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California’s Newsom, Pelosi back Texas Democrats as GOP warns of more escalations over walkout

By JIM VERTUNO, SOPHIE AUSTIN and MICHAEL R. BLOOD
Aug 08, 2025 7:20 pm - California Gov. Gavin Newsom and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appeared shoulder-to-shoulder Friday with Texas Democratic lawmakers in a show of support for their nearly weeklong walkout, which has blocked a vote on congressional redistricting maps sought by President Donald Trump in a widening national battle over U.S. House control.
Plans to take Gaza City are met with defiance from war-weary Palestinians and anger by many Israelis

By SAM MEDNICK and WAFAA SHURAFA
Aug 08, 2025 3:52 pm - Israel's decision to take over Gaza City was met with resignation and defiance by Palestinians who have survived two years of war and repeated raids. Many Israelis responded with fear and anger, worried it could be a death sentence for hostages held in Gaza.
Trump meets with leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan for a White House peace summit

By SEUNG MIN KIM
Aug 08, 2025 3:45 pm - President Donald Trump convened a peace summit at the White House on Friday with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan that is meant to help end decades of conflict and reopen key transportation routes while allowing the U.S. to seize on Russia's declining influence in the region.
US has ‘no plans’ to recognize Palestinian state, Vance says before talks with UK foreign secretary

By DANICA KIRKA and MEG KINNARD
Aug 08, 2025 3:37 pm - U.S. Vice President JD Vance met with U.K. Foreign Secretary David Lammy on Friday at a stately home south of London, with the two leaders saying the agenda includes global economics and the Israel-Hamas war and Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.Taking questions from reporters before their talks, Vance addressed the U.K. decision to recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza, saying he wasn’t sure what such recognition would even mean, “given the lack of a functional government there.”
Germany halts military exports to Israel for use in Gaza amid outcry over Netanyahu plan

By FANNY BRODERSEN and SAM McNEIL
Aug 08, 2025 3:32 pm - Germany won't authorize any exports of military equipment to Israel that could be used in Gaza “until further notice,” Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Friday, in a strikingly quick response by one of Israel's strongest international backers to a decision by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Cabinet to take over Gaza City.
Apollo 13 moon mission leader James Lovell dies at 97

By DON BABWIN
Aug 08, 2025 2:47 pm - James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97.Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois, NASA said in a statement on Friday.
Judge to consider the fate of an agreement on protecting immigrant children in US custody

By VALERIE GONZALEZ
Aug 08, 2025 12:22 pm - A federal judge on Friday will hear a Trump administration request to end a nearly three-decade-old policy on ensuring safe conditions for immigrant children held in federal custody.
Appeals court tosses judge's contempt finding against Trump administration in prison deportations

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Aug 08, 2025 12:19 pm - A split appeals court panel tossed out a judge’s contempt finding against President Donald Trump's administration on Friday in a case over deportations to an El Salvador prison.
Justice Department subpoenas New York AG James as it investigates whether she violated Trump rights

By ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Aug 08, 2025 12:18 pm - The Justice Department has subpoenaed New York Attorney General Letitia James as part of an investigation into whether she violated President Donald Trump’s civil rights, according to people familiar with the matter.
Cars, coffee and clothing are poised to get pricier with new tariffs

Abha Bhattarai, Jaclyn Peiser
Aug 08, 2025 9:33 am - Americans are paying more for appliances, home furnishings, toys and shoes than they were a few months ago, and they could soon face higher prices on more goods as the Trump administration’s latest round of sharper tariffs kicks in.

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