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Elon Musk says he will cut back on political spending after heavily backing Trump in 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) - Elon Musk, the richest person in the world and a key financial supporter of President Donald Trump, said Tuesday that he'll be spending less on political campaigns. His decision, whi...

May 20, 2025

U.K. says it is suspending free trade talks with Israel and announces sanctions over the West Bank

LONDON (AP) - The British government says it will suspend new free trade negotiations with Israel and has leveled new sanctions targeting West Bank settlements as it criticizes sanctions military acti...

May 20, 2025

Man executed for the 2000 killing of a police officer in Indiana's second execution in 15 years

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) - Indiana officials have executed a man convicted in the 2000 killing of a police officer. Benjamin Ritchie died by injection early Tuesday at the Indiana State Prison in Mich...

May 20, 2025

Israeli strikes across Gaza have killed at least 60 people, local health officials say

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli strikes overnight and into Tuesday have killed at least 60 people across the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian health officials. Israel has launched another...

May 20, 2025

Democratic Rep. McIver charged with assault after skirmish at ICE center, New Jersey prosecutor says

WASHINGTON (AP) - New Jersey's top federal prosecutor said Monday that she's charging Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver with assault after a skirmish with federal officers who arrested the Newark mayor ...

May 19, 2025

Judge bars Trump administration from shutting peace institute that sought to end violent conflicts

WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from moving forward with its dismantling of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an organization taken over in March by Elon Musk's...

May 19, 2025

Supreme Court allows Trump to strip protections from some Venezuelans; deportations could follow

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to deportation. The court's order, with on...

May 19, 2025

Trump call with Putin underway as he hopes for ceasefire progress in Russia-Ukraine war

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has grown "frustrated" with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the White House said Monday ahead of separate calls Trum...

May 19, 2025

The Latest: Trump urges GOP to approve his tax cut proposals

President Donald Trump is hoping that separate phone calls Monday with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will make progress toward a ceasefire in the war in Ukr...

May 19, 2025

Russia outlaws Amnesty International in latest crackdown on dissent and activists

The Russian authorities on Monday outlawed Amnesty International as an "undesirable organization," a label that under a 2015 law makes involvement with such organizations a criminal offense. The decis...

May 19, 2025