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As conflicts rage abroad, a fractured Congress tries to rally support for historic global challenges

By STEPHEN GROVES and SEUNG MIN KIM
Dec 24, 2023 7:35 am - WASHINGTON — As the Senate wrapped up its work for the year, Sen. Michael Bennet took to the floor of the nearly empty chamber and made a late-night plea for Congress to ...
The Supreme Court says no, for now, to plea to rule quickly on whether Trump can be prosecuted

By MARK SHERMAN
Dec 22, 2023 1:42 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Friday it will not immediately take up a plea by special counsel Jack Smith to rule on whether former President Donald Trump can be pr...
UN approves watered-down resolution on aid to Gaza without call for suspension of hostilities

By EDITH M. LEDERER
Dec 22, 2023 12:11 pm - UNITED NATIONS — After many delays, the U.N. Security Council adopted a watered-down resolution Friday calling for immediately speeding up aid deliveries to desperate civ...
Gaza death toll exceeds 20,000 as Israel expands ground war against Hamas

By NAJIB JOBAIN and SAM MAGDY
Dec 22, 2023 10:35 am - RAFAH, Gaza Strip — Israel's war to destroy Hamas has killed more than 20,000 Palestinians, health officials in Gaza said Friday, as Israel expanded its offensive and ord...
These numbers show the staggering losses in the Israel-Hamas war as Gaza deaths surpass 20,000

By MELANIE LIDMAN
Dec 22, 2023 10:33 am - JERUSALEM — The latest conflict between Israel and Hamas is by far the deadliest and most destructive of their five wars since the militant group seized the Gaza Strip in...
Tape reveals Donald Trump pressured Michigan officials not to certify 2020 vote, a new report says

By The Associated Press
Dec 22, 2023 10:00 am - Donald Trump pressured two election officials not to certify 2020 vote totals in a key Michigan county, according to a recording of a post-election phone call disclosed i...
Biden is pardoning thousands convicted of marijuana charges on federal lands and in Washington

By ZEKE MLLER
Dec 22, 2023 8:01 am - WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is making thousands of people who were convicted of use and simple possession of marijuana on federal lands and in the District of Columb...
Trump transformed the Supreme Court. Now the justices could decide his political and legal future

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Dec 21, 2023 2:59 pm - WASHINGTON — Donald Trump touts his transformation of the U.S. Supreme Court as one of his presidency's greatest accomplishments. Now his legal and political future may l...
Israel's military campaign in Gaza seen as among the most destructive in history, experts say

By JULIA FRANKEL
Dec 21, 2023 2:55 pm - JERUSALEM (AP) — The Israeli military campaign in Gaza, experts say, now sits among the deadliest and most destructive in history. In just over two months, the offensive ...
UN says more than 1 in 4 people in Gaza are 'starving' because of war

By NAJIB JOBAIN, JACK JEFFERY and COLLEEN BARRY
Dec 21, 2023 1:36 pm - RAFAH, Gaza Strip — More than half a million people in Gaza — a quarter of the population — are starving, according to a report Thursday by the U.N. and other agencies th...

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