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On the final day of the 2024 legislative session, lawmakers were in high spirits as the General Assembly put the finishing touches on a slew of legislation that had dominated the final weeks. Most of Wednesday was preoccupied with tributes to departing members, a steak cook-off in the House and the Capitol’s version of spring cleaning.

(WASHINGTON) A soon-to-be released Biden administration report to Congress does not conclude that Israel has violated the terms for its use of U. S. weapons. That’s according to three people who have been briefed on the national security memorandum to be submitted by Secretary of State Antony Blinken to lawmakers. All three requested anonymity to discuss the matter before the report’s release. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The report is expected to be sharply critical of Israel, even though it didn’t conclude that Israel violated terms of U.

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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Friday that Israel’s use of U. S.-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law but wartime conditions prevented U. S. officials from determining that for certain in specific airstrikes. The administration’s finding of “reasonable” evidence to conclude that its ally had breached international law in its conduct of the war in Gaza, released in a summary of a report being delivered to Congress on Friday, represents the strongest such statement from Biden officials. But its caveat that it was unable immediately to link specific U.

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