Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government on Tuesday for the first time advanced a plan to overhaul the country’s legal system, defying a mass uproar among Israelis and calls for restraint from the United States. The vote marked only preliminary approval for the plan. But it raised the stakes in a...
Biden Declares ‘Kyiv Stands’ in Surprise Visit to Ukraine
President Joe Biden swept unannounced into Ukraine on Monday to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a defiant display of Western solidarity with a country still fighting what he called “a brutal and unjust war” days before the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion. “One year later, Kyiv stands,” Biden declared...
Don Lemon to Return to ‘CNN This Morning’ After Training
CNN anchor Don Lemon will return to work Wednesday after he receives formal training for his comments about Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on “CNN This Morning,” network CEO Chris Licht said in an email to employees Monday night. Lemon has not been on the air since Thursday, when during a...
California AG’s Wife Recuses Herself From State DOJ Budget
California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s wife has recused herself from matters related to the state Department of Justice as part of her duties leading a legislative subcommittee that oversees his budget. Assemblymember Mia Bonta, a Democrat, announced the recusal in a statement posted online Sunday. She heads Assembly Budget Subcommittee 5, which oversees...
Supreme Court Looks at Law That Helped Shape Modern Internet
The Supreme Court is taking up its first case about a federal law that is credited with helping create the modern internet by shielding Google, Twitter, Facebook and other companies from lawsuits over content posted on their sites by others. The justices are hearing arguments Tuesday about whether the family of an American college...
Iran Sentences Alleged California-Based Militant Leader to Death
A senior member of a U.S.-based Iranian opposition group accused of orchestrating a deadly 2008 mosque bombing has been sentenced to death in Iran, authorities said Tuesday. Iranian authorities say Jamshid Sharmahd, an Iranian-German national and U.S. resident, is the leader of the armed wing of a group advocating the...
Russia Suspends Only Remaining Major Nuclear Treaty With US
Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Tuesday that Moscow was suspending its participation in the New START treaty — the last remaining nuclear arms control pact with the United States — sharply upping the ante amid tensions with Washington over the fighting in Ukraine. Speaking in his state-of-the-nation address, Putin also said that...
Suspect Caught in Mississippi Mass Shooting Claiming Six Lives
ARKABUTLA, Miss. — Six people were fatally shot Friday at multiple locations in a small town in rural Mississippi near the Tennessee state line, and authorities blamed a lone suspect who was taken into custody. Mississippi Department of Public Safety spokesperson Bailey Martin confirmed the killings in Arkabutla, in Tate...
California to Review Cases for Possible Wrongful Convictions
California's justice department will soon begin reviewing criminal cases for possible wrongful convictions, searching for “evidence of significant integrity issues” that could lead to resentences, Attorney General Rob Bonta announced Friday. Bonta said the California Department of Justice will create a Post-Conviction Justice Unit with “broad discretion” to investigate wrongful...
Republicans to Demand Loyalty Pledge from Presidential Debate Participants
Republican presidential candidates will be blocked from the debate stage this summer if they do not sign a pledge to support the GOP's ultimate presidential nominee, according to draft language set to be adopted when the Republican National Committee meets next week. The proposal sets up a potential clash with...