May 13 WATCH: White House holds news briefing as Biden administration criticizes Israel's war conduct By Associated Press White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre will hold a news briefing as Biden administration officials offer strong criticism of Israel's conduct during the war in Gaza. Continue reading
May 13 New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez arrives at federal courthouse for start of bribery trial By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press Menendez has pleaded not guilty to charges including bribery, extortion and fraud. Continue reading
May 13 Trump's GOP allies show up in force as Michael Cohen takes the stand in hush money trial By Michael R. Sisak, Jennifer Peltz, Eric Tucker, Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press With Donald Trump barred from publicly attacking the key witness in his hush money trial, his campaign brought to court a phalanx of Republican elected officials to speak for him. Continue reading
May 13 Live Updates: Michael Cohen takes the stand in Trump's hush money trial By Associated Press Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe is expected to take the witness stand. Follow updates here. Continue reading
May 12 Blinken delivers some of the harshest public U.S. criticism yet of Israel's conduct in Gaza By Josh Boak, Associated Press Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday delivered some of the Biden administration’s strongest public criticism yet of Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza, saying Israeli tactics have meant “a horrible loss of life of innocent civilians” but failed to neutralize Hamas… Continue reading
May 11 Did a tapeworm really eat part of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s brain? By Adam Taylor, The Conversation Kennedy had been suffering from cognitive difficulties. Doctors initially suspected that he had a brain tumour, but it turned out to be a parasite infection – specifically, a pork tapeworm larva lodged in his brain. Continue reading
May 10 Croatia conservative leader Plenkovic appointed as prime minister-designate for third term By Associated Press Plenkovic's ruling Croatian Democratic Union won the most votes at last month's parliamentary vote in the European Union nation, but not enough to stay in power on their own. Continue reading
May 10 Watch 3:57 Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen expected on stand next week in hush money trial By William Brangham, Ali Schmitz The third week of testimony in former president Donald Trump’s criminal hush money trial came to a close Friday in New York with prosecutors saying they may be able to rest their case next week. William Brangham was in the… Continue watching
May 10 South Africa again requests emergency measures from world court to restrain Israel's assault on Gaza By Molly Quell, Associated Press The request Friday is the fourth for additional measures by South Africa, which filed a genocide case against Israel late last year at the International Court of Justice. Continue reading
May 10 Watch 7:33 Capehart and Lewis on the political fallout of Biden withholding some weapons from Israel By Amna Nawaz, Kyle Midura Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart and Daily Beast columnist Matt Lewis join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including President Biden's decision to withhold some weapons from Israel, where Donald Trump's criminal trial stands and Republican House… Continue watching