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Cardin: Israel military aid should continue, though war conduct report ‘raised concerns’

Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), Senate Foreign Relations Committee chair, said military aid to Israel should continue, through the war conduct report released by the State Department on Friday “raised concerns.” Cardin’s remarks on transferring military ai…

Israel ordering new evacuations in Rafah, preparing to expand operations

Israel is ordering new evacuations in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, where over one million Palestinians are sheltering, as the country is preparing to expand its military operations. People in Rafah were told by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) to head no…

Democratic Senator calls US report on Israel war conduct ‘woefully inadequate’

Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) described the Biden administration’s review of Israel’s war conduct in the Gaza Strip — which acknowledged the likely violation of international humanitarian law using U.S. weapons — as “woefully inadequate,” but did not indic…

Newsom announces bigger deficit in downsized budget proposal

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Friday announced a $27.6 billion shortfall in his revised proposal for the 2024-25 state budget, while proposing a series of cuts to close the spending gap. The $27.6 billion detailed in his proposal, plus $17.3 billion in …

5 takeaways from a blockbuster Trump trial week

Former President Trump came face-to-face with a porn actor, one of his White House aides and several of his employees in the third week of testimony at the former president’s criminal trial. Prosecutors have so far called 19 witnesses to the stand, and they’…

Greene recalls ‘deafening’ boos as she moved to oust Johnson

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) reflected on the response to her effort to oust Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) earlier this week, recalling “deafening” boos. “It was deafening,” Greene said on White House aide Steve Bannon’s “War Room” show Friday. “Imagine…

Trump calls it a ‘disgrace’ after judge directs Michael Cohen to refrain from talking about hush money case

Former President Trump complained Friday that it was a “joke” and a “disgrace” after the judge overseeing his hush money trial directed prosecutors to inform Michael Cohen, their star witness, to stop speaking publicly about the case as his testimony approach…

Mace accuses former staffers of sabotage, ‘massive invasion’ of privacy

Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), who has experienced a string of staff resignations and firings, accused her former employees of sabotage and invading her privacy in a new interview. “I knew that they were sabotaging the office for a while. I didn’t know to the exte…

Judge directs Michael Cohen to refrain from talking about Trump trial

Judge Juan Merchan on Friday directed Manhattan prosecutors to inform Michael Cohen, their star witness in former President Trump’s ongoing criminal trial, to stop speaking publicly about the case as his testimony approaches. Cohen, Trump’s ex-fixer and perso…

George Conway: Stormy Daniels cross was ‘complete disaster’ for Trump defense

Conservative attorney George Conway suggested Thursday that the cross-examination of adult film actor Stormy Daniels by former President Trump’s legal team in his hush money trial this week was a “complete disaster.” “My takeaway was that the continued cross-…