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Biden to host Japan PM Kishida, Philippines President Marcos for White House summit

Mar. 18, 2024 21:33 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for a White House summit next month amid growing concerns about North Korea's nuclear program, provocative Chinese action in the South China Sea and differences...

Pro-Trump Michigan attorney arrested after hearing in DC over leaking Dominion documents

Mar. 18, 2024 21:17 PM EDT

An attorney facing criminal charges for illegally accessing Michigan voting machines after the 2020 election was arrested Monday after a hearing in a separate case in federal court in Washington, D.C. Stefanie Lambert was arrested by U.S. Marshals after a hearing over possible...

Netanyahu agrees to send Israeli officials to Washington to discuss prospective Rafah operation

Mar. 18, 2024 20:01 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday agreed to send a team of Israeli officials to Washington to discuss with Biden administration officials a prospective Rafah operation as each side is looking to make “clear to the other its perspective,” White House...

Supreme Court chief justice denies ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro's bid to stave off prison sentence

Mar. 18, 2024 17:52 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday refused to halt a prison sentence for former Trump White House official Peter Navarro as he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro is due to report Tuesday to a federal prison for a four-month sentence, after being found...

Biden signs executive order on advancing study of women's health while chiding 'backward' GOP ideas

Mar. 18, 2024 15:36 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden signed an executive order Monday aimed at advancing the study of women's health by strengthening data collection and providing better funding opportunities for biomedical research while chiding Republicans for having “no clue about the power of women" but...

Supreme Court rejects appeal by former New Mexico county commissioner banned for Jan. 6 insurrection

Mar. 18, 2024 14:57 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal from a former New Mexico county commissioner who was kicked out of office over his participation in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Former Otero County commissioner Couy Griffin, a cowboy pastor...

Netanyahu at Biden's urging will send Israeli officials to Washington to discuss prospective Rafah operation

Mar. 18, 2024 14:35 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (AP) — Netanyahu at Biden's urging will send Israeli officials to Washington to discuss prospective Rafah operation.

AP PHOTOS: Boston celebrates St. Patrick's Day; Biden holds White House brunch with Irish leader

Mar. 17, 2024 23:17 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — While some American cities celebrated St. Patrick's Day a day early this weekend, Boston, one of the most Irish cities in the country, held its parades and festivities on Sunday, or March 17. Crowds of green-clad revelers lined the streets for the South Boston St....

Biden says at DC dinner that of 2 presidential candidates, 1 was mentally unfit. 'The other's me'

Mar. 17, 2024 14:45 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The big news this week, President Joe Biden said at a weekend Washington roast, was that two candidates had clinched their party's nomination for president. But one was too old, too mentally unfit for the job, he said. “The other's me," Biden quipped. ...

US military operations across the Sahel are at risk after Niger ends cooperation

Mar. 17, 2024 10:42 AM EDT

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — The United States scrambled on Sunday to assess the future of its counterterrorism operations in the Sahel after Niger's junta said it was ending its yearslong military cooperation with Washington following a visit by top U.S. officials. The U.S. military has...