WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris acknowledged that President Joe Biden had a “slow start” in his debate against Donald Trump on Thursday night, but she insisted that he finished “strong” in a performance that triggered a new round of concerns within their own party about Biden’s fitness to be their standard-bearer. “It was […]
SEATTLE (AP) — The U.S. government on Tuesday acknowledged for the first time the harms that the construction and operation of dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Pacific Northwest have caused Native American tribes. It issued a report that details how the unprecedented structures devastated salmon runs, inundated villages and burial grounds, […]
David Gerstenfeld, director of the Oregon Employment Department, told lawmakers the percent of Oregonians getting their first unemployment checks within three weeks dropped before the conversion to a new online system in March. The Oregon Employment Department director acknowledged inferior customer service with hundreds of phone calls on hold for more than an hour and […]
Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged that a “tragic mistake” had been made after a strike in the southern Gaza city of Rafah set fire to a tent camp housing displaced Palestinians and killed at least 45 people, according to local officials. Israel has faced surging international criticism over its war with Hamas, with even […]
President Biden delivered the commencement speech at Morehouse College in Atlanta on Sunday morning, taking the opportunity to connect with college students amid the backdrop of tumultuous pro-Palestinian demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war that have erupted in recent weeks at several American universities, including Morehouse. While campus protesters have specifically called for their universities and […]
President Biden in Atlanta on Sunday morning, taking the opportunity to connect with college students amid the backdrop of tumultuous pro-Palestinian demonstrations over the Israel-Hamas war that have erupted in recent weeks at several American universities, including Morehouse. While campus protesters have specifically called for their universities and colleges to , they have also expressed […]
The Arizona Department of Transportation asked for patience from motorists using Valley roadways that had partial closures on Mother’s Day weekend. Work crews installed a closure on the southbound Interstate 17 in the north Phoenix and Anthem areas as a pavement improvement project begins, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. Officials said the project, […]
Rishi Sunak has acknowledged a “disappointing” series of local election results after the Conservatives suffered defeats across the UK. But the British prime minister insisted he was “focused completely on the job at hand” and that Labour had still not done enough to be on track to win the general election. Experts have warned the […]
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday acknowledged that he told the Secret Service he wanted to go to the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, depicting a different tone of an event that became a contentious detail of a former White House aide’s testimony before the House committee that investigated the attack. In remarks at a […]
JERUSALEM (AP) — Iran’s supreme leader on Sunday dismissed any discussion of whether Tehran’s unprecedented drone-and-missile attack on Israel hit anything there, a tacit acknowledgment that despite launching a massive assault, few projectiles actually made through to their targets. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei‘s comments before senior military leaders didn’t not touch on the apparent Israeli retaliatory […]
By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Joe Biden on Friday acknowledged “the pain being felt” by many Arab Americans over the war in Gaza and over U.S. support of Israel and its military offensive that has left Arabs, Muslims and anti-war activists angry and disappointed. Many Muslims and Arabs in the United States have urged […]
Alabama Sen. Katie Britt on Sunday acknowledged that the graphic anecdote she employed to criticize President Joe Biden’s border policies didn’t occur during his presidency. During the Republican response to the State of the Union address on Thursday, Britt described a woman’s story of being “sex trafficked by the cartels starting at age 12” before […]