Politics

An associate of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is sentenced to 9 years in prison

By Associated Press

Ksenia Fadeyeva, a regional legislator who headed a local branch of Navalny's organization in the Siberian city of Tomsk, was convicted and sentenced on Friday on charges of organizing an extremist group.

The Biden administration once again bypasses Congress on an emergency weapons sale to Israel

By Matthew Lee, Associated Press

Such determinations are rare, but not unprecedented, when administrations see an urgent need for weapons to be delivered without waiting for lawmakers' approval.

Russian poet receives 7-year prison sentence for reciting verses against war in Ukraine

By Associated Press

The OVD-Info rights group says that between late February 2022 and earlier this month, nearly 20,000 people in Russia have been detained for speaking out against the war.

South Africa launches case at top UN court accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza

By Mike Corder, Associated Press

South Africa has launched a case at the United Nations' top court accusing Israel of genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and asking the court to order Israel to halt its attacks.

Tens of thousands of Palestinians flee south amid intensifying Israeli offensive on central Gaza

By Najib Jobain, Samy Magdy, Associated Press

The war has already killed over 21,500 Palestinians and sparked a humanitarian crisis that has left a quarter of Gaza’s population starving.

Read the full ruling from Maine removing Trump from state's Republican primary ballot

Maine’s Democratic secretary of state on Thursday removed former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s insurrection clause. Read the full decision here.

Russia launches 122 missiles, dozens of drones in deadly Ukraine attack

By Illia Novikov, Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press

Air Force commander Mykola Oleshchuk wrote on his official Telegram channel that it was "the most massive aerial attack” since Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022.

Maine removes Trump from its primary ballot as U.S. Supreme Court set to weigh in on his eligibility

By Nicholas Riccardi, David Sharp, Associated Press

The Civil War-era clause bans those who “engaged in insurrection” from office. It’s the same provision cited recently by the Colorado Supreme Court to remove Trump from the ballot in that state.

Maine bars Trump from 2024 primary ballot

By Nicholas Riccardi, David Sharp, Associated Press

While Maine has just four electoral votes, it's one of two states to split them. Trump won one of Maine's electors in 2020, so having him off the ballot there could have outsized implications in a race that is expected…

Biden administration grants Louisiana power to approve carbon capture wells

By Michael Phillis, Associated Press

The EPA said the Louisiana agreement includes safeguards to protect poorer, often majority-Black communities that live near those facilities — and that those standards will serve as a model for other states.