Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Apr 17 2024 18:00 (EDT)
AP News, I'm Ben Thomas, the Dave's partisan agitation in the Senate over the impeachment trial of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer saying it had... "Nothing to do with high crimes and misdemeanors and everything to do with helping Donald Trump on the campaign trail." Schumer moved to dismiss the two articles of impeachment, Senator Patty Murray announced the result. "The news are 51, the nays are 49, the motion is to agree to the Senate, sitting as a court of impeachment stands that adjourned signing a dime." Minority Leader Mitch McConnell saying senators ignored the directions of the House to actually hold a trial. "No evidence, no procedure, this is a day, it's not a proud day in the history of the Senate." Speaker Mike Johnson. "My evaluation is he's probably the least effective and I think most dangerous in terms of his policy implementations of any cabinet secretary in the history of the United States." On his plans for the House to vote on aid for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, Johnson picked up the strong support of President Biden, who says passage would send a message. The U.S. stands with its friends and won't let Iran or Russia succeed. In Ukraine today, the northern city of Chernahive was hit by Russian missiles, an eight-story apartment building destroyed, at least 17 people killed. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel will decide for itself whether and how to respond to Iran's major air assault, brushing off calls for restraint from allies. Iran's president warning of a massive and harsh response. Meanwhile, a Hezbollah rocket attack along Israel's border with Lebanon wounded at least 14. President Biden is promising steel workers his administration will block the acquisition of U.S. steel by a Japanese company. He's also calling for a tripling of tariffs on Chinese steel. In the NBA's ban, Toronto Raptors player John T. Porter, after a league probe found he disclosed confidential information to sports betters and bet on games. This is AP News. The Biden administration's re-imposed oil sanctions on Venezuela in response to President Nicholas Maduro's attempts to consolidate his rule. U.S. officials says any U.S. company investing in Venezuela will have 45 days to wind down operations to avoid adding uncertainty to global energy markets. And Damian Troisi has the AP market support. Stocks fell on Wall Street one's day under the weight of sinking technology companies. The S&P 500 fell 0.6% for its fourth straight loss. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.1% and the Nasdaq fell 1.1%. Major indexes are all headed for weekly losses. Tech stocks slumped after ASML, a major supplier to the semiconductor industry, reported weaker orders than analysts expected. That helped overshadow stronger than expected quarterly profit reports from United Airlines and other big companies. Treasury yields fell following a sharp tumble in oil prices. Damian Troisi, New York. And I'm Ben Thomas, AP News. Thanks for listening. Mike Rowe here with a radical idea. If you want to see more companies make more things in this country, buy more things from more companies who make things in this country. I refer in this case to the incredible t-shirts, sweatshirts, blue jeans, and more made by my friends and American giant. Everything American giant makes is made in the United States. And right now, you can take 20% off your first order at american-giant.com/mic, that's american-giant.com/mic.