Biden convenes G7 to discuss the Iranian threat, prevent an escalation

By ZEKE MILLER (AP White House Correspondent) WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden convened the Group of Seven advanced democracies on Sunday to coordinate a rebuke to Iran for its unprecedented and largely unsuccessful aerial attack on Israel and to prevent a wider regional escalation. The United States assisted Israel in shooting down dozens of … Read more

Trump predicts ‘bloodbath’ if he loses election – The Mercury News

By MEG KINNARD and JILL COLVIN (Associated Press) VANDALIA, Ohio (AP) — Former President Donald Trump claimed that he — not President Joe Biden — will protect Social Security and warned of a “bloodbath” if he loses in November as he campaigned for Senate candidate Bernie Moreno in Ohio. Trump, speaking on a wind-whipped airfield … Read more

Frederik X is proclaimed the new king of Denmark

By Jan M. Olsen | Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark’s prime minister proclaimed Frederik X as king on Sunday after his mother Queen Margrethe II formally signed her abdication, with massive crowds turning out to rejoice in the throne passing from a beloved monarch to her popular son. Margrethe, 83, is the first Danish … Read more

Netanyahu thanks US for new weapons sales

By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy and Abby Sewell | Associated Press DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that Israel’s war on Hamas in Gaza will continue for “many more months,” pushing back against persistent international cease-fire calls after mounting civilian deaths, hunger and mass displacement in the besieged enclave. Netanyahu … Read more

Senate border security talks grind on

By Lisa Mascaro and Stephen Groves | Associated Press WASHINGTON — White House and Senate negotiators dug in Sunday laboring to reach a U.S. border security deal that would unlock President Joe Biden’s request for billions of dollars worth of military aid for Ukraine and other national security needs before senators leave town for the … Read more