Israel pushes deeper into Gaza and frees Hamas captive

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip — Israeli ground forces pushed deeper into Gaza on Monday, advancing in tanks and other armored vehicles on the territory’s main city and freeing a soldier held captive by Hamas militants. The Israeli prime minister rejected calls for a cease-fire, even as airstrikes landed near hospitals where thousands of Palestinians are sheltering beside the wounded. The...

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Top Marine general hospitalized

Gen. Eric Smith, the top leader of the Marine Corps, was hospitalized Sunday evening after experiencing a medical emergency, the service announced on Monday. No details were immediately available about Smith’s condition, the nature of the emergency, or when he was expected to be released. "Out of respect for the expressed wishes of the family, we will not provide any further...

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Israeli President Herzog endorses French plan for a coalition to fight Hamas

French president’s suggestion ‘was innovative, original, it makes sense.’ from Politics, Policy, Political News Top Stories https://ift.tt/ugV4iG5 via IFT...

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Crowd storms Russian airport to protest flight from Israel

MOSCOW — Hundreds of people on Sunday stormed into the main airport in Russia’s Dagestan region and onto the landing field to protest the arrival of an airliner from Israel, Russian news agencies and social media reported. Authorities closed the airport in Makhachkala, the capital of the predominantly Muslim region, and police converged on the facility. There were no immediate...

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Gaza receives largest aid shipment so far as deaths top 8,000

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Nearly three dozen trucks entered Gaza on Sunday in the largest aid convoy since the war between Israel and Hamas began, but humanitarian workers said the assistance still fell desperately short of needs after thousands of people broke into warehouses to take flour and basic hygiene products. The Gaza Health Ministry said the death toll among Palestinians...

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DeSantis offers to boost security after multiple people killed or wounded in Tampa shooting

MIAMI — Gov. Ron DeSantis offered state resources to local police officers following a shooting in Tampa Saturday night that left two dead and almost 20 people wounded. The Tampa shooting, which sparked criticism from state Democrats over Florida’s less-restrictive gun laws, comes just days after a 40-year-old gunman killed 18 people in Lewiston, Maine, in the deadliest mass...

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Residents of Maine gather to pray and reflect, days after mass shooting left 18 people dead

LEWISTON, Maine — Church bells rang Sunday as Maine residents gathered at somber and sometimes joyful services to pray and support one another following a traumatic week in which a fellow Mainer gunned down 18 people in the worst mass killing in state history. The Rev. Daniel Greenleaf began services at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston with a moment of silence....

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‘These are not good or smart people’: Haley slams Trump on praise for U.S. adversaries

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Saturday slammed Donald Trump directly ahead of his remarks at the Jewish Coalition Conference, attacking the former president for past and recent comments on foreign adversaries. “There are plenty of Democrats and Republicans who fail to understand the nature of the threats we face. You’ve already heard from some of them today....

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Ramaswamy addresses Israel policy criticism at Jewish forum in Las Vegas

Vivek Ramaswamy on Saturday addressed criticism of his Israel stance before a Jewish audience in Las Vegas, drawing both boos and applause for his various policy positions amid an escalating war in Gaza. Ramaswamy leaned into the backlash as the first candidate to take the stage at the Republican Jewish Coalition Conference’s convening of 2024 candidates and Jewish Republican...

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First TikTok, now Meta: States find a new way to go after social media

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Blake Masters announces House bid in Arizona, forgoing another run for Senate

Former Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters announced Thursday that he would run for an open congressional seat in the Phoenix suburbs, changing course from a planned second run for Senate in 2024. “I’m running for Congress, to fight for Arizona’s 8th,” Masters tweeted Thursday, along with a video featuring his family. “Biden has failed. We need Trump back. We need to...

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Gavin Newsom slams Maine Republicans over gun control after mass shooting

California Gov. Gavin Newsom slammed Maine Republicans on social media for rejecting a gun control bill that would have required a 72-hour waiting period for firearm purchases earlier this year after a gunman opened fire and killed at least 18 people in Lewiston Wednesday night. Newsom pointed the finger at Republicans, but Democrats have control of both Maine's House and...

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From Trump loyalists to state witnesses: The evolution of 3 ex-members of Trump's legal team

In November 2020, Donald Trump mobilized a team of lawyers to help challenge the presidential election results. Their aim was to push state legislators to unlawfully appoint presidential electors and make baseless claims that voting machines were tampered with. Nearly three years later, these same lawyers are abandoning the former president with guilty pleas to Georgia prosecutors....

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