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The Environmental Protection Agency wants to bring back the weed killer dicamba

The Environmental Protection Agency has proposed allowing the weed killer dicamba for genetically engineered soybeans an…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #AssociatedPress #Business #cancer #Climate #Climateandenvironment #Generalnews #Medicalresearch #MelinaWalling #NathanDonley #Plants #Science #U.S.EnvironmentalProtectionAgency #U.S.news
newsbeep.com/us/34804/

Ex-security guard at US Embassy in Norway is accused of spying for Russia and Iran

OSLO, Norway (AP) — A former security guard at the U.S. Embassy in Norway has been indicted b…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #2024-2025MideastWars #AssociatedPress #Espionage #Generalnews #Indictments #Internationalagreements #Iran #Israel-Iranwar #JosAssisGiammaria #Lawenforcement #MikhailValeryevichMikushin #Norwaygovernment #Russia #Russia-Ukrainewar #Warandunrest #World #Worldnews
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WTF

US appeals court won't lift limits on #AssociatedPress #access to White House

A US appeals court on Tuesday declined to lift restrictions imposed by #Trump's admin on White House access by #AP #journalists after the #news organization declined to refer to the body of water long called the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America as he inanely prefers.

#law #democracy #Constitution #FreeSpeech #FreePress #WHCA #WhiteHouseCorrespondentsAssociation
reuters.com/legal/government/u

Trump is chiseling away at the power of a compliant Congress | AP News

House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., hands President Donald Trump a gavel after he signed his signature bill of tax breaks and spending cuts at the White House, Friday, July 4, 2025, in Washington, surrounded by members of Congress. (AP Photo / Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

By  LISA MASCARO Updated 5:44 AM PDT, July 19, 2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — “Mr. President, this is the gavel used to enact the ‘big, beautiful bill,’” House Speaker Mike Johnson said at a White House signing ceremony on the Fourth of July.

“I want you to have it,” he said.

Handing over the gavel delighted President Donald Trump who, seated behind a desk outdoors, immediately tested it out with a few quick thumps.

The moment left a memorable mark on a historic day. The gesture reflected a traditional nod of honor, from one leader to another, a milestone of the Republican Party’s priority legislation becoming law. But the imagery also underscored a symbolic transfer of political power, from Capitol Hill to the White House as a compliant Congress is ceding more and more of its prerogative to the presidency.

Congress gives Trump what he wants

Since Trump’s return to the White House in January, and particularly in the past few weeks, Republicans in control of the House and Senate have shown an unusual willingness to give the president of their party what he wants, regardless of the potential risk to themselves, their constituents and Congress itself.

Republicans raced to put the big package of tax breaks and spending cuts on Trump’s desk by his Independence Day deadline. Senators had quickly confirmed almost all of Trump’s outsider Cabinet nominees despite grave reservations over Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, Pete Hegseth as the Pentagon chief and others. House Republicans pursued Trump’s interest in investigating his perceived foes, including investigating Democratic President Joe Biden’suse of the autopen.

Editor’s Note: Read the rest of the story, at the below link.

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Trump is chiseling away at the power of a compliant Congress | AP News

#2025 #America #AP #APNews #AssociatedPress #Congress #DonaldTrump #Health #History #Libraries #LibraryOfCongress #Politics #Resistance #Science #Trump #TrumpAdministration #TrumpStealsPower #USCongress #UnitedStates

UK, France and 23 other countries say the war in Gaza ‘must end now’

[now let's see if they do something]

from #AssociatedPress #AP #APNews
By SYLVIA HUI and JILL LAWLESS
Updated 1:05 PM EDT, July 21, 2025

LONDON (AP) — Twenty-five countries including #Britain, #France and a host of #European nations issued a joint statement on Monday that puts more pressure on #Israel, saying the war in #Gaza “must end now” and Israel must comply with international law.

The foreign ministers of countries including #Australia, #Canada and #Japan said “the suffering of civilians in Gaza has reached new depths.” They condemned “the drip feeding of aid and the inhumane killing of civilians, including children, seeking to meet their most basic needs of water and food.”

The statement described as “horrifying” the deaths of over 800 #Palestinians who were seeking aid...

apnews.com/article/europe-isra

#StopStarvingGaza
#Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia #EU
#news #press #politics @palestine

Smoke and flames erupt from an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City, Monday, July 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
AP News · UK, Canada and 26 other countries say the war in Gaza ‘must end now’A joint statement by 28 countries including Britain, Japan and Canada is calling for an immediate end to the war in Gaza. They say that the 21-month war “must end now." Monday's statement is the latest sign of allies’ sharpening language as Israel’s isolation deepens. The countries described as “horrifying” the recent deaths of over 800 Palestinians who were seeking aid. They urged Israel to comply with international law and allow essential humanitarian assistance. Notably absent from the new statement are the U.S. and Germany. Allies’ criticism about Israel’s actions has had little clear effect.

Trump pulls $4 billion in funding for California bullet train project – NBC News and the Associated Press (AP)

Ironworkers with the California High-Speed Rail Authority work on the Hanford Viaduct in Kings County, Calif., on April 15. Godofredo A. Vásquez / AP file

President Donald Trump and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy have called the project, first approved by California voters in 2008, a “train to nowhere.”

July 16, 2025, 7:46 PM PDT / Source: The Associated Press

By The Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Trump administration revoked federal funding for California’s high-speed rail project on Wednesday, intensifying uncertainty about how the state will make good on its long-delayed promise of building a bullet train to shuttle riders between San Francisco and Los Angeles.

The U.S. Transportation Department announced it was pulling back $4 billion in funding for the project, weeks after signaling it would do so. Overall, a little less than a quarter of the project’s funding has come from the federal government. The rest has come from the state, mainly through a voter-approved bond and money from its cap-and-trade program.

President Donald Trump and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy both have slammed the project as a “train to nowhere.”

“The Railroad we were promised still does not exist, and never will,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “This project was Severely Overpriced, Overregulated, and NEVER DELIVERED.”

Continue/Read Original Article Here: Trump pulls $4 billion in funding for California bullet train project CA.gov

See also Governor Newson’s statement on Trump’s failurehttps://www.gov.ca.gov/2025/07/16/governor-newsom-responds-to-trumps-latest-gift-to-china-defunding-americas-only-high-speed-rail/

#2025 #America #AP #AssociatedPress #BulletTrain #California #DonaldTrump #Health #History #Libraries #LibraryOfCongress #NBCNews #Politics #Resistance #Science #Travel #Trump #TrumpAdministration #TrumpCancelsTrain #UnitedStates

Freed from #ICE detention, #MahmoudKhalil files $20 million claim against Trump administration

from #AssociatedPress #AP #APNews
By JAKE OFFENHARTZ
Updated 3:47 PM EDT, July 10, 2025

[good article - contains interview excerpts and photos]

"Inside, Khalil said he was denied his ulcer medication, forced to sleep under harsh fluorescent lights and fed “nearly inedible” food, causing him to lose 15 pounds (7 kilograms). “I cannot remember a night when I didn’t go to sleep hungry,” Khalil recalled.

Meanwhile, the #Trump administration publicly celebrated the arrest, promising to deport him and others whose protests against #Israel it dubbed “pro-terrorist, anti-Semitic, anti-American activity.” "

apnews.com/article/mahmoud-kha

#NoDeportationOfMahmoudKhalil
#StopTheDeportations
#NoDeportationOfRümeysaÖztürk
#NoDeportationOfMohsenMahdawi
#DefendFreeSpeech
#DefendStudentProtesters
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#Gaza #Palestine #MiddleEast
#USA #US #USPolitics #politics
#news #press @palestine

Pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil poses for a portrait during an interview, July 3, 2025, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
AP News · Columbia protester Mahmoud Khalil files $20M claim against Trump administrationPalestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil, whose role in campus protests against Israel led to his detention for over three months in immigration jail, is now seeking $20 million in damages from the Trump administration. His lawyers filed a claim Thursday, alleging false imprisonment and malicious prosecution after his March arrest by federal agents. Khalil, a legal U.S. resident, said he suffered severe anguish in jail, and continues to fear for his safety. The government has accused him of leading protests aligned with Hamas, but has not provided any evidence of a link to the terror group.

#US contractors say their colleagues are firing live ammo as #Palestinians seek food in #Gaza

from #AssociatedPress #APNews
By JULIA FRANKEL and SAM MEDNICK
Updated 7:28 PM EDT, July 2, 2025

"He said American staff on the sites monitor those coming to seek food and document anyone considered “suspicious.” He said they share such information with the #Israeli military.

Videos provided by one of the contractors and taken at the sites show hundreds of #Palestinians crowded between metal gates, jostling for aid amid the sound of bullets, stun grenades and the sting of pepper spray. Other videos include conversation between English-speaking men discussing how to disperse crowds and encouraging each other after bursts of gunfire."

apnews.com/article/palestinian

#StopStarvingGaza
#BlockTheBombs
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza
#FoodAsWeapon
#SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism
#Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#USA #US #USPolitics #Trump
#news #press #politics @palestine

This photo, provided by an American contractor on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal operations, shows Palestinians behind gates before entering a food distribution site operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in May 2025, shortly after the start of the organization's distribution sites. (AP Photo)
AP News · Two US contractors describe chaos and gunfire as Palestinians seek food in GazaAmerican contractors guarding aid distribution sites in Gaza are using live ammunition and stun grenades as hungry Palestinians scramble for food, according to accounts and videos obtained by The Associated Press. Two U.S. contractors, speaking to the AP on condition of anonymity because they were revealing their employers’ internal operations, said they were coming forward because they were disturbed by what they considered dangerous and irresponsible practices. The contractor who provided the videos said the bullets were fired in all directions — in the air, into the ground and at times towards the Palestinians. The testimonies offer a rare glimpse inside an often-chaotic scene at these sites.