By SARA CLINE, ALI SWENSON and NICHOLAS RICCARDI A rule change for primary voting in two Texas counties created mass confusion Tuesday that eventually led to a state Supreme Court ruling, threats of more legal action and the potential that an untold number of voters could find themselves disenfranchised. Related Articles Republicans brace for an…
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So, is California’s unemployment market slogging along or flopping into a quagmire of job cuts? My trusty spreadsheet compared two federal government’s job counts: Unemployment insurance claims – a snapshot of who’s newly out of work and eligible for those benefits – vs. layoffs and discharges – a tally of the speed at which bosses…
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Prior to the American Revolution, the power over war and foreign affairs was lodged in the executive branch. European monarchs decided when to commit their countries to wars and military incursions. In countries such as Great Britain with representative assemblies, elected officials could withhold funds if they disapproved of a foreign adventure, but there their…
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH, AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — European shares opened higher on Wednesday after another day of sell-offs in Asia, where South Korea’s benchmark plunged more than 12%. U.S. futures were 0.3% lower. Related Articles Anduril’s $4B funding round would nearly double Costa Mesa defense firm’s value Pentagon dispute bolsters Anthropic reputation but…
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By BASSEM MROUE and KAREEM CHEHAYEB BEIRUT (AP) — Israel’s military ordered on Wednesday residents of dozens of border villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate “immediately” as airstrikes on suburbs of Beirut intensified and Hezbollah claimed more attacks. Lebanon was dragged early Monday into the war in the Middle East, which erupted following U.S.-Israeli strikes…
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By SUMAN NAISHADHAM and JOSEPH WILSON MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez again criticized the U.S. and Israel’s military actions in Iran, standing firm on Wednesday against trade threats from Washington and warning that the war in the Middle East risked “playing Russian roulette” with millions of lives. “We are not going to…
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By STEPHEN GROVES, LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Senate is headed toward a vote Wednesday on President Donald Trump’s decision to embark on a war against Iran, an extraordinary test in Congress for a conflict that has rapidly spread across the Middle East with no clear U.S. exit strategy.…
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By SUZAN FRASER and MUNIR AHMED ISLAMABAD (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan offered to mediate for a new ceasefire between Pakistan and Afghanistan as border clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan entered their sixth day on Wednesday. The conflict erupted last week with Afghanistan launching attacks on Thursday in retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes the…
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By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING and SAMY MAGDY DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel and the U.S. intensified their bombardment of Iran’s security forces and other symbols of power Wednesday, as Tehran vowed to completely destroy the Middle East’s military and economic infrastructure — all indications that the war was nowhere near over and risks expanding…
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By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and REBECCA BOONE WASHINGTON (AP) — An operations center targeted by an Iranian drone strike that killed six American soldiers on Sunday was located in the heart of a civilian port in Kuwait, miles away from the main Army base, according to satellite images and a U.S. official. Related Articles US-Israeli bombardment…
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