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Editorial Roundup: United States 11/07/2023 02:02pm • Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: Nov. 3 The Washington Post on House Speaker Mike Johnson: The House passed on Thursday night a proposal by Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) that pairs $14.3 billion in emergency funding for Israel with $14.3 billion in cuts to the Internal Feds seize 220 pounds of illegal drugs, including heart-shaped pills 11/07/2023 05:30am • Law enforcement seized 220 pounds of illegal substances worth an estimated $8 million in street value in Massachusetts, the Justice Department announced Monday. According to court documents, the seized drugs included about 900,000 individual doses of powdered fentanyl and 20 pounds of pink, heart 2nd police officer acquitted in death of Elijah McClain, who was put in a neck hold, given ketamine 11/06/2023 10:29pm • BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Elijah McClain's mother wiped tears from her eyes as a verdict was read Monday acquitting a second Denver-area police officer in the 2019 death of her son. Two of three officers to face trial so far avoided prison time after being found not guilty, leaving Sheneen McClain August trial date set for officers charged in Tyre Nichols killing 11/06/2023 12:19pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge on Monday set an August trial date for four former Memphis police officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop in January. During a short hearing on Monday, Shelby County Criminal Court Judge James Jones Jr. announced the Aug. 1 Mississippi has a history of voter suppression. Many see signs of change as Black voters reengage 11/05/2023 08:37am • JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A few years ago, Tiffany Wilburn just didn’t see the point in voting any longer. Her children didn’t have proper school books, health insurance was expensive and hard to get, police abuse continued against Black residents, and her city’s struggle to get clean drinking w War in the Middle East upends the dynamics of 2024 House Democratic primaries 11/04/2023 02:00pm • ST. LOUIS (AP) — Most members of Congress have stood firmly behind Israel since the Hamas attack last month, but not Cori Bush. The Missouri Democrat called Israel’s response a “war crime” and an “ethnic cleansing campaign,” and was among the few House members who opposed a resolution su Ex-State Department official sentenced to nearly 6 years in prison for Capitol riot attacks 11/03/2023 09:05pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — A Marine Corps veteran who served as a politically appointed State Department official in former President Donald Trump's administration was sentenced on Friday to nearly six years in prison for attacking police officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. Federico After raid on fundraiser's home, NYC mayor says he has no knowledge of 'foreign money' in campaign 11/03/2023 08:19pm • New York (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams denied any involvement in illegal political fundraising Friday, but his campaign pledged it would review its books, a day after federal agents raided the home of one of the Democrat's chief fundraisers. “I am outraged and angry if anyone attempted El Salvador electoral tribunal approves Bukele's bid for reelection 11/03/2023 07:08pm • SAN SALVADOR (AP) — El Salvador’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal on Friday ruled President Nayib Bukele can run for reelection next year, even though the country's Constitution technically prohibits it. The decision comes one week after the popular Salvadoran president registered to run with the New Oregon must get criminal defendants attorneys within 7 days or release them from jail, judge says 11/03/2023 06:54pm • A federal judge has ordered Oregon counties to release criminal defendants from jail if they aren’t appointed an attorney within a week of their first court appearance. The state is one of many that have struggled to ensure their public defense systems meet the requirements of the U.S. Constituti Grim yet hopeful addition to National WWII Museum addresses the conflict's world-shaping legacy 11/03/2023 05:00pm • A new, permanent addition to the sprawling National WWII Museum in New Orleans is a three-story complex with displays as daunting as a simulated Nazi concentration camp bunk room, and as inspiring as a violin pieced together from scrap wood by an American prisoner of war. The Liberation Pavilion ope How international law applies to war, and why Hamas and Israel are both alleged to have broken it 11/03/2023 03:00pm • LONDON (AP) — The United Nations says it is collecting evidence of war crimes by both sides in the Israel-Hamas war, which began with the militant group’s brutal Oct. 7 cross-border attack and was followed by Israel's relentless bombardment and a siege of Gaza. At least 1,400 Israelis and more t Can Trump be on the ballot in 2024? It can hinge on the meaning of 'insurrection' 11/03/2023 01:57pm • DENVER (AP) — Can former President Donald Trump run for his old job again after his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol? The answer may depend on the definition of insurrection. Liberal groups have filed lawsuits in Colorado, Minnesota and other states to bar Trump from the ballot The FBI is investigating a Texas sheriff's office, a woman interviewed by agents says 11/03/2023 12:27am • DALLAS (AP) — The FBI is investigating a Texas sheriff who faced complaints of corruption from his own deputies for years before drawing broader scrutiny for his agency's response to a mass shooting, according to a woman interviewed by federal agents. The woman said she's twice met with a pair of Oregon man sentenced for LGBTQ+ hate crimes in Idaho, including trying to hit people with car 11/02/2023 07:44pm • BOISE, Idaho. (AP) — An Oregon man who pleaded guilty in connection with LGBTQ+ hate crimes, including trying to hit people with a car in Idaho last year, has been sentenced to just over three years in prison. Matthew Lehigh was sentenced Thursday to 37 months followed by three years of supervise