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King Charles Grasped 'Opportunity' on US Trip, Palace Says
King Charles III's US state visit was a "risk and challenge" that he "grasped in both hands", a palace aide said Sunday as the monarch returned from a widely praised trip.Charles left for the UK from Bermuda Saturday following what a senior royal aide called a "historic"...
Sun, 03 May 2026 06:39:06 EDTUS Airlines Step Up as Spirit Winds Down
US air carriers on Saturday mobilized to help passengers and crew members stranded by the overnight shutdown of Spirit Airlines, after the low-cost carrier's last-minute talks with creditors and the White House collapsed.Spirit, known for its bright yellow planes, succumbed...
Sun, 03 May 2026 06:26:08 EDTIranian Nobel Laureate Narges Mohammadi Hospitalized After a Health Crisis in Prison
Iran's imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has been urgently transferred from prison to a hospital in northwestern Iran after a "catastrophic deterioration" of her health, her foundation said Friday.The Narges Mohammadi Foundation said the Nobel Prize...
Sun, 03 May 2026 06:21:19 EDTCubans Struggle to Survive on Pocket-Size Government Ration Books as Products Dwindle
José Luis Amate López hasn't had a customer in almost two weeks, not counting the scrawny brown kitten that slinks around the bodega where he works in central Havana.The shelves once laden with goods during his childhood sat nearly empty in late April, with barely anything...
Sun, 03 May 2026 06:15:30 EDTUkraine Hits Key Russian Oil-Loading Port and 2 'Shadow Fleet' Tankers
Ukraine on Sunday launched a wave of strikes against Russia's oil export infrastructure, hitting a key loading port on the Baltic Sea and two tankers that Ukraine alleges were illegally used to transport Russian crude.A nighttime drone strike sparked a blaze at Russia's...
Sun, 03 May 2026 06:02:45 EDTTrump Says Cutting US Troop Numbers in Germany 'Way Down'
President Donald Trump on Saturday doubled down on Washington's decision to withdraw 5,000 US troops from Germany, as a rift in transatlantic ties deepens over the Middle East war.The Pentagon announced the 5,000-troop reduction on Friday, but Trump told reporters Saturday...
Sun, 03 May 2026 05:37:55 EDTTrump Says US Not Likely to Accept New Iran Peace Proposal
President Donald Trump said Saturday he will review a new Iranian peace proposal, but cast doubt over its prospects as he left open the possibility of future attacks on Iran.Negotiations between the two countries have been deadlocked since a ceasefire came into effect on...
Sun, 03 May 2026 05:16:31 EDTGolden Tempo Wins Kentucky Derby, First Female Trainer Makes History
Golden Tempo won the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, making Cherie DeVaux the first woman to train the winner of the opening leg of the Triple Crown.The horse charged down the stretch to make history for DeVaux in the 1 1/8-mile race. Renegade was second and long shot Ocelli...
Sat, 02 May 2026 19:16:09 EDTRep. Thompson Vows Fight as VRA Ruling Reshapes South
Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., said Saturday that Democrats face "a fight ahead of us" as Republican-led Southern states move to redraw congressional maps following the Supreme Court's decision narrowing a core enforcement tool of the Voting Rights Act.
Sat, 02 May 2026 18:42:25 EDTGOP Fears ICE-Linked Candidate Could Cost Ohio Seat
Republicans in Ohio are growing uneasy that a contentious primary, fueled by their candidate’s ties to controversial immigration enforcement, could cost them a prime chance to flip a battleground House seat in November, Politico reported on Saturday.
Sat, 02 May 2026 18:20:11 EDTNewsom Defamation Suit Against Fox News Clears Key Hurdle
A Delaware judge on Thursday refused to throw out a $787 million defamation lawsuit brought by California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) against Fox News, ruling the governor has plausibly alleged the network knowingly aired false claims that he lied about a phone call with...
Sat, 02 May 2026 17:55:27 EDTBlanche Blasts Obama Over Comments on Trump Shooting Motive
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche criticized former President Barack Obama for suggesting the motive behind last week's shooting near the White House Correspondents' Dinner remains unclear, arguing that investigators already have evidence pointing to why the suspect...
Sat, 02 May 2026 16:01:32 EDTDrugmaker Seeks Block on Abortion Pill Telehealth Ban
As of May 2, 2026, mifepristone manufacturer Danco Laboratories has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to freeze a federal appeals court order that cut off telehealth and mail-order access to the mifepristone abortion pill nationwide, warning that letting the ruling stand will...
Sat, 02 May 2026 14:50:30 EDTUN's Guterres: Money Owed by US Is 'Non-Negotiable'
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that the billions of dollars the United States owes to the world body is "non-negotiable," after reports that Washington had placed conditions on releasing the funds.
Sat, 02 May 2026 14:40:42 EDTTrump Allies Seek Funds for Mall Overhaul, Golf Plan
A Washington Post report on Saturday details a new fundraising effort tied to President Donald Trump's plans to reshape parts of Washington, D.C.'s waterfront, including East Potomac Golf Course and the proposed National Garden of American Heroes.
Sat, 02 May 2026 13:22:36 EDTUSGS Maps Vast Lithium Reserve Under Eastern States
The Appalachian region holds an estimated 2.3 million metric tons of undiscovered, economically recoverable lithium, enough to replace 328 years of U.S. imports at last year's level, according to a U.S. Geological Survey assessment released April 28 that could reshape how...
Sat, 02 May 2026 13:05:52 EDT2028 Dem Hopefuls Privately Courting Wall St. Donors
A Wall Street-heavy donor group has held private listening sessions with Democrats weighing 2028 presidential bids, including Sen. Mark Kelly of Ariz., former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, and Govs. Andy Beshear (Ky.) and Josh Shapiro (Pa.), the WSJ reported.
Sat, 02 May 2026 13:02:18 EDTGOP Defense Chairs Warn on Germany Troop Withdrawal
Senate Armed Services Chairman Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and House Armed Services Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., on Saturday raised concerns about President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw a U.S. brigade from Germany, warning the move could weaken deterrence in Europe and...
Sat, 02 May 2026 12:33:57 EDTPlatner, Schumer Unite on Working-Class Campaign
Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner struck a conciliatory tone toward party leadership in remarks to Newsweek on Saturday, while making clear he will not abandon his populist campaign strategy as Democrats target a potential pickup in Maine.
Sat, 02 May 2026 12:01:30 EDTAxes, 'Bloodbath' Note Tied to Plot on Dutch Royal Heirs
Dutch prosecutors say a 33-year-old man prepared an attack on Crown Princess Catharina-Amalia and her sister Princess Alexia earlier this year, and the first procedural hearing in the case is scheduled for Monday in The Hague.
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