
President Biden sends arms to Israel under an Obama-era $38 billion aid agreement that runs until 2026. Israel's purchases include the types of bombs dropped in Gaza. |
Marjorie Taylor Greene pulled the pin on the grenade—and Washington shrugged. On March 22, the Georgia congresswoman filed a motion to vacate House Speaker Mike Johnson—the same procedural maneuver that led to Kevin McCarthy's ejection as speaker and weeks of speakerless chaos in October. Congress has been out of session ever since, without a frenzy of attention on Johnson's fate. |
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The United States, Japan, Australia and the Philippines will hold their first joint naval exercises, including anti-submarine warfare training, in a show of force Sunday in the South China Sea where Beijing's aggressive actions to assert its territorial claims have caused alarm. |
BY CHARLIE PARKER, LOVEDAY MORRIS, KAREN DEYOUNG AND LOUISA LOVELUCK |
CAIRO — For months, aid groups in Gaza warned that the system used to coordinate their deliveries with Israel's military was broken, putting the lives of relief workers at risk. |
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