US Congress
Boycotted but unbowed: Benjamin Netanyahu addresses Congress
The Israeli leader was invited to address the congress by Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson amid a war that has mobilised youthful protesters, while Kamala Harris stayed away from the speech.
- by Farrah Tomazin
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‘We failed’: Secret Service director grilled in hearing on Trump assassination attempt
Kimberly Cheatle acknowledged that the Secret Service was told about a suspicious person two to five times before the shooting at the Pennsylvania rally.
- by Farnoush Amiri and Claudia Lauer
Reporter Evan Gershkovich goes on trial in Russia on specious espionage charges
The American-born son of immigrants from the USSR is the first Western journalist arrested on espionage charges in post-Soviet Russia.
- by Jim Heintz and Kirill Zarubin
Democrats consider boycotting Netanyahu’s planned speech to Congress
Some Democrats say they don’t want to be part of a “one-way lecture” when the Israeli prime minister addresses Congress next month.
- by Josef Federman and Elena Becatoros
‘Give us the tools’: Netanyahu claims the US is withholding arms from Israel
Aside from one shipment of bombs, the White House denied any other weapons are being withheld. “We genuinely do not know what he’s talking about,” Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.
- by Alisa Odenheimer
US surgeon general wants cigarette-style warnings placed on social media
“Social media is associated with significant mental health harms for adolescents,” said Dr Vivek Murthy. “A surgeon general’s warning label...would regularly remind parents and adolescents”.
- by Michelle Chapman
Israel targets Americans with fake accounts to support Gaza war
The operation is the first documented case of the Israeli government’s organising a campaign to influence the US government, social media experts said.
- by Sheera Frenkel
Man convicted of Pelosi hammer attack sentenced to 30 years in prison
Nancy Pelosi was in Washington when David DePape went to her San Francisco home and bludgeoned her husband Paul with a hammer.
- by Olga R. Rodriguez
Opinion
Social media
TikTok makes a stand against forced sale or ban in the US
TikTok has filed a court challenge against a recently-enacted US law that would force its Chinese parent to divest its US business or close it down.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
The tide has turned decisively against Ukraine, can US help keep it in the fight?
US President Joe Biden signed off another billion-dollar assistance package just as the tide was turning against the Ukrainians on the battlefield.
- by Rob Harris
US Senate passes bill forcing TikTok sale
A decision made by House Republicans last week to attach the TikTok bill to the high-priority Ukraine and Israel package helped expedite its passage in Congress.
- by Haleluya Hadero
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