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California redistricting hearing turns heated as Republicans mount opposition campaign

By TRÂN NGUYỄN
Aug 19, 2025 7:39 pm - SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California legislative hearing turned into a shouting match Tuesday as a Republican lawmaker clashed with Democrats over a partisan plan to rewrite...
A Texas Democrat sleeps at the Capitol to protest GOP actions in Texas redistricting fight

By JOHN HANNA, SARA CLINE and JIM VERTUNO
Aug 19, 2025 5:25 pm - AUSTIN, Texas — Democratic Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier refused to come to the state Capitol for two weeks. Now she won’t leave. Collier was among dozens of Democrats ...
A record 383 aid workers were killed in global hotspots in 2024, nearly half in Gaza, UN says

By EDITH M. LEDERER
Aug 19, 2025 3:57 pm - UNITED NATIONS — A record 383 aid workers were killed in global hotspots in 2024, nearly half of them in Gaza during the war between Israel and Hamas, the U.N. humanitari...
Trump's Justice Department is investigating whether DC police officials falsified crime data

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Aug 19, 2025 3:16 pm - WASHINGTON — The Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether police officials in Washington, D.C., have falsified data to make crime rates appear lower th...
Trump offers assurances that US troops won't be sent to help defend Ukraine

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and AAMER MADHANI
Aug 19, 2025 3:12 pm - WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered his assurances that U.S. troops would not be sent to help defend Ukraine against Russia after seeming to leave open...
Europeans, Ukraine steer Trump away from Putin’s view after summit

Ellen Francis, Catherine Belton, Robyn Dixon, David L. Stern
Aug 19, 2025 8:14 am - The proposal for security guarantees for Ukraine appears to be triggering unease in Moscow, which repeated its objections to any role for forces from NATO countries.
Qatar urges the urgency of a Gaza ceasefire after 'positive response' from Hamas

By SAM METZ, JON GAMBRELL and SAMY MAGDY
Aug 19, 2025 7:46 am - A key mediator on Gaza is stressing the urgency of brokering a ceasefire after Hamas showed a “positive response” to a proposal.
Police escort Texas Democrats to prevent new redistricting walkout as California moves to retaliate

By BILL BARROW, TRAN NGUYEN, FERNANDA FIGUEROA and JOHN HANNA
Aug 19, 2025 7:35 am - Texas Democrats who ended a walkout found themselves shadowed by law enforcement officers to keep them from repeating the protest that stalled Republican efforts to redraw congressional districts and fulfill President Donald Trump's desire to reshape U.S. House maps.
A Gaza-bound ship that left Cyprus with 1,200 tons of food aid nears Israeli port

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS
Aug 19, 2025 7:31 am - A ship that set off from Cyprus loaded with 1,200 tons of food supplies for the Gaza Strip is approaching the Israeli port of Ashdod on Tuesday in a renewed effort to alleviate the worsening crisis in the Palestinian territory, where food security experts say the “worst-case scenario of famine” is unfolding.
India's Modi to meet China's top diplomat as Asian powers rebuild ties

By SHEIKH SAALIQ and RAJESH ROY
Aug 19, 2025 7:06 am - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with China’s top diplomat on Tuesday in a sign of easing tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors after a yearslong standoff between the Asian powers.

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