Jul 21 Trump Organization, Michael Cohen settle former attorney's lawsuit over unpaid legal bills By Larry Neumeister, Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Donald Trump's company and his former longtime lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen have settled a lawsuit over Cohen's claims that he was unfairly stuck with big legal bills after getting entangled in investigations into the former president. Continue reading
Jul 21 WATCH: Biden announces AI safeguards after meeting with tech leaders By Matt O'Brien, Zeke Miller, Associated Press On Friday, representatives from Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Inflection, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI are meeting with the president at the White House. Continue reading
Jul 20 Sen. Grassley releases full FBI memo with unverified claims about Hunter Biden's work in Ukraine By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press Republicans say the information is significant as they probe the financial affairs of the President Joe Biden's family, reviving previously debunked claims of financial wrongdoing. Continue reading
Jul 20 Israel's Netanyahu rejects criticism on judicial plan, moves ahead toward key vote By Josef Federman, Julia Frankel, Associated Press Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to press ahead with his contentious judicial overhaul, despite unprecedented mass protests at home, growing defections by military reservists and appeals from the U.S. president to put the plan on hold. Continue reading
Jul 20 Watch 10:43 RFK Jr. appears before Congress as his comments spreading misinformation draw scrutiny By Lisa Desjardins, Saher Khan, Ian Couzens, Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako All eyes are on the Republican primary this election cycle, but one Democratic underdog has been getting attention for his controversial comments spreading misinformation on a range of subjects. Lisa Desjardins reports on how Robert F. Kennedy Jr. captured the… Continue watching
Jul 20 New rules for oil and gas leasing raise rates energy companies must pay to drill on public lands By Matthew Daly, Associated Press The Biden administration is proposing new rules for the nation's oil and gas leasing program to raise costs for energy companies to drill on public lands and strengthen requirements to clean up old wells where drilling is completed or abandoned. Continue reading
Jul 20 Solar panels built over water canals seem like a no-brainer. So why aren't they widespread? By Brittany Peterson, Sibi Arasu, Associated Press In arid locations, besides the clean electricity, there is the added benefit of reducing evaporation. But the technology has been slow to take off. Continue reading
Jul 20 China-U.S. ties at a crossroads but could possibly stabilize, Xi tells Kissinger By Associated Press Chinese leader Xi Jinping has told former top U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger that relations between the two countries are at a crossroads and both sides need to “make new decisions” that could result in stable ties and “joint success and… Continue reading
Jul 20 New U.S. sanctions aim to choke off Russia's access to battlefield supplies and revenue By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press The sanctions imposed Thursday by the Treasury and State departments target people and companies from Russia to the United Arab Emirates to Kyrgyzstan. Continue reading
Jul 20 Russian prosecutors are seeking a 20-year sentence for opposition leader Navalny, ally says By Dasha Litvinova, Associated Press Prosecutors are asking a Russian court to sentence imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny to a further 20 years in prison on extremism charges, according to his ally. Continue reading