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Israeli President Isaac Herzog has received a letter from U.S. President Donald Trump urging him to consider granting a pardon to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Herzog's office said on Wednesday. Netanyahu has been facing a long-running corruption trial, and Trump has repeatedly asked for a pardon for his close ally. Netanyahu denies the charges and has pleaded not guilty. "While I absolutely respect the independence of the Israeli Justice System, and its requirements, I believe that this 'case' against Bibi, who has fought alongside me for a long time, including against the very tough adversary of Israel, Iran, is a political, unjustified prosecution," Trump said in the letter shared by Herzog's office...

President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning made a formal request to Israeli President Isaac Herzog to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial for corruption and fraud charges. Trump asked Herzog to consider fully pardoning Netanyahu in a letter that Herzog’s office shared. Trump wrote that Netanyahu has been a "formidable and decisive" leader for Israel in a time of war and has led Israel "into a time of peace." "Prime Minister Netanyahu has stood tall for Israel in the face of strong adversaries and long odds, and his attention cannot be unnecessarily diverted," reads the letter...

Mike Johnson, the US House speaker, is expected to swear in Democratic representative-elect Adelita Grijalva on Wednesday afternoon, ending a seven-week standoff that prevented the incoming Arizona legislator from taking her congressional seat and clearing the path for a vote to release the Jeffrey Epstein files. Johnson’s office announced Grijalva will take the oath of office at approximately 4pm EST on the House floor, ahead of a vote to reopen the federal government. The ceremony comes 49 days after Grijalva won a late September special election to succeed her father, longtime congressman Raúl Grijalva, who died in March...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom said a proposal for offshore drilling in the state would be “dead on arrival” as reports have emerged about the Trump administration selling new oil and gas leases in the region. According to The Washington Post, President Donald Trump’s Interior Department is “planning to open the California coast to oil drilling lease sales for the first time in decades.” Under these plans, the Interior Department would conduct six lease sales between 2027 and 2030, a move that Newsom pledged to challenge in court...

For the second day, the Federal Aviation Administration will continue to enforce its mandate to cancel 6% of flights at 40 high-traffic airports, as the U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on a Senate-passed bill to end the government shutdown. As of Wednesday morning, 890 flights within the U.S. had been canceled, and more than 750 flights had been delayed, according to flight tracking website FlightAware...

A nonprofit linked to a Chuck Schumer-affiliated super PAC is spending $1 million on ads targeting 2026 Senate Republican candidates over looming health insurance premium increases. Why it matters: Senate Democrats' government shutdown fight over health care costs is over. Now the party is trying to move that fight to the campaign trail. Majority Forward, a nonprofit aligned with the powerful Senate Majority PAC, is making the seven-figure ad buy in Maine, Ohio, Alaska and Iowa. Each are targets for Senate Democrats in next year's midterms...

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani (D) said he will call President Trump, who has gone after him intensely as his political star has risen, in the coming weeks. “Do you plan to call President Trump?” WNBC’s Melissa Russo asked Mamdani in an interview that aired Tuesday. “I will be reaching out to the White House and — as we prepare to actually take office, because this is a relationship that will be critical to the success of the city,” Mamdani responded...