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Divided Supreme Court lifts stay on a Texas law giving police broad powers to arrest migrants

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Mar 19, 2024 1:43 pm - WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court on Tuesday lifted a stay on a Texas law that gives police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of crossing the U.S.-Mexico borde...
U.S. defense chief vows continued aid to Ukraine, even as Congress is stalled on funding bill

By LOLITA C. BALDOR
Mar 19, 2024 6:38 am - RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin vowed Tuesday that the U.S. will continue to support Ukraine's war effort against Russia, even as the U.S. Con...
Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously approve law that gives government more power to curb dissent

By KANIS LEUNG
Mar 19, 2024 6:33 am - HONG KONG — Hong Kong lawmakers unanimously passed a new national security law on Tuesday that grants the government more power to quash dissent, widely seen as the lates...
Trump's lawyers say he can’t post bond for $454 million civil fraud judgment

By MICHAEL R. SISAK
Mar 18, 2024 9:41 pm - NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s lawyers told a New York appellate court Monday that it's impossible for him to post a bond covering the full amount of a $454 million civil...
U.N. calls for ‘unfettered’ aid to Gaza amid report of imminent famine

Niha Masih, Anthony Faiola, Miriam Berger, The Washington Post
Mar 18, 2024 9:40 pm - Famine may already be happening in northern Gaza, and it risks spreading across the besieged enclave, plunging 2.2 million Palestinians into the broadest and most severe...
Supreme Court rejects appeal by New Mexico official ousted from office over Jan. 6

Mariana Alfaro, The Washington Post
Mar 18, 2024 9:39 pm - The Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up an appeal by a former New Mexico county commissioner who was removed from office after he participated in the deadly Jan. ...
Gambia lawmakers refer debate on female genital cutting to committee discussions

By ABDOULIE JOHN and JESSICA DONATI
Mar 18, 2024 9:38 pm - SERREKUNDA, Gambia — An attempt to repeal a 2015 ban on female genital cutting in Gambia was sent for further committee discussions by lawmakers on Monday. Gambian activi...
With the election behind him, Russia’s leader says he aims to create a buffer zone in Ukraine

By The Associated Press
Mar 18, 2024 7:34 am - Russian President Vladimir Putin said after extending his rule in an election that had stifled opposition that Moscow will not relent in its invasion of Ukraine and plans...
Trump says some undocumented immigrants are ‘not people’

By Marisa lati
Mar 18, 2024 6:56 am - VANDALIA, Ohio — Former President Donald Trump ratcheted up his rhetoric against immigrants Saturday by saying that some who are accused of crimes are “not people.” “I do...
Federal Reserve is likely to preach patience as consumers and markets look ahead to rate cuts

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Mar 18, 2024 6:46 am - WASHINGTON — Across the United States, many people are eagerly anticipating the Federal Reserve's first cut to its benchmark interest rate this year: Prospective home buy...

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