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On the 2024 Primary Election ballot

Israel’s U.N. Ambassador Gilad Erdan, left, addresses members of the United Nations Security Council at U.N. Headquarters Wednesday, April 17, 2024. Robert A. Wood, United States Ambassador to the United Nations is at right.

The US is expected to block aid to an Israeli military unit. What is Leahy law that it would cite?

April 22, 2024, 8:34am Nation & World

Israel expects its top ally, the United States, to announce as soon as Monday that it’s blocking military aid to an Israeli army unit over gross human rights abuses in the Israeli-occupied West Bank before the war in Gaza began six months ago. Read story

Charles Longshore, author of the Judicial Discretion Act, testifies at a committee hearing while incarcerated at Washington Corrections Center.

Lobbying the Legislature from behind bars

April 22, 2024, 6:01am Latest News Free

Charles Longshore is the author of a bill Washington lawmakers considered this year that would have allowed judges to review and shorten long prison sentences. Read story

A bill that could ban TikTok advances to the Senate. What’s next?

April 21, 2024, 3:21pm Business

The House has approved legislation that would ban TikTok if its Beijing-based parent company doesn’t divest from the popular social media platform, escalating the fight over the hot-button issue. Read story

FILE - A ballot is handed to a voter, far right, as early voting takes place at the Warren City Hall, Feb. 21, 2024, in Warren, Mich. The Republican National Committee has filed voting-related lawsuits in two dozen states targeting such things as voter rolls, mailed balloting and policies related to poll watchers. Democrats say it’s a strategy designed to raise doubts about the legitimacy of the vote this fall and potentially delay certification of the results.

Crush of lawsuits over voting in multiple states creates a shadow war for the 2024 election

April 21, 2024, 2:27pm Politics

As President Joe Biden and Donald Trump step up their campaigning in swing states, a quieter battle is taking place in the shadows of their White House rematch. Read story

A woman holds a "Free Azov" sign during a rally aiming to raise awareness on the fate of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, April 21, 2024. The U.S. House of Representatives swiftly approved $95 billion in foreign aid for Ukraine, Israel and other U.S. allies in a rare Saturday session as Democrats and Republicans banded together after months of hard-right resistance over renewed American support for repelling Russia's invasion.

Ukrainian and Western leaders laud U.S. aid package while the Kremlin warns of ‘further ruin’

April 21, 2024, 2:20pm Latest News

Ukrainian and Western leaders on Sunday welcomed a desperately needed aid package passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, as the Kremlin warned that passage of the bill would “further ruin” Ukraine and cause more deaths. Read story

Biden signs bill extending a key U.S. surveillance program after divisions nearly forced it to lapse

April 21, 2024, 2:05pm Nation & World

President Joe Biden on Saturday signed legislation reauthorizing a key U.S. surveillance law after divisions over whether the FBI should be restricted from using the program to search for Americans’ data nearly forced the statute to lapse. Read story