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Israeli strikes on Gaza kill more than 90 people in the last 48 hours, Palestinians say

Israeli strikes on Gaza kill more than 90 people in the last 48 hours, Palestinians say

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes in Gaza have killed more than 90 people in the last 48 hours, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Saturday, as Israeli troops ramp up attacks to pressure Hamas to release its hostages and disarm.
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Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under 18th century wartime law

Supreme Court blocks, for now, new deportations under 18th century wartime law

The Supreme Court on Saturday blocked, for now, the deportations of any Venezuelans held in northern Texas under an 18th century wartime law.
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Arizona governor vetoes bill requiring local officials to help with federal immigration efforts

Arizona governor vetoes bill requiring local officials to help with federal immigration efforts

PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs on Friday vetoed a Republican-backed bill intended to support the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown by requiring local and state officials in Arizona to cooperate with federal enforcement efforts.
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US senator returns from El Salvador trip, says Abrego Garcia case is about far more than one man

US senator returns from El Salvador trip, says Abrego Garcia case is about far more than one man

WASHINGTON (AP) — The dispute over the wrongful deportation and imprisonment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia “is not only about one man” but about Donald Trump's disregard of the American judicial system as well, Sen.
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Judge says detained Tufts student must be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont

Judge says detained Tufts student must be transferred from Louisiana to Vermont

A Tufts University student from Turkey being held in a Louisiana immigration facility must be returned to New England no later than May 1 to determine whether she was illegally detained for co-writing an op-ed piece in the student newspaper, a federa
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10,000 pages of records about Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 assassination are released, on Trump's order

10,000 pages of records about Robert F. Kennedy's 1968 assassination are released, on Trump's order

WASHINGTON (AP) — About 10,000 pages of records related to the 1968 assassination of Sen. Robert F.
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Judge blocks Trump administration’s from passport changes affecting transgender Americans

Judge blocks Trump administration’s from passport changes affecting transgender Americans

BOSTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration from enacting a policy that bans the use of “X” marker used by many nonbinary people on passports as well as the changing of gender markers.
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Death toll from a boat capsizing in Congo earlier this week rises to 148, officials say

Death toll from a boat capsizing in Congo earlier this week rises to 148, officials say

KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — The death toll from a boat fire and capsizing in Congo earlier this week rose to 148 with more than 100 people still missing, officials said Friday. About 500 passengers were on board.
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Trump says Ukraine-Russia talks 'coming to a head' and 'no one is playing' him in push to end war

Trump says Ukraine-Russia talks 'coming to a head' and 'no one is playing' him in push to end war

PARIS (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday said negotiations between Ukraine and Russia are “coming to a head” and insisted that neither side is “playing” him in his push to end the grinding war.
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Wisconsin governor can lock in 400-year school funding increase using a veto, court says

Wisconsin governor can lock in 400-year school funding increase using a veto, court says

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin governor's creative use of his uniquely powerful veto to lock in a school funding increase for 400 years may be “attention grabbing,” but it was constitutional, the state Supreme Court ruled Friday.
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