Author: Carlos Hansen

White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday that President Biden's warning to withhold offensive weapons from Israel does not indicate that the U.S. plans to 'abandon' Israel. Sullivan, in a conversation with ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos, cautioned about the 'significant' civilian casualties in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. This comes following President Biden's recent threat…

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Former President Trump responded to reports that former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley is on his vice presidential shortlist by saying that she is “not under consideration,” but that he wishes “her well.”  Trump stated in a Saturday post on Truth Social that “Nikki Haley is not under consideration for the V.P. slot, but I wish…

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Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) described the Biden administration’s review of Israel’s war conduct in the Gaza Strip — which acknowledged the likely violation of international humanitarian law using U.S. weapons — as “woefully inadequate,” but did not indicate a ban on arms transfers. “If this conduct complies with international standards, God help us all,”…

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A 45-year-old man has pleaded guilty in the theft of a bronze Jackie Robinson statue that was cut off at the ankles and found days later smoldering in a trash can in a city park in Kansas. Ricky Alderete entered the plea during his arraignment Thursday. Authorities arrested him in February, with court records alleging he entered a Wichita home with the intent to kidnap someone as part of an effort to interfere with law enforcement.

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David W. Shull, 44, most recently living on Stafford Circle in Montgomery Township, was sentenced in Montgomery County Court to 1½ to 3 years in a state correctional institution after pleading guilty to a felony charge of distributing child pornography related to incidents in 2021 in Upper Moreland.

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