By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday permanently barred the release of a report by special counsel Jack Smith on his investigation into President Donald Trump’s hoarding of classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate. … Continued
By HOGIR AL ABDO, GHAITH ALSAYED and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA QAMISHLI, Syria (AP) — U.S. forces are withdrawing from a key base in northeastern Syria, officials said Monday, in what appears to be part of a larger drawdown of U.S. forces … Continued
By MATTHEW LEE, AP Diplomatic Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States has ordered nonessential diplomats and their family members to leave Lebanon, a State Department official said Monday, as tensions over Iran rise with the threat of a potentially imminent … Continued
By ANDREW DALTON, AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nick Reiner may finally enter a plea Monday in the killing of his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, after two previous court hearings that brought some drama but … Continued
By AREF TUFAHA and MELANIE LIDMAN TELL, West Bank (AP) — Israeli settlers vandalized a mosque in the Israeli-occupied West Bank early Monday, spray-painting offensive phrases and setting a fire, according to the Palestinian Authority’s Ministry of Religious Affairs Ministry. … Continued