WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump recently blasted the accuracy of global warming projections in a Truth Social post that itself painted a distorted view of the science, projections and how the international community discusses climate policy. Every several years, the United Nations produces massive scientific reports on what’s happening and likely to happen with […]
The New York Times sued the Defense Department on Monday for the second time in five months, arguing that a requirement that journalists be escorted while on Pentagon grounds violates the First Amendment. The escort policy is “an unconstitutional attempt by the Pentagon to prevent independent reporting on military affairs,” a Times spokesman, Charlie Stadtlander, […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is pausing its participation on a joint board with Canada for continental defense that dates back to World War II, the Pentagon announced Monday, accusing Canada of failing “to make credible progress on its defense commitments.” President Donald Trump has long accused Canada and other NATO countries of spending […]
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Authorities say two teenage suspects opened fire at an Islamic center in San Diego on Monday, killing three men before killing themselves. The case is being investigated as a hate crime, police say. The Islamic Center is the largest mosque in San Diego County, according to its website. :Here is the […]
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A fast-growing wildfire sparked by the fatal crash of a small medical plane outside Ruidoso, New Mexico, has triggered evacuations for a rural area north of the Capitan Mountains and closures in the Lincoln National Forest, officials said Monday. The plane was en route from Roswell Air Center to Sierra Blanca […]
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Alex Murdaugh has filed a lawsuit against the court clerk whose behavior during his murder trial led the South Carolina Supreme Court to overturn his convictions and life sentence for the deaths of his wife and son. The suit filed Sunday in federal court against former Colleton County Clerk of Court […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump ‘s allies who believe they were wrongly prosecuted by the Biden administration could soon have access to a $1.7 billion dollar compensation fund, the Justice Department announced Monday, in a move slammed by Democrats as unconstitutional and corrupt. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said in a statement that the […]
President Donald Trump is set to make more medications available on his discounted-drug website TrumpRx on Monday, according to a White House official who spoke on condition of anonymity to preview the remarks. The expanded offerings, to be announced at an afternoon White House healthcare affordability event, could beef up a government website that the […]
San Diego police are responding to an active shooter at the Islamic Center of San Diego. Officer Anthony Carrasco says they believe people have been shot. Aerial television footage shows a heavy police presence outside the mosque. The mosque is in a heavily residential neighborhood about 9 miles (14 km) north of downtown San Diego. […]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A fast-growing brush fire ignited Monday morning in Southern California, prompting evacuation orders and damaging at least one home. The fire was reported just after 10 a.m. in Simi Valley, a city in Ventura County about 30 miles (48 kilometers) northwest of Los Angeles. The blaze had spread to over 180 […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said he is holding off on a military strike on Iran planned for Tuesday because “serious negotiations” are underway. Trump’s announcement in a social media post Monday came as he had threated the clock was ticking for Iran to strike a deal or fighting would renew after a fragile […]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — After the two Navy jets collided in midair, the planes sandwiched together, all four crew members were able to eject and deploy their parachutes, floating down to safety as the aircraft careened into a field, exploding into a fireball. The collision happened Sunday during the “Gunfighter Skies” air show at the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that the U.S. will give a 30-day extension for countries to import Russian oil that is already in tankers at sea, a move that is meant to reduce the oil supply shortages caused by the Iran war. The announcement marks a continued policy reversal by an […]
Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ May 16 The Washington Post on Kamala Harris pushing Democrats to pack the SCOTUS The rule of law for thee, but not me? To “fight fire with fire,” former vice president Kamala Harris is calling on Democrats to consider packing the Supreme Court with […]
A group founded by Cuban exiles known as Brothers to the Rescue is at the center of the U.S. Justice Department’s decision to seek an indictment against Cuban leader Raúl Castro, a move that would revive one of the lowest points in the bitter decades-long bilateral relationship. One person familiar with the investigation told The […]
NUUK, Greeland (AP) — Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen said Monday that he had a respectful and positive meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump ’s special envoy to the Arctic territory, but that he made it clear that the Greenlandic people continue to insist on self-determination. Greenland is a semiautonomous territory of NATO ally Denmark, […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Commuters in New York City’s suburbs navigated a gauntlet of car, bus and subway routes to get to work Monday after a strike on the Long Island Rail Road that shut down the nation’s busiest commuter rail system entered its third day. Unions representing rail workers and the Metropolitan Transportation Agency, […]
ACWORTH, Ga. (AP) — Georgia Rep. Mike Collins, who wants to take on Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff in November, happily calls himself a warrior for President Donald Trump and his “Make America Great Again” movement. Although it’s a sensible calling card for anyone vying for a Republican nomination these days, even some of his supporters […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court acted in a Voting Rights Act case brought by Native American tribes on Monday, saying a closely watched ruling needs to be reconsidered after the high court weakened the Civil Rights-era law. The justices ordered lower courts to take another look at the decision that went against the tribes […]
NEW YORK (AP) — A gun and notebook that prosecutors say link Luigi Mangione to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson can be used as evidence at his murder trial, a judge ruled Monday, rejecting a defense argument that they were seized illegally, before a search warrant was obtained. Judge Gregory Carro’s decision, five […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday moved to withdraw his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns after reports that a resolution of the case was close at hand. The disclosure was made in a filing in federal court in Florida, where the lawsuit was […]
World shares mostly retreated and oil prices jumped Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump warned Tehran that the “clock is ticking” as U.S.-Iran negotiations over a permanent end to the war stall. U.S. futures fell and markets in Japan and South Korea pulled back from their records. Also, a drone strike sparked a fire on […]
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian military said Monday that a new operation with U.S. forces has killed more than 20 Islamic State group militants in northeastern Borno state. The operation in Metele followed the weekend killing of Abu Bakr al-Mainuki, deputy leader of the group’s local West African “province,” marking a new development in […]
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Three young people were in custody following at least 10 random weekend shootings in Austin, Texas, that left four people injured, city officials said. Driving around the city in stolen vehicles, at least two of the suspects fired at two fire stations, apartment buildings and houses during a string of robberies […]
