WASHINGTON (AP) – In her new memoir, former first lady Jill Biden reflects on former President Joe Biden’s poor debate performance against Donald Trump nearly two years ago and wonders whether it would have been better to acknowledge it rather than reassure supporters afterward.
MOSCOW (AP) – Members of a Russia-led economic alliance on Friday warned member Armenia that it could face suspension over its aspirations to join the European Union as tensions continued to simmer between the Kremlin and the Armenian leadership.
WASHINGTON (AP) – A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center and blocked the administration from closing the cultural and arts venue for major renovations – the latest legal setback for Trump’s efforts to leave his personal mark on the landscape of the nation’s capital.
MIAMI (AP) – The Trump administration has extended protections shielding about 11,000 Lebanese from deportation, allowing them to stay and work in the United States for another six months.
NEW YORK (AP) – A surprising gut feeling may help pigeons find their way home. Animals use various techniques to navigate including following the stars and remembering key landmarks. Birds, fish and turtles orient themselves using Earth’s magnetic field as a compass. But it’s not yet clear how exactly they do this.
PARIS (AP) – There will be a new men’s champion at the French Open after Novak Djokovic followed Jannik Sinner out of Roland Garros in a five-set stunner on Friday.
ATLANTA (AP) – A federal judge had an extramarital affair with a high-ranking police officer – including having sex in the judge’s chambers that was overheard by staff – and initially lied about the actions but remains on the bench after receiving a “private reprimand,” according to an investigation by the court system.
NEW YORK (AP) – President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday moved to give political appointees more power over the billions of dollars in grants awarded by federal agencies, a move scientists say puts critical research funding into the hands of partisans without relevant expertise.
PARIS (AP) – France’s government said Friday that it’s asking prosecutors to investigate Israel’s alleged violent mistreatment of activists from a flotilla to Gaza, potentially opening a route for criminal proceedings.
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