Headline News from The Associated Press
AP Headline News - Jun 12 2024 21:00 (EDT)
AP News. I'm Ben Thomas. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken says Hamas is proposing numerous changes to the latest Gaza cease-fire plan. Sakamagani has details. Blinken is not saying what they are but some of the changes are workable. Some are not. The secretary is in gutter pushing a plan that has global support but not full backing from either Hamas or Israel. He says the U.S. and fellow mediators will keep working to try to close this deal saying while there are gaps between the parties. I believe those gaps are bridgeable doesn't mean they will be bridge because again it ultimately depends on people saying yes. Sagar Magani Washington. The combatants arrived in Italy for a G7 summit. He and Ukraine's president will sign a bilateral security deal tomorrow. Meantime negotiators for the group have reached an agreement on how to provide Ukraine up to $50 billion backed by frozen Russian assets. The houses voted to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio of President Biden's interview in its classified documents case. House Speaker Mike Johnson. We have to defend the Constitution. We have to defend the authority of Congress. We can't allow the Department of Justice and executive branch agency to hide information from Congress. We have important oversight responsibilities and that is what is being pursued here. Congressman Jerry Nadler ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee. Like most of the Bill's House Republicans have pushed on purely partisan lines, this contempt resolution will do very little other than smear the reputation of Merrick Garland who will remain a good and decent public servant no matter what Republicans say about him today. Immigrant advocacy groups are suing the Biden administration over the president's directive to stop asylum processing at the southern border calling it legally indistinguishable from a Trump administration ban. And with consumer inflation easing again last month, fed policymakers are noting progress but see just one interest rate cut this year. This is AP News. Research on disinformation finds posing as female can be key. The AP's David Klepper. When investigators in Taiwan looked into China's efforts to use fake social media accounts to meddle with their recent election, they found something surprising about the most successful profiles. The fake accounts that posed as women got more engagement, more eyeballs and had more influence than bots that pretended to be male. It turns out that China was borrowing a lesson long known to AI developers and online scammers who figured out that on the internet it pays to be female. Researchers say human beings are more likely to view women as warm and approachable, making it more likely that they view fake accounts as real humans. The findings demonstrate that while technology may grow more and more sophisticated, the human brain remains remarkably easy to hack thanks to age old stereotypes about men and women. Again, that's the AP's David Klepper and I'm Ben Thomas AP News. Thanks for listening. From fires, wind and hail to woodpeckers and other pests, Colorado's nature puts our homes through it. Rely on 5280 exteriors to restore your home's sighting. Made primarily of cement, 5280 exteriors, quality James Hardy's sighting is flame resistant and repels insects and woodpeckers. Right now, 5280 exteriors will provide all new gutters for free when you buy whole house sighting. Get your free estimate today at 5280 exteriors.com, 5280 exteriors, the altitude of quality. These days, work is in trouble. We've outsourced most of our manufacturing to other countries. And with that, we sent away good jobs and our capability to make things. American Giant is a clothing company that's pushing back against this tide. They make all kinds of high quality clothing and activewear, like sweatshirts, jeans, dresses, jackets and so much more, right here in the USA. So when you buy American Giant, you create jobs in towns and cities across the country and jobs bring pride, purpose. They stitch people together. If all that sounds good to you, visit american-giant.com and get 20% off your first order when you use Code Staple 20 at checkout. That's 20% off your first order at american-giant.com with promo code