Georgia’s president vetoes media legislation that has provoked weeks of protests

Georgia’s president vetoed the so-called “Russian law” targeting media that has sparked weeks of mass protests.

US intelligence suggests American who vanished in Syria in 2017 has died, daughter says she was told

U.S. officials have developed specific and highly credible intelligence suggesting that an American citizen who disappeared seven years ago while traveling in Syria has died, the man’s daughter said Saturday.

US-based troops’ fast setup of field hospital in Europe puts skills on unique display

U.S. Army medical professionals had spent four years planning an exercise in which troops based stateside deploy to Europe and build a temporary field hospital with supplies already stored on the Continent.

Army presents Purple Heart to Minnesota veteran 73 years after he was wounded in Korean War

After 73 years and a long fight with the U.S. Army, Korean War veteran Earl Meyer, who still has shrapnel in his thigh, finally received his Purple Heart medal during a ceremony at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minn.

Blue Origin set for human spaceflight return this weekend

t’s been nearly two years since Blue Origin flew humans to space on its New Shepard rocket, but the next six passengers are set to go Sunday as the Jeff Bezos company gets back to the business of space tourism.

Report on Key Bridge collapse raises questions with potential legal ramifications

Experts are divided in their interpretations of a preliminary report released by the National Transportation Safety Board, but say the answers investigators dredge up could have profound implications both for understanding the tragedy and for an ongoing legal battle.

Analysis: Arab leaders’ Gaza demands give Biden another election-year headache

Key Arab leaders’ desire for what one senior White House official describes as a new “political horizon” for Gaza is only complicating President Joe Biden’s fraught efforts in the region — and his bid for a second term.

David DePape sentenced to 30 years in attempted Nancy Pelosi kidnapping, hammer attack on husband

A federal judge on Friday sentenced David DePape to 30 years in prison, six months after a jury found him guilty of attempting to kidnap former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and using a hammer to bludgeon her husband in a bloody October 2022 assault.

Vindicated by Supreme Court, CFPB director says bureau will add staff, consider new rules on banks

Since its creation roughly 14 years ago, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has faced lawsuits and political and legal challenges to the idea of whether the Federal Government’s aggressive consumer financial watchdog agency should be allowed exist at all.

The graduate! Barron Trump accepts diploma at heavily guarded ceremony in Palm Beach

Former President Donald Trump made it to his youngest son’s graduation on Friday morning, after all, arriving at Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach with just minutes to spare, the Daily Beast reports.

Senegal’s new prime minister criticizes French military presence in the West African country

Senegal’s new prime minister, who was freed from jail weeks before the presidential election earlier this year and propelled his party to victory, has criticized the French military presence in the West African country.

Did Trump’s lawyers catch Michael Cohen in a ‘lie?’ Let’s take a look.

In earlier testimony, Michael Cohen said the purpose of an Oct. 24, 2016, phone call was to discuss with then-candidate Donald Trump the Stormy Daniels ‘hush money’ payment. But Trump’s lawyers presented evidence that Cohen texted and then called a Trump body guard about harassing phone calls.

Military recruits would not be tested for marijuana under House draft bill

New recruits and incoming officers into the military would not have to undergo mandatory cannabis testing under the House’s version of an annual must-pass defense policy bill.

Justice Alito’s home flew US flag upside down after Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’ claims, report says

An upside-down American flag, a symbol associated with former President Donald Trump’s false claims of election fraud, was displayed outside the home of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito in January 2021, The New York Times reported.

Russia seizes more land than Ukraine liberated in 2023 counteroffensive

While Russia’s gains over the last several weeks have been comparatively small, analysts say they are straining Ukraine’s military over a broad geographic area.

Biden says landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling on school desegregation was about more than education

The landmark 1954 Supreme Court ruling that desegregated schools was about more than just race in education, President Joe Biden said Friday as he commemorated the 70th anniversary of the decision. It was about the promise of America, he said — that it is “big enough for everyone to succeed.”

Israeli forces recover bodies of 3 Israelis from Gaza tunnels

The Israel Defense Forces has recovered the bodies of three Israelis who were held in Gaza, IDF spokesman Daniel Hagari said Friday. The bodies were found in tunnels in Gaza during a military operation Thursday night, he said.

US ambassador to Japan visits southern islands at the forefront of China tension

The U.S. Ambassador to Japan stressed Friday the importance of increased deterrence and his country’s commitment to the alliance with its key ally as he visited two southwestern Japanese islands at the forefront of Tokyo’s tension with Beijing.

Zelenskyy presses allies for weapons capable of hitting Russia

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged Ukraine’s allies to deliver every weapon Kyiv needs to repel Moscow’s troops — with permission to use the systems on targets inside Russian territory.