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US diplomat apologizes for using the word ‘animalistic’ in reference to Lebanese reporters

Aug 28, 2025 7:01 pm - A U.S. diplomat apologized Thursday for using the word “animalistic” while calling for a gaggle of reporters to quiet down during a news conference in Lebanon earlier this week.
UN food agency chief says women and children are ‘starving’ in Gaza and pressed Netanyahu on aid

By SAM MEDNICK and SAMY MAGDY
Aug 28, 2025 6:52 pm - The head of the U.N. food agency said Thursday that it was “very evident” during her visit to Gaza this week that there isn't enough food in the Palestinian territory and that she spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the urgent need for more aid. The world’s leading authority on food crises said last week the Gaza Strip’s largest city is gripped by famine, and that it was likely to spread across the territory without a ceasefire and an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid.
CDC gets new acting director as leadership turmoil leaves agency reeling

By MIKE STOBBE, AMANDA SEITZ and CHRIS MEGERIAN
Aug 28, 2025 6:32 pm - NEW YORK — The nation’s top public health agency was left reeling Thursday as the White House worked to expel the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director and ...
Major Russian attack includes rare strikes on the center of Kyiv, killing at least 21

By HANNA ARHIROVA and SAMYA KULLAB
Aug 28, 2025 3:54 pm - Russia launched a major air attack early Thursday on Kyiv that included a rare strike on the city center, killing at least 21 people, wounding 48 and damaging European Union diplomatic offices, authorities said.
UK, France and Germany initiate ‘snapback’ sanctions on Iran over status of nuclear program

By FARNOUSH AMIRI, JON GAMBRELL and STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN
Aug 28, 2025 3:47 pm - France, Germany and the United Kingdom moved Thursday to reimpose United Nations sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program, further isolating Tehran after its atomic sites were repeatedly bombed during a 12-day war with Israel.The process, termed a “snapback” by the diplomats who negotiated it into Iran’s 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, was designed to be veto-proof at the U.N. and could take effect as soon as October.
Trump administration asks military base outside Chicago for support on immigration operations

Aug 28, 2025 9:12 am - President Donald Trump's administration has asked a military base outside Chicago for support on immigration operations, the base said Thursday, signaling a push to expand its law enforcement crackdown to other cities.
Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook sues Trump administration to block her attempted firing

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Aug 28, 2025 8:52 am - Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook has sued the Trump administration in an effort to overturn the president’s attempt to fire her, launching an unprecedented legal battle that could significantly reshape the Fed’s longstanding political independence.
‘We’ve been fighting crime,’ Pritzker tells AP during tour of city to counter Trump’s crime claims

By SOPHIA TAREEN
Aug 28, 2025 8:00 am - Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is doubling down on his message to President Donald Trump that the nation’s third-largest city doesn’t need or want military intervention to fight crime, showing off parts of the city where violent crime has decreased and saying sending in the National Guard could only escalate problems.
Mystery surrounds $1.2 billion Army contract to build huge detention tent camp in Texas desert

By MICHAEL BIESECKER and JOSHUA GOODMAN
Aug 28, 2025 7:12 am - When President Donald Trump's administration last month awarded a contract worth up to $1.2 billion to build and operate what it says will become the nation’s largest immigration detention complex, it didn’t turn to a large government contractor or even a firm that specializes in private prisons.
Minneapolis Catholic schoolchildren listened to a prayer, then ducked for cover from gunfire

By JESSE BEDAYN and GIOVANNA DELL'ORTO
Aug 28, 2025 7:09 am - In the vaulted church of a Catholic school in Minneapolis, the pews were packed with teachers, parents and schoolchildren listening to a psalm on the third day of the new school year.

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