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Biden administration restores Trump-rescinded policy on illegitimacy of Israeli settlements

February 23, 2024, 12:35pm Nation & World

The Biden administration on Friday restored a U.S. legal finding dating back nearly 50 years that Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories are “illegitimate” under international law. Read story

Biden tells governors he’s eyeing executive action on immigration, seems ‘frustrated’ with lawyers

February 23, 2024, 12:33pm Nation & World

President Joe Biden told the nation’s governors on Friday that he’s exploring what executive actions he can take to address migration across the southern border after a bipartisan deal collapsed in Congress this month. He seemed to express frustration at the limits of his authority to act unilaterally. Read story

FILE - A flower and a picture are left as a tribute to Russian politician Alexei Navalny, near to the Russian Embassy in London, Feb. 18, 2024. The U.S. government is hitting Russia with the largest tranche of financial penalties imposed on Moscow since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. They target roughly 600 people and firms from Russia to China to the United Arab Emirates. The sanctions are timed to the second anniversary of the invasion, and in response to the death of Navalny.

U.S., EU pile new sanctions on Russia for the Ukraine war’s 2nd anniversary and Navalny’s death

FILE - A flower and a picture are left as a tribute to Russian politician Alexei Navalny, near to the Russian Embassy in London, Feb. 18, 2024. The U.S. government is hitting Russia with the largest tranche of financial penalties imposed on Moscow since its 2022 invasion of Ukraine. They target roughly 600 people and firms from Russia to China to the United Arab Emirates. The sanctions are timed to the second anniversary of the invasion, and in response to the death of Navalny.

February 23, 2024, 10:37am Nation & World

The United States and the European Union are piling new sanctions on Russia on the eve of the second anniversary of its invasion of Ukraine and in retaliation for the death of noted Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny last week in an Arctic penal colony. Read story

Trump’s lawyers call for dismissal of classified documents case, citing presidential immunity

February 23, 2024, 10:35am Nation & World

Former President Donald Trump urged a Florida judge to dismiss the criminal case charging him with illegally retaining classified documents, claiming in part that presidential immunity protects him from prosecution even as that sweeping argument has so far in failed in federal appeals courts in a separate case. Read story

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after a divided Senate passed an emergency spending package to provide send military aid to Ukraine and Israel, replenish U.S. weapons systems, and provide food, water and other humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. The measure has an uncertain future in the House where it is opposed by Republicans in the face of pressure from former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/J.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is in Ukraine to meet Zelenskyy as U.S. aid hangs in the balance

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after a divided Senate passed an emergency spending package to provide send military aid to Ukraine and Israel, replenish U.S. weapons systems, and provide food, water and other humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. The measure has an uncertain future in the House where it is opposed by Republicans in the face of pressure from former President Donald Trump. (AP Photo/J.

February 23, 2024, 10:33am Nation & World

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is in Ukraine to try to reassure President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other officials that Congress will deliver another round of U.S. aid, even as a package that would provide $60 billion is stalled in the U.S. House. Read story

Trump faces warning signs that his fundraising prowess may have limits in 2024 campaign

February 22, 2024, 12:53pm Politics

Donald Trump's legendary ability to raise massive sums of political cash may be on a collision course with a new and unpleasant reality. Read story

White House national security communications adviser John Kirby speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024.

U.S. promises new sanctions on Iran for its support of Russia’s war in Ukraine, potential missile sale

White House national security communications adviser John Kirby speaks at a press briefing at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024.

February 22, 2024, 12:53pm Latest News

The White House is promising to unveil new sanctions on Iran in the coming days in retaliation for its arms sales that have bolstered Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and threatening a "swift” and “severe” response if Tehran moves forward with selling ballistic missiles to Moscow. Read story

Minnesota man who assaulted four officers during Capitol riot is sentenced to nearly 3 years in prison

February 22, 2024, 10:30am Nation & World

A Minnesota man who repeatedly attacked police officers during the U.S. Capitol riot, wielded a police baton as a weapon and stole two riot shields was sentenced on Thursday to nearly three years in prison. Read story

The government&rsquo;s memorandum in support of detention of Alexander Smirnov is photographed on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2024.

Ex-FBI informant scrutinized in Biden case

The government&rsquo;s memorandum in support of detention of Alexander Smirnov is photographed on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2024.

February 21, 2024, 8:14pm Nation & World

The explosive allegations at the center of an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden were false, federal prosecutors said, and came from an ex-FBI informant who said he was in touch with Russian intelligence. Read story

The 2024 White House Christmas Ornament featuring former President Jimmy Carter, is seen at the White House Historical Association Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, in Washington. Carter is the first of the U.S. presidents to be honored with an official White House Christmas ornament while still living.

Jimmy Carter becomes first living ex-president with official White House Christmas ornament

The 2024 White House Christmas Ornament featuring former President Jimmy Carter, is seen at the White House Historical Association Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, in Washington. Carter is the first of the U.S. presidents to be honored with an official White House Christmas ornament while still living.

February 21, 2024, 5:30pm Nation & World

Former President Jimmy Carter has another distinction to his name. Read story