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Fred Barbash March 21 at 7:46 PM A Wisconsin judge on Thursday blocked several lightning-fast actions in December by the state’s Republican-controlled legislature to limit the power of its incoming governor, Democrat Tony Evers, and preserve policies implemented by his predecessor, Scott Walker. The GOP has tried similar power-stripping efforts after losing statewide elections in North Carolina and Michigan. Out­going Michigan governor Rick Snyder vetoed some but not all of…

“At this point we would either leave with no deal, or put forward an alternative plan,” she said, adding that this would mean participating in European elections, something she described as “wrong.” But it is possible that Parliament could vote to keep closer ties to the bloc — a so-called soft Brexit — and Mrs. May did not completely exclude that option, by saying she would work with lawmakers if…

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem Thursday. Amir Cohen/AP hide caption toggle caption Amir Cohen/AP U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem Thursday. Amir Cohen/AP The Trump administration has backed Israel’s claim to sovereignty over the Golan Heights. The move comes weeks before Israeli general elections and reverses the…

The increasingly stark contrast between the parties on Israel came into view on Thursday as leading 2020 Democrats, under pressure from the Left, announced they were skipping the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s policy conference, while President Trump affirmed on Twitter that the United States should recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights. On Wednesday, citing a poll of members, the liberal activist group MoveOn called on 2020 Democratic…

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<!– –> × SEARCH QUOTES Airlines Published 2 Hours Ago Updated 13 Mins Ago CNBC.com Boeing jets in Ethiopia and Indonesia lacked two safety features in their cockpits because the company charged extra to install them. The features could have helped pilots detect erroneous readings, which some experts believe might be connected to the planes’ failures, The New York Times reports. Lion Air Flight 610 and Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302,…

Video New details surface in New Zealand terror attack on Christchurch mosques New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Thursday announced the country was immediately banning “military-style semi-automatic weapons” after last week’s attack that killed 50 people at two mosques. Speaking to reporters, the prime minister said the weapons would be banned in addition to “all assault rifles,” among other firearms. Ardern said that legislation is currently being drafted and she…

An “emotionally exhausted” Meghan McCain again defended her father against President Trump Thursday on “The View,” saying she doesn’t “expect decency” from his family. “I don’t like coming here every day and having to do this, as all of you know. It’s extremely emotionally exhausting,” she said at the top of the show. “I don’t expect decency from the Trump family,” she added. During an official White House event at…

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CHRISTCHURCH (Reuters) – New Zealand will ban military-style semi-automatic and assault rifles under tough new gun laws following the killing of 50 people in its worst mass shooting, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday. In the immediate aftermath of last Friday’s shootings at two mosques in the city of Christchurch, Ardern labeled the attack as terrorism and said New Zealand’s gun laws would change. “On 15 March our history…

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The pilots on the doomed Lion Air flight did not appear to understand why the jet was tipping downward and how to correct that problem. One flipped through a technical manual, and the other began to pray, according to the cockpit voice recording. An investigation is still underway to determine what caused the crash in Ethiopia. A possible fault in the MCAS system is part of the inquiry, and the…

The world awaits the final product of special counsel Robert Mueller. | Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images Legal Answering, as best we can, your pressing questions: When will the investigation be over? Is anyone else going to be indicted? When’s the Mueller report coming out? By DARREN SAMUELSOHN and JOSH GERSTEIN 03/20/2019 06:34 PM EDT Updated 03/20/2019 07:18 PM EDT 2019-03-20T07:18-0400 It’s a moment nearly two years in the making, and it’s…

By the 19th century, Jews were regularly portrayed as beggars or poverty-stricken peddlers — the exhibition describes how most Jews in England at that time were economic migrants with limited financial means who were forced to scrape together a living any way they could. Conversely, Jews were also portrayed as greedy bankers. One of the financiers who came in for much negative representation was Nathan Mayer Rothschild, who arrived from…

To Tamara Lanier, the image of the white-haired black man, emaciated, stripped of his clothing, and staring unflinchingly into the camera, is Papa Renty — a South Carolina slave who learned to read and held clandestine Bible classes despite the dangers on the plantation. To Harvard University, the image is part of its collection of daguerreotypes, among the oldest known pictures of enslaved people in the United States. They were…

President Trump says he looks forward to seeing the report of special counsel Robert Muller, who has been looking into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP hide caption toggle caption Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP President Trump says he looks forward to seeing the report of special counsel Robert Muller, who has been looking into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP Amid signs that special counsel…

Video Ethiopian official reports ‘clear similarity’ between deadly Boeing jet crashes The flight control system on the Boeing 737 Max 8 is being eyed in Ethiopia crash investigation; Doug McKelway reports on the details. The day before a brand new Lion Air jet crashed into the sea shortly after taking off from Indonesia‘s capital city last fall — likely due to an equipment malfunction — an off-duty pilot reportedly helped save the…

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People line up to enter the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday. J. Scott Applewhite/AP hide caption toggle caption J. Scott Applewhite/AP People line up to enter the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday. J. Scott Applewhite/AP The U.S. Supreme Court signaled strongly on Wednesday that it is likely to rule for a death-row inmate in Mississippi who was prosecuted six times for the same crime by a prosecutor with a history…