Robert F. Kennedy Jr. picks Nicole Shanahan
as his operating mate

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has chosen Nicole Shanahan to be his vice presidential choose. Kennedy is mounting an unbiased White House bid that has spooked nationwide Democrats. Shanahan is a California lawyer and philanthropist who’s by no means held elected workplace. Kennedy, a former Democrat, made the announcement in Oakland, California. Without the backing of a celebration, Kennedy faces an arduous process to get on the poll, with various guidelines throughout the 50 states. He’s selecting a operating mate now as a result of about half of the states require him to designate one earlier than he can apply for poll entry.

Russia persists in blaming Ukraine for live performance assault

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian officers persist in saying Ukraine and the West had a task in final week’s lethal Moscow live performance corridor assault regardless of vehement denials of involvement by Kyiv and a declare of duty by an affiliate of the Islamic State group. Without providing any proof, Alexander Bortnikov, head of the Federal Security Service, adopted related allegations by President Vladimir Putin, who linked the assault to Ukraine at the same time as he acknowledged the suspects who had been arrested had been “radical Islamists.” The IS affiliate claimed it carried out the assault, and U.S. intelligence stated it had data confirming the group was accountable. French President Emmanuel Macron stated France additionally has intelligence pointing to “an IS entity” as answerable for the assault.

Israel and Hamas dig in as worldwide stress builds for a cease-fire

JERUSALEM (AP) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to press forward with Israel’s offensive. He blasted a U.N. Security Council decision calling for a pause to the combating, saying Tuesday that it had emboldened Hamas to reject a separate cease-fire proposal. As the battle in Gaza grinds by a sixth month, all sides has publicly insisted that its personal thought of victory is in attain and rejected worldwide efforts to stem the bloodshed. Israel says it could actually obtain its goals of dismantling Hamas and returning scores of hostages if it expands its floor offensive to the crowded metropolis of Rafah. Hamas has stated it’s going to maintain on to the hostages till Israel agrees to finish the battle.

Judge points gag order barring Donald Trump
in hush cash case

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York choose has issued a gag order barring Donald Trump from commenting publicly about witnesses, prosecutors, courtroom employees and jurors in his upcoming hush-money prison trial. The order cites the previous president’s historical past of “threatening, inflammatory, denigrating” remarks about individuals concerned in his authorized circumstances. Judge Juan M. Merchan’s determination echoes a gag order in Trump’s Washington, D.C., election interference prison case. It comes a day after he rejected the protection’s push to delay the Manhattan trial till summer time and ordered it to start April 15. If the date holds, it will likely be the primary prison trial of a former president.

Ukrainian navy says a 3rd of Russian warships within the Black Sea have been destroyed, disabled

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s navy spokesman says that Ukrainian forces have sunk or disabled a 3rd of all Russian warships within the Black Sea, a significant blow to Moscow’s army functionality because the battle has dragged into a 3rd yr. Ukraine’s Navy spokesman Dmytro Pletenchuk instructed The Associated Press Tuesday that the most recent strike on Saturday evening hit the Russian amphibious touchdown ship Kostiantyn Olshansky that was resting in dock in Sevastopol in Russia-occupied Crimea. The ship was a part of Ukraine’s navy earlier than Russia captured it after annexing the Black Sea peninsula in 2014. Pletenchuk has beforehand introduced that two different touchdown ships of the identical kind, Azov and Yamal, had been additionally broken in Saturday’s strike together with the Ivan Khurs intelligence ship.

Court to rethink
Chasing Horse’s request to dismiss prices

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The full seven-member Nevada Supreme Court will rethink Nathan Chasing Horse’s request to dismiss a sprawling indictment towards him. He is accused of main a cult, taking underage wives and sexually abusing Indigenous girls and ladies. It’s the most recent improvement in a prolonged collection of authorized challenges by the previous “Dances With Wolves” actor that has stalled proceedings for almost a yr. The excessive courtroom’s 4-3 determination to take one other have a look at Chasing Horse’s request comes after a three-member panel of justices upheld the costs and denied him one other listening to. The courtroom didn’t say when it’s going to difficulty a call. Chasing Horse has pleaded not responsible within the Nevada case.

Trump is promoting
‘God Bless the USA’
Bibles for $59.99

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump is hawking Bibles as he runs to return to the White House. The presumptive Republican nominee Tuesday launched a video on his Truth Social platform urging supporters to purchase the “God Bless the USA Bible.” The e book is impressed by nation singer Lee Greenwood’s patriotic ballad “God Bless the USA,” which Trump takes the stage to at his rallies.

The Bible is the most recent business enterprise Trump has pursued throughout his 2024 marketing campaign. Last month, he debuted a line of Trump-branded sneakers, together with $399 gold “Never Surrender High-Tops.” Trump additionally bought digital buying and selling playing cards and books. The effort comes as Trump faces mounting authorized payments whereas combating 4 prison indictments and civil prices.