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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday he will challenge a subpoena by the special counsel overseeing investigations into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the results of the 2020 election and will go all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary. “Let me clear: I am going to fight the Biden DOJ subpoena to appear before the grand […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — David Malpass is stepping down as president of the World Bank, nearly four years after former President Donald Trump nominated him to run the 189-nation agency. The anti-poverty lender said Wednesday that Malpass would be leaving by June 30. His five-year term was due to expire in April 2024. Malpass, an economist who earlier served as U.S. under secretary of the Treasury for international affairs, said in […]

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri faith leaders, activists and elected officials on Wednesday decried the Republican-led House for shutting down a Black lawmaker’s speech and passing a bill that could strip power from the Black woman elected as St. Louis prosecutor. “You may have silenced our representatives for a minute,” the Rev. Darryl Gray told dozens of fellow racial justice activists during a rally outside the Capitol. “But what […]

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Residents of largely minority areas in New Jersey are fighting three proposed gas-fired power plants as they wait for the state’s environmental justice law — signed with great fanfare nearly three years ago — to take full effect. And the waiting is not easy in communities like Newark, where pollution can be part of everyday life. Two new gas-fired backup power plants are proposed for the […]

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Two men have been charged with gun-related crimes in connection to a central Florida drive-by shooting that left 11 people wounded last month. Nicholas Quinton Hanson, 32, was arrested Friday and charged with possessing ammunition as a convicted felon, and Marcus Dewonn Mobley Jr., 22, was arrested Monday and charged with possessing a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon, according to court records. If convicted, […]

MEXICO CITY (AP) — The small Mexican airline Aeromar announced Wednesday it is closing down due to financial problems after failing to recover from a pandemic downturn. The regional carrier operated 21 routes in Mexico and flew to McAllen and Laredo in Texas and Havana, Cuba. It specialized in flying routes between Mexico City and beach resorts. Aeromar said in a statement that it had not been able to recover […]

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Oil-dependent Alaska has long sought ways to fatten its coffers and move away from the fiscal whiplash of oil’s boom-and-bust cycles. The newest idea, promoted by Republican Gov. Mike Dunleavy, would have the state capitalize on its oil and gas expertise to tap into a developing industry — carbon storage — as a way to generate new revenues without curtailing the extraction industries that underpin Alaska’s […]

Russia and Ukraine Could End Up Fighting Each Other With Iranian-made Weapons The US reportedly is considering sending seized weapons from the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen to Ukraine By Debbie Mohnblatt/The Media Line The United States reportedly is considering a transfer of weapons that it has seized in recent months destined for the Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen and sending them to Ukraine to be used in the battle […]

In Bid for Relief Diplomacy, Jordan’s FM visits Damascus A Syrian return to the Arab fold and an easing of sanctions appears possible in the wake of the devastating earthquake, since Jordanian Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi would not have traveled to Damascus without a green light from Washington, experts say By Daoud Kuttab/The Media Line Jordanian pundits have expressed the hope that Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi’s visit Wednesday to Damascus, […]