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US says Rafah offensive would jeopardize cease-fire talks as Biden threatens to halt more Israel aid

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States warned on Thursday that Israel will be dealing a strategic victory to Hamas if it carries out plans for an all-out assault on Rafah, the militants’ last major stronghold in Gaza. The warning was backed by a new threat from President Joe Biden: He says he will pause more offensive military assistance to Israel if it goes through with the operation in a city where more than 1 million civilians are sheltering.


























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Maggie Goodlander, Former White House Adviser, to Run for Congress in New Hampshire

  • News source: Maggie Astor
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Maggie Goodlander, a lawyer who has worked in the White House and the Justice Department under President Biden, announced on Thursday her candidacy for a congressional seat in New Hampshire’s Second District, where the Democratic incumbent, Representative Ann McLane Kuster, is retiring.

Ms. Goodlander, a Democrat, has served as a White House adviser, a deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s antitrust division, a foreign policy adviser in the Senate and an intelligence officer in the Navy Reserve. She has also been a U.S...
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Biden’s Warning Over Rafah Sharpens a Problem for Netanyahu

  • News source: Adam Rasgon
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President Biden’s warning over halting weapons supplies has tightened the bind that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel faces, as he is increasingly caught between international calls for a cease-fire and right-wing Israeli demands to proceed with a wide-scale invasion of Rafah, in southern Gaza.

Mr. Netanyahu, who has insisted over American objections that invading Rafah is necessary, now finds the U.S.-Israel relationship at a moment of crisis that could affect how he conducts the next phase of the war against Hamas.

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Red state AGs sue Biden admin to halt 'radical transgender ideology' threatening 'safety of women and girls'

  • News source: FOX News
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More than 20 red states are filing suit after the Biden administration's recent Title IX changes that redefine sex and expand the definition of sex discrimination to include gender identity.

"Joe Biden is once again perverting the law; this time to put a radical transgender ideology ahead of the safety of women and girls," Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey told Fox News Digital on Thursday.

Bailey said he takes the law "personally" as the father of a young daughter and that he's "proud" to be leading a coalition of states opposing Biden's...
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NYC sued for denying in vitro fertilization coverage to gay male employees

  • News source: FOX News
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New York City is facing a lawsuit from a gay male employee who argues that the city's policy of only providing in vitro fertilization coverage to women is discriminatory.

The Thursday lawsuit was filed by former assistant district attorney Corey Briskin and his husband, who say they had to put off plans for IVF due to the lack of financial support.

City policy currently only covers IVF procedures in cases where the employee or their partner are infertile.

The lawsuit comes as the New York City Council is considering legislation that would change...
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Furious Republicans accuse Biden of caving to anti-Israel protesters as 'Squad' Dems claim victory on Rafah

  • News source: FOX News
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President Biden's threat to halt offensive weapons shipments to Israel is prompting a wave of backlash among the House GOP, as progressive Democrats take a victory lap to celebrate the move.

Republican lawmakers who spoke with Fox News Digital accused Biden of caving to pressure brought on by widespread anti-Israel demonstrations across the U.S. Leftists, meanwhile, praised student activists protesting on college campuses, and encouraged them to keep going even as tensions at some of these events have already erupted in conflict between police and...
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Biden's threat to withhold weapons from Israel shows he 'favors a Hamas victory,' Republicans argue

  • News source: FOX News
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Republican senators on Capitol Hill accused President Biden on Thursday of favoring a "Hamas victory over Israel" and being a "propaganda tool" for the Palestinian terrorist group after he vowed to withhold weapons from Israel if it follows through with an invasion of Rafah.

Biden, during an interview with CNN released Wednesday, said "Civilians have been killed in Gaza as a consequence of those bombs" and that he has made clear to Israel "if they go into Rafah, I’m not supplying the weapons that have been used historically to deal with Rafah, to...
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3 skiers missing in avalanche, search underway: Police

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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A search is underway for three skiers missing in an avalanche on Lone Peak outside Salt Lake City, Utah, according to the Unified Police Department of Salt Lake City.
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Biden administration steps up pressure on Israel as Rafah assault intensifies

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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Student loan rates set to reach 16-year high: 'It's a shock'

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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The move could add thousands to a borrower's total payments, one expert said.
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Man charged with attempted murder in apparent 'racially motivated' shooting: Sheriff

  • News source: ABC News: Top Stories
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An Illinois man was charged with attempted first-degree murder for allegedly shooting a neighbor in an incident that “appears to be racially motivated,” the sheriff said.
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Ex-Rep. Jeffrey Fortenberry charged over illegal foreign donations "scheme"

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C., have filed new charges against former Nebraska Rep. Jeffrey Fortenberry, after an appeals court threw out his criminal conviction in a campaign finance case because the court said he had been tried in the wrong venue.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in December tossed out the former Republican congressman's conviction for lying to the FBI about illegal contributions to his reelection campaign because Fortenberry's trial in California "took place in a state where no charged crime was committed." The court...
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UN says 80,000 have fled Rafah as strikes intensify

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Israeli tanks reportedly mass close to built-up areas of the south Gaza city amid constant shelling.
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Thousands protest against Israel at Eurovision

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The authorities are on high alert in the Swedish city as tensions over Gaza spill out into the streets.
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Panama Papers law firm founder Ramón Fonseca dies

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The 71-year-old died in hospital while awaiting a verdict in his money-laundering trial.
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Dems push Biden on amnesty for illegals before possible Trump victory

  • News source: FOX News
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Democratic lawmakers are pushing President Biden to grant amnesty to undocumented migrants before they can be deported by a potential future Trump administration.

"We urge your Administration to take all available actions to streamline pathways to lawful status for undocumented immigrants, providing certainty to the American businesses, communities, and families who rely on them," reads a letter to Biden on Wednesday that was signed by over 80 lawmakers.

The letter comes as the White House has continued to fight the ongoing border crisis, which has...
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