Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - May 15 2024 06:00 (EDT)
This is AP News, I'm Rita Falle. Not clear yet how soon this would happen, but we're learning that the Biden administration plans to send more weapons to Israel. More than a billion dollars worth of tactical vehicles, mortar rounds, and tank ammunition. The AP has been Thomas. The White House has come under criticism from both sides of the political spectrum over its military support for Israel's war against Hamas. Democrats have pushed President Biden to limit transfers of offensive weapons to pressure Israel to do more to protect Palestinian civilians. Many Republicans condemn any lessening of military backing to Israel. Ben Thomas, Washington. Russia says it shot down 10 Ukrainian missiles supplied by the U.S. They were targeting Crimea. Michael Cohen returns to the witness stand Thursday in Donald Trump's Hush Money trial. The AP's Julie Walker is covering the trial in New York. Donald Trump's defense attorneys grilling the prosecution's star witness Tuesday in his Hush Money trial portraying former Trump lawyer and fixer Michael Cohen as a media-obsessed liar who's determined to see the former president behind bars. Cohen enduring intense questioning by Trump's legal team after providing pivotal testimony, tying the presumptive Republican presidential nominee directly to the Hush Money scheme at the heart of the case. Cohen will return to the witness stand Thursday for more cross-examination before prosecutors rest their case. Trump denies charges he falsified business records to cover Hush Money payments. At Criminal Court in Manhattan, I'm Julie Walker. Republicans want to be the majority in the Senate. Republican voters advance strong Senate contenders on Tuesday. Former Governor Larry Hogan in Maryland. Republican Governor Jim Justice won West Virginia's GOP Senate nomination. First in show at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, a miniature poodle named Sage, a German shepherd with second. This is AP News. We'll get a new look today at those high prices you're paying for the things you buy. The AP's Donna Warder. The government will release its latest monthly inflation report. An analyst surveyed by the data from facts that believe that inflation year over year dipped from 3.5 percent in March to 3.4 percent in April. Measured from March to April, they say consumer prices likely rose 0.4 percent the same as the previous month. The analysts say that core inflation, which excludes food and energy costs, likely slowed 3.6 percent, which would be the lowest level in three years. Fed policy makers have raised their key interest rate to a 23-year high of 5.3 percent in an effort to put a stop to rising prices. Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the Fed will keep its rate at that level for as long as needed to fully stamp out inflation. Donna Warder, Washington. And I'm Rita Folley, AP News.