May 21, 2025 -- As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• US Supreme Court maintains block on Trump deportations under wartime law (Reuters)
• GOP-led House committees meet to tackle Medicaid cuts, taxes and SNAP benefits (NBC)
• Trump admin permits sale of device that allows standard firearms to fire like machine guns (NBC)
• Biden diagnosed with "aggressive form" of prostate cancer  (CBS)
• Hegseth sparks fears as he moves to ax generals (The Hill)
• FEMA's acting administrator is replaced a day after congressional testimony (AP)
• Rwanda in 'early stages' of talks with U.S. to take in deported migrants  (NPR)
• White House ‘actively looking’ at suspending habeas corpus in immigration crackdown (The Hill)
• Trump’s Orwellian erasure of women (Time Magazine)
• Trump fires top U.S. copyright official (Politico)
• DHS Is Considering Reality Show Where Immigrants Compete for Citizenship (Wall St. Journal)
• Trump says his administration is revoking Harvard’s tax-exempt status (CBS News)

WORLD

• Israel launches major offensive in Gaza after airstrikes that killed more than 100 (Guardian)
• Pope Leo offers Vatican for Ukraine Peace Talks (Politico EU)
• NATO Ally Gives Blunt Assessment of Trump-Putin Call (Newsweek)
• A Russia-NATO War Would Look Nothing Like Ukraine (Foreign Policy)
• Explosions reported after India and Pakistan agree to ceasefire (Reuters)
• Trump says US to lifts Syria sanctions, secures $600 billion Saudi deal (Reuters)
• Israel Bombards Gaza Seeking to Kill Top Hamas Leader, Officials Say (New York Times)
• Trump Faces Intense Backlash For Accepting White South African ‘Refugees’(Meidas News)

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U.S.

Lawsuits and key court rulings

• Supreme Court temporarily pauses deportations under Alien Enemies Act (CNN)
• Judge in Abrego Garcia case indicates she's weighing contempt proceedings against Trump administration (NBC)
• Supreme Court allows Trump to deport Venezuelans under wartime law, but only after judges’ review (AP)
• Rightwing group backed by Koch and Leo sues to stop Trump tariffs (Guardian)
• Supreme Court Pauses Order Requiring Trump to Reinstate Thousands of Federal Workers (Democracy Docket)
• Trump officials face records lawsuit over Signal chat (The Hill)
• Judge blocks Trump from enforcing 'chilling' order against law firm (NPR)
• Judges threatened with impeachment, bombs for ruling against Trump agenda (NPR)
• US judge orders Trump administration to restore legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children (AP)
• Judge blocks Trump effort to expand proof of citizenship requirement for voter registration (CNN)

Economy, business and labor

• U.S. consumer sentiment falls for third straight month amid tariff, inflation worries(UPI)
• Concerns about espionage rise as Trump and Musk fire thousands of federal workers (AP)
• Florida debates lifting some child labor laws to fill jobs vacated by undocumented immigrants (CNN)

Signalgate

• ‘Amateur hour’: Washington aghast at Trump administration’s war plan group chat (Politico)
• 5 revelations from the Trump administration’s war plan texts  (Politico)
• Flight data show Steve Witkoff was in Russia during group chat on Signal (CBS)

 Immigration

• Trump Finds Another Country to Accept His Mass Deportations (New Republic)
• Japanese Americans react to Trump's plans to invoke Alien Enemies Act (KGTV)
• Immigration officers are becoming 'extreme' in how they vet travelers entering the U.S. (NPR)
• IRS acting commissioner is resigning over deal to send immigrants' tax data to ICE, AP sources say (AP)
• US citizens getting pulled aside: Travelers fear scrutiny at the border is rising  (USA Today)
• ‘I was a British tourist trying to leave the US. Then I was detained, shackled and sent to an immigration detention centre’ (Guardian)

Diversity, equity and inclusion

• Is planting trees 'DEI'? Trump administration cuts nationwide tree-planting effort (NPR)
• Museums and parks must remove some items related to race and gender: Executive order (ABC)

FEMA funding for disaster recovery

• Noem said she plans to eliminate FEMA (The Hill)

Economy and political corruption

• Trump administration halts funding for two cybersecurity efforts, including one for elections   (AP)
• ‘Something stinks’: Elon Musk, congressional Republicans target Democrats’ main fundraising machine (CNN)
• This Republican tried to impeach a judge. Guess which billionaire cut him a check? (Arizona Central)

Other National News

• Trump Claims Nazis Treated Jewish Prisoners With “Love” (New Republic)
• Trump Will Get His Showy (And Likely Expensive) Military Parade in D.C.  (Washington City Paper)

WORLD

• US allies express alarm at Trump’s plan to let Russia keep most of the land it seized from Ukraine (CNN)
• Canada Announces Bombshell Break With U.S. Over Trump (New Republic)
• Earthquake rocks Thailand and Myanmar, triggering the collapse of a Bangkok high-rise (AP)
• Anthrax kills 50 hippos in Congo's Virunga National Park (Newsweek)
• As the World Turns on Trump, Mexico's Claudia Sheinbaum Has Other Plans (Newsweek)
• Who are the Houthis and why is the US targeting them? (BBC)
• The US lifts bounties on senior Taliban officials, including Sirajuddin Haqqani, says Kabul (AP)
• Mexicans searching for missing relatives uncover possible mass killing site (NPR)
• Some European countries and Canada issue advisories for travelers to the U.S.  (NPR)
• Parisians vote to ban cars from 500 more streets (The Independent )
• Turkey's opposition urges peaceful protests over Istanbul mayor's arrest despite bans (AP)

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March 21, 2025 -- As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

Constitutional showdown

• Chief Justice Roberts rebukes Trump and GOP rhetoric about impeaching judges  (CNN)
• Judge demands to know why Trump administration ignored order about redirecting deportation flights (CBS)
• Judge orders urgent release of DOGE records, citing ‘unprecedented’ power and ‘unusual secrecy’ (Politico)
• Judge rails against DOGE for ‘terrorizing’ U.S. Institute of Peace after using ‘guns and threats’ to shut it down (Independent)

Economy

• US stock market loses $4 trillion in value as Trump plows ahead on tariffs (Reuters)
• Trump threatens mega 200 percent tariff on EU wines and spirits (Politico)

Social Security

• Trump Admin Threatens to Stop Social Security If DOGE Can’t Have Personal Data (YahooNews)
• Social Security Administration to require in-person identity checks for new and existing recipients (AP)

Public safety

• NTSB says DCA midair collision part of 'serious safety issue'   (NPR)
• Critics warn cuts at agencies overseeing US dams could put public safety at risk  (ABC)

Immigration and deportations

• ICE Returns All Migrants From Guantánamo to Stateside Facilities(New York Times)
• U.S. citizen child recovering from brain cancer removed to Mexico with undocumented parents (NBC)

• Lawyers for R.I. doctor allege she was deported despite federal court order (PublicsRadio)
• Protesters arrested after storming Trump Tower to demand release of Mahmoud Khalil (CNN)
• German man with green card ‘violently interrogated’ by US border officials (Guardian)
• Canadian actor detained at US border in ‘inhumane conditions’ for nearly two weeks (Guardian)

Education

• US Education Department to cut half its staff as Trump eyes elimination (Reuters)
• Can protesting in the US be ‘illegal’? Trump’s vague warning raises constitutional questions (CNN)

US foreign relations and human rights

• US added to human rights watchlist over Trump moves (Fox 5)
• French Official Demands the U.S. Return the Statue of Liberty (MTN)
• Secretary of State says 83% of US AID programs are being cancelled (CBS)
• Supreme Court rejects Trump bid to keep $2 billion in foreign aid frozen (CBS News)

Diversity, equity and inclusion

• ‘Chilling’: NYT reveals list of words banned by Trump’s 'anti-woke' initiatives (MSN)
• Federal judge blocks Trump administration from banning transgender people from military service (AP)

 Resistance

• Drawing huge crowds, Bernie Sanders steps into leadership of the anti-Trump resistance (AP)

Project 2025

• Trump’s Policies Are Making Project 2025’s Vision a Reality (Wall St. Journal)

Pardons

• Fact-checking Trump’s claim that Biden pardons are ‘void’ because he used an autopen (Politifact, via PBS)
• Judge says Trump Jan. 6 pardon doesn’t apply to man who conspired to kill investigators (Politico)

WORLD

Mexico

• Mexico City bans violent bullfighting, sparking fury and celebration (NPR)

Ukraine-Russia war

• More than 30 nations will participate in Paris planning talks on a security force for Ukraine (AP)
• US ‘deletes evidence’ of Russia’s kidnap of thousands of Ukrainian children (UK Independent)
• Russia and Ukraine conduct large prisoner exchange after Putin-Trump call (Reuters)
• Putin showed ‘true face’ by bombing Ukraine after ceasefire call, says Finland’s president (PoliticoEU)

Israel-Gaza War

• Israel launches first ground offensive since Gaza ceasefire collapse, partially recapturing key area (CNN)
• Netanyahu faces fury as renewed war deepens Israeli divisions (CNN)

Europe

• Trump's handling of Ukraine and tariffs has NATO rethinking the U.S.-made F-35 fighter (NPR)
• German lawmakers approve huge defense and infrastructure spending (NPR)

Travel ban

• Trump's new travel ban could prohibit entry to the US from this 'red list' of countries (USA Today Network )

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February 14, 2025 -- As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

DOGE controversy

• Trump and Musk’s dismantling of government is shaking the foundations of US democracy (AP)
• As Musk cuts federal spending, his own firms have received billions in contracts (ABC News)

Legal actions

• Elon Musk’s DOGE sued by 14 states (Newsweek)
• Trump administration pauses prosecutions of individuals and entities bribing foreign officials  (Jurist)
• Inspectors general fired by Trump file lawsuit to get their jobs back (ABC)
• A 2nd U.S. judge says Trump administration must pause its federal spending freeze  (NPR)
• Judge blocks Trump’s executive order on transgender prisoners (Politico)
• Trump sued in attempt to block his anti-diversity orders (Reuters)
• Oath Keepers founder barred from D.C., U.S. Capitol unless judge signs off  (NPR)
• Jan. 6 court evidence ‘disappeared,’ attorneys for press group say  (NPR)

Cabinet appointments

• Trump Cabinet confirmation status: Which nominees have been confirmed? (AP)
• Trump’s FCC chief investigates NPR, PBS (NPR)
• ‘Terrifying’: Public Health Experts React to Senate’s Confirmation of RFK Jr. to Lead HHS (Time Magazine)
• Senate confirms Doug Burgum as interior secretary after Trump tasked him to boost drilling (AP)
• Trump's FBI chief pick, Kash Patel, insists he has no 'enemies list' and won't seek retribution (AP)
• Tulsi Gabbard, Trump's pick to oversee US spy agencies, grilled about Snowden, Syria and Russia (AP)
• Trump’s pick to lead counter-terrorism unit is a white supremacist dream (New Republic)

Immigration

• Homan warns daily migrant arrests will 'steadily increase' as Trump admin targets nonviolent illegal aliens (Fox)
• Trump will send up to 30K illegal immigrants to Guantanamo Bay: ‘It’s a tough place to get out of’ (New York Post)
•  ’Legal black hole’: ACLU sues over immigrants being sent to Guantanamo (USA Today)
• Trump signs first bill of his second presidency, the Laken Riley Act, into law (NPR)
• Trump Immigration Targets: Ukrainians, Venezuelans, Haitians (NY Times)
• Some migrants arrested in Trump's immigration crackdown have been released back into the U.S. (NBC)
• Trump administration begins sending migrants to Guantánamo Bay (Washington Post)

Safety and oversight

• Trump fires heads of TSA, Coast Guard and guts key aviation safety advisory committee (AP)
• Trump fires the director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (AP)
• Air traffic controllers were initially offered buyouts and told to consider leaving government  (AP)
• Trump ends Fauci's security detail and says he'd feel no responsibility if harm befell him (AP)

Protests

Protesters in cities across the US rally against Trump’s policies, Project 2025 and Elon Musk (AP)

Women’s health

• Government's reproductive rights resource goes dark hours into new Trump administration (RawStory)

WORLD

• South Africa suspends American businesses and mineral exports (Maravi Post)
• What would happen if the US military went after cartels on Mexican soil? (Guardian)
• Europe fears Trump-Putin ‘dirty deal’ as Ukraine scrambles for a seat at the table(CNN)
• El Salvador’s millennial dictator offers to hold American criminals in mega prisons (Yahoo News)
• Russian drone struck Chernobyl reactor shell but radiation levels normal, Zelenskyy says (AP)
• Syria's new leader denounces Iran, calling its proxies a regional threat  (NPR)
• European Leaders Condemn Musk's 'Ominous' Push for Germany to 'Forget' Holocaust (Common Dreams)
• Colombia yields on US deportation flights to avert trade war (BBC)
• A U.S. dual citizen is among 3 Israeli hostages exchanged for Palestinian prisoners (NPR)
• Emergency crews deployed on Santorini as an earthquake swarm worries Greek experts (AP)
• Baltic nations count final hours to ending electricity ties to Russia   (NPR)

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January 28, 2025 -- As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• U.S. puts virtually all foreign aid on 90-day hold, issues 'stop-work' order (NPR)
• DOJ halts legal programs for detained immigrants, cuts off advocates’ access to facilities (Los Angeles Times)
• Trump uses mass firing to remove independent inspectors general at a series of agencies  (AP)
• Vice President Vance casts tie-breaking Senate vote to narrowly confirm Pete Hegseth as defense secretary  (CNN)
• Trump launches crypto meme coin, ballooning net worth ahead of inauguration (Politico)
• Top 5 takeaways from Jack Smith's final report on Trump's Jan. 6 case  (Axios)
• Jen Rubin exits Washington Post, joins Norm Eisen to launch new outlet countering ‘authoritarian threat’ (CNN)
• Supreme Court declines to hear from oil and gas companies trying to block climate change lawsuits (AP)
• Judge bars Rhodes, other Oath Keepers from entering DC without court permission (The Hill)
• Trump was sentenced to ‘unconditional discharge.’ Here’s what that means. (Politico)
• Biden says Equal Rights Amendment is ratified, kicking off expected legal battle as he pushes through final executive actions (CNN)
• Biden Aides Warned Putin as Russia’s Shadow War Threatened Air Disaster (New York Times)
• Biden pardons Fauci and Milley in an effort to guard against potential 'revenge' by Trump (AP)

WORLD

• Palestinians return to Gaza City as mediators look ahead to next stage (Reuters)
• Mexico refuses to accept a U.S. deportation flight (NBC News)
• What to Know About the U.S.-Colombia Clash Over Deportations and Tariffs (Time)
• Danish PM says Europe must ‘stand together’ as Trump threatens Greenland (Guardian)
• Sweden seizes vessel suspected of 'sabotage' after undersea data cable rupture in Baltic Sea (AP)
• 'It starts now': South Korea's President Yoon defiant as police closed in (Reuters)
• Zelensky offers exchange of North Korean soldiers (BBC)
• Gunman shoots dead 2 judges in Iran's capital tied to 1988 mass executions (AP)
• Nigeria is admitted as a partner country of the BRICS bloc (AP)

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U.S.

• Jimmy Carter, Peacemaking President Amid Crises, Is Dead at 100 (New York Times)
• Trump Won't Rule Out Military Action in Greenland, Panama (Time)
• Honduras Threatens US Military Bases Over Trump's Mass Deportations
• US Congress certifies Trump election victory with Harris presiding (Reuters)
• Johnson Ekes Out a Win to Stay Speaker, But Dicey Proceedings Signal Trouble For Trump (Time)
• Treasury says China hacked documents in 'major' cyber incident 
• US plans $8bn arms sale to Israel (BBC)
• Trump's Greenland and Panama Canal ambitions face Republican skepticism (The Hill)

WORLD

• Embattled Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau says he will resign after new party leader chosen  (CNN)
• Finland detains Russia-linked vessel over damaged undersea power cable in Baltic Sea
• German government condemns New Year's Eve violence after hundreds of arrests
• Ceremonies mark full membership of Bulgaria and Romania in Europe's Schengen travel zone (AP)
• Canadian leaders say Trump’s talk about Canada becoming the 51st state isn’t funny anymore  (AP)

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Biden hopes to next achieve a cease-fire in Gaza before his term ends, with an agreement for a Palestinian state and security for Israel

By Miriam Raftery

Photo, left: Hezbollah fighters in Southern Lebanon in 2023, via Tasnim News Service

November 28, 2024 (Washington D.C.) – In a historic accord, on Tuesday, U.S. President Joe Biden and President Emmanuel Macron of France issued a joint statement announcing that after “weeks of tireless diplomacy,” Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a cease fire that went into effect yesterday.

“The United States and France will work with Israel and Lebanon to ensure this arrangement is fully implemented and enforced,” the statement continued. Though the U.S. has supported Israel including sending war planes used to bomb Hezbollah targets,  U.S. troops will not be sent to the region, the President assured.

The agreement includes assurances that Israel will be secure from threats by Hezbollah, which has been bombing Israel from southern Lebanon, and other terrorist groups.  Hezbollah must move its forces north of the Litani River, about 20 miles from the Blue Line marking the Israel-Lebanon border. 

Over the next six weeks,  stabilization of southern Lebanon is to be provided by the Lebanese army  and State Security Forces will deploy 10,000 troops, under international supervision. The agreement also includes withdrawal of Israeli forces, ultimately allowing residents of both Israel and southern Lebanon to return safely to their homes.

But President Biden made clear in a press conference, “This is designed to be a permanent cessation of hostilities.”

October 26, 2024 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Who Is Winning the Election? Kamala Harris vs Donald Trump Polls 10 Days Out (Newsweek)
• Key lines to understand the Kamala Harris town hall on CNN (CNN)
• Trump’s Speeches, Increasingly Angry and Rambling, Reignite the Question of Age (New York Times)
• Ghost guns and transgender care: Major cases before US Supreme Court (BBC)
• Life of the Mother: How Abortion Bans Lead to Preventable Deaths (ProPublica)
• Death toll from Hurricane Helene rises to 227 as recovery efforts continue (!0 News)
• Rudy Giuliani ordered to turn over NYC apartment, 26 watches to Georgia election workers  (NPR)

WORLD

• Israel confirms Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed in Gaza (AP)
• Thousands of North Korean Soldiers Moving to Russia-Ukraine Border (Newsweek)
• In the heartland of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, the old ways have changed and violence rages (AP)
• Israel limited its attack on Iran, hoping to ease tensions for now  (Washington Post)
• Israel bombs Lebanon, Gaza ahead of one-year anniversary of Oct. 7 attacks (Reuters)
• Gazans wonder how to deal with tons of rubble (Reuters)
• Mexican mayor assassinated days after taking office (Reuters)
• This Caribbean nation is preparing for the ravages of climate change by selling citizenship (Washington Post)
• A-bomb survivors use Nobel Peace Prize to share anti-nuke message with the young  (AP)
• Norway introduces temporary border checks after its terror threat level was raised (AP)
• Powerful storm knocks out power to 1.4 million homes in Brazil's largest city  (AP)
• Zelenskiy says North Koreans fighting with Russians in Ukraine (Reuters)

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September 5, 2024 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Homeowners are rushing to refinance their mortgages after rates finally dropped (CNN)
• Judge in Texas orders pause on Biden program that offers legal status to spouses of US citizens (AP)
• Cooling July Inflation Sets Stage for Fed’s September Rate Cut (Wall Street Journal)
• Grocery price gouging to feature prominently in Harris economic plan (Politico)
• Special counsel reindicts Trump with narrower set of accusations after Supreme Court immunity decision (CBS News)
• RFK endorses Trump as he suspencts campaign (Politico)
• Potential 2024 ‘Chaos’: Election Deniers Refusing to Certify Results (Rolling Stone)
• Trump allies test a new strategy for blocking election results (Washington Post)
• FBI concludes Iran was behind Trump campaign hack (The Hill)
• Trump seeks to delay his hush money sentencing until after the election (Politico)
• Biden, Harris hail Medicare drug price cuts that will save billions  (Reuters)
• US FAA requires inspections of Boeing 787 planes following mid-air dive (FAA)

WORLD

• Large-scale polio vaccinations begin in war-ravaged Gaza after first case in 25 years  
•  US charges Hamas leaders over Oct. 7 attack on Israel (Reuters)
• Ukraine racks up gains with Russia incursion, faces challenge holding territory (Reuters)
• What we know about the six hostages killed in Gaza (CNN)
• West Bank Palestinians Fear a Gaza-Like War  (Time)
• France investigating synagogue explosion as suspected terrorism (BBC)
• Japan urges 4 million to evacuate as lumbering Typhoon Shanshan threatens south with up to a meter of rain (CNN)

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August 5, 2024 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• US and Russia complete biggest prisoner swap in post-Soviet history, freeing Gershkovich and Whelan
• 4 revelations raising heat on Secret Service after Trump shooting (The Hill)
• Kamala Harris was less than 20 ft from pipe bomb during Jan 6 attack, new Homeland Security report reveals (UK Independent)
• Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigns  (CNN)
• Historic flood of cash pours into Harris campaign and allied groups  (Washington Post)
• Simone Biles becomes most decorated American gymnast in history of the Olympic Games( Today)
• US allies grapple with J.D. Vance (Politico)
• Largest housing provider for migrant children engaged in pervasive sexual abuse, US says (AP)
• As cartels take a stake in ‘green gold,’ US and Mexico rethink how avocados reach American kitchens (Apple News)
• Takeaways from the scathing appeals court ruling denying immunity to Donald Trump (CNN)

WORLD

• Ukraine confirms F-16s have arrived in country as Zelensky heralds 'new chapter' in fight against Russia (CNN)
• Israel believes Hezbollah senior commander killed in Beirut strike, Israeli media report says Reuters)
• Hamas leader was killed in Iran by bomb planted months before blast, source says (CNN)
• Sudan says it conditionally accepts invitation to U.S.-sponsored peace talks  (Reuters)
• Erdogan says Turkey might enter Israel to help Palestinians  (Reuters)
• France investigates death threats sent to Israeli athletes (Reuters)
• Vandalism hits communication lines in France during Paris Olympics (AP) 
• Explainer: What is happening with Venezuela's contested election?  (Reuters)

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July 18, 2024 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Law enforcement: Bomb making materials found in vehicle, at home of man suspected in Trump rally shooting (AP)
•  What we know—and don’t know—so far about the Trump rally gunman (Time)
• Joe Biden Stands Up For Democracy In NATO Speech (Meidas News)
• Trump claims not to know who is behind Project 2025. A CNN review found at least 140 people who worked for him are involved (CNN)
• Biden is eyeing big changes for the Supreme Court. But he needs Congress to make them (NPR)
• Special counsel to appeal ruling dismissing Trump’s documents case  (The Hill)
• J.D. Vance As Trump’s VP: “A Corporate CEO’s Dream And A Worker’s Nightmare” (Lever)
• JD Vance once compared Trump to Hitler. Now they are running mates. (Reuters)
• President Biden tests positive for COVID, taking him off campaign trail during critical time (USA TODAY)
•  Biden pleads with Americans to cool down the political temperature (Politico)
•  FAA orders inspection of 2,600 Boeing 737s over oxygen mask issue  (Reuters)
• America’s most popular governors are also the most powerless (Politico)

WORLD

• Satellite images show expansion of suspected Chinese spy bases in Cuba (Apple News)
• Israel bombards central Gaza as tanks advance deeper in Rafah (Reuters)
• Who is Masoud Pezeshkian, Iran's new president-elect? (Reuters)
• A Moscow court orders the arrest of Alexei Navalny's widow in absentia   (NPR)
• NATO allies call China a 'decisive enabler' of Russia's war in Ukraine (AP)
• How these Ukrainian artists are using their talents to support the war effort (NPR)
• Outrage in China over use of unwashed fuel tankers to transport cooking oil (Guardian)

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June 19, 2024 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Retailers are finally cutting prices. Will it last? (Washington Post)
• Senate Republicans block Democratic bill to protect IVF nationwide (NBC)
• Supreme Court strikes down Trump-era ban on rapid-fire rifle bump stocks, reopening political fight (AP)
• CNN rules for first US presidential debate: no props, muted microphones (Reuters)
• A water war is looming between Mexico and the US. Neither side will win (CNN)
• Migrant arrests drop at US-Mexico border as Biden asylum ban rolls out (Reuters)
• Biden says he won’t pardon Hunter Biden or commute his sentence in first public remarks after guilty verdict  (CNN)
• Violent crime is down and the US murder rate is plunging, FBI statistics show (CNN)
• Epoch Times Executive Accused of Laundering $67 Million (New York Times)
• Trump ally Bannon ordered to report to prison for defying Jan. 6 probe (Reuters)
• Congressional stock trading law has unintended, but profitable consequence (NPR)
• FAA investigates another midair incident with a Boeing 737 Max  (NPR)

WORLD

• Tens of millions facing hunger and water shortages as extreme drought and floods sweep southern Africa (CNN)  
• UN Security Council approves US proposal for permanent ceasefire in Gaza  (CNN)
• Israeli tanks push deeper into Rafah, forcing people to flee again (Reuters)
• Israel rescues four hostages in Gaza; Hamas says 210 Palestinians killed in Israeli assault (Reuters)
• Russia co-opts far-right politicians in Europe with cash, officials say (AP)
• The far right made big gains in European elections. What’s next, and why does it matter? (AP)
• A year of elections in democracies around the world is revealing deep dissatisfaction among voters (AP)
• G7 agrees $50bn loan for Ukraine from Russian assets (BBC)
• Mexico City's metro still unsafe for women despite its women-only cars (NPR)
• Gunman captured after shootout outside US Embassy in Lebanon (AP)
• US Navy faces its most intense combat since World War II against Yemen's Iran-backed Houthi rebels (AP)

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May 23, 2024 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Live Nation, Ticketmaster’s parent company, sued in groundbreaking monopoly lawsuit(CNN)
• Biden takes credit for Target grocery price cuts: ‘They’re answering the call’ (CNBC)
• Trump promised to scrap climate laws if US oil bosses donated $1bn – report (Guardian)
• Trump's social media account shares a campaign video with a headline about a 'unified Reich'  (AP)
• Fact-checking Trump’s lie that Biden tried to have him assassinated (CNN)
• Nikki Haley says she’ll vote for Trump (NPR)
• Will RFK Jr. qualify for June presidential debate? (ABC News)
• Biden defends 'strategic and targeted' China tariffs, seeking contrast with Trump  (The Hill)
• With Trump's trial underway, most Americans now believe he falsified records to hide hush money payment (Yahoo News)
• Trump vows to "NEVER" take away birth control — except he spent four years doing just that (Salon)
• VP Harris rips Trump over latest comments on states monitoring pregnant women (The Hill)
• Trump prosecutor Fani Willis and trial judge Scott McAfee win their elections in Georgia (CNN)
• Hillary Clinton slams anti-Israel protests on college campuses, says students have been fed propaganda (Times of Israel)

WORLD

• What we know so far about the helicopter crash that killed Iran’s president and others (AP)
• The impact of recognising a Palestinian state  (BBC)
• Slovakia’s populist prime minister shot in assassination attempt(AP)
• Israel orders more evacuations as Rafah fighting intensifies  (BBC)
• Over 100 Wildfires Burn in Mexico Amid Heat Wave  (Time.com)
• Thousands of Canadians forced to evacuate as massive wildfire burns  (CBS)
• Hundreds flee Ukraine border area after Russia attack (BBC)
• Strong earthquake strikes near Mexico-Guatemala border (Reuters)
• Afghanistan floods devastate villages, killing 315 (Reuters)
• Gunmen kidnap more than 100 in attack on villages in northwest Nigeria (Reuters)
• As Argentina inflation nears 300%, climb in prices slows a bit (Reuters)
• Japan complains about Chinese ambassador's comment relating to Taiwan  (Reuters)
• Jordan foils arms plot as kingdom caught in Iran-Israel shadow war (Reuters)

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April 25, 2024 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Arizona indicts 18 in election interference case, including Giuliani and Meadows (AP) 
• Biden administration finalizes new rules for power plants in one of its most significant climate actions to-date  (CNN)
• Trump hush money trial live updates: David Pecker returns for cross-examination (The Hill)
• Former Trump officials are among the most vocal opponents of returning him to the White House (AP)
• In Trump immunity case, divided Supreme Court seems open to some protection (CBS News)
• Arizona can enforce an 1864 law criminalizing nearly all abortions, court says (AP)
• FBI concerned about possible coordinated attack in US after Russia massacre (Reuters)
• Airlines required to refund passengers for canceled, delayed flights (ABC news)
• Biden says he’s happy to debate Trump (The Hill)
• Another Boeing whistleblower says he faced retaliation  (NPR)
• FTC bans most noncompete agreements between employers and workers (NPR)
• Baltimore bridge collapse could wipe out emergency federal highway fund (Washington Post)
• Donald Trump Falling Asleep at Trial Sparks Flood of Mockery (Newsweek)

WORLD

• US sends seized Iranian weapons to Ukraine (Reuters).
• How Israel foiled Iran’s attack (Politico)
• Israeli military pledges response to Iran attack amid calls for restraint (Reuters)
• Hamas tells negotiators it doesn’t have 40 Israeli hostages needed for first round of ceasefire (CNN)
• Israeli military intelligence head resigns over Oct. 7 failures (Reuters)
• At least 50,000 Russian troops have been killed in Ukraine, media probe finds (NPR)
• Chinese cities are sinking rapidly (NPR)
• US intelligence finding shows China surging equipment sales to Russia to help war effort in Ukraine  (AP)
• Hostages in Gaza raise painful reminders as Jews observe Passover 

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March 18, 2024 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• US makes its first Gaza aid airdrop as mediators to seek truce deal(Reuters)
• Trump warns of “bloodbath” if he isn’t reelected (PBS)
• Republicans’ Star Informant Against Hunter Biden Was Just Arrested by the FBI (Slate)
• Ex-FBI source charged with Biden lies is tied to Russian intelligence, prosecutors say (NPR)
• Power lines ignited the largest wildfire in Texas history, officials say  (AP)
• Alabama court ruled frozen embryos are children. Experts explain potential impacts to IVF treatment. (CBS News)
• Can Trump pay? What if he doesn’t? Here’s what to know about Trump’s massive civil judgments. (Politico)
• George Soros’ fund set to become largest shareholder in radio giant Audacy (Market Watch)
• Hard hit by the US opioid crisis, Oregon reconsiders decriminalization (Reuters)
• Supreme Court stalls Trump’s federal election trial while weighing his immunity bid (Politico)
• DOJ says it has foiled 4 state-sponsored murder attempts since 2022 (NPR)
• Boeing whistleblower is found dead in South Carolina  (NPR)
• Lahaina community tries new solution to keep homes affordable after wildfire (NPR)

WORLD

• Evacuation flights for U.S. citizens begin as Haiti deteriorates (BBC)
• Putin warns West of risk of nuclear war, says Moscow can strike Western targets (Reuters)
• One of the world’s biggest cities may be just months away from running out of water (CNN)
• Mexicans turn out in droves to 'protect democracy' ahead of elections (Reuters)
• Haiti judge charges widow, ex-PM over president's assassination (Reuters)
• Ukraine needs more than a billion dollars to rebuild its scientific infrastructure, UN agency says (AP)
• Navalny aide Volkov attacked with hammer in Lithuania (Reuters)
• Al-Qaida's Yemen branch says leader Khalid al-Batarfi dead in unclear circumstances   (AP)
• Poland's president calls on NATO allies to raise spending on defense to 3% of GDP  (AP)
• More than 100 killed while seeking aid in Gaza, overall death toll passes 30,000 (Reuters)
• Israeli report says Hamas sexual violence 'systematic and intentional' (BBC)

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