• More Americans feel Israel has 'gone too far' in Gaza, AP-NORC poll shows

    More Americans feel Israel has 'gone too far' in Gaza, AP-NORC poll shows

    Sep 18, 2025 05:37 PM EDT

    ... the year, while Democrats haven’t shifted. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said the conflict will continue until Hamas is eliminated and the remaining hostages are released from captivity. Hamas has said its assault was in response to the more than decadelong blockade of Gaza, Israeli raids inside West ...

  • House turns back effort to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar over remarks about Charlie Kirk

    House turns back effort to censure Rep. Ilhan Omar over remarks about Charlie Kirk

    Sep 18, 2025 03:13 PM EDT

    ... Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries. "We live in an era of intense political violence as we have seen with the recent assassinations of Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk," he said, referring to the shooting of lawmakers in Minnesota. The legacy of Kirk's personal and ...

  • Suspect in killing of Pennsylvania officers was a 24-year-old being sought on stalking charges

    Suspect in killing of Pennsylvania officers was a 24-year-old being sought on stalking charges

    Sep 18, 2025 02:35 PM EDT

    ... York County in February, when a man armed with a pistol and zip ties entered a hospital’s intensive care unit and took staff members hostage before a shootout that left both the man and an officer dead. Levy reported from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.Associated Press reporters Alanna Durkin Richer in ...

  • 3 police officers killed, 2 injured in rural Pennsylvania shooting

    3 police officers killed, 2 injured in rural Pennsylvania shooting

    Sep 17, 2025 10:17 PM EDT

    ... involved," the county said in a statement. An officer in the area was killed in February, when a man armed with a pistol and zip ties entered a hospital’s intensive care unit and took staff members hostage before a shootout that left both the suspect and an officer dead.

  • EU lays out new tariffs and sanctions on Israel over war in Gaza

    EU lays out new tariffs and sanctions on Israel over war in Gaza

    Sep 17, 2025 04:08 PM EDT

    ... end the human suffering in Gaza," Kallas said at a press conference in Brussels. "The war needs to end, the suffering must stop, and all hostages must be released." The sanctions would freeze any of the individuals' European assets and ban travel within the EU. The EU is Israel's ...

  • Israeli troops press forward into Gaza City as Palestinians flee and death toll passes 65,000

    Israeli troops press forward into Gaza City as Palestinians flee and death toll passes 65,000

    Sep 17, 2025 02:41 PM EDT

    ... military outposts before melting away. The war in Gaza began when Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, killing around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and abducting 251 others. Forty-eight hostages, fewer than half believed to be alive, remain in Gaza. Magdy reported from Cairo.

  • Kash Patel defends record as FBI director and handling of Kirk case in tense hearing

    Kash Patel defends record as FBI director and handling of Kirk case in tense hearing

    Sep 16, 2025 10:55 PM EDT

    ... Landers: But not all Democrats leveled criticism on the director. Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar tried to connect by invoking recent deadly shootings in her state, the politically motivated assassination of Statehouse Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and the shooting at a Minneapolis Catholic school that killed two young children.

  • News Wrap: Judge dismisses terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione in CEO's killing

    News Wrap: Judge dismisses terrorism charges against Luigi Mangione in CEO's killing

    Sep 16, 2025 10:45 PM EDT

    ... offensive, saying it aims to -- quote -- "destroy Hamas military infrastructure." During an address today, the military's chief of staff also cited the release of hostages as a goal of the offensive. And he insisted that Israel -- quote -- "operates in accordance with international law. We do our utmost to mitigate ...

  • Tim Walz says he’ll seek a third term as Minnesota’s governor

    Tim Walz says he’ll seek a third term as Minnesota’s governor

    Sep 16, 2025 06:28 PM EDT

    ... but he told Axios in July he would not run for president if he sought reelection. His close political ally, former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, was assassinated in June by a man posing as a police officer. Walz delivered a eulogy at her funeral. Trump refused to call Walz ...

  • UN commission of inquiry accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza and urges global action

    UN commission of inquiry accuses Israel of genocide in Gaza and urges global action

    Sep 16, 2025 04:51 PM EDT

    ... the report would reach people in Israel, insisting they had been "betrayed" by the government in its "abject refusal" to take action to rescue Israeli hostages after 1,200 people were killed on Oct. 7 two years ago, and its "genocidal war" that has jeopardized Israel's security. "We cannot ...