Washington — President Joe Biden on Friday blamed Russian President Vladimir Putin for the reported death of Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny, saying he was “outraged” but “not surprised” by the news. “Make no mistake, Putin is responsible for Navalny’s death,” Mr. Biden said from the White House, adding that is was “more proof of Putin’s brutality.” Navalny died in …
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Washington — Charles McGonigal, the former top counterintelligence official at the FBI’s New York office, was sentenced to more than two years in prison on Friday for concealing at least $225,000 in cash he received from a former Albanian intelligence officer. McGonigal pleaded guilty in September to one count of hiding from the FBI the payments he received from a …
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Fulton County prosecutors declined to call District Attorney Fani Willis to the witness stand for additional questioning Friday, after she forcefully defended herself and accused defense attorneys of lying as part of a bid to disqualify her and her office from prosecuting the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump. Lawyers representing Trump and several of his co-defendants …
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Washington — West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin announced Friday that he will not run for the presidency in 2024, silencing whispers about whether his political future would include a White House bid. Manchin squashed speculation about a presidential campaign during an event at West Virginia University, during which he recounted his political career. The senator said the collapse of a …
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Washington —President Biden visited East Palestine, Ohio, on Friday, just over a year after a freight train carrying hazardous materialsderailedin the small villagenear the Pennsylvania state line, and he vowed to hold the railway company Norfolk Southern accountable. “There are acts of God,” Mr. Biden said. “This was an act of greed that was 100% preventable.” Mr. Biden received a …
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Two juveniles have been charged in connection with the deadly shooting at the end of the parade celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory. The unidentified suspects are being detained on gun-related and resisting arrest charges, according to a Jackson County family court statement released on Friday. The statement added that “additional charges are expected in the future as …
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appears set to defy warnings from the United States and many other countries and organizations by ordering his forces to move into the southern Gaza city of Rafah. More than 1.5 million Palestinians — many of them displaced multiple times already during four months of war between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers — have crammed …
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A judge’s ruling on Friday inDonald Trump’s civil fraud trialdeals a severe blow to the former president, who is now barred from running the New York-based company that for decades has served as the hub of his global business empire. In a 92-page decision, New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron barred Trump from serving as an officer or director …
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Most say they see challenges in talking about race today. Many — including most Black and White Americans — worry that speaking their minds on race draws criticism, not encouragement. But there are different reasons why Americans think it draws criticism. For some it’s that they need to be careful not to offend; for others, it’s that they feel others …
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Five patients in intensive care died after their oxygen was cut off in southern Gaza’s main hospital that was stormed by Israeli troops, causing chaos for hundreds of staff and wounded inside, health officials said Friday. Troops were searching the complex where the military said it believes the remains of hostages abducted by Hamas might be located. The raid came …
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