WASHINGTON (AP) - It was earlier this year that California Gov. Gavin Newsom was making nice with President Donald Trump as he sought help for his wildfire-battered state and moderating his approach ahead of a potential bid for the White House.

Early Wednesday morning, Elon Musk posted "I regret some of my posts about President @realDonaldTrump last week. They went too far." Musk's break with a president whom he spent hundreds of millions of dollars to elect appeared to put an end to his influence in the White House.

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DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - The Palestinian death toll from the 20-month Israel-Hamas war has climbed past 55,000, the Gaza Health Ministry said Wednesday. The ministry doesn't distinguish between civilians and combatants, but has said that women and children make up more than half the dead.

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday hailed a favorable decision by a federal appeals court over his sweeping tariff policy as a "great" win for the United States.

Human-caused climate change boosted Iceland and Greenland 's temperatures by several degrees during a record-setting May heat wave, raising concerns about the far-reaching implications melting Arctic ice has for weather around the world, scientists said in an analysis released Wednesday.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth defended his decision to order troops to provide security during federal immigration raids in Los Angeles, telling senators on Wednesday it’s about "maintaining law and order."

JERUSALEM (AP) - The deadliest attack in Israel's history happened on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s watch. The country’s economy is struggling under the weight of the ongoing war in Gaza. And Netanyahu is on trial for corruption.