Here is the latest news from The Associated Press at 11:40 p.m. EDT


Save Story
Leer en español

Estimated read time: 2-3 minutes

This archived news story is available only for your personal, non-commercial use. Information in the story may be outdated or superseded by additional information. Reading or replaying the story in its archived form does not constitute a republication of the story.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is proposing a $4.1 trillion federal budget that slashes safety net programs for the poor, targeting food stamps and Medicaid. It also relies on rosy projections about economic growth to balance the budget within 10 years. The cuts are part of a budget blueprint for the upcoming fiscal year that begins Oct. 1.

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel offered President Donald Trump a warm and smooth welcome in his first visit as president, but the day's events were still shadowed even here by reminders of his tumult back home. Trump solemnly placed a note in the ancient stones of Jerusalem's Western Wall, sending a signal of solidarity to an ally. But Trump unexpectedly offered a new defense of his disclosure of classified information to Russian diplomats in a recent Oval Office meeting.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are expressing alarm at a report alleging that President Donald Trump asked two top intelligence officials to publicly deny collusion between the Russians and the Trump campaign in the 2016 election. Rep. Adam Schiff of California, the ranking Democrat on the House intelligence committee, says The Washington Post's report that Trump tried to enlist the head of the National Security Agency and the national intelligence director to push the White House narrative is "disturbing."

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Three men and two women have been chosen to serve on the sequestered jury that will hear Bill Cosby's sex assault case. Two of the men say they or someone close to them has been a sexual assault victim, but both say they can be fair. All of the jurors selected so far are white in a case that Cosby believes may have racial overtones.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea's disgraced ex-President Park Geun-hye has denied all the corruption charges at the start of a high-profile criminal trial that is expected to take several months. Park told the judge during Tuesday's court session that she has "the same position" as her lawyers, who have argued Park hasn't committed any legal wrongdoing.

Copyright © The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Most recent World stories

Related topics

World
The Associated Press

    STAY IN THE KNOW

    Get informative articles and interesting stories delivered to your inbox weekly. Subscribe to the KSL.com Trending 5.
    By subscribing, you acknowledge and agree to KSL.com's Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

    KSL Weather Forecast