Politics

UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak apologizes for a previous ban on LGBTQ+ people in the military

By Sylvia Hui, Associated Press

U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has apologized for the treatment of gay veterans by saying that a previous ban on LGBTQ+ people serving in the U.K. military was “an appalling failure of the British state.”…

Federal judge rejects Trump's bid to move hush-money criminal case, keeping it in New York state court

By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press

U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein's decision Wednesday sets the stage for Trump to stand trial in state court in Manhattan as early as next spring, overlapping with the 2024 presidential primary season.

Louisiana youths held in an old death row building suffer heat, isolation, advocates say

By Kevin McGill, Associated Press

Advocates for juveniles held in a former death row building at a Louisiana prison say the youths are suffering through dangerous heat and psychologically damaging isolation in their prison cells with little or no mental health care, schooling or water.

South Africa says Putin will skip a Johannesburg summit next month because of his ICC arrest warrant

By Gerald Imray, Associated Press

The decision means South Africa will not have to face the dilemma of whether it should act on an International Criminal Court arrest warrant against the Russian leader.

DEA official resigns amid reports of previous Big Pharma consulting work

By Joshua Goodman, Jim Mustian, Associated Press

Louis Milione’s four years of consulting for Big Pharma preceded his 2021 return to the DEA to serve as Administrator Anne Milgram’s top deputy, renewing concerns in the agency and beyond about the revolving door between government and industry and…

WATCH: White House holds briefing amid hearing on the IRS investigation of Hunter Biden

By Associated Press

GOP lawmakers have summoned IRS whistleblowers to testify publicly for the first time about claims the Justice Department improperly interfered with a tax investigation into Biden’s son Hunter.

WATCH: IRS employees share claims about Hunter Biden probe with House panel

By Farnoush Amiri, Associated Press

Lawmakers were hearing from the two IRS agents assigned to Hunter Biden case, which looked into his failure to pay taxes.

WATCH: Israeli President Herzog addresses joint meeting of Congress

By Farnoush Amiri, Zeke Miller, Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press

While lawmakers repeatedly rose to their feet in thundering applause of Herzog's recounting of Israel's founding, a handful of leading young progressive Democrats boycotted his speech.

Texas trooper's accounts of bloodied and drowning migrants on U.S.-Mexico border unleashes criticism

By Acacia Coronado, Associated Press

Nicholas Wingate sent an email this month giving accounts of migrants that were left bloodied from razor-wire barriers and fainting in triple-digit temperatures.

Louisiana lawmakers overturn governor's veto on gender-affirming care ban for minors

By Sara Cline, Associated Press

Louisiana's Republican-dominated Legislature overturned Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards' recent veto of a ban on gender-affirming care for transgender minors on Tuesday.