Politics

Rights group says Israeli strike on Gaza building that killed 106 in October is an 'apparent war crime'

By Julia Frankel, Associated Press

The New York-based rights group says its investigation found no legitimate military target, making the strike an apparent war crime. It was one of the deadliest attacks since the start of the Israel-Hamas war.

Michigan lawmakers are considering a state-level MENA category. Here's what that would mean

By Frances Kai-Hwa Wang

Two state bills would work in tandem with new federal guidelines for collecting race and ethnicity data for people with origins in the Middle East or North Africa (MENA). Advocates say it's a long overdue change that would better serve…

No Labels won't run a third-party campaign after spending millions trying to recruit a candidate

By Steve Peoples, Associated Press

The No Labels group says it won't field a presidential candidate in November after strategists for the bipartisan organization were unable to attract a candidate willing to seize on the widespread dissatisfaction with President Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

Biden tells Netanyahu future U.S. support for Israel's war depends on new steps to protect civilians

By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press

Biden and Netanyahu spoke Thursday by phone days after Israeli airstrikes killed seven food aid workers in Gaza and added a new layer of complication in the leaders' increasingly strained relationship.

Border Patrol must care for migrant children who wait in camps for processing, a judge says

By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press

A judge has ruled that migrant children in makeshift camps along the U.S.-Mexico border waiting to be processed by Border Patrol are in the agency's custody. That means the federal government must quickly place them in safe facilities.

WATCH: Pentagon says plan to build a pier to bring aid to Palestinians is still on schedule

By Associated Press

The U.S. military is on schedule to build a pier off the Gaza coast to expand humanitarian aid deliveries, the Defense Department said Thursday, even as other agencies have pulled back after Israel killed several aid workers.

WATCH: White House holds news briefing as engineers clear collapsed Baltimore bridge

By Lea Skene, Associated Press

Engineers working to clear the wreckage of the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore said Thursday that they expect to be able to restore navigation in and out of the Port of Baltimore by the end of this month.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen arrives in China to talk trade, green technology tensions

By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press

The world’s two largest economies still appear to be hashing out the rules on how to compete against each other.

Judge rejects Trump's request to delay hush-money trial until Supreme Court rules on immunity

By Michael R. Sisak, Associated Press

Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan deemed the former president's request untimely, ruling that his lawyers had myriad opportunities to raise the immunity issue before they finally did so in a March 7 court filing.

Trump and the Republican Party say they raised more than $65.6 million in March

By Michelle L. Price, Associated Press

Donald Trump and the Republican Party say they raised more than $65.6 million in March as the former president became the presumptive nominee and installed new party leadership.