Politics

WATCH: White House holds news briefing with NSC spokesman John Kirby as war in Gaza continues

By Zeke Miller, Associated Press

The assessment offers the firmest U.S. support for Israeli claims about the Shifa hospital complex, which was raided by Israeli forces in November in an operation decried by global humanitarian organizations and some members of President Joe Biden’s party.

U.S. national debt hits record $34 trillion as Congress gears up for funding fight

By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press

The record high comes after Republican lawmakers and the White House agreed to temporarily lift the nation's debt limit last year after the government ran up against its legal borrowing capacity and needed to implement "extraordinary measures" to avoid default.

In Texas case, federal appeals panel says emergency abortions not required by 1986 law

By Kevin McGill, Associated Press

The administration had issued guidance saying hospitals "must" provide abortion services if the life of the mother is at risk, citing a 1986 law that requires hospitals to provide stabilizing treatment for anyone who arrives at the emergency room.

Turkey detains 33 people suspected of spying for Israel

By Associated Press

The report comes weeks after the head of Israel's domestic security agency said his organization was prepared to destroy Hamas "in every place," including in Lebanon, Turkey and Qatar.

Suburbs put the brakes on migrant bus arrivals after crackdowns in Chicago and New York

By Mike Catalini, Claire Savage, Associated Press

Some officials in suburbs and outlying cities near Chicago and New York are giving migrants arriving from the southern border a cold shoulder amid attempts to circumvent restrictions on dropping migrants in those two cities.

Trump appeals Maine ruling barring him from 2024 primary under the Constitution's insurrection clause

By Nicholas Riccardi, David Sharp, Associated Press

Former President Donald Trump is appealing a decision by Maine's Democratic secretary of state that he cannot be on the ballot there because he violated a constitutional ban against people who "engaged in insurrection" holding office.

DeSantis and Haley will appear at next week's CNN debate at the same time as Trump's Fox town hall

By David Bauder, Associated Press

DeSantis and Haley are set to appear at next week's Republican presidential debate on CNN. In contrast, Trump will participate in a Fox News town hall during the same time.

Harvard president resigns amid plagiarism claims, backlash from antisemitism testimony

By Steve LeBlanc, Collin Binkley, Associated Press

She and the presidents of MIT and the University of Pennsylvania came under fire last month for their lawyerly answers to a line of questioning from New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, who asked whether calling for the genocide of Jews…

Appeals court says Michael Cohen can't hold Trump liable for retaliatory imprisonment

By Larry Neumeister, Associated Press

An appeals court says Michael Cohen can't hold ex-president Donald Trump, his former boss, liable for allegedly jailing him in retaliation for writing a tell-all memoir.

Trump is expected to appeal the Colorado and Maine rulings banning him from presidential primary

By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press

The appeal of the Colorado Supreme Court ruling would go to the U.S. Supreme Court, while the appeal to the ruling by Maine's Democratic secretary of state would go to that state's Superior Court.