• Israel withdrawing troops to 'rest' them, says US

    The Israeli military’s troop reduction in the southern Gaza Strip appears to be a “rest and refit” and not necessarily indicative of any new operations, White House national security spokesperson John Kirby has said.]]>

  • Fetterman says Trump should ‘focus on his time in court’ rather than Pennsylvania

    Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) argued that former President Donald Trump ought to spend his time preparing for “his time in court” over his presidential campaign in Pennsylvania. Fetterman’s advice comes after Trump visited Pennsylvania for a rally on Saturday evening, which was his last rally before his hush money trial starts on Monday. When asked […]

  • Former Trump Campaign Staffer Says He Lost Her Vote: 'I'm Out'

    An ex-member of former President Donald Trump's campaign staff says that she will no longer support Trump due to his recent remarks on abortion rights.Trump, despite having repeatedly celebrated his role in dismantling federal abortion rights by appointing Supreme Court justices who later overturned Roe v. Wade, announced this week that he would be adopting a more moderate position as the November presidential election approaches.The former president and presumptive GOP presidential nominee said...

  • Donald Trump says each US state should determine different abortion laws

    In a Truth Social post outlining his view of reproductive rights, former US president declined to endorse a national abortion banDonald Trump on Monday announced his belief that individual US states should decide the legality of abortion, declining to endorse a national ban on the procedure.The former president’s stated position dashed hopes of anti-abortion groups, who want a federal ban, and drew the ire of Democrats, who blame Trump for outright bans and severe restrictions already in place...

  • Vice President Kamala Harris blasts Trump saying he is to blame for Arizona abortion ruling during visit to the state as Trump says court's decision 'went too far'

    Harris traveled to Tucson on Friday just days after the AZ court's ruling. Donald Trump wrote Friday the state's Supreme Court 'went too far' with ruling but has praised the overturning of Roe and said issue should be left to states. READ MORE:

  • Ukraine war briefing: Donald Trump says survival of Ukraine important to the US

    Former president’s comments are being described as a shift in tone days before Republicans vote on a multibillion-dollar aid package. What we know on day 786See all our Ukraine war coverageDonald Trump has said the survival of Ukraine is important to the US, in what Reuters describes as a shift in tone days before Republicans are due to vote on a $61bn aid package in the US House of Representatives. “As everyone agrees, Ukrainian Survival and Strength should be much more important to Europe than...

  • Trump’s crusade against mail-in ballots undercuts campaign pitch to vote early

    Campaign toils to convince Republicans to vote early, crucial to winning the election, while ensuring they don’t annoy TrumpDonald Trump’s attacks on mail-in voting have increasingly caused heartburn for the Trump 2024 campaign as they attempt to undo the self-sabotage by ramping up operations in key battleground states encouraging Republicans to vote early and by mail ahead of the presidential election.The former US president has continued his crusade in recent months: in December he called for...

  • US military 'out of time' in push against adversaries' modernization, Air Force secretary says

    Senior Air Force officials told U.S. lawmakers that they are "out of time" in modernizing their forces to meet the threats of China and other adversaries.  Department of the Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and top-ranking military leaders from the Air Force and Space Force shared their chilling warning to a House committee on Wednesday. "Time is my greatest concern — we are in a race for military technological superiority with a capable pacing challenge," Kendall told the House Armed Services...

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    Prosecutors say Trump has violated gag order seven more times in hush money case

    Prosecutors from the Manhattan district attorney's office say that former President Trump has violated the gag order in the hush money trial seven more times with social media posts.

  • Review Says Bombing That Killed US Troops During Afghanistan Withdrawal Wasn’t Preventable

    The suicide bombing at the Kabul airport that killed U.S. troops and Afghans in August 2021 was not preventable, and the “bald man in black” spotted by U.S. service members the morning of the attack was not the bomber, according to a new review by U.S. Central Command. The findings. released Monday, refute assertions by […]

  • 'I'm out': Former Trump campaign staffer says ex-president has 'lost her vote'

    "I'm out," said Donald Trump's former campaign staffer on Wednesday.Lizzie Marbach, a former director of communications at Ohio Right to Life who also worked for the Ohio GOP and Trump's 2020 campaign, said the former president recently took things a step too far and failed to earn her vote.Marbach specifically pointed to a CSPAN video showing Trump suggesting Arizona went "too far" in enacting a law that essentially outlaws abortion.ALSO READ: A criminologist explains why keeping Trump from the...

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    Trump says Jewish Americans who vote for Biden don’t love Israel and ‘should be spoken to’

    By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday again criticized Jewish Americans who don’t support him and said any Jewish person who votes for President Joe Biden doesn’t love Israel and “should be spoken to.” It’s the latest example of the presumptive GOP nominee playing into an antisemitic trope that Jewish