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1 day ago | dnronline.com | Ellen Knickmeyer |Farnoush Amiri

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new humanitarian organization that has U.S. backing to take over aid delivery to starving civilians in Gaza said Wednesday that it expects to begin operations before the end of the month — after what it describes as key agreements from Israeli officials. A statement from the group, called the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, identified several U.S. military veterans, former humanitarian coordinators and security contractors that it said would lead the delivery effort.

1 day ago | dnronline.com | Lolita Baldor

Meink has almost four decades of experience in the military and in government, including managing some of the nation’s most sensitive satellite intelligence capabilities and the military’s space portfolio. He previously served as a deputy of the National Reconnaissance Office. While he is the last of the military's three service secretaries to get confirmed, Meink is the one with the most extensive national security and military experience.

2 days ago | dnronline.com | Cody Elliott

BRIDGEWATER — It started with Daniel Hernandez heading to local soccer fields each Sunday, watching his dad playing in local Spanish leagues around Harrisonburg. “I would go and be like, ‘Oh, my dad plays. I want to play, too,’” Hernandez said. But after a few years of spending the start of each week on the pitch with his dad, his parents went through a divorce and his time around the game was quickly taken away from him.

3 days ago | dnronline.com | Bruce Schreiner

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — In solidly Republican Kentucky, resistance to President Donald Trump's trade wars has sprung up from a cross-section of key business sectors, GOP Sen. Rand Paul said Monday. Paul said he's heard concerns from agriculture, the auto sector, bourbon production, home building and package shipping in response to Trump's aggressive use of tariffs. Paul — among the few GOP senators willing to challenge Trump on tariffs — met with a group of Louisville business leaders on Monday.

3 days ago | dnronline.com | Nathaniel Cline

RICHMOND — John Curran, the former Republican candidate for lieutenant governor who said internal sabotage cost him a spot on the primary ballot, announced Monday he is re-entering the race — this time as a GOP-aligned write-in. “Today, I am announcing my WRITE-IN campaign for Lieutenant Governor of Virginia as a Republican,” Curran said in a statement.