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Congress will debate an Iran conflict that is well underway

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Congress is about to launch a war powers debate over President Donald Trump's authority to bomb Iran under largely unusual circumstances — he has already done it, and the country is essentially already at war.

Bombs are falling, people are dying and vows of revenge and retribution are being lobbed in escalating threats, all while untold taxpayer dollars are being spent on a military strategy that's expected to continue for weeks with an undefined goal and conclusion. Unlike the run-up to the Iraq War in 2003, which included long debates in Congress... Read More

Travelers stranded as Middle East conflict spreads as governments scramble to bring citizens home

LONDON (AP) — Governments scrambled Monday to help travelers get home after the attack on Iran by the United States and Israel shut down flights through the Middle East.

Tourists and business travelers found themselves stuck unexpectedly in hotels, airports and on cruise ships, with no word on when many airports would reopen or when flights to and through the Middle East would resume. Governments told stranded citizens to shelter in place.

Shutdown airports in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Doha — including Dubai International Airport, one of the busiest in the world — are... Read More

Britain says it's not at war after a drone strikes its Akrotiri base in Cyprus

AKROTIRI, Cyprus (AP) — Britain is not at war, the government said Monday, despite saying it would allow the U.S. to use British bases during its war with Iran and after a Royal Air Force base in Cyprus was struck by an Iranian-made drone.

Sirens sounded again at RAF Akrotiri on Monday and British warplanes were scrambled, apparently in response to a new threat.

More than two decades after Britain followed the United States into a devastating war in Iraq, it is trying to avoid being drawn into a new Middle East conflict with unpredictable consequences.
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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Arkansas' state primaries

WASHINGTON (AP) — Arkansas voters will choose nominees for a full slate of federal, state and local offices in primary elections Tuesday.

The winners will face off in November’s midterm elections in a state that hasn’t elected a Democrat to statewide office since 2010. Besides statewide positions, Republicans also occupy the state’s four U.S. House seats and hold lopsided majorities in both chambers of the state Legislature.

Republican U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton faces two primary opponents in his bid for a third term. The Democratic nominee will be either Lewisville... Read More

Rev. Jesse Jackson returns home to South Carolina to lie in state

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — After a long career of fighting for civil rights, the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. is visiting his home for one last time to lie in state at the South Carolina Capitol on Monday.

The final full honors from the state where he was born is a far cry from his childhood in segregated Greenville, where in 1960 he couldn't go inside the local library's much better funded whites-only branch to check out a book he needed.

Jackson led seven Black high school students into that segregated branch, where they sat down and read books and magazines until they were... Read More

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Congress will debate an Iran conflict that is well underway

Travelers stranded as Middle East conflict spreads as governments scramble to bring citizens home

Britain says it's not at war after a drone strikes its Akrotiri base in Cyprus

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Arkansas' state primaries

Rev. Jesse Jackson returns home to South Carolina to lie in state

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