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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, standing right, and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, standing left, listen to the playing of the Israeli National Anthem during an arrival ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, June 25, 2024. The two, who have been in weekly contact since the Hamas attack on Israel in October, are expected to discuss Israeli operations in Gaza, humanitarian efforts in the region, and tension with Hezbollah in Lebanon.

U.S. and Europe warn Lebanon’s Hezbollah to ease strikes on Israel and back off from wider Mideast war

June 30, 2024, 4:06pm Nation & World

U.S., European and Arab mediators are pressing to keep stepped-up cross-border attacks between Israel and Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah militants from spiraling into a wider Middle East war that the world has feared for months. Iran and Israel traded threats Saturday of what Iran said would be an “obliterating” war over… Read story

Activist Bill Christeson protests in front of the Supreme Court as decisions are announced, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, June 21, 2024. The justices are still weighing whether former President Donald Trump is immune from criminal prosecution in the election interference case against him, roughly two months after hearing arguments. (AP Photo/J.

Supreme Court nears the end of another momentous term – a decision on Trump’s immunity looms

June 30, 2024, 1:33pm Latest News

In the last 10 days of June, on a frenetic pace of its own making, the Supreme Court touched a wide swath of American society in a torrent of decisions on abortion, guns, the environment, health, the opioid crisis, securities fraud and homelessness. Read story

FILE - Abortion rights advocates hold a rally in support of the “Yes On 4” campaign in downtown Orlando, Fla., on Saturday, April 13, 2024, ahead of the November ballot initiative, when Florida voters will decide on whether to allow the right to an abortion in Florida. At least four states will have abortion-related ballot questions in November’s election and there’s a push to get them before voters in several others.

Despite GOP headwinds, citizen-led abortion measures could be on the ballot in 9 states

June 30, 2024, 6:02am Nation & World

For abortion rights supporters in Florida, it was a tumultuous day of highs and lows. Read story

FILE - Henrik Fisker, Chairman & CEO at Fisker Inc. at right, shows his company’s new EV, the Ocean, at the AutoMobility LA Auto Show Nov. 17, 2021, in Los Angeles. Fisker filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Monday, June 17, 2024, the second electric startup to do so in the last year as even industry leaders struggle to lure more buyers beyond the early adapters of the technology.

Trump pledge to reverse Biden’s EV push won’t be so easy, experts say. Here’s why

June 30, 2024, 6:00am Business

Despite his vows to do so, it wouldn’t be easy for former President Donald Trump to quickly dismantle the Biden-era policy push aimed at curbing vehicle emissions and speeding a transition to electric vehicles. Read story

Giselle Rodriguez hands her daughter, Nya, 1, to her husband, Michael Whitley, after picking up Nya and her sister from day care on June 18, 2024, in Bolingbrook. Rodriguez, who emigrated from Mexico without documentation as a child, married Whitley, a U.S. citizen, in 2019, and the couple is expecting their third child next month. (John J.

How a family’s life can change under Biden’s new immigration program for spouses of US citizens

June 29, 2024, 6:00am Nation & World

CHICAGO -- Before Michael Whitley met Giselle Rodriguez, he didn’t know much about the country’s immigration system, much less about the lives of millions of people living in the country illegally. Read story

Divided Supreme Court rules in major homelessness case that outdoor sleeping bans are OK

A truck passes a tent along West 11th Street in downtown Vancouver. A bridge shelter will help address unsheltered homelessness in Vancouver, city staff say.

June 28, 2024, 12:03pm Latest News

The Supreme Court cleared the way for cities to enforce bans on homeless people sleeping outside in public places on Friday, overturning a California appeals court ruling that found such laws amount to cruel and unusual punishment when shelter space is lacking. Read story

US will remove Gaza aid pier due to weather and may not put it back, officials say

U.S. Army soldiers stand next to trucks arriving loaded with humanitarian aid at the U.S.-built floating pier Trident before reaching the beach on the coast of the Gaza Strip, Tuesday, June 25, 2024.

June 28, 2024, 11:28am Nation & World

The pier built by the U.S. military to bring aid to Gaza has been removed due to weather to protect it, and the U.S. is considering not re-installing it unless the aid begins flowing out into the population again, several U.S. officials said Friday. Read story