Jan 17 U.S. designates Houthi rebels as specially designated global terrorists By Ellen Knickmeyer, Matthew Lee, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press Officials say they'll design the financial penalties to minimize harm to Yemen's 32 million people., but aid officials are concerned about the fallout from the U.S. action. Continue reading
Jan 17 Judge threatens to boot Trump from courtroom over loud talking as E. Jean Carroll testifies By Michael Sisak, Larry Neumeister, Jake Offenhartz, Associated Press Donald Trump was threatened with expulsion from his Manhattan civil trial Wednesday after he repeatedly ignored a warning to keep quiet while writer E. Jean Carroll testified that he shattered her reputation after she accused him of sexual abuse. Continue reading
Jan 17 LISTEN: Supreme Court hears case that could limit federal agencies from enforcing laws By Mark Sherman, Associated Press Billions of dollars are potentially at stake in front of a court that was remade during Donald Trump's presidency. Continue reading
Jan 16 New York governor wants to spend $2.4 billion to help deal with migrant influx in new budget proposal By Maysoon Khan, Associated Press/Report for America, Anthony Izaguirre, Associated Press The migrant spending plan, which would include shelter services, legal assistance and more, came as part of a $233 billion budget proposal announced on Tuesday. Continue reading
Jan 16 Hamas fights in hard-hit areas of Gaza while deal emerges to deliver medicine to hostages By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, Melanie Lidman, Associated Press The fighting showed how far Israel remains from achieving its goals of dismantling Hamas and returning scores of hostages captured in the Oct. 7 attack that sparked the war. Continue reading
Jan 16 EU presidency warns democracy will be put to the test in 2024 U.S. elections By Associated Press Belgium currently holds the EU's rotating presidency and Prime Minister Alexander De Croo said on Tuesday that "if 2024 brings us 'America first' again, it is really more than ever 'Europe on its own.'"… Continue reading
Jan 16 North Korea will no longer pursue reconciliation with South, Kim Jong Un says By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press The historic step discards a decades-long pursuit of peaceful unification based in a sense of national homogeneity shared by the Koreas. Tensions have risen as the pace of Kim's weapons development and the South's military exercises with the United States… Continue reading
Jan 16 Watch 6:31 Republican strategist discusses Trump's grip on GOP after Iowa win By Amna Nawaz, Ian Couzens The focus of the Republican presidential race moves to New Hampshire after former President Trump’s win in the Iowa caucuses. Trump dominated his rivals by 30 points with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in second place with 21 percent of the… Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch 4:32 Breaking down the delegates and path to the Republican nomination By Geoff Bennett, Matt Loffman While the first contest of the presidential campaign is over, the race for the GOP nomination and the delegates who will vote at the Republican National Convention this summer is only beginning. Geoff Bennett and Domenico Montanaro of NPR discussed… Continue watching
Jan 16 Macron announces missiles and bombs for Ukraine, suggests he could work with Trump By Sylvie Corbet, John Leicester, Associated Press French President Emmanuel Macron has announced plans to deliver more long-range cruise missiles as well as bombs to Ukraine and suggested that he'd find ways to work with Donald Trump in the event that he wins another presidency. Continue reading