WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has taken the unusual step of tapping military leaders for high-level diplomacy, sending the top U.S. commander in the Middle East to talks over Iran’s nuclear program and positioning the Army secretary as a key negotiator on ending the Russia-Ukraine war.
CAIRO (AP) – The head of Yemen’s ruling leadership council has named a new cabinet, weeks after deadly clashes in the country’s south and the dissolution of a separatist group. The escalation has exposed cracks in a Saudi-led coalition fighting Iranian-backed Houthi rebels. Rashad al-Alimi announced the cabinet in a presidential decree late Friday.
NEW YORK (AP) – A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore funding to a new rail tunnel between New York and New Jersey on Friday, ruling just as construction was set to shut down on the massive infrastructure project.
MILAN (AP) – American athletes received an enthusiastic welcome at the opening ceremony for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics, but the mood shifted when cameras briefly turned to Vice President JD Vance.
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) – Savannah Guthrie told the potential kidnappers of her mother Nancy Guthrie on Saturday that the family is prepared to pay for her safe return, as the frantic search for the 84-year-old Arizona resident has entered a seventh day. “We received your message, and we understand. We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her.”
WASHINGTON (AP) – Ever since a racist video was posted on President Donald Trump’s social media account, the White House has offered shifting responses. First it dismissed “fake outrage,” then it deleted the post and blamed a staff member. Trump later told reporters Friday that “I didn’t make a mistake.”
Washington Post publisher Will Lewis said Saturday that he’s stepping down, ending a troubled tenure three days after the newspaper said that it was laying off one-third of its staff.
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea will convene a major political conference later this month, where leader Kim Jong Un is expected to outline his domestic and foreign policies for the next five years. The ruling Workers’ Party congress, which Kim previously held in 2016 and 2021, comes after years of accelerated nuclear and missile development.
LISBON, Portugal (AP) – Center-left Socialist candidate António José Seguro is heavily favored to defeat hard-right populist André Ventura in Portugal’s runoff presidential election Sunday in a vote that will test the depth of support for Ventura’s brash style of politics.
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