Philippines mulls pullout of Syria peacekeepers The Philippine foreign secretary says he is recommending to President Benigno Aquino III to pull out all Filipino U.N. peacekeepers from the Golan Heights following the abduction of four by Syrian rebels. More
Republicans to back Obama's student loan plan House Republicans are willing to give President Barack Obama a rare win, the chairman of the Education and Workforce Committee said Thursday in outlining a deal that would let college students avoid a costly hike on their student loans. More
Iran president still a force even as his era ends When many struggling families in this eastern Iranian city take stock of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's legacy, it's not about the oratory full of bluster and menace or his tussles with Iran's ruling clerics that are known to much of the world. More
Obama to open middle-class jobs, opportunity tour Aiming to show he's still focused on creating jobs, President Barack Obama is beginning a series of quick trips around the country to resurrect ideas from his State of the Union address that became overshadowed by the intense debates over gun control, immigration and automatic spending cuts. More
President Biden to deliver speech on abortion in Florida on Tuesday WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Joe Biden is making a campaign stop in Tampa on Tuesday and is expected to deliver a speech focused on reproductive rights. The president’s campaign says he give ... 04/22/2024 - 3:30 pm | View Link
Trump tried to 'corrupt' the 2016 election, prosecutor alleges as hush money trial gets underway A prosecutor told jurors that Donald Trump tried to illegally influence the 2016 presidential election by preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public. The statement came M ... 04/22/2024 - 11:52 am | View Link
Trump accused of conspiracy as historic hush money trial kicks off. Here’s what happened in court today Opening statements in Donald Trump’s historic hush money trial lay out the explosive allegations at the heart as the former president’s defense team insists he is innocent. 04/22/2024 - 10:15 am | View Link
Takeaways from the Trump hush money trial: Opening statements and the first witness (CNN) — The first criminal trial of Donald Trump is officially underway. Prosecutors and Trump’s attorneys delivered opening statements and the first witness – a former National Enquirer publisher – ... 04/22/2024 - 8:43 am | View Link
The Latest | Lawyers in Trump hush money case paint competing portraits of him in opening statements The commencement of opening statements in Donald Trump's hush money trial sets the stage for weeks of testimony about the former president’s personal life and places his legal troubles at the center o ... 04/22/2024 - 5:47 am | View Link
Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said he is “beside himself” over Speaker Mike Johnson fundraising for Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) ahead of his primary runoff next month, Punchbowl News reports.
Said Roy: “I’m being attacked. Conservatives are being attacked. Bob Good, the chairman of the Freedom Caucus, is being attacked by Tony.
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) talks to Politico: “It was the intelligence, it was the Europe generals who are in charge of the freedom of the world and of course it was the developments as well, everything has escalated.”
“It may seem hard to square the congressman who, only in September, opposed $300 million in Ukraine aid with the one who put his career on the line to deliver $95 billion to the battered country.
“The U. S. is drafting sanctions that threaten to cut some Chinese banks off from the global financial system, arming Washington’s top envoy with diplomatic leverage that officials hope will stop Beijing’s commercial support of Russia’s military production,” the Wall Street Journal reports.
“Four Germans were caught laying white roses in memory of Adolf Hitler at the house where the Nazi dictator was born in western Austria on the anniversary of his birth, and one gave a Hitler salute as they posed for photos,” the AP reports.
“India’s main opposition party accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using hate speech after he called Muslims ‘infiltrators’ — some of his most incendiary rhetoric about the minority faith, days after the country began its weekslong general election,” ABC News reports.
“Critics of the prime minister — an avowed Hindu nationalist — say India’s tradition of diversity and secularism has come under attack since his Bharatiya Janata Party won power a decade ago.
Minnesota state Sen. Nicole Mitchell (D) “told police that she broke into her stepmother’s home because her stepmother refused to give her items of sentimental value from her late father, including his ashes,” the AP reports.