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US encouraging Israel to wind down Gaza offensive, AP source says By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, AAMER MADHANI and LISA MASCARO The Associated Press,Updated May 18, 2021, 9:00 p.m. Email to a Friend President Biden removed his mask as he made his way to Marine One at the White House on Tuesday.Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and administration officials have encouraged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other top Israeli officials to wind down the bomba...

President revokes predecessor’s Section 230 executive order.

Ellen Knickmeyer Vice President Kamala Harris, left, and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, right, listen as President Joe Biden delivers a speech on foreign policy, at the State Department, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) February 04, 2021 - 7:49 PM President Joe Biden announced Thursday the United States was ending support for a grinding five-year Saudi-led military offensive in Yemen that has deepened suffering in the Arabian Peninsula...

My Turn: Entry into Force Day?  Yes, we ban! Published: 1/18/2021 3:25:16 PM Our country is shaken by the attempted take-over of Congress on Jan. 6. The threat posed by armed white supremacists is real. So is the danger of nuclear weapons, even if for most of us, it is out of sight, out of mind. Yet as we await the Biden-Harris inauguration on Jan. 20, others around the world are preparing to celebrate a different ‘new start’: the so-called “Entry into Force Day.” The force being en...

Always a lady. TWITTER 1/5/2021 Deploying a mix of film excerpts, interviews and audio clips of the star herself, this doc pays tribute to eternal movie icon Audrey Hepburn. If this were a normal festive season when it was possible to have a post-prandial snuggle on the couch with older relatives, or just fans of the best in old-school movie-star glamour, then this documentary about Audrey Hepburn — out Dec. 15 on DVD and Blu-Ray ahead of a Jan. 5 VOD/digital release — would be ideal viewin...