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Trump ally Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud case

Trump ally Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud case

NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Bannon pleaded guilty on Tuesday to defrauding donors to a private effort to build a wall on the U.S. southern border, ending a case the conservative strategist decried as a “political persecution.
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Trump, hosting Jordan's king, renews his insistence that the US can control and redevelop Gaza

Trump, hosting Jordan's king, renews his insistence that the US can control and redevelop Gaza

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump hosted Jordan’s King Abdullah II at the White House on Tuesday and renewed his suggestions that Gaza could be emptied of residents, controlled by the U.S.
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Russia has released detained American teacher Marc Fogel, the White House says

Russia has released detained American teacher Marc Fogel, the White House says

WASHINGTON (AP) — Marc Fogel, an American teacher detained in Russia , has been released, the White House announced on Tuesday.
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Israel orders beefed up troops around Gaza as ceasefire shows signs of faltering

Israel orders beefed up troops around Gaza as ceasefire shows signs of faltering

JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli official says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the army to beef up troops in and around the Gaza Strip after Hamas threatened to call off a scheduled hostage release on Saturday.
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Trump ally Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud case

Trump ally Steve Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud case

NEW YORK (AP) — Steve Bannon pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a fraud charge related to duping donors who gave money to a private effort to build a wall along the U.S.
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Salman Rushdie testifies against the man charged with stabbing him on stage in 2022

Salman Rushdie testifies against the man charged with stabbing him on stage in 2022

MAYVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — Author Salman Rushdie took the stand in a New York courtroom Tuesday to testify against the man charged with stabbing him in a frenzied knife attack. “I only saw him at the last minute.,” Rushdie said.
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Pakistan says 16 nationals died in migrant boat sinking near Libya, 10 others still missing

Pakistan says 16 nationals died in migrant boat sinking near Libya, 10 others still missing

ISLAMABAD (AP) — At least 16 Pakistani nationals died and 10 others are still unaccounted for after a boat carrying dozens of Europe-bound migrants sank at the weekend off the coast of Libya , the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday.
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Australia soccer star Sam Kerr found not guilty of racially aggravated harassment

Australia soccer star Sam Kerr found not guilty of racially aggravated harassment

LONDON (AP) — Sam Kerr, one of the world’s top female soccer players, was found not guilty of the racially aggravated harassment of a police officer, Britain's Press Association reported Tuesday.
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27 religious groups sue Trump administration to protect houses of worship from immigration arrests

27 religious groups sue Trump administration to protect houses of worship from immigration arrests

More than two-dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans — ranging from the Episcopal Church and the Union for Reform Judaism to the Mennonites and Unitarian Universalists — filed a federal court lawsuit Tuesday challenging
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Pope rebukes Trump administration over migrant deportations, warns 'it will end badly'

Pope rebukes Trump administration over migrant deportations, warns 'it will end badly'

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis issued a major rebuke Tuesday to the Trump administration’s mass deportation of migrants, warning that the program to forcefully deport people purely because of their illegal status deprives them of their inherent dignity and
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