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In our news wrap Friday, Israeli forces widened their offensive on the central Gaza strip after flattening much of the north, landslides triggered by heavy rain in eastern Congo have killed at least 20 more people, forecasters warn of high

Russia unleashed a massive, 18-hour aerial assault on Ukraine, killing at least 30 people and wounding more than 140 others. The barrage comes as Ukrainian officials are urgently pleading for more air defense systems from their Western allies. Stephanie Sy

Trump is blocked from the GOP primary ballot in two states. Can he still run for president?  ABC News

Maine’s top election official ruled that Donald Trump is ineligible to appear on the state’s primary ballot, citing his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The secretary of state said she made her decision after receiving three challenges from voters.

New York Times columnist David Brooks and Washington Post associate editor Jonathan Capehart join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the backlash around Nikki Haley’s comments on the causes of the Civil War, the question of whether

In Maine, Questions Over Decision to Push Trump Off the Ballot  The New York Times Maine’s secretary of state explains her reasons for barring Trump from primary ballot  CBS News Maine Casts Its Ballot for Trump – WSJ  The Wall Street Journal GOP

U.K. chip designer Arm, which raised $5.2 billion in the year’s biggest IPO, was among the companies to debut on Nasdaq.

The GOP presidential candidate made a political mistake with her initial comments. But she wasn’t wrong.

Ohio Governor Mike DeWine vetoed a bill that would ban any gender transition care for minors on Dec. 29, breaking with his own party’s legislature, which had voted to pass the measure earlier in December.  Capping a year in which

A look at one man and his family in Gaza who went from being a successful cattle farmer in the north to now living in a van with no water and little hope.