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Biden: Opposing Ukraine funding plays right ‘into Putin’s hands’

The Associated Press WASHINGTON—President Joe Biden on Tuesday called for House Republicans to urgently bring a $95.3 billion aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan to a vote, warning that refusal to take up the bill, passed by the Senate in the morning, would be “playing into Putin’s hands.” “Supporting this bill is standing up to Putin,” Biden said, raising his voice in strong comments from the White House as he referred to the Russian leader. “We can’t walk away now. That’s what Putin is betting on.” But the package faces a deeply uncertain future in the ...

GOP-led House impeaches Homeland Security Secretary Mayorkas over border management

The Associated Press WASHINGTON—The U.S. House voted Tuesday to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, with the Republican majority determined to punish the Biden administration over its handling of the U.S-Mexico border after failing last week in a politically embarrassing setback. The evening roll call proved tight, with Speaker Mike Johnson’s threadbare GOP majority unable to handle many defectors or absences in the face of staunch Democratic opposition to impeaching Mayorkas, the first Cabinet secretary charged in nearly 150 years. In a historic rebuke, the ...

Three days of noise, hype in golf, followed by Tiger Woods playing again

The Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Golf had three big events — not tournaments but events — over the past three days. They were about 400 miles apart. Their identity was loud noise and the hype to match. Who would have guessed the tamest of the lot would be LIV Golf? LIV brands itself as “Golf, But Louder,” and the most recent addition to the Saudi-funded league might agree. There was Masters champion Jon Rahm, preparing to hit a tee shot at LIV Golf Las Vegas, asking spectators to make sure their cellphones were on silent as a speaker behind the tee was pumping out ...

Shanahan bristles at notion his 49ers can’t win big games

The Associated Press SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Kyle Shanahan has heard the criticism that, for all his great accomplishments as head coach of the San Francisco 49ers, he is unable to win the big game. Those calls grew louder after a second Super Bowl loss in five seasons and Shanahan is as eager as anyone to quell them — to prove his doubters wrong but also because it would mean he had won “a damn Super Bowl.” “The fact that we keep getting there shows how much we win big games,” Shanahan said Tuesday as the Niners headed home for the offseason two days after a 25-22 ...

Biden meets with Jordan’s King Abdullah on Gaza

WASHINGTON—Declaring that “every innocent life lost in Gaza is a tragedy,” President Joe Biden welcomed Jordan’s King Abdullah II to the White House Monday for talks on how to end the months-long war and plan for what comes afterward. The meeting with Abdullah comes as Biden and his aides are working to broker another pause in Israel’s war against Hamas in order to send humanitarian aid and supplies into the region and get hostages out. The White House faces growing criticism from Arab Americans over the administration’s continued support for Israel in the face of rising ...

Trump asks Supreme Court to put off his election interference trial

WASHINGTON—Former President Donald Trump is asking the Supreme Court to extend the delay in his election interference trial, saying he is immune from prosecution on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 election loss. His lawyers filed an emergency appeal with the court on Monday, just four days after the justices heard Trump’s separate appeal to remain on the presidential ballot despite attempts to kick him off because of his efforts following his election loss in 2020. “Without immunity from criminal prosecution, the Presidency as we know it will cease to exist,” ...