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AP Headline News - Apr 23 2024 09:00 (EDT)
This is AP News, I'm Rita Falle. What now in the hush money trial of Donald Trump? Former National Enquirer publisher David Packer returns to the witness stand in Donald Trump's hush money criminal trial. The prosecution accuses the former president of falsifying business records to cover up salacious sex stories to influence the 2016 campaign. Trump continues to deny this. This is a witch hunt, and it's a shame. Packer said on the stand Monday, yes, the tabloid paid for stories. Prosecutors call it catch and kill, getting rid of bad stories about his friend Trump. Also Tuesday, the judge will rule on whether Trump violated a gag order by calling two of the upcoming witnesses. Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen sleaze bags, and if so, if he has to pay a fine. At Court in Manhattan, I'm Julie Walker. Today, the Senate considers a bill that would provide billions for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. If it passes, it goes to President Biden for his signature. The Senate is expected to vote on $95 billion in war aid. $61 billion would be for Ukraine. $26 billion would go to Israel, as well as humanitarian relief to citizens of Gaza. $8 billion would be used to counter China in Taiwan and the Indo-Pacific. In order to gain more vote, House Republicans added a bill to the package that could ban TikTok and the U.S. if its Chinese owners don't sell their stake within a year. Donna Water, Washington. International humanitarian organizations are condemning Britain's plans to send some asylum seekers to Rwanda, where they'll be eligible to apply for asylum, but they won't be allowed to go back to Britain. French police evicted migrants from a makeshift camp in Paris this morning for security reasons, as they say. Aid groups call it "social cleansing" ahead of the Summer Olympics. This is AP News. Five Europeans and an Australian have graduated from basic training with a new title, Astronaut. The European Space Agency has added few members to its astronaut corps after completing the year of training. The recruits are from France, Belgium, Britain, Switzerland and Spain, and an Australian Catherine Benel Pegg has also joined them as part of an international agreement. She tells a news conference, "It's like a dream come true." Being an astronaut has definitely been a lifelong dream, but I never believed I'd have the chance to do that. The newcomers are now eligible for trips to the International Space Station, but it's up to the Australian Agency to find a way for Benel Pegg to travel to space. She talks about her passion. "When I wanted to be an astronaut, it was first for that adventure that curiosity so many kids have, and then it was for the discoveries that can be unlocked by space." More than 20,000 people applied for the five slots. I'm Charles Tillidesma. And I'm Rita Folley, AP News. Rapid expansion. We're ready. Worker shortage. We're good. Anything can change the world of work. A celebrity buys the company. Depends on who it is. But relax. We've got ADP. From HR to payroll, ADP designs forward-thinking solutions to take on the next anything.