AP Headline News Apr 24 2019 07:00 (EDT)

 

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President Trump is making it clear. He doesn't want former or current aides testifying before congress where he says 'it's very partisan' and he's not turning over his tax returns to congress. The White House pushed back Tuesday on 2 fronts against efforts by House Democrats to further scrutinize Trump administration. The Treasury Department failed to comply with House Ways and Means Committee deadline to provide 6 years of President Donald Trump's tax returns. In a letter, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin asked for more time and said he would give the panel a final decision by May 6th. The House Oversight Committee was also rebuffed as former White House personnel security director Carl Kline failed to present himself for a scheduled deposition related to security clearences. Mike Gracio, Washington.

 

This may be Washington's worst kept secrect. We expect Joe Biden to enter the presidential race tomorrow. AP correspondent Ben Thomas is in Washington.

After 2 terms of his Barack Obama's Vice President and nearly 4 decades as U.S Senator from Delaware, Joe Biden ranks as one of the most recognizable and most experienced names in U.S. politics. His high profile working class background and connection to the Obama years should help make the 76 year old a front runner in a crowded Democratic field that now features 20 candidates along with his experience though come question about age. Only Bunny Sanders is older at 77.

 

Today the former mens tennis coach at the University of Texas at Austin is set to plea guilty in the college admissions bribery scandal. Michael Center is expected to plea guilty in Boston Federal court to conspiracy and fraud.

 

Tonight, Texas will excute John William King convicted in the death of a black man who was dragged behind a truck for 3 miles. James Byrd Jr. was 49 years old when he died in 1998. This is AP Radio News.

 

A new U.N. report is issuing a finding on the number of civilians being killed in Afghanistan by international and Afghan forces. AP Correspondent Kathy Ganon is in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Pro government forces including the United States military killed more Afghan civilians in the first 3 months of this year than were killed by insurgents. This is the first time this has happened the number of injuries by far more committed by insurgents.

 

Norte-Dame cathedral's 8,000 pipe organ has escaped undamaged from the fire that engulfed thee building last week. A specialist who resotred the Norte-Dame organ in 2017 chekced the instrument out and said it did not suffer any damage in the fire tat destroyed most of the roof. Rita Foley. AP Radio News.