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Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia and gubernatorial nominee Keisha Lance Bottom share the stage...

Jon Ossoff and Keisha Lance Bottoms show off head start in Georgia as Republicans battle in runoff

ATLANTA (AP) — Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia blasted his potential general election rivals on Sunday, casting Rep. Mike Collins and former football coach Derek Dooley as unqualified lackeys for President Donald Trump. “It doesn’t matter which one wins,” Ossoff told an exuberant crowd at The Tabernacle, a downtown Atlanta concert venue. “They’re both […]
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Police pass over a barricade as they clash with protesters near the Delaney Hall detention center d...

Newark mayor imposes curfew around Delaney Hall after clashes over immigration detention center

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — The mayor of Newark imposed a curfew early Sunday around an immigration detention center in New Jersey after a series of intense clashes between protestors and police. The curfew around Delaney Hall will be in place between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m. until further notice, Mayor Ras Baraka said in a […]
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Graham Platner, Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks at an event hosted by Sen. Bernie Sand...

Platner’s wife responds to reports of the Senate candidate’s sexually explicit texts with women

WASHINGTON (AP) — Graham Platner’s wife publicly responded over the weekend to reports that she had informed his U.S. Senate campaign that the candidate had previously exchanged sexually explicit text messages with several women. It’s the latest controversy in Platner’s whirlwind campaign to win the Democratic nomination in Maine and then face Republican Sen. Susan […]
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President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the White House, Wednesday, May 27, 2026,...

US strike on an alleged drug boat kills 3 in the eastern Pacific Ocean in fourth attack this week

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said it carried out another strike Saturday on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the eastern Pacific Ocean, killing three men in the fourth attack this week and putting the total death toll at 205. U.S. Southern Command announced the strike with its usual language that the vessel […]
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As the Pentagon pushes for battlefield AI, some military leaders urge caution

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Trump administration is pushing to unleash the power of artificial intelligence for the U.S. military while facing calls to put up guardrails around the rapidly developing technology from some companies — and even notes of caution from top leaders in uniform. Adm. Frank Bradley, head of U.S. Special Operations Command, […]
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San Antonio Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson, center, talks with Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gil...

Gilgeous-Alexander tips his cap after Thunder fall to Spurs in Game 7 to end their title reign

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — When the season ended, and when his team’s reign as NBA champions ended along with it, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander tipped his cap. The Oklahoma City guard — the back-to-back NBA Most Valuable Player — was great in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals. The San Antonio Spurs were greater. And that […]
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From left, Katie Porter, Chad Bianco, Antonio Villaraigosa, Xavier Becerra, Matt Mahan, Steve Hilto...

Here are the top candidates for California governor in Tuesday’s primary

One of the country’s messiest and most consequential governor’s races is hurtling toward an inflection point on Tuesday in California. Voters are looking for a replacement for Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom, and their decision will help determine the future of a state government that is a testing ground for progressive ideas and a punching bag […]
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Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during a May Day rally at Washington Square Park in New York, Friday, M...

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani will skip annual parade celebrating Israel but pledges big police presence

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani will not attend an annual parade honoring Israel on Sunday, breaking with a decades-long political custom because of his support of Palestinian rights. Though it has gone by different names over the years, the Israel Day parade has always been a must-attend event for mayors, […]
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Frankie Valli cancels the remainder of the Four Seasons’ farewell tour, citing health concerns

Associated Press (AP) — Frankie Valli, whose legendary falsetto defines the sound of the 1960s rock group the Four Seasons, has cancelled the remainder of the band’s 2026 tour dates, citing health concerns. “I’m so sorry to disappoint the folks who have purchased tickets to my shows, but I have decided to take the rest […]
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Meteor over Massachusetts causes explosion reports, sightings from Delaware to Montreal

Reports of an explosion from people across New England Saturday afternoon sent police agencies and others scrambling to understand what caused a double boom that shook buildings in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The American Meteor Society said Saturday that the boom was actually a meteor about 3 feet wide entering the atmosphere around the New […]
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President Donald Trump looks out the window of his limousine at the construction in Lafayette Park ...

Trump set to headline ‘Great American State Fair’ after artists drop out over ties

WASHINGTON (AP) — An upcoming celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, “The Great American State Fair,” recently had several musical guests back out because of the event’s connections to President Donald Trump. Now, Trump himself is slated to headline the festivities, the organizers said Saturday. “I understand Artists are getting ‘the yips’ having to do with […]
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FILE - Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., questions witnesses during a hearing of a special House committe...

Markey wins Massachusetts Democrats’ endorsement as Moulton clears ballot hurdle in Senate race

WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) — U.S. Rep. Seth Moulton, a moderate Massachusetts Democrat, secured enough delegate support Saturday to appear on the state’s primary ballot as he challenges incumbent U.S. Sen. Ed Markey in this year’s Senate race. Yet even though Moulton cleared a key hurdle to continue his Senate bid, it was Markey who won […]
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4 of 5 victims of Virginia bus crash were traveling to a family wedding, relative says

A family of four from Massachusetts who were killed when a bus crashed into multiple vehicles in Virginia were traveling to a wedding with a carload of homemade desserts for the celebration. The family wedding will go forward Sunday in South Carolina, but it also will be a time to mourn the loss of Dmitri […]
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The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts is seen in Washington, Friday, May 29, 2026. (AP Pho...

Trump vents about judge who blocked the Kennedy Center renovation and fumes over his legal setbacks

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday branded the federal judge who blocked his renovation of the Kennedy Center as “an anti Trump Hater” and predicted that the nation’s premier performing arts center he wanted to shutter for a two-year overhaul will “soon be closed, probably never to open again.” In a lengthy post […]
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Search underway for man suspecting of killing a Virginia sheriff’s deputy

HILLSVILLE, Va. (AP) — A sheriff’s deputy in Virginia died Friday after a man shot at deputies conducting a welfare check, law enforcement officials said. The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office said the fatal shooting occurred after law enforcement received a request from a family member to do a welfare check. A man at the home […]
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FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2018, file photo shoppers look at televisions at a Walmart Supercenter in Ho...

Trump plans to appeal order allowing all importers that paid struck-down tariffs to seek refunds

NEW YORK (AP) — Businesses big and small have started receiving tariff refunds after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that President Donald Trump lacked the constitutional authority to impose higher import taxes on goods from nearly every other country. The process could grind to a halt, however, after the Trump administration said Friday that it […]
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Pro-government Iranian demonstrators wave Iranian flags and a portrait of the Supreme Leader Ayatol...

US says it disables another commercial ship trying to breach blockade and reach Iran

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military has stopped another merchant vessel trying to break through the American blockade of Iranian ports, a U.S. official with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Saturday. The Gambia-flagged bulk carrier Lian Star ignored multiple warnings from U.S. forces overnight as it tried to enter an Iranian […]
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FILE - The United Airlines logo can be seen on a rope line at O'Hare International Airport, May 17,...

United Airlines flight bound for Minneapolis is diverted because of an unruly passenger

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A United Airlines flight bound for Minneapolis was diverted to Wisconsin on Friday night to remove and unruly passenger, officials said. “United flight 2005 from Chicago to Minneapolis landed safely in Madison, Wisconsin to address a security concern with an unruly passenger,” an airlines spokesperson wrote in an email. Law enforcement […]
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FILE - Fulton County Senior ADA Eleanor Ross speaks during opening statements Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2...

DOJ seeks recusal of judge from Georgia election case over reported attendance at Fani Willis event

ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Department of Justice is asking a judge to recuse herself in a fight over Georgia election records, arguing that she attended an event honoring Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, who prosecuted President Donald Trump, raising questions about the judge’s ability to be impartial. A federal judge in 11th Judicial […]
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FILE - Tom Kean Jr., GOP candidate for New Jersey's 7th Congressional District, arrives at his elec...

‘What’s the word?’ New Jersey voters look for answers about Tom Kean Jr.’s absence from Congress

WESTFIELD, N.J. (AP) — When New Jersey voters gathered this week to talk with a state lawmaker about affordable housing and new data centers, there was something else on their mind, too. Where is their congressman, Republican Tom Kean Jr.? “What’s the word?” Steve McCabe, an 80-year-old retired lawyer, asked Jon Bramnick, a GOP state […]
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Victims of Jeffrey Epstein's abuse, from left, Liz Stein, Dani Bensky, Sharlene Rochard, Marina Lac...

Congress has taken on Epstein. But lawmakers and survivors are still searching for accountability

WASHINGTON (AP) — For nearly a year, public demand and increasingly outspoken calls from the survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse have driven Congress to mostly set aside party politics and search for accountability. Yet even after interviews with some of the highest-ranked officials to ever appear before a congressional investigation, including a former president, […]
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FILE - Insurrectionists loyal to President Donald Trump breach the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 6, 2...

Capitol rioters clamor for payouts from Trump’s new ‘anti-weaponization’ fund despite backlash

WASHINGTON (AP) — David Johnston was a licensed attorney when he illegally entered the Capitol with a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters on Jan. 6, 2021. More than five years later, the South Carolina man is offering to help fellow “J6ers” apply for payouts from the Trump administration’s nearly $1.8 billion new fund for […]
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Iowa state Sen. Zach Wahls, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, talks with voters in Des Moines...

Iowa Democrats hoping to flip a US Senate seat are torn over which of 2 hopefuls has the best shot

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa Democrats say they want to vote in Tuesday’s U.S. Senate primary for the candidate who gives the party its best chance to flip a Republican-held seat in November. Some just haven’t decided which of the two state lawmakers in the race fits the bill. “I am having a lot of […]
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California gubernatorial candidate Xavier Becerra speaks during a campaign event in West Hollywood,...

Candidates for California governor scramble to deliver final pitch to voters with days to go

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The end of California’s chaotic governor’s race was approaching Saturday as leading candidates rushed to deliver their closing arguments before voting concludes Tuesday. Former U.S. health secretary Xavier Becerra has called for “hot competence summer,” promoting his decades of public service as evidence he has what it takes to be California’s […]
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