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Candidates clash over Trump, costs and political divisions in New Jersey governor's debate 09/21/2025 09:20pm • LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J. (AP) — Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli sparred over the economy, President Donald Trump’s leadership and political division as they faced off Sunday night for the opening debate in New Jersey’s high-stakes governor’s race. It was a combative affair California bans most law enforcement officers from wearing masks during operations 09/20/2025 06:15pm • California became the first state to ban most law enforcement officers, including federal immigration agents, from covering their faces while conducting official business under a bill that was signed Saturday by Gov. Gavin Newsom and swiftly denounced by Trump administration officials. The ban is a Israeli strikes kill 14 in Gaza City as some countries prepare to recognize Palestinian state 09/20/2025 05:09pm • CAIRO (AP) — Scores of Palestinians, many pushing carts of belongings or carrying their possessions on their backs, fled Gaza City on Saturday as Israel ramped up its offensive, including with strikes that health officials said killed at least 14 people overnight. Later in Israel, thousands joine More Americans say Israel has gone too far in the Gaza conflict 09/18/2025 03:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — At a moment of growing international alarm about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, more U.S. adults view Israel's military action in the Palestinian territory as excessive than at the beginning of the war, according to a new poll. About half of Americans say the military respon The Latest: Trump enjoys royal pageantry during unprecedented second UK state visit 09/17/2025 10:05pm • President Donald Trump relished the glow of a British royal spectacle Wednesday, greeted at Windsor Castle on his state visit by King Charles III, military honor guards and mounted troops before paying a private tribute at Queen Elizabeth II’s tomb. No. No U.S. president, or any other world leader Foreign disinformation about Charlie Kirk's killing seeks to widen US divisions 09/17/2025 07:31pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Russia moved to amplify online conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk's killing just hours after it happened, seeding social media with the frightening claim that America is slipping into civil war. Chinese and pro-Iranian groups also spread disinformation about the shooting, wit The Latest: Israeli military presses on with its new ground offensive on Gaza City 09/17/2025 04:03pm • Israeli forces pressed on with a new ground offensive in Gaza City on Wednesday as strikes overnight across the Palestinian territory killed at least 16 people, hospital officials said. Hundreds of thousands remained in the city, the territory’s largest and already in ruins from nearly two years Israeli troops press forward into Gaza City as more Palestinians flee and death toll passes 65,000 09/17/2025 03:57pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli troops and tanks pushed deeper into Gaza City on Wednesday as more people fled the devastated area, and strikes cut off phone and internet services, making it harder for Palestinians to summon ambulances during the military's new offensive. Meanwhile, the Palestinian death FDA proposes ban on Orange B, a food dye not used for decades 09/17/2025 01:43pm • Federal regulators are proposing to remove another artificial dye from the U.S. food supply — Orange B, a synthetic color that hasn't been used in the U.S. for decades. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday that it would seek to repeal the regulation allowing use of the dye approve The Latest: Rubio will head to Qatar after meeting with Netanyahu in Israel 09/15/2025 08:57pm • The U.S. State Department says Secretary of State Marco Rubio will head to Qatar after meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel. The visit announced Monday comes as the region is still reeling from Israel’s strike targeting Hamas leaders in the Qatari capital, Doha. The U.S. has so Little daylight between US and Israel evident as Rubio and Netanyahu meet 09/15/2025 05:12pm • JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel and the United States showed a unified front on Monday in the face of growing international anger over Israel’s airstrikes on Hamas leaders in Qatar and its intensifying bombardment of Gaza City. As Arab and Muslim leaders met in Doha to condemn Israel’s attack last wee Medical Necessity for Medicare: Certificates and Tips 09/14/2025 08:00pm • If you have a bacterial infection, you need to take antibiotics. If health care providers need to determine that you have a broken bone, you'll need to have an X-ray. Those are some examples of medical care that's considered medically necessary, but other procedures, medications and services may be Millions face skyrocketing health insurance costs unless Congress extends subsidies 09/13/2025 07:20am • WASHINGTON (AP) — There's bipartisan support in Congress for extending tax credits that have made health insurance more affordable for millions of people since the COVID-19 pandemic. But the credits are in danger of expiring as Republicans and Democrats clash over how to do it. Democrats are thre Mob of invasive spotted lanternflies appear on DC area's weather radar 09/12/2025 05:31pm • Since crossing into Maryland in 2018, the spotted lanternfly has increasingly left its sticky mark across the D.C. area, damaging plants and pestering residents. The invasive species' latest show of force painted the weather radar Thursday. "It's going to be partly cloudy, with a chance of la 'I love it': Father-daughter duo take the lead at family's Bethesda animal clinic 09/12/2025 05:42am • What’s better than working all day taking care of man’s best friend? Doing it every day with your daughter. In this Small Business September installment, presented by EagleBank, WTOP visited a veterinary clinic in Bethesda, Maryland, where a father is now practicing with his youngest daughter