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LONDON — WikiLeaks’ founder Julian Assange’s possible final legal challenge to stop his extradition from Britain to the United States, where he is wanted on criminal charges, will be held at London’s High Court in February, his supporters said on Tuesday. Assange, 52, is wanted by U.S. authorities on 18 counts, including one under a spying […]

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor will lie in repose Monday at the court in Washington ahead of her funeral Tuesday. The court said it is holding a private ceremony Monday morning, followed by public hours for people to pay their respects. O’Connor joined the court in 1981, becoming the first woman to […]

A car plowed into a parked SUV that was guarding President Joe Biden ‘s motorcade Sunday night while the president was leaving a visit to his campaign headquarters. The president and first lady Jill Biden were unharmed. While Biden was walking from the campaign office to his waiting armored SUV, a sedan hit a U.S. […]

WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers passed the massive annual defense spending bill Thursday, approving the $886 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) by a vote of 310-118 to be signed into law by President Joe Biden. The bill setting policy and spending priorities for the Department of Defense for 2024 is $28 billion larger than last year’s […]

President Joe Biden on Wednesday praised the deal signed at COP28, the U.N. climate summit in Dubai, as an important step toward reaching climate goals. In a statement, Biden applauded the deal for “committing, for the first time, to transition away from the fossil fuels that jeopardize our planet and our people, agreeing to triple […]

A federal judge on Wednesday paused Donald Trump’s election interference case while the former president appeals her refusal to toss criminal charges he faces on presidential immunity grounds. The ruling could delay the start of Trump’s trial, which is currently scheduled to begin in early March. Judge Tanya Chutkan, in her order in Washington, D.C., federal court, wrote that Trump’s […]

Hunter Biden on Wednesday defended his business record and denied that his father, President Joe Biden, was financially involved in it. He spoke to reporters outside the U.S. Capitol, where he defied a congressional subpoena to testify behind closed doors. “I’m proud of my legal career and business career. I’m proud of my time serving on […]

The United States, Israel’s staunchest supporter in its war against Hamas militants, said Sunday that the Israeli military is failing in its announced intention to protect as many Palestinian civilians as possible who are trying to flee Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip. “It’s imperative that civilians be protected,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken told […]

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Severe storms that tore through the U.S. state of Tennessee killed six people Saturday and sent about two dozen to the hospital as homes and businesses were damaged in multiple cities. Three people, including a child, were killed after an apparent tornado struck Montgomery County north of Nashville near the Kentucky state line, […]

The Biden administration has asked Congress to approve the sale of 45,000 shells for Israel’s Merkava tanks in the offensive against Hamas in Gaza, according to a current U.S. official and a former U.S. official. Washington’s request has added to growing concerns about the supply of U.S. weapons in a war that has killed thousands […]