Biden to visit Canada this month to discuss defense, trade
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden will visit Canada later this month, the White House announced on Thursday, where he’ll address the country’s parliament and meet with Canadian Prime Minster Justin Trudeau.
Biden will buck tradition and unveil budget in Pennsylvania
WASHINGTON, D.C. — With an eye on 2024, President Joe Biden will showcase his election-year budget plan this week in must-win Pennsylvania rather than the usual White House setting.
3 GOP states pull out of effort to thwart voter fraud
ST. LOUIS — Three Republican-led states on Monday pulled out of a bipartisan effort among states to ensure accurate voter lists, undermining a system with a demonstrated record of combating voter fraud.
Hope Hicks meets with NY prosecutors investigating Trump
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s former spokesperson Hope Hicks met Monday with Manhattan prosecutors who are investigating hush-money payments made to women on the ex-president’s behalf — the latest member of the Republican’s inner circle to be questioned in the renewed probe.
SoFi Bank sues to block Biden’s student loan payment pause
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A private bank is trying to force the Biden administration to end its pause on federal student loan payments, arguing the moratorium has no legal basis and has cost the bank, known for its refinancing business, millions of dollars in profits.
Man accused of trying to open jet’s door, attacking crew
BOSTON — A Massachusetts man tried to open an airliner’s emergency door on a cross-country flight from Los Angeles to Boston and then tried to stab a flight attendant in the neck with a broken metal spoon, federal prosecutors alleged Monday.
Kim’s sister warns N. Korea ready to act against U.S., South
SEOUL, South Korea — The influential sister of North Korea’s leader warned Tuesday that her country is ready to take “quick, overwhelming action” against the United States and South Korea — one day after a nuclear-capable B-52 flew over the peninsula.
Zelenskyy vows not to retreat from Ukrainian city of Bakhmut
CHASIV YAR, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed Monday not to retreat from Bakhmut as Russian forces encroached on the devastated eastern city they have sought to capture for six months at the cost of thousands of lives.
4 kidnapped Americans crossed into Mexico for health care
CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — Four Americans who traveled to Mexico last week to seek health care got caught in a deadly shootout and were kidnapped by heavily armed men who threw them in the back of a pickup truck, officials from both countries said Monday.
Iran leader: Those who poisoned schoolgirls deserve death
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran’s supreme leader said Monday that if a series of suspected poisonings at girls’ schools is proven to be deliberate the culprits should be sentenced to death for committing an “unforgivable crime.”
Paris: Notre Dame Cathedral set to reopen in December 2024
PARIS — The reconstruction of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris is going fast enough to allow its reopening to visitors and faithful at the end of 2024, less than six years after a fire ravaged its roof, French officials said Monday.
Black Vietnam vet finally awarded Medal of Honor for bravery
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly 60 years after he was recommended for the nation’s highest military award, retired Col. Paris Davis, one of the first Black officers to lead a Special Forces team in combat, received the Medal of Honor on Friday for his bravery in the Vietnam War.
U.S. to focus bison restoration on expanding tribal herds
DENVER — U.S. officials will work to restore more large bison herds to Native American lands under a Friday order from Interior Secretary Deb Haaland that calls for the government to tap into Indigenous knowledge in its efforts to conserve the burly animals that are an icon of the American West.
Pompeo, Haley take veiled jabs at Trump in CPAC remarks
OXON HILL, Md. — Two leading Republicans took veiled jabs at former President Donald Trump at an annual gathering of conservatives Friday, knocking “celebrity leaders” not in tune with reality while noting winnable elections that had been lost as they urged a party course correction ahead of the 2024 presidential contest.
Doctor: Lesion removed from Biden’s chest was cancerous
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A skin lesion removed from President Joe Biden’s chest last month was a basal cell carcinoma — a common form of skin cancer — his doctor said Friday, adding that no further treatment was required.
Fired Memphis EMT says police impeded Tyre Nichols’ care
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A former Memphis Fire Department emergency medical technician told a Tennessee board Friday that officers “impeded patient care” by refusing to remove Tyre Nichols ’ handcuffs, which would have allowed EMTs to check his vital signs after he was brutally beaten by police.
Biden and Scholz: U.S., Germany in ‘lockstep’ on Ukraine war
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. President Joe Biden and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met privately in the Oval Office for more than an hour Friday after declaring themselves in “lockstep” on maintaining pressure on Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.
King Charles III picks France, Germany for 1st state visits
LONDON — King Charles III will travel to France and Germany for his first state visits since becoming monarch, Buckingham Palace said Friday, underscoring Britain’s efforts to build bridges with its European neighbors following years of strained relations caused by Brexit.
Serbia denies it has supplied weapons to Ukraine
BELGRADE, Serbia — Serbia on Friday denied it has exported arms to Ukraine after Moscow demanded to know if its Balkan ally delivered thousands of rockets for Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s invasion.
A decade under Maduro, migration marks Venezuelans’ lives
CARACAS, Venezuela — Few Venezuelans have not had their lives touched by migration over the last decade, when more than 7 million people left the country amid a political, economic and humanitarian crisis that has lasted the entirety of President Nicolás Maduro’s government.