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RecsEXCLUSIVE: ICC seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu for war crimes over October 7 attack and Gaza war
Sen. Marco Rubio won't commit to accepting 2024 election results
May 19, 2024, 11:12 AM EDT Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubio, widely seen as a potential vice presidential pick for former President Donald Trump, on Sunday refused to say whether he would accept the results of the 2024 presidential election, instead blaming Democrats for sowing doubts about the election. The senator, appearing on NBC News' "Meet the Press," said, "I think you're asking the wrong person. The Democrats are the ones that have opposed every Republican victory since 200 ...
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson won't pledge to accept result of 2024 presidential election
Molly Beck May 19, 2024MADISON – U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is not pledging to accept the result of the November presidential election, leaving a door open to objecting to the certification of election results — a scenario that prompted an attack on the U.S. Capitol four years ago when former President Donald Trump lost reelection. Johnson told The Cap Times on Saturday he could not answer whether he would accept the results of the 2024 presidential election, calling it an "impossible hypot ...
Van Hollen: 'I do not have concerns' about Biden at debate
May 19, 2024, 9:12 AM Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said Sunday that he's unconcerned about how President Joe Biden will fare at his first debate with former President Donald Trump next month. The two candidates' agreement bucked the Commission on Presidential Debates, the longtime organizer of such forums. Biden's camp suggested the body was unable to handle Trump as a candidate on stage, and the former president has long decried the group as biased against him, leveling similar accusations ...
11 hurt after late-night gunfire breaks out in Savannah, Georgia
Eleven people were treated for injuries after late night gunfire broke out downtown in the tourist-destination city of Savannah. Gunfire was reported shortly before midnight Saturday near Savannah’s popular Ellis Square, police said. It was not clear whether all the injuries stemmed from gunshots. Victims were treated at the scene and “several” were taken to a hospital, police said. WSAV-TV reported that none of the injuries were believed to be life-threatening. Police said authorities collec ...
Iran's President Missing After Helicopter Crash in Dense Fog
(Bloomberg) -- Rescue teams are searching into the night to try to locate Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi after his helicopter crashed on his way back from a visit to the country’s northwest. There was dense fog in the region, making conditions difficult for search teams, state media said, without giving a direct cause for the incident on Sunday. Iran’s government spokesman, Ali Bahadori Jahromi, said late in the evening on X that there were “no new updates” and that the country was grappling ...
Investigate whether drinking played role in chaotic House hearing, senior Democrat Jamie Raskin says
5 hours ago A top-ranking Democrat has said that it’s worth investigating whether alcohol was involved in an explosive, insult-ridden House Oversight Committee hearing earlier this week. Representative Jamie Raskin called for the investigation after Melanie Stansbury, a Democrat, said non-committee members were drinking in the chamber during a hearing where Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene kicked off a fiery exchange by insulting lawmaker Jasmine Crockett. “I didn’t see the drinking but the ...
Johnson's Trump trip unsettles some Republicans: 'Tell me this isn't so'
05/18/24 6:00 AM ET Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) decision to appear this week at former President Trump’s hush money trial in Manhattan is sparking new blowback from some House Republicans, who are questioning why he would inject himself so prominently in a case involving an alleged affair with a porn star. These Republicans, who requested to speak anonymously to discuss the sensitive topic, are accusing Johnson — a devout Southern Baptist who built a career around the fight for Christian v ...
Ukraine's Zelenskyy rejects Macron's Olympic truce proposal
May 18, 2024 11:55 am CET Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rejected a call by French President Emmanuel Macron for a truce in the Ukraine-Russia war during the Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Russia would use any suspension of hostilities to press its military advantage, Zelenskyy said in an interview Friday with Agence France-Presse. "Let's be honest ... Emmanuel, I don't believe it," Zelenskyy told AFP. "Who can guarantee that Russia will not use this time to bring its ...
Despite polls, Biden aides insist Gaza campus protests will not hurt reelection bid
May 18, 2024 4:14 PM EDT Updated an hour ago WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) - Several top White House aides say they are confident protests across U.S. college campuses against Israel's offensive in Gaza will not translate into significantly fewer votes for Joe Biden in November's election, despite polls showing many Democrats are deeply unhappy about the U.S. president's policy on the war. The White House optimism on the issue, which is shared by many in the Biden campaign, runs contrary to di ...
Israeli forces recover body of Ron Binyamin who was killed in Oct. 7 massacre
Published 2:28 p.m. ET May 18, 2024 | Updated 2:46 p.m. ET May 18, 2024 WASHINGTON — The Israeli military said Saturday its forces recovered the body of Ron Binyamin, who was among 252 people seized by Hamas-led Palestinian gunmen in a cross-border October 7 massacre last year. Chief military spokesperson Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari said Binyamin was found along with three other slain hostages whose repatriation was announced on Friday. Citing intelligence information, the military said all h ...
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RecsAs GOP demands Biden/Hur audio, James Comer gives away the game - 39
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RecsEXCLUSIVE: ICC seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu for war crimes over October 7 attack and Gaza war
The Dali cargo ship is on the move, almost 2 months after it crashed into and collapsed Baltimore's Key Bridge
6 min ago - Updated 8:02 AM EDT, Mon May 20, 2024 CNN — The cargo ship Dali is being moved from the site of its catastrophic collision with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in a crucial step toward fully reopening the busy Port of Baltimore. The painstaking ... (CNN)
London court rules WikiLeaks founder Assange can appeal against an extradition order to the US
29 min ago - Updated 8:00 AM EDT, May 20, 2024 LONDON (AP) -- WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange can appeal against extradition to the United States on espionage charges, a London court ruled on Monday -- a decision that is likely to further drag out what has alrea ... (AP)
US Pediatricians Group Reverses Decades-Old Ban on Breastfeeding for Those With HIV
34 min ago - May 20, 2024, at 12:03 a.m. People with HIV can breastfeed their babies, as long as they are taking medications that effectively suppress the virus that causes AIDS, a top U.S. pediatricians’ group said Monday in a sharp policy change. The new ... (US News and World Report/AP)
Biden on Trump's next Supreme Court pick: 'Do you think he'll put anybody who has a brain?'
1 hr ago - 05/19/24 9:57 PM ET President Biden asked the audience at an NAACP Detroit chapter dinner to consider whether they think former President Trump, if elected for a second term in the White House, would fill hypothetical vacancies at the Supreme Court w ... (The Hill)
EXCLUSIVE: ICC seeks arrest warrants against Sinwar and Netanyahu for war crimes over October 7 attack and Gaza war
1 hr ago - Published 6:41 AM EDT, Mon May 20, 2024 CNN — The International Criminal Court is seeking arrest warrants for Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the ... (CNN World)
US judge blocks Biden-backed rule expanding gun background checks
2 hrs ago - May 20, 2024 4:49 AM EDT Updated an hour ago May 19 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Sunday blocked the Biden administration from fully implementing a new rule that would require gun dealers to obtain licenses and conduct background checks when selling ... (Reuters)
Ohio judge set to rule on state's near-total ban on abortions
3 hrs ago - 10 hours ago A judge in Ohio could rule as soon as Monday in a case that could overthrow the state’s 2019 abortion ban. Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Christian Jenkins is considering a case brought by a group of Ohio abortion clinics which ... (UK Independent)
Blinken orders crackdown on Israel-Hamas leaks
4 hrs ago - 05/19/2024 04:07 PM EDT Secretary of State Antony Blinken directed his top staff to crack down on leaks about diplomacy relating to the Israel-Hamas war, saying clearly that he was “angry” with the constant stream of press reports revealing ... (Politico)
"No survivors" found at crash site of helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, Iranian agencies report
9 hrs ago - "No survivors" were found at the crash site of the helicopter carrying Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, Iranian state news agency IRINN and semi-official news agency Mehr News reported. Some background: A former hardline judiciary chief, Raisi was Ira ... (CNN)
Samuel Alito Sold Anheuser-Busch Stock During Right-Wing Boycott: Report
9 hrs ago - SUSPICIOUS TIMING Brett Bachman Updated May 19, 2024 10:33PM EDT / U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito sold off a chunk of stock in Anheuser-Busch Inbev in August 2023, just as a vicious right-wing boycott campaign of the company was reaching ... (daily beast)
Schumer announces Senate to vote this week on previously blocked bipartisan border bill
10 hrs ago - Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, attempting to put political pressure on Republicans, announced Sunday that the chamber will vote this week on a long-negotiated bipartisan border bill that Republicans blocked earlier this year. The New York Demo ... (CNN)
Simone Biles wins US Classic ahead of hotly-anticipated Olympics return in Paris
11 hrs ago - 9 hours ago Simone Biles certainly looks ready for Paris with more than two months to go before the Olympic games begin. The gymnastics superstar began her bid for a third Olympic team looking as dominant as ever at the US Classic on Saturday, winni ... (UK Independent)
Democrats argue Biden and his record will help him win backing of Black voters
13 hrs ago - Published 12:15 p.m. ET May 19, 2024 | Updated 12:16 p.m. ET May 19, 2024 Democrats on Sunday fanned out on the major cable TV talk shows in defense of President Joe Biden's record with predictions that by November he would win a second term behind t ... (USA Today)
U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson won't pledge to accept result of 2024 presidential election
13 hrs ago - Molly Beck May 19, 2024MADISON – U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson is not pledging to accept the result of the November presidential election, leaving a door open to objecting to the certification of election results — a scenario that prompted an atta ... (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Iran's President Missing After Helicopter Crash in Dense Fog
13 hrs ago - (Bloomberg) -- Rescue teams are searching into the night to try to locate Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi after his helicopter crashed on his way back from a visit to the country’s northwest. There was dense fog in the region, making conditions ... (Bloomberg News via Yahoo)
Van Hollen: 'I do not have concerns' about Biden at debate
14 hrs ago - May 19, 2024, 9:12 AM Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., said Sunday that he's unconcerned about how President Joe Biden will fare at his first debate with former President Donald Trump next month. The two candidates' agreement bucked the Commission on Pr ... (ABC News)
Democrats tee up showdown with GOP over non-citizen voting
15 hrs ago - 5 hours ago House Democratic leadership is formally pushing its members to vote against a Republican bill that would block a Washington, D.C. law allowing non-citizen voting in local elections, Axios has learned. Why it matters: It sets up a politica ... (Axios)
Biden national security adviser, Saudi Arabia's crown prince discuss security deal
16 hrs ago - 05/19/2024 06:45 AM EDT DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — President Joe Biden’s national security adviser met early Sunday with Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to discuss what the kingdom described as the “semi-final&# ... (Politico)
11 hurt after late-night gunfire breaks out in Savannah, Georgia
16 hrs ago - Eleven people were treated for injuries after late night gunfire broke out downtown in the tourist-destination city of Savannah. Gunfire was reported shortly before midnight Saturday near Savannah’s popular Ellis Square, police said. It was not ... (ABC News)
Sen. Marco Rubio won't commit to accepting 2024 election results
17 hrs ago - May 19, 2024, 11:12 AM EDT Florida GOP Sen. Marco Rubio, widely seen as a potential vice presidential pick for former President Donald Trump, on Sunday refused to say whether he would accept the results of the 2024 presidential election, instead blam ... (NBC News)
