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Netanyahu vows ‘total victory’ and denounces US opponents of war

WASHINGTON (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged in a scathing speech to Congress on Wednesday to achieve "total victory" against Hamas and denounced American opponents of the war in Gaza as "idiots," taking a combative stance in a visit the Biden administration has hoped ...

Officers left post to go look for Trump rally gunman before shooting

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two local law enforcement officers stationed in the complex of buildings where a gunman opened fire at former President Donald Trump left to go search for the man before the shooting, the head of Pennsylvania State Police said Tuesday, raising questions about whether a key ...

Biden withdrawal doesn’t mean Harris automatically succeeds

What is amusing and simultaneously contributes to the cynicism some feel about politics is how many Democrats claimed until recently that President Joe Biden was a different man in private than the mumbling, stumbling man everyone could hear and see in public. These include Vice President ...

Secret Service director resigns, but departure is unlikely to end scrutiny

WASHINGTON (AP) — The director of the Secret Service resigned Tuesday in the aftermath of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump that unleashed an outcry about how the agency failed in its core mission to protect current and former presidents. Kimberly Cheatle, who had ...

European agency cites Earth’s hottest day

WASHINGTON (AP) — On Sunday, the Earth sizzled to the hottest day ever measured by humans, yet another heat record shattered in the past couple of years, according to the European climate service Copernicus Tuesday. Copernicus' preliminary data shows that the global average temperature ...

Harris claims most of the delegates needed for presidential nomination

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris was closing in Monday on securing the Democratic delegates she needs to become her party's nominee and set a new fundraising record in her first 24 hours as a presidential candidate, as top Democrats rallied to her in their bid to defeat ...