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WASHINGTON (AP) — A top Democrat says President Donald Trump "certainly listened" to what lawmakers had to say during a White House meeting Thursday on the situation in Iran. Rep. Adam Schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, says congressional leaders urged the president to work with U.S. allies. They stressed the "need for de-escalation" and cautioned the administration about "the risk of unintended consequences" amid heightened tensions in the Middle East.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cory Booker is raising his profile in the crowded Democratic presidential primary by directly challenging Joe Biden on thorny racial issues. The New Jersey senator called on Biden to apologize Wednesday after the former vice president nostalgically referenced the "civility" he maintained during his time in the Senate with two segregationist Democrats in the 1970s. Biden called Booker on Wednesday night, but tension between the two 2020 presidential candidates continued into Thursday.
BEIJING (AP) — North Korea says Kim Jong Un and China's Xi Jinping held broad discussions over the political situation surrounding the Korean Peninsula and called for stronger bilateral ties in the face of "serious and complicated changes" in the region. KCNA said the leaders reached "shared understanding" on the issues they discussed. It didn't report on any specific discussions on the stalled negotiations over Kim's nuclear weapons.
UNDATED (AP) — A U.S. appeals court says new Trump administration rules imposing additional hurdles for women seeking abortions can take effect. Courts in Washington, Oregon and California had blocked the rules from taking effect. The rules ban taxpayer-funded clinics from making abortion referrals and prohibit clinics that receive federal money from sharing office space with abortion providers. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday said the lower courts appeared to have gotten the rulings wrong.
EL PASO, Texas (AP) — An attorney who was part of a legal team that inspected a Border Patrol station near El Paso, Texas, says the conditions in which some 250 infants, children and teens are being held are inhumane. The legal team told The Associated Press that there was inadequate food, water and sanitation. The attorneys say three girls were watching over a sick 2-year-old boy. The lawyers say he wasn't wearing a diaper.
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