WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday suggested displaced Palestinians in Gaza be “permanently” resettled outside the war-torn territory. Trump made the provocative comments at the start of meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, where the two leaders were expected to discuss the fragile ceasefire and hostage deal in the Israeli-Hamas conflict. Trump…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vocal vaccine skeptic and activist lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appears on track to become the nation’s health secretary after winning the crucial support of Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy, a doctor who says Kennedy has assured him he would not topple the nation’s childhood vaccination program. In a starkly partisan vote Tuesday,…… MORE
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tulsi Gabbard, President Donald Trump’s pick to be director of national intelligence, has moved a step closer to Senate confirmation. The Senate Intelligence Committee voted behind closed doors Tuesday to advance Gabbard’s nomination to the full Senate for a vote. Gabbard is a former Democratic congresswoman and one of Trump’s more divisive…… MORE
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — The remains of all 67 victims of midair collision near Reagan National Airport have been recovered. Officials said Tuesday that the chief medical examiner is still trying to positively identify one set of remains, officials said in a news release. The news came as crews continued to work to removed debris…… MORE
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — President Donald Trump says he is exploring whether he can send American criminals jailed in the “most severe cases” to be incarcerated in other countries. His comments come one day after El Salvador offered to take them in, along with migrants in the U.S. illegally whom Trump is seeking to deport.…… MORE