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Hunter Biden presses for delay in federal gun trial set to begin next month

May 20, 2024, 9:04am Nation & World

Hunter Biden pressed for a delay in his federal gun case on Monday, asking an appeals court to pause the Delaware trial set to begin next month. Read story

What is the ICC and why it is considering arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders

May 20, 2024, 8:54am Nation & World

The International Criminal Court could soon issue arrest warrants for Israeli and Hamas leaders, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, more than seven months into the war between the two sides, based on a request by the court’s chief prosecutor. Read story

FILE - Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin attends a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense on Capitol Hill, May 8, 2024, in Washington. Austin committed Monday to keeping U.S. weapons moving to Ukraine as Kyiv faces one of its toughest moments against a renewed assault by Russia. “We’re meeting in a moment of challenge,” Austin said, noting that Russia’s new onslaught of Kharkiv showed why the continued commitment by the countries was vital to keep coming. Austin vowed to keep U.S.

Pentagon vows to keep weapons moving to Ukraine as Kyiv faces a renewed assault by Russia

May 20, 2024, 8:43am Nation & World

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin committed Monday to keeping U.S. weapons moving to Ukraine as Kyiv faces one of its toughest moments against a renewed assault by Russia. Read story

Supreme Court rejects an appeal from a Canadian man once held at Guantanamo

May 20, 2024, 8:41am Nation & World

The Supreme Court on Monday rejected an appeal by a Canadian-born former Guantanamo detainee who was seeking to wipe away his war crimes convictions, including for killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan. Read story

FILE - Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 25, 2024. The Supreme Court has declined, for now, to hear a challenge to a Maryland law banning certain semi-automatic firearms commonly referred to as assault weapons. The court did not elaborate on the denial, as is typical. It would have been unusual for the justices to take up a case at this point, since a lower court is still weighing it. (AP Photo/J.

Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Maryland ban on rifles known as assault weapons

May 20, 2024, 8:40am Nation & World

The Supreme Court on Monday declined, for now, to hear a challenge to a Maryland law banning certain semi-automatic firearms commonly referred to as assault weapons. Read story

Mistrust, fights and blood sport: How COVID-19 trauma is shaping the 2024 election

A young shopper, wearing a mask to protect herself from the coronavirus, shops with her mother on Santee Alley in the Garment District in downtown Los Angeles in June 2020. The pandemic accelerated mistrust in government, institutions Ç&fnof;Ó and science .

May 20, 2024, 6:00am Politics

Much of the country has moved on from the COVID-19 pandemic, but Ruth and Mohammed Nasrullah keep a vigil from their Houston home, posting thousands of pictures and stories of those who have fallen: coaches, tax clerks, teachers, autoworkers and graphic designers. Read story