Washington – White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham characterized President Donald Trump’s meeting with Democratic officials in Dayton, Ohio, as “very warm” as the group visited victims of a weekend mass shooting. Then Grisham tweeted against those same officials over their press conference after Trump’s visit. Sen. Sherrod Brown and Dayton Mayor Nan Whaley, both [...]

Bogota, Columbia – For weeks, representatives of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his would-be successor, opposition leader Juan Guaidó, have been shuttling back and forth to Barbados trying to agree on a common path out of the country’s prolonged political standoff. The meetings have been slow-going and shrouded in mystery, with neither side disclosing details. [...]

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Israel’s Defense Ministry has authorized plans for the construction of more than 2,300 homes in Jewish communities in Yehuda and Shomron, following sessions of the Civil Administration’s High Planning Subcommittee on Monday and Tuesday.
According to reports, 838 homes passed all stages of construction approval, with another 1,466 approved in the early planning stage. The majority were approved for smaller Jewish communities as opposed to major blocs.
The permits will provide retroactive legalization to Givat Salit in the northern Jordan Valley; Ibei Hanahal in the Judean Desert southeast of Bethlehem; and Haroeh Ha’ivri east of Yerushalayim, which was approved for an educational campus.

Eight Mexicans were among the 22 victims of Saturday’s mass shooting in El Paso, and Mexico is now exploring an unusual legal recourse: seeking the extradition of an American for a crime carried out on American soil.
Mexico has long used legal action to resolve international disputes, analysts say, but requesting the extradition of an American is unlikely to succeed as long as U.S. authorities continue pursuing a criminal case against the 21-year-old suspected shooter.
“At the end of the day, I would be very surprised if the U.S. government were to agree to it,” said John Bellinger III, who served as the State Department’s legal adviser under the George W. Bush administration.