Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ May 8 The Washington Post on Trump’s second tariff defeat The Trump administration is trying to pick up the pieces of its global tariff agenda after a major Supreme Court rebuke this term. That might not be as easy as administration officials hoped, judging […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Pop star Debbie Gibson and Terry “Geezer” Butler, co-founder of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath, are singing the same tune when it comes to sparing dogs from medical experiments. The unlikely pair came together Tuesday not for a most unusual duet, but instead to praise ongoing efforts to find new […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Kash Patel angrily lashed out at a Democratic lawmaker at a budget hearing Tuesday, calling allegations that he drinks excessively on the job and has been unreachable at times to his staff “unequivocally, categorically false.” “I will not be tarnished by baseless allegations,” Patel told Sen. Chris Van Hollen when […]
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump won’t have to pay an $83 million defamation award to a longtime advice columnist until the U.S. Supreme Court gets a chance to review the case or reject an appeal, according to a court entry Tuesday. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to a request by […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s plan to put weapons in space — pitched as a “Golden Dome for America” missile defense program — is estimated to cost $1.2 trillion, according to a new analysis from the Congressional Budget Office, a far heftier sum than the initial $175 billion price tag he gave last year. […]
ATLANTA (AP) — A man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to an auto break-in last year in Atlanta that police say resulted in the theft of unreleased music by Beyoncé. Kelvin Evans, 41, entered guilty pleas in Fulton County Superior Court to entering an automobile and criminal trespass. He was sentenced to two years in prison, […]
The pill helped give birth to modern America. Known by one simple word, the revolutionary oral contraceptive — approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration 66 years ago — didn’t just prevent innumerable pregnancies. It gave women new freedom, changing family life and society forever. “Its introduction in the 1960s afforded U.S. women this […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Marty Makary, is resigning after a rocky tenure that drew months of complaints from health industry executives, anti-abortion activists and other allies of President Donald Trump. He steps down after just over a year leading the powerful health regulatory agency, according to a […]
What if unanticipated expenses exceed your emergency reserves? You have options, and I’ve ranked them from most palatable to least. 1. Your own emergency fund/short-term securities Emergency funds should be held outside of tax-sheltered wrappers and include highly liquid investments like bank savings accounts, money market accounts, and so on. If you’re working, your emergency […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The American obsession with the iPhone is complicated, as most love-hate relationships are. It sometimes seems like a talisman so magical that we can’t fathom living without all the pleasures and conveniences that it bestows almost anytime or anywhere. The iPhone, and its smartphone brethren, enable pictures that can be posted […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Presenting a utility bill as a valid form of identification at a voting precinct in West Virginia has gone the way of the tavern polling place and the punch-card ballot. State lawmakers tightened an existing voter identification law by requiring photo ID at the polls, with some exceptions. The law was […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein’s defense urged jurors Tuesday to put an end to a #MeToo-era rape case that has gone to trial three times, arguing that the former Hollywood honcho should be acquitted. “It’s just not true,” lawyer Marc Agnifilo said as closing arguments began in the retrial of an allegation that Weinstein […]
FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) — A 41-year-old man struck and killed by a plane taking off at Denver International Airport was intending to end his own life when he scaled a remote fence and walked onto a runway, authorities said Tuesday. Sterling McLaren, chief medical examiner for the city and county of Denver, said no […]
BOSTON (AP) — A man with an assault-style rifle fired randomly at passing cars while striding down a busy road outside Boston, wounding two people and sending drivers scrambling until he was wounded when a state trooper and a former Marine opened fire, authorities said. As bullets tore through at least a dozen cars, including […]
Prominent U.S. executives have been A group of top executives from American tech, finance and agricultural companies have been invited to join President Donald Trump on his trip to China this week, according to a White House official. Trump is set to leave Tuesday for Beijing to meet with President Xi Jinping. Aside from discussions […]
BALTIMORE (AP) — The Singapore-based operator of the ship that crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to collapse and killing six people, has been indicted along with a key employee, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. The indictment names Synergy Marine Pte Ltd., based in Singapore, and Synergy Maritime Pte Ltd., based in Chennai, […]
ORVAULT, France (AP) — At night, silence fell over the Louisiana immigration detention facility where 85-year-old Marie-Thérèse Ross was held. Then the wailing began. ’’Children crying, and even babies,” said Ross, the French widow of a U.S. military veteran, whose arrest last month as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown made international headlines. Ross […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer prices climbed sharply again last month as the 10-week war with Iran pushed energy prices higher. The Labor Department reported Tuesday that its consumer price index rose 3.8% from April 2025. On a month-to-month basis, April prices rose 0.6% from March as gasoline prices rose 5.4%. Excluding volatile food and […]
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faces a new round of questioning from lawmakers over the Iran war Tuesday, including some Republicans who have expressed concerns over the length of the conflict and its lack of congressional approval. President Donald Trump is facing increasing pressure from the economic shocks of Iran effectively closing the Strait of Hormuz, […]
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 20 years after it redefined fast shipping, Amazon is preparing to raise the bar on consumer expectations again by offering to fulfill customers’ most urgent product needs in a half-hour or less for an extra fee. The company, which revolutionized online shopping in 2005 with two-day deliveries for Prime […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will face a new round of questioning from lawmakers over the Iran war Tuesday, including some Republicans who have expressed concerns over the length of the conflict and its lack of congressional approval. The powerful House and Senate subcommittees that oversee defense spending are holding back-to-back hearings to […]
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel sent Iron Dome anti-missile batteries and personnel to operate them to the United Arab Emirates to defend the country during the Iran war, the U.S. ambassador to the country said Tuesday. Mike Huckabee made the comment on stage at an event in Tel Aviv, Israel. “I’d like to say […]
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares traded mixed early Tuesday as optimism encouraged by a record rally on Wall Street clashed with anxiety about surging oil prices and a possible AI bubble. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.7% to 62,881.03. South Korea’s Kospi dropped 1.2% to 7,726.30, in what analysts are categorizing as fallout from overreliance […]
HONOLULU (AP) — Two states could try a new way to reduce the influence of corporations and hard-to-track “dark money” groups that have been able to spend unlimited amounts on politics since the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling. Hawaii lawmakers on Friday sent a bill to the governor that would […]
