JERUSALEM (AP) — Under heavy U.S. pressure, Israel has promised to ramp up aid to Gaza dramatically, saying last week it would open another cargo crossing and surge more trucks than ever before into the besieged enclave. But days later, there are few signs of those promises materializing and international officials say starvation is widespread in hard-hit northern Gaza. FAMILIES …
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Is the United States at war this April, 2024? Was it at war in November, 1941? Of course we are, just as we were on the eve of Pearl Harbor. Just as then, many Americans including the president were unaware of it. If you have any doubt ask the families of Sgt. William Jerome Rivers of Carrollton, Georgia; Spc. Kennedy …
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The stalled $60 billion military aid package to Ukraine is not stopping the Biden administration from getting weapons and other military assistance to the war-torn country as it battles back against a Russian invasion. On Tuesday, the State Department approved an emergency $138 million in foreign military sales for Ukraine to provide critical repairs and spare parts for Kyiv’s HAWK …
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GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland’s government said Wednesday it will host a high-level international conference in June to help chart a path toward peace in Ukraine after more than two years of war, and expressed hope that Russia might join in the peace process someday. The lakeside Bürgenstock resort near Lucerne is expected to host the June 15-16 gathering that will …
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Three sons of Hamas’ top political leader were killed Wednesday by an Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip, and the leader accused Israel of acting in “the spirit of revenge and murder.” Ismail Haniyeh’s sons are among the highest-profile figures to be killed in the war so far. It was not immediately clear how their …
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Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman lives on as a larger-than-life figure in the oft-told annals of American military history. The most intimate and unknown details of the man behind the legend are uncovered at the Sherman House Museum in Lancaster, Ohio. It opens for the season today, Wednesday, April 10. RAISE 500-POUND PUMPKINS IN YOUR BACKYARD: 5 TIPS FROM AMERICA’S WORLD-RECORD …
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Former U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron met with former President Donald Trump in a surprise visit to Mar-a-Lago on Monday. Cameron, who now serves as the U.K. foreign secretary, is in the U.S. to urge lawmakers to back additional funding to Ukraine in its war against Russia and a spokesperson for the British government’s Foreign Office described it as “standard …
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President Biden harshly criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the way he is prosecuting the war between Israel and Hamas during an interview with Spanish language broadcaster Univision. “I think what he’s doing is a mistake,” Biden said in an hour-long interview set to air Tuesday night about whether the Israeli leader cares more about his political survival than …
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Tuesday said there was no evidence that Israeli forces were committing “genocide” in the Gaza Strip. Austin was asked about Israel’s military operations in Gaza by Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., during a hearing on the Pentagon’s 2025 budget request. “Is Israel committing genocide in Gaza?” Cotton asked, referring to protesters’ claims that Israel is indiscriminately …
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President Biden is losing support from young Black voters who helped spur his 2020 victory primarily because of his administration’s support for Israel in the war in Gaza, a new report says. CNN’s Rene Marsh spoke with four Black voters in Georgia who were registered Democrats and supported Biden in the last election but said they wouldn’t be voting for …
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