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FILE - This June 20, 2009, file photo shows the Palau Capital building,in Melekeok, Palau. The United States will resume a long-suspended Peace Corps program in the North Pacific island of Palau as the Biden administration continues moves to counter growing Chinese influence in the region.

US will resume Peace Corps program in Palau as it moves to counter Chinese influence in Indo-Pacific

FILE - This June 20, 2009, file photo shows the Palau Capital building,in Melekeok, Palau. The United States will resume a long-suspended Peace Corps program in the North Pacific island of Palau as the Biden administration continues moves to counter growing Chinese influence in the region.

February 2, 2024, 8:37am Nation & World

The United States will resume a long-suspended Peace Corps program in the North Pacific island of Palau as the Biden administration continues moves to counter growing Chinese influence in the region. Read story

FILE - Nevada GOP chair Michael McDonald, right, shakes hands with Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at a campaign event, Jan. 27, 2024, in Las Vegas.

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Nevada’s presidential primary and caucuses

FILE - Nevada GOP chair Michael McDonald, right, shakes hands with Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump at a campaign event, Jan. 27, 2024, in Las Vegas.

February 2, 2024, 8:31am Politics

Nevada again holds the coveted first-in-the-West slot in the presidential campaign calendar, but this year’s showdown in the Silver State won’t look like it did in previous years. Read story

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks at a Pentagon press briefing at the Pentagon on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 in Washington.

Austin says he never told anyone on his staff to keep White House in the dark on hospitalization

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin speaks at a Pentagon press briefing at the Pentagon on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024 in Washington.

February 1, 2024, 9:01am Politics

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday he never directed anyone on his staff not to tell the White House he'd been hospitalized and takes full responsibility for keeping President Joe Biden in the dark for weeks that he'd been diagnosed with prostate cancer. Read story

FILE - U.S. President Joe Biden, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, to discuss the the war between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Oct. 18, 2023. U.S. and Mideast mediators appeared optimistic in recent days that they are closing in on a deal for a two-month cease-fire in Gaza and the release of over 100 hostages held by Hamas. But on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu rejected the militant group&rsquo;s two main demands &mdash; that Israel withdraw its forces from Gaza and release thousands of Palestinian prisoners &mdash; indicating that the gap between the two sides remains wide.

Biden will issue an executive order aimed at Israeli settlers who attack Palestinians in West Bank

FILE - U.S. President Joe Biden, left, meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, to discuss the the war between Israel and Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Oct. 18, 2023. U.S. and Mideast mediators appeared optimistic in recent days that they are closing in on a deal for a two-month cease-fire in Gaza and the release of over 100 hostages held by Hamas. But on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu rejected the militant group&rsquo;s two main demands &mdash; that Israel withdraw its forces from Gaza and release thousands of Palestinian prisoners &mdash; indicating that the gap between the two sides remains wide.

February 1, 2024, 8:33am Politics

President Joe Biden is expected to issue an executive order targeting Israeli settlers in the West Bank who have been attacking Palestinians in the occupied territory, according to four people familiar with the matter. Read story

Deal on Ukraine aid, border security stalls

January 31, 2024, 6:53pm Latest News

With time slipping to bolster Ukraine’s defenses, Senate negotiators struggled Wednesday to finalize a bipartisan deal that would pair policy changes at the U.S. southern border with wartime aid for Kyiv as their carefully negotiated compromise ran into strong resistance from House Republicans and Donald Trump. Read story

FILE - This photo provided by the Department of Defense shows Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Christopher J. Chambers. Chambers is one of the two SEALs who were lost at sea during a raid on a boat carrying illicit Iranian-made weapons to Yemen.

US military revises account of what happened to 2 SEALs who died trying to board Yemen-bound ship

FILE - This photo provided by the Department of Defense shows Navy Special Warfare Operator 1st Class Christopher J. Chambers. Chambers is one of the two SEALs who were lost at sea during a raid on a boat carrying illicit Iranian-made weapons to Yemen.

January 31, 2024, 11:42am Politics

U.S. officials are revising their preliminary findings on what happened to two Navy SEALs who died during a mission to board an unflagged ship that was carrying illicit Iranian-made weapons to Yemen. Read story

FILE - FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 5, 2023. Wray is preparing to tell House lawmakers that Chinese government hackers are busily targeting water treatment plants, the electrical grid, transportation systems and other critical infrastructure inside the United States.

Chinese hackers are determined to ‘wreak havoc’ on U.S. critical infrastructure, FBI director warns

FILE - FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Dec. 5, 2023. Wray is preparing to tell House lawmakers that Chinese government hackers are busily targeting water treatment plants, the electrical grid, transportation systems and other critical infrastructure inside the United States.

January 31, 2024, 8:10am Business

Chinese government hackers are busily targeting water treatment plants, the electrical grid, transportation systems and other critical infrastructure inside the United States, FBI Director Chris Wray will tell House lawmakers on Wednesday in a fresh warning from Washington about Beijing’s global ambitions. Read story

Democratic members of the House Homeland Security Committee, from left, Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-R.I., Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., and Rep.Troy Carter, D-La., confer during a break as Republicans move to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/J.

House GOP takes party-line vote toward Mayorkas impeachment as border becomes 2024 campaign issue

Democratic members of the House Homeland Security Committee, from left, Rep. Seth Magaziner, D-R.I., Rep. Glenn Ivey, D-Md., Rep. Dan Goldman, D-N.Y., and Rep.Troy Carter, D-La., confer during a break as Republicans move to impeach Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas over the crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/J.

January 31, 2024, 8:08am Politics

House Republicans voted along party lines early Wednesday to move toward impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas for a “willful and systematic” refusal to enforce immigration laws as border security becomes a top 2024 election issue. Read story

US sets rules to make gas and electric stoves more efficient

January 30, 2024, 3:58pm Politics

The Biden administration has finalized first-of-their-kind energy-savings rules for kitchen stoves designed to lower utility bills and improve reliability of the appliances. They will not, however, ban ones that burn gas. Read story

Pentagon spokesman Air Force Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder, speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024.

Biden says he’s decided on response to killing of 3 US troops, plans to attend dignified transfer

Pentagon spokesman Air Force Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder, speaks during a briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024.

January 30, 2024, 1:56pm Latest News

President Joe Biden on Tuesday indicated he had decided how to respond after the killing of three American service members Sunday in a drone attack in Jordan that his administration has pinned on Iran-backed militia groups, saying he does not want to expand the war in the Middle East but… Read story