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Cape Canaveral, Fla.—SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft—the workhorse capsule that ferries astronauts and cargo to the International Space Station—has been th...
The months-long rivalry between President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk erupted into an all-out public brawl on Thursday, sending shockw...
Elon Musk vs. Trump: Tech Titan’s Capitol Clashes Ignite New Political Firestorm Silicon Valley and Washington collided again this week as Elon Mus...
Donald Trump escalated his war of words with tech billionaire Elon Musk on Thursday, calling the Tesla and SpaceX chief “infected with Trump derangeme...
WASHINGTON — The once‐buoyant alliance between former-entrepreneur-in-chief Donald Trump and billionaire technologist Elon Musk has curdled into a pub...
Tesla (TSLA) shares slid more than 5 % intraday Thursday, punctuating a volatile week defined by politics, product speculation and fresh delivery data...
Key Points • The Supreme Court issued a 9-0 decision in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services, ruling that heterosexual employees may pursue dis...
WASHINGTON — In a unanimous decision that could reshape workplace civil-rights litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday lowered the bar for empl...
President Donald Trump has signed a new presidential proclamation that reinstates and expands his controversial nationality-based travel ban, blocking...
The U.S. funeral director profession is under an unprecedented spotlight this summer as state regulators, lawmakers, and grieving families confront a ...
Washington — President Donald Trump unleashed a sweeping immigration order late Wednesday that bars citizens from 12 nations and imposes partial limit...
Washington, D.C. — The United States has announced a sweeping new travel ban that blocks or severely limits entry for nationals of 12 countries and im...
Dateline: Washington, D.C., 5 June 2025 President Donald Trump has reignited a cornerstone of his immigration agenda by signing a sweeping presidenti...
Former White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has officially broken with the Democratic Party and registered as an independent, a shift she wi...
Former New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has re-entered the global spotlight with the release of her highly anticipated memoir, “A Different K...
AMSTERDAM – The Dutch government has fallen after far-right leader Geert Wilders abruptly withdrew his Party for Freedom (PVV) from Prime Minister Dic...
By Washington Correspondent Jane Ellison | June 3, 2025 The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is scrambling to reassure coastal communities ...
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has filed an emergency petition asking the U.S. Supreme Court to lift a nationwide injunction that blocks its sw...
Washington, D.C.—Confusion rippled through the Federal Emergency Management Agency this week after acting FEMA Administrator David Richardson reported...
Lead Image: (Optional) Former President Bill Clinton and author James Patterson discuss “The First Gentleman.” Photo credit: CBS News. H2: Bill Clint...
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is refunding tax filers at a brisker pace this year, and the typical payout is climbing. Through April 4 the agency...
In a week dominated by sharpened rhetoric and rapid-fire policy moves, the United States and China have plunged deeper into a multidimensional contest...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents swarmed popular Italian eatery Buona Forchetta and its sister wine bar, Enoteca Buona Forchetta,...
H1: U.S. Healthcare Enters a Pivotal Phase as Telehealth, AI and Policy Deadlines Converge Intro The U.S. healthcare sector is racing toward a wate...
Iowa’s senior Republican senator, Joni Ernst, is facing a wave of criticism after a tense Butler County town-hall meeting where she defended GOP propo...
WASHINGTON—In a sharp escalation of the Trump administration’s long-running feud with the American Bar Association (ABA), Attorney General Pam Bondi o...
INTRODUCTION Bernie Kerik, the hard-charging former New York City police commissioner who became a household name after the September 11, 2001 attac...
BOSTON — In the latest Boston news, a fiery mayoral forum in Dorchester Wednesday night laid bare the city’s deep divide over immigration policy, pitt...
Turmoil returned to beloved New England grocer Market Basket this week as the board of directors placed longtime CEO Arthur T. Demoulas on paid admini...
Byline: Washington, D.C. — May 29 2025 Intro Former President Donald Trump’s latest call for sweeping import levies—anchored by a 10 percent “unive...
Why tariffs are back in the headlines Global trade disputes have intensified in 2025, and the word “tariffs” is driving record search traffic as gov...
Lead paragraph The dramatic implosion of OceanGate’s Titan submersible in June 2023—5 days after it began its ill-fated dive to the RMS Titanic—cont...
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Reality-TV matriarch Julie Chrisley has been released from federal custody today after receiving a full presidential pardon, ending t...
Lead A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) has issued a sweeping decision that blocks former President Donald Trump’s l...
In a dramatic act of executive clemency, President Donald Trump on Wednesday commuted the triple-life federal sentences of Larry Hoover, the 74-year-o...
Former New York congressman Michael Grimm has received a full presidential pardon from Donald Trump, wiping away the felony tax-fraud conviction that ...
Baton Rouge rap star NBA YoungBoy—legal name Kentrell Gaulden—was catapulted back into headlines today after receiving a full presidential pardon from...
A Wall Street nickname just sent former President Donald Trump into full-blown damage-control mode. During a press gaggle in New York on Wednesday, CN...
UPDATED: May 28 2025, 12:05 p.m. CT Former Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover, co-founder of the Gangster Disciples, is leaving federal prison after re...
Emil Bove, a former top Justice Department official and one-time member of Donald Trump’s criminal-defense team, is suddenly at the center of Washingt...
Lead Wall Street has a new catch-phrase that’s moving markets: the “TACO trade.” Born on trading desks and now ricocheting across social media, the a...
En medio de la escalada militar en Ucrania, el presidente ruso Vladímir Putin ha puesto sobre la mesa nuevas condiciones para un eventual alto el fueg...
Judge Jeanine Pirro, the longtime Fox News personality and former New York prosecutor, was formally sworn in today as interim U.S. Attorney for the Di...
Washington—The Trump administration has ordered U.S. embassies worldwide to pause scheduling new interviews for student (F-1, M-1) and exchange visito...
Elon Musk’s whirlwind week underscores his outsized influence on everything from Wall Street to the launchpad. Return-to-Office Decree Re-energizes T...
A new era dawned over Vatican City this month as Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost—a Chicago-born Augustinian missionary—emerged from the 2025 conclave ...
Legendary singer-songwriter Elton John has blasted the UK government’s proposed changes to copyright law that would let technology companies train art...
U2 frontman Bono seized international headlines this week after an impassioned appearance at London’s Ivor Novello Awards, where he condemned both Isr...
Spike Lee’s long-awaited reunion with Denzel Washington lit up the 78th Cannes Film Festival this week as “Highest 2 Lowest” premiered to thunderous a...
Lead paragraph Reality-TV personalities Todd and Julie Chrisley—stars of USA Network’s “Chrisley Knows Best”—are set to leave federal prison after P...
Lead paragraph U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville ignited Alabama’s 2026 governor’s race on Tuesday by officially declaring his candidacy, a move that immed...
Reality TV personalities Todd and Julie Chrisley have received full presidential pardons, wiping away their 2022 federal convictions for bank fraud, t...
MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Alabama’s 2026 governor’s race exploded into the national spotlight Tuesday when first-term U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville formally launc...
Lead: Automakers, tech firms, and regulators are accelerating the shift toward electric and self-driving cars in late May 2025, marking one of the ind...
Kayleigh McEnany, the former White House press secretary turned Fox News anchor, ignited a fresh media cycle this week with two high-profile on-air ex...
Reality-TV patriarch Todd Chrisley is set to walk free years ahead of schedule after former President Donald Trump announced plans to grant full pardo...
Reality-TV power couple Todd and Julie Chrisley—stars of USA Network’s “Chrisley Knows Best”—are on the brink of an unexpected homecoming after the Wh...
U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, the former Auburn University football coach who rode his gridiron fame to Capitol Hill, has formally jumped into the 2026 ...
WASHINGTON—The Trump administration has ordered U.S. embassies worldwide to suspend scheduling new F-1 and J-1 visa interviews, effectively pausing th...
Washington — The U.S. State Department has ordered every American embassy and consulate to “pause scheduling” new student-visa and exchange-visitor ap...
New 2025 Benefits Guide Released The Department of Veterans Affairs has quietly published the “2025 Federal Benefits Guide for Veterans, Dependents,...
WASHINGTON—The U.S. State Department has ordered all embassies and consulates to suspend scheduling new F-1 and J-1 student-visa interviews while offi...
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has formally removed routine COVID-19 vaccination for healthy children and pregna...
H2: Key Takeaways on Stimulus Checks in 2025 • No new federal stimulus checks are approved as of May 2025. • The deadline to claim the third Econo...
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is dominating tax-related headlines again as summer approaches, and millions of Americans want to know what it mean...
Brunei’s long-serving monarch, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, is resting in Kuala Lumpur’s National Heart Institute after experiencing fatigue during this w...
Trump Media & Technology Group Corp. (NASDAQ: DJT) shares spiked more than 9 % in pre-market trading on Tuesday, touching $28.10 after closing at $25....
House Speaker Mike Johnson is riding a political high after shepherding his sweeping “Big, Beautiful Bill” through the House, but the victory lap may ...
Former Chicago mayor and ex-U.S. ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel is signaling that his return to American politics could come at the very top of the ...
Far-right activist Tommy Robinson—born Stephen Yaxley-Lennon—walked free from HMP Woodhill today after judges ruled he had “purged” the contempt that ...
PHILADELPHIA – A Memorial Day gathering at Fairmount Park turned tragic late Monday when gunfire erupted near Lemon Hill Drive and Poplar Drive, leavi...
Lead: In a fresh clash with higher education, President Donald Trump has threatened to strip an additional $3 billion in federal research grants from ...
Updated Front Lines: Russia–Ukraine Conflict Sees Record Drone Strikes, Shifting Diplomacy Introduction Russia’s overnight drone campaign and evolv...
French President Emmanuel Macron shrugged off an awkward moment caught on camera as he and First Lady Brigitte Macron landed in Hanoi, Vietnam late Su...
WASHINGTON—Speculation over a potential “stimulus check 2025” is heating up as Americans look for relief from persistent inflation, high consumer debt...
Singapore Sets Sights on Green Power Imports, Trade Facilitation as Cabinet Reshuffle Signals Fresh Policy Push H2: Accelerating the Energy Transitio...
Hollywood legend Jane Fonda, now 87, continues to command global attention with a one-two punch of red-carpet glamour and unapologetic activism that k...
Legendary singer-songwriter Sir Elton John has blasted the UK government’s draft plan to let technology companies train generative artificial-intellig...
Manila, Philippines — Freddie Aguilar, the Filipino folk icon whose 1978 ballad “Anak” became one of the most translated Asian songs in history, passe...
PHILADELPHIA—A Memorial Day gathering in Fairmount Park turned tragic late Monday night when gunfire erupted near Lemon Hill Drive, leaving two adults...
Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park was shaken late Monday night when gunfire ripped through a crowded car-meet on Lemon Hill Drive, leaving two people dead...
A late-night burst of gunfire in Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park has left two people dead and eight others wounded, jolting a city that had only recentl...
Intro Sir David Frost is surging back into the cultural conversation thanks to “David Frost Vs,” a six-part documentary series now rolling out on Sky ...
Minnesota braces for a momentous Memorial Day weekend marked by legislative suspense, weather whiplash, and reflection on the five-year anniversary of...
Manila — Pumanaw na ang Filipino folk legend na si Freddie Aguilar ngayong Martes, 27 Mayo 2025, bandang 1:30 a.m. sa Philippine Heart Center sa Quezo...
Lead: UNESCO has announced that Ecuador’s Afro-Ecuadorian Social Development Foundation, AZÚCAR, and European Council President António Costa will rec...
Former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins received an unconditional pardon from former President Donald Trump on Monday, abruptly overturning a 10-...
Donald Trump Issues Full Pardon to Former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins Culpeper, Va.—In a move that immediately reignited debate over politi...
Dateline: Culpeper, Va. – Former Culpeper County Sheriff Scott Jenkins has received a full presidential pardon from Donald Trump, wiping away the 10-y...
WASHINGTON — More than 72 million retirees, disabled workers and their families will soon see bigger payments, after the Social Security Administratio...
Veteran New York Congressman Charlie Rangel, a towering figure in Harlem politics and the first Black chair of the powerful House Ways and Means Commi...
Subheading: Viral Tarmac Moment Puts Spotlight on Macron’s Vietnam Tour A short clip of First Lady Brigitte Macron play-pushing President Emmanuel M...
French First Lady Brigitte Macron has rocketed back into international headlines after a brief, eyebrow-raising moment on the tarmac in Hanoi went vir...
Mauritius Secures Historic Chagos Sovereignty Deal With UK—What It Means for the Indian Ocean PORT LOUIS/LONDON—Mauritius has signed a landmark £3.4 ...
Donald Trump’s holiday messages have long doubled as political megaphones, and his 2025 Memorial Day post on Truth Social was no exception. In an all-...
French First Lady Brigitte Macron is once again at the center of online buzz after a short clip appeared to show her pushing President Emmanuel Macron...
Former President Donald Trump ignited fresh controversy on Memorial Day 2025 with a predawn Truth Social post that wished Americans a “HAPPY MEMORIAL ...
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron began a high-stakes tour of Asia this week, landing in Vietnam with an ambitious agenda that combines defense...
Lead–Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Orders Sweeping Pentagon Press Lockdown The Pentagon has abruptly overhauled decades-old rules that allowed repo...
Key Points • Charles B. “Charlie” Rangel, longtime Harlem congressman and founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, died May 26, 2025, at a...
Washington, D.C.—President Donald Trump marked Memorial Day 2025 with a morning tour at Arlington National Cemetery and a combustible Truth Social pos...
Subheading: Holiday-weekend violence rocks normally tranquil coastal community Little River, S.C. — An evening of Memorial Day festivities turned cha...
Dateline: Hanoi, Vietnam – 26 May 2025 French President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron found themselves at the center of a social-med...
HANOI—French President Emmanuel Macron began a three-day visit to Vietnam on 26 May, sealing more than €9 billion ($10.25 billion) in contracts that P...
French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte Macron, landed in Hanoi on Sunday night to begin a three-day state visit meant to deepen Franc...
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, speaking at Princeton University’s baccalaureate ceremony on 25 May 2025, urged graduates to “embrace risk, value...
French First Lady Brigitte Macron sparked a social-media storm overnight after she was caught on camera appearing to place both hands on President Emm...
Little River, S.C. — A Memorial Day weekend celebration turned chaotic late Sunday when gunfire erupted on Watson Avenue in the Little River community...
French President Emmanuel Macron began a week-long tour of Southeast Asia on Sunday, landing in Hanoi for the first visit to Vietnam by a French head ...
Veteran actor Robert De Niro turned the spotlight political as he accepted the Honorary Palme d’Or during the opening ceremony of the 78th Cannes Film...
Ukraine faces its most intense aerial onslaught of the war as Russian forces launch an unprecedented drone-and-missile barrage across every region of ...
In an unusually blunt rebuke, former U.S. President Donald Trump declared that Russian leader Vladimir Putin “has gone absolutely CRAZY” after Russia ...
Former US President Donald Trump has escalated his public pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin after a two-hour phone call last week that the ...
The Senate GOP is signaling a major rewrite of former President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax-and-spending proposal, warning that the bill will not clea...
H2: Wall Street’s “Sell America” Moment: Why Investors Are Dumping U.S. Bonds H3: What “Sell America” Means For decades, U.S. Treasuries were the g...
New York—Prestigious Wall Street litigation shop Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP is reeling after four of its most recognizable courtroom...
LOS ANGELES — Twitch sensation Hasan Piker, better known online as “HasanAbi,” has been slapped with a sudden suspension after platform moderators rul...
The global conversation around unidentified flying objects (UFOs)—now officially labeled UAPs (unidentified anomalous phenomena)—has surged again afte...
Immediate Suspension Hits Top Political Streamer Twitch abruptly suspended Hasan “HasanAbi” Piker on 25 May 2025, blocking his 2.8 million-follower ...
Gript’s Sudden Surge: Why the Irish News Outlet Is Dominating Social Feeds H2: What Is Gript and Who Runs It? Founded in 2019 by editor-in-chief John...
The world’s fascination with public figures has reached new peaks in 2025, according to fresh search-engine analytics that sifted more than 25 billion...
Georgia Power’s three-year rate freeze proposal: what it means for customers, bills, and the 2025 PSC elections A surprise deal unveiled this week wo...
Baghdad—The marble halls once reserved for Saddam Hussein’s inner circle echoed with cheers this weekend as the American University of Baghdad (AUB) a...
Left-wing Twitch megastar Hasan “HasanAbi” Piker is again dominating social feeds after a hectic fortnight that saw the political commentator detained...
<p><strong>Washington, D.C. — The Trump administration enters late May 2025 under intense scrutiny as a trio of fast-moving storylines converge: aggre...
Millions of Americans are Googling “Social Security benefits” this week as the 2.5 % cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2025 takes effect and a rare...
Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court has temporarily blocked a lower-court order that would have required the Department of Government Efficiency...
Liberty University’s name vaulted onto this week’s Google Trends chart after the evangelical institution in Lynchburg, Virginia held its largest Comme...