Month: March 2023

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli protesters’ siege of a Tel Aviv beauty parlor where Sara Netanyahu was getting her hair done has cast a spotlight on the Israeli prime minister’s wife, a divisive figure long been intertwined with her husband’s political career. She has drawn scorn for living a lavish lifestyle

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. Ambassador Cindy McCain has been appointed the next head of the U.N. World Food Program, the world’s largest humanitarian organization which aims to help nearly 150 million people confronting conflicts, disasters and climate change impacts this year. U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Food and

By ERIC TUCKER and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An ambitious new White House cybersecurity strategy calls for bolstering protections of critical sectors and making software companies legally liable when their products don’t meet basic standards. The 35-page document released Thursday promises to use “all instruments of national power” to pre-empt cyberattacks. It

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump can be sued by injured Capitol Police officers and Democratic lawmakers over the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department said Thursday in a federal court case testing Trump’s legal vulnerability and the limits of

By COLLEEN LONG, MARY CLARE JALONICK and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he will sign a Republican-sponsored resolution blocking new District of Columbia laws that overhaul how the nation’s capital prosecutes and punishes crime. City officials have spent nearly two decades trying to redo Washington’s criminal laws, including

By MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has visited the Senate to demonstrate unity among Democrats — but he ended up endorsing a Republican priority instead. With Democrats acknowledging they cannot get much done in the closely divided Congress, Biden has pledged to try to find areas

By STAN CHOE and DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are rising Thursday and heading for their first gain in three days, even as bond yields climb to tighten the squeeze on Wall Street. The S&P 500 was 0.7% higher after erasing a morning loss. The Dow Jones Industrial Average

By JEFFREY COLLINS and JAMES POLLARD Associated Press WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) — A defense lawyer for Alex Murduaugh said Thursday that state agents were so determined to get the disgraced South Carolina attorney convicted of murder in the killings of his wife and son that they lied about or misrepresented evidence. When closing arguments wrapped

By LISA MASCARO and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Ethics Committee announced Thursday it is launching an investigation into embattled Republican Rep. George Santos, the New York congressman whose lies and embellishments about his resume and personal life have drawn deep scrutiny. The investigation appears to be far reaching. It