Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that the Kremlin ordered an attack on the infrastructure around the Chernobyl nuclear site ... read more
A former senior CIA official accused of stealing over US$40 million worth of gold bars from the federal government and storing them in the basement of his Virginia home was ordered to remain jailed ... read more
President Donald Trump stormed out of a Meet the Press interview Sunday -- after moderator Kristen Welker repeatedly fact-checked his claims on a variety of topics including; Jan. 6, his "anti-weaponization" fund, and election fraud. read more
Firings are part of a broader personnel purge under the leadership of director Kash Patel, a Trump loyalist read more
The D.C. Superior Court has dismissed a breach of contract lawsuit against Chuck Redd after the musician backed out of a scheduled 2025 Christmas Eve performance at the Kennedy Center. read more
Trump on Sunday defended his foreign policy stance -- and denied that he ever campaigned on the promise of "no new wars." read more
During a June 6 D-Day commemoration, Pete Hegseth complained about immigrant "invaders" and "ideologies" storming Europe. read more
Steve Bannon delivered a damning prediction for Republicans ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. read more
Since election night in California, a single theory of election fraud has taken root like no other among online conspiracy theorists, bot accounts, conservative influencers and people close to President Trump. It proved to be a simple misreading of the voting data. read more
Container shipping rates jumped over the past week amid higher fuel costs, congestion at some Asian ports and a pickup in demand heading into a peak season for booking ocean freight. read more
A series of setbacks with Republicans in Congress, the courts and drawn-out negotiations with Iran -- plus a rare loss for a candidate he backed in a Republican primary -- has plagued a president who was already struggling in polls five months from the November midterm elections. read more
Access to higher education varies widely across the US. Some states and cities have an abundance of prestigious schools and universities, while others rely on a smaller number of large public institutions to educate their populations. The importance given to a college degree also varies by state, region, and individual career path.
As the war in Iran has stymied traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, demand for oil has fallen, and industry watchers and oil executives have started to fret about "demand destruction." The decades-old term refers to the sustained loss of demand for a commodity caused by high prices.
"If the C.E.O. lacked deep expertise in the company's business and the leaders of its most important divisions were missing, investors would revolt. Here, the stakes are much higher. The mission is protecting the health and safety of the American people, and we're confronting serious disease threats without permanent leadership in some of our most important public health agencies." -- Michael T. Osterholm, an infectious disease expert who has advised health secretaries of both parties read more
Scientists have successfully tested an AI-designed universal coronavirus vaccine in humans for the first time, finding it to be safe and well tolerated. read more
A clip from President Donald Trump's Friday agriculture roundtable in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, spread quickly online, with critics saying it showed the president struggling to recall the name of the Washington Monument. ... Hemant Mehta, a former Jeopardy! champion and YouTuber, wrote on X, "He's on the verge of not being able to name the son who's named after him." read more
