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Federal judges temporarily halt much of Biden’s student debt forgiveness plan

June 25, 2024, 5:30pm Latest News

Federal judges in Kansas and Missouri on Monday together blocked much of a Biden administration student loan repayment plan that provides a faster path to cancellation and lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers. Read story

Councilor Diana Perez speaks with constituent Jan Kelly of Vancouver at the Vancouver City Council's second community forum of the year.

Traffic and homelessness dominate conversation at Vancouver City Council forum

Councilor Diana Perez speaks with constituent Jan Kelly of Vancouver at the Vancouver City Council's second community forum of the year.

June 25, 2024, 2:18pm Clark County News

Homelessness and changes to McGillivray Boulevard were top of mind for residents attending the city of Vancouver’s second community forum of the year Monday night at the Firstenburg Community Center in east Vancouver. Read story

FILE - President Ronald Reagan, left, and his Democratic challenger Walter Mondale, shake hands before debating in Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 22, 1984.

Laugh (or cringe) at these history-making moments from presidential debates

FILE - President Ronald Reagan, left, and his Democratic challenger Walter Mondale, shake hands before debating in Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 22, 1984.

June 25, 2024, 2:00pm Latest News

It could be a well-rehearsed zinger or an offhand, too-loud sigh. Read story

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump enters at a campaign event, June 18, 2024, in Racine, Wis. Manhattan prosecutors are urging the judge overseeing Donald Trump&rsquo;s criminal hush money case to uphold a gag order that bars the Republican former president from criticizing jurors, court staff, or members of the prosecution that convicted him.

Judge alters Trump’s gag order, letting him talk about witnesses, jury after hush money conviction

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump enters at a campaign event, June 18, 2024, in Racine, Wis. Manhattan prosecutors are urging the judge overseeing Donald Trump&rsquo;s criminal hush money case to uphold a gag order that bars the Republican former president from criticizing jurors, court staff, or members of the prosecution that convicted him.

June 25, 2024, 1:32pm Latest News

A Manhattan judge on Tuesday modified Donald Trump's gag order, freeing the former president to comment publicly about witnesses and jurors in the hush money criminal trial that led to his felony conviction, but keeping others connected to the case off limits until he is sentenced July 11. Read story

FILE - Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, in Washington. The federal judge presiding over Trump&rsquo;s classified documents prosecution is hearing arguments Monday, June 24, 2024, on whether to bar the former president from public comments that prosecutors say could endanger the lives of FBI agents working on the case. Smith&rsquo;s team says the restrictions are necessary in light of Trump&rsquo;s false comments that the FBI agents who searched his Mar-a-Lago estate were out to kill him and his family. (AP Photo/J.

Trump lawyers in classified docs case ask judge to suppress evidence seized during Mar-a-Lago search

FILE - Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to the media about an indictment of former President Donald Trump, Aug. 1, 2023, in Washington. The federal judge presiding over Trump&rsquo;s classified documents prosecution is hearing arguments Monday, June 24, 2024, on whether to bar the former president from public comments that prosecutors say could endanger the lives of FBI agents working on the case. Smith&rsquo;s team says the restrictions are necessary in light of Trump&rsquo;s false comments that the FBI agents who searched his Mar-a-Lago estate were out to kill him and his family. (AP Photo/J.

June 25, 2024, 1:22pm Latest News

Lawyers for Donald Trump on Tuesday asked the judge presiding over his classified documents case to prevent prosecutors from using as evidence boxes of records seized during an FBI search of his Florida estate. Read story

Climbers With Palestine, a rock climbing activist collective, hang a banner reading &quot;Stop the genocide&quot; from El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, Calif., Monday, June 17, 2024.

UN tells Israel it will suspend aid operations across Gaza without improved safety, UN officials say

Climbers With Palestine, a rock climbing activist collective, hang a banner reading &quot;Stop the genocide&quot; from El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, Calif., Monday, June 17, 2024.

June 25, 2024, 9:11am Nation & World

Senior U.N. officials have warned Israel that they will suspend the world body's aid operations across Gaza unless Israel acts urgently to better protect humanitarian workers, two U.N. officials said Tuesday. The ultimatum is the latest in a series of U.N. steps demanding Israel do more to safeguard aid operations from… Read story

FILE - North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum speaks during a rally in Wildwood, N.J., May 11, 2024. Burgum is one of Donald Trump&rsquo;s most visible and vocal backers, sprinting around the country to drum up support while auditioning to be his running mate. Meanwhile, Burgum is wrestling with a mammoth carbon dioxide pipeline project in his home state. The $5.5 billion venture has split North Dakota and left him straddling an awkward political divide as Trump and President Joe Biden offer voters starkly different visions of America.

A potential Trump VP pick backs a controversial CO2 pipeline favored by the Biden White House

FILE - North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum speaks during a rally in Wildwood, N.J., May 11, 2024. Burgum is one of Donald Trump&rsquo;s most visible and vocal backers, sprinting around the country to drum up support while auditioning to be his running mate. Meanwhile, Burgum is wrestling with a mammoth carbon dioxide pipeline project in his home state. The $5.5 billion venture has split North Dakota and left him straddling an awkward political divide as Trump and President Joe Biden offer voters starkly different visions of America.

June 25, 2024, 8:47am Nation & World

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is one of Donald Trump’s most visible and vocal backers, sprinting around the country to drum up support for the former president’s comeback bid while auditioning to be his running mate. Read story

FILE - Israeli police officers remove an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man from the street during a protest against army recruitment in Jerusalem on June 2, 2024. Israel&rsquo;s Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 25, ruled unanimously that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for military service, a decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&rsquo;s governing coalition as Israel continues to wage war in Gaza.

Israel’s high court orders the army to draft ultra-Orthodox men, rattling Netanyahu’s government

FILE - Israeli police officers remove an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man from the street during a protest against army recruitment in Jerusalem on June 2, 2024. Israel&rsquo;s Supreme Court on Tuesday, June 25, ruled unanimously that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for military service, a decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&rsquo;s governing coalition as Israel continues to wage war in Gaza.

June 25, 2024, 8:32am Nation & World

Israel’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled unanimously that the military must begin drafting ultra-Orthodox men for compulsory service, a landmark decision that could lead to the collapse of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition as Israel continues to wage war in Gaza. Read story