President threatens to cut off U.S. aid to Palestinians

WASHINGTON — Acknowledging his push to broker peace in the Middle East has stalled, President Donald Trump on Tuesday appeared to threaten to cut off U.S. aid money to the Palestinian Authority, asking why the U.S. should make “any of these massive future payments” when they are “no longer willing to talk peace.”

Trump infuriated Palestinians and Muslims across the Middle East late last year when he announced that the U.S. would consider Jerusalem the capital of Israel and move its embassy there, upending decades of U.S. policy and igniting protests.

While the Palestinians haven’t closed the door to a potential deal with Israel, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said the announcement had destroyed Trump’s credibility as a peace broker.

Joshua Boyle, a Canadian man recently freed with his American wife and three children after years as hostages in Afghanistan, has been arrested on charges including sexual assault and forcible confinement, his lawyer said Tuesday. A publication ban in Canada bars reporting details that could identify victims.

Logan Paul, who has millions of Twitter followers and YouTube subscribers, apologized Tuesday after getting slammed for a video he shared that showed a body hanging in a Japanese forest known as a suicide spot. Critics, who have also gone online, say what was offensive was Paul’s giggling and joking about the body.