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WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — White House national security spokesman John Kirby; Reps. Mike Turner, R-Ohio, and Ro Khanna, D-Calif. ___ NBC’s “Meet the Press” — Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Ben Cardin, D-Md.; José Andrés, founder of World Central Kitchen; former Fulton County special prosecutor Nathan Wade. ___ CBS’ “Face the Nation”

By OMAR AKOUR and LEO CORREA Associated Press ABOARD A U.S. MILITARY AIRCRAFT (AP) — Two Associated Press journalists aboard an American aid flight to Gaza observed the wreckage to the strip’s north as the plane delivered much-needed food aid to Palestinians below. The flight is part of a recent international effort to surge food

By JILL COLVIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence says he will not be backing Donald Trump in the 2024 election. “It should come as no surprise that I will not be endorsing Donald Trump this year,” Pence said in an interview with Fox News Channel Friday. Pence ran against

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Delays in Donald Trump’s criminal cases are increasing the possibility Americans will be deep into the presidential election season before they know whether or not he has been convicted of any wrongdoing. The former president’s Washington D.C. election interference case is on

By JACK DURA Associated Press South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has signed a bill allowing signers of ballot initiative petitions to revoke their signatures. Opponents decry the new law as a jab at direct democracy and an attempt to blunt a proposed abortion rights initiative. Noem signed the bill on Friday. The Republican-led Legislature overwhelmingly

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and rapper Fat Joe led a White House discussion Friday on easing marijuana penalties, with Harris saying it’s “absurd” that the federal government classifies marijuana as more dangerous than fentanyl, the synthetic opioid blamed for tens of thousands of deaths annually the United

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Trump White House official Peter Navarro appealed to the Supreme Court Friday to allow him to stay out of prison as he appeals his contempt of Congress conviction. Navarro is due to report to a federal prison next week, after an appeals court ruled he probably wouldn’t

LONDON (AP) — A top-of-the table English Women’s Soccer League game with a crowd of nearly 33,000 has suffered a delayed kickoff in London because the teams had matching socks. Arsenal turned up at Chelsea with the same-colored white socks. That forced the referee to delay the start. Arsenal Women ended up going into the

ASHTABULA, Ohio (AP) — A fast-moving fire damaged a commercial freighter at a port in eastern Ohio. But no injuries were reported. The Coast Guard said it wasn’t immediately clear what sparked the blaze on the Cuyahoga on Friday. The agency deployed boats and a helicopter to the scene while firefighters from Ashtabula and Ashtabula

By MARK VANCLEAVE and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Lyft and Uber have said they will halt operations in Minneapolis because of a new city ordinance that increases wages for app-based drivers. It is the latest salvo in a longtime fight between gig economy workers and the tech giants. The city’s council vote

NEW YORK (AP) — A man who shot and critically wounded another passenger on a New York City subway train may have acted in self-defense and will not immediately be charged with any crime, prosecutors said Friday. “Yesterday’s shooting inside a crowded subway car was shocking and deeply upsetting. The investigation into this tragic incident

By PATRICK WHITTLE, STEVE LeBLANC and NICK PERRY Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — An independent commission investigating a mass shooting that left 18 dead in Maine issued an interim report that has found that a sheriff’s office had cause to take the killer into protective custody and take his guns from him beforehand. The

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California fertility doctor has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for the murder of his wife in an incident that authorities said was made to look like an accident. The Orange County District Attorney’s office says 58-year-old Eric Scott Sills was sentenced Friday for one

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed bills that increase the prison and jail sentences for immigrants who are living in the United States illegally if they are convicted of driving without a license or committing felonies. The governor tied the driver’s license bill signed Friday to a Florida law that already

By JACK DURA Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota voters will decide this June whether to prevent people from running for Congress if they’re old enough to turn 81 during their House or Senate term. A signature drive has succeeded in adding the question to the ballot, Secretary of State Michael Howe’s office

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump’s New York hush-money criminal trial was delayed Friday until at least mid-April as the judge seeks answers about a last-minute evidence dump that the former president’s lawyers said has hampered their ability to prepare their defense. Manhattan Judge Juan Manuel

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE and CEDAR ATTANASIO Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some homeless adult immigrants in New York City will no longer be offered shelter after their first 30 days in the city under an agreement between the mayor and city human rights advocates. The compromise announced Friday stems from Mayor Eric Adams’ request

GOLDEN, Colo. (AP) — A Colorado man who was placed on life support after he was bitten by his pet Gila monster died of complications from the desert lizard’s venom. An autopsy report obtained by The Associated Press on Friday also found that heart and liver problems were significant contributing factors in 34-year-old Christopher Ward’s

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration has agreed to provide a $2.26 billion conditional loan for a huge lithium mine in Nevada. The money will help Canadian-based Lithium Americas cover construction costs of a processing facility at its giant mine in the works in northern Nevada near the

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — A Northern California man was sentenced to life in prison Friday for his role in the shooting death of a federal security guard and wounding of another. Robert Allen Justus was convicted last year of murder and attempted murder for driving a van while his accomplice opened fire at a federal