Politics

Congressional Budget Office projects lower inflation and higher unemployment into 2025

By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press

The office's Current View of the Economy from 2023 to 2025 report, released Friday, estimates that the unemployment rate will hit 4.4 percent in the fourth quarter of 2024 and remain close to that level through 2025.

Israeli strike on school kills Al Jazeera cameraman in Gaza, network says

By Jack Jeffery, Associated Press

An Israeli strike killed a Palestinian cameraman for the TV network Al Jazeera and wounded its chief Gaza correspondent Friday as they reported at a school in the south of the besieged territory, the network said.

Israeli military says it mistakenly killed 3 Israeli hostages in Gaza

By Karin Laub, Najib Jobain, Jack Jeffery, Associated Press

The army's chief spokesman, Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari, says Israeli troops found the hostages Friday and erroneously identified them as a threat. He said it was not clear if they had escaped their captors or been abandoned.

Tens of thousands have joined pro-Palestinian protests across the United States. Experts say they are growing

By Kenichi Serino

According to experts who spoke to the PBS NewsHour, this swell of protest is the result of a number of factors, including growing pro-Palestinian sentiment among younger people, the mounting civilian toll in Gaza from Israel’s military response, and more…

Second day of deliberations begins in Georgia election workers' defamation case against Rudy Giuliani

By Lindsay Whitehurst, Alanna Durkin Richer, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Jurors have begun their second day of deliberations to decide how much Rudy Giuliani must pay two former Georgia election workers for spreading lies about them after the 2020 election.

Trump urging Iowa voters to 'come together' to hand him a blowout victory next month

By Thomas Beaumont, Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press

CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) — Donald Trump is pushing his supporters to deliver a blowout win in next month's Iowa caucuses.

Appeals court to hear arguments on whether Meadows' Georgia election interference charges should be moved to federal court

By Kate Brumback, Associated Press

A panel of federal appeals court judges has heard arguments on whether charges against Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows in a sprawling Georgia election case should be moved.

How the U.S. keeps funding Ukraine's military when it says it's out of money

By Lolita Baldor, Associated Press

The White House says funding for Ukraine has run out and it has been increasing pressure on Congress to pass stalled legislation to support the war against Russia.

U.S. and Israel agree combat in Gaza will take months amid growing American unease with death toll

By Karin Laub, Najib Jobain, Bassem Mroue, Associated Press

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan spoke Friday with Israeli officials amid growing American unease about the mounting death toll in Gaza. He met with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas later in the day about the besieged enclave's postwar future.

Americans agree that the future of democracy is on the line in the 2024 election but disagree about who poses the biggest threat

By Gary Fields, Linley Sanders, Associated Press

In a politically polarized nation, Americans seem to agree on one issue underlying the 2024 elections — a worry over the state of democracy and how the outcome of the presidential contest will affect its future.