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FILE - Protesters attend a rally against a death sentence given to a popular rapper in Iran and to support to the women of Iran, in Berlin, Germany, April 28, 2024. Lawmakers are introducing legislation targeting Iranian officials involved in the prosecution and planned execution of rapper Toomaj Salehi, who rose to fame with lyrics about the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini and for criticism of the Islamic Republic.

US lawmakers push to sanction Iranian officials over death sentence for rapper Toomaj Salehi

FILE - Protesters attend a rally against a death sentence given to a popular rapper in Iran and to support to the women of Iran, in Berlin, Germany, April 28, 2024. Lawmakers are introducing legislation targeting Iranian officials involved in the prosecution and planned execution of rapper Toomaj Salehi, who rose to fame with lyrics about the 2022 death of Mahsa Amini and for criticism of the Islamic Republic.

May 31, 2024, 8:13am Politics

A bipartisan group of lawmakers introduced legislation Friday targeting Iranian officials involved in the prosecution and death sentence of a rapper who came to fame for his lyrics about the 2022 death of an Iranian woman and his criticism of the Islamic Republic. Read story

FILE - Associate Justice Samuel Alito joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, Oct. 7, 2022, at the Supreme Court building in Washington. Alito rejects calls to step aside from Supreme Court cases on Trump and Jan. 6. (AP Photo/J.

To recuse or refuse? A look at Supreme Court justices’ decisions on whether to step aside in cases

FILE - Associate Justice Samuel Alito joins other members of the Supreme Court as they pose for a new group portrait, Oct. 7, 2022, at the Supreme Court building in Washington. Alito rejects calls to step aside from Supreme Court cases on Trump and Jan. 6. (AP Photo/J.

May 30, 2024, 2:19pm Politics

In declining to step aside from two high-profile Supreme Court cases, Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday provided a rare window on the opaque process by which justices decide to step aside from cases. Read story

FILE - Palestinians fleeing from the southern Gaza city of Rafah during an Israeli ground and air offensive in the city, May 28, 2024. Defense experts who&#039;ve reviewed debris images from an Israeli airstrike that ignited a deadly fire in a camp for displaced Palestinians question why Israel didn&#039;t use smaller, more precise weapons when so many civilians were nearby.

Israel could have used smaller weapons against Hamas to avoid deaths in Gaza tent fire, experts say

FILE - Palestinians fleeing from the southern Gaza city of Rafah during an Israeli ground and air offensive in the city, May 28, 2024. Defense experts who&#039;ve reviewed debris images from an Israeli airstrike that ignited a deadly fire in a camp for displaced Palestinians question why Israel didn&#039;t use smaller, more precise weapons when so many civilians were nearby.

May 30, 2024, 1:14pm Latest News

Defense experts who have reviewed debris images from an Israeli airstrike that ignited a deadly fire in a camp for displaced Palestinians questioned why Israel did not use smaller, more precise weapons when so many civilians were nearby. They said the bombs used were likely U.S.-made. Read story

FILE - Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/J.

Roberts rejects Senate Democrats’ request to discuss Supreme Court ethics and Alito flag controversy

FILE - Supreme Court is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/J.

May 30, 2024, 1:13pm Politics

Chief Justice John Roberts on Thursday declined an invitation to meet with Democratic senators to talk about Supreme Court ethics and the controversy over flags that flew outside homes owned by Justice Samuel Alito. Read story

President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at Girard College, Wednesday, May 29, 2024, in Philadelphia.

Biden is said to be finalizing plans for migrant limits as part of a US-Mexico border clampdown

President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at Girard College, Wednesday, May 29, 2024, in Philadelphia.

May 30, 2024, 1:13pm Politics

The White House is finalizing plans for a U.S.-Mexico border clampdown that would shut off asylum requests and automatically deny entrance to migrants once the number of people encountered by American border officials exceeded a new daily threshold, with President Joe Biden expected to sign an executive order as early… Read story

These images released by Maxar Technologies shows the newly completed pier on the Gaza Strip on May 18, 2024, top, and ther emaining section of the temporary pier on May 29, 2024. A string of security, logistical and weather problems have battered the plan to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza through a U.S. military-built pier.

The US-built pier in Gaza broke apart. Here’s how we got here and what might be next

These images released by Maxar Technologies shows the newly completed pier on the Gaza Strip on May 18, 2024, top, and ther emaining section of the temporary pier on May 29, 2024. A string of security, logistical and weather problems have battered the plan to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza through a U.S. military-built pier.

May 30, 2024, 7:20am Nation & World

A string of security, logistical and weather problems has battered the plan to deliver desperately needed humanitarian aid to Gaza through a U.S. military-built pier. Read story

FILE - A row of school buses rests in a parking lot, April 7, 2020, in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. About 7 in 10 AAPI adults approve of K-12 public schools teaching about the history of slavery, racism and segregation, according to a new poll from AAPI Data and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. A similar share also support teaching about the history of Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the United States, while about half support teaching about issues related to sex and sexuality.

Most AAPI adults think the history of racism should be taught in schools, an AP-NORC poll finds

FILE - A row of school buses rests in a parking lot, April 7, 2020, in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. About 7 in 10 AAPI adults approve of K-12 public schools teaching about the history of slavery, racism and segregation, according to a new poll from AAPI Data and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. A similar share also support teaching about the history of Asian American and Pacific Islander communities in the United States, while about half support teaching about issues related to sex and sexuality.

May 29, 2024, 2:20pm Latest News

U.S. schools should teach about issues related to race, most Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders believe. They also oppose efforts to restrict what subjects can be discussed in the classroom, according to a new poll. Read story

FILE - Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr., left, and his wife Martha-Ann Alito, pay their respects at the casket of Reverend Billy Graham at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, Feb. 28, 2018. Alito rejects calls to step aside from Supreme Court cases on Trump and Jan. 6.

Alito rejects calls to quit Supreme Court cases on Trump and Jan. 6 because of flag controversies

FILE - Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Jr., left, and his wife Martha-Ann Alito, pay their respects at the casket of Reverend Billy Graham at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, Feb. 28, 2018. Alito rejects calls to step aside from Supreme Court cases on Trump and Jan. 6.

May 29, 2024, 11:05am Politics

Justice Samuel Alito is rejecting calls to step aside from Supreme Court cases involving former President Donald Trump and Jan. 6 defendants because of the controversy over flags that flew over his homes. Read story

FILE - Giant panda Xiao Qi Ji plays at his enclosure at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, Sept. 28, 2023. Two giant pandas are coming to Washington&rsquo;s National Zoo from China by the end of the year. The zoo made the announcement Wednesday, about half a year after it sent its three pandas back to China.

The Panda Party is back on as giant pandas will return to Washington’s National Zoo by year’s end

FILE - Giant panda Xiao Qi Ji plays at his enclosure at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, Sept. 28, 2023. Two giant pandas are coming to Washington&rsquo;s National Zoo from China by the end of the year. The zoo made the announcement Wednesday, about half a year after it sent its three pandas back to China.

May 29, 2024, 8:25am Life

Two giant pandas are coming to Washington’s National Zoo from China by the end of the year. Read story

FILE - Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Roger Wicker, R-Miss., meets with reporters during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 11, 2024. The top Republican on a Senate committee that oversees the U.S. military is making an argument for aggressively increasing defense spending over negotiated spending caps. Sen. Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, is releasing a plan for a &ldquo;generational investment&rdquo; that seeks to deter coordinated threats from U.S. adversaries like Russia, Iran and China. (AP Photo/J.

Key Republican calls for ‘generational’ increase in defense spending to counter US adversaries

FILE - Senate Armed Services Committee Ranking Member Roger Wicker, R-Miss., meets with reporters during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 11, 2024. The top Republican on a Senate committee that oversees the U.S. military is making an argument for aggressively increasing defense spending over negotiated spending caps. Sen. Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, is releasing a plan for a &ldquo;generational investment&rdquo; that seeks to deter coordinated threats from U.S. adversaries like Russia, Iran and China. (AP Photo/J.

May 29, 2024, 8:23am Politics

The top-ranking Republican on a Senate committee that oversees the military is calling for a “generational investment” in America’s defense, saying aggressive and significant spending increases are necessary to deter coordinated threats from U.S. adversaries like Russia, Iran and China. Read story