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Vance: Russia, Ukraine face 'very big gulf' in peace plan demands
Vice President Vance said Russia and Ukraine both face a โvery big gulfโ as the two countries make demands to negotiate to end the war. Vance sat for an interview with Fox News Digital, highlighting the Trump administrationโs foreign policy efforts and attempts to end the war. President Trump has sought to cease fighting and...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:
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Meta executive apologizes after conservative activist Robby Starbuck sues over AI chatbot responses
A Meta executive apologized to lobbyist Robby Starbuck on behalf of the companyโs artificial intelligence (AI) engine spreading false information about the conservative activist known for his opposition to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts. โRobby โ I watched your video โ this is unacceptable. This is clearly not how our AI should operate. Weโre sorry for the...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Watch live: NewsNation's Cuomo hosts townhall with Trump, Stephen A. Smith
President Trump and sports commentator Stephen A. Smith are set to participate in a town hall Wednesday evening hosted by NewsNation's Chris Cuomo. The town hall comes a day after Trump marked his 100th day back in the Oval Office, will also feature other notable Republicans and Democrats, including former Fox News host Bill O'Reilly,...
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Ukraine, U.S. officials sign natural resources deal
Ukraine and the U.S. said on Wednesday they signed an agreement on a joint fund to invest in Ukraine's reconstruction, and a draft of the deal said it would give Washington preferential access to new Ukrainian natural resources deals.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Parts of Oklahoma and Texas see record rainfall after storm leaves 3 dead in Pennsylvania
Slow-moving thunderstorms dropped record rainfall across much of southern Oklahoma and northern Texas Wednesday, triggering flash flooding and forcing evacuations, as residents in Pennsylvania and Ohio picked up from a powerful storm that left more than half a million customers in the dark.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Trump has reshaped these 3 major things in his first 100 days
In these past 100 days, Trump worked feverishly to rewrite American policy on immigration, dismantle and restructure many government institutions and exert an amount of executive power that is unprecedented in recent times.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Why a woodpecker is breaking car mirrors in this small New England town
During the War of 1812, townsfolk in the tiny fishing village of Rockport, Massachusetts, hurled rocks at British soldiers using their stockings as slings. Now, theyโre slinging trash bags and towels over the side mirrors of their cars to protect them from a destructive and determined pileated woodpecker.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:How this ‘vessel of freedom’ in Oklahoma honors Vietnamese refugees who built new lives in America
A new art installation in the heart of Oklahoma Cityโs Asian District marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Shipments from China fall as Trump’s tariffs loom over economy
The presidentโs massive and unpredictable taxes on imports seems likely to mean emptier shelves and higher prices for American shoppers, perhaps within weeks.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Stocks sink after weak GDP report but storm back after inflation update
Much like its wild month of April, a scary Wednesday for Wall Street found a gentler ending as U.S. stocks stormed back from steep early losses to continue their manic swings amid uncertainty about what President Donald Trumpโs trade war will do to the economy.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Trial begins for Australian woman charged with killing ex-husband’s relatives with poisonous mushrooms
The Australian host of a weekend family lunch is on trial charged with murdering her estranged husbandโs parents and an aunt and attempting to murder an uncle with poisonous mushrooms.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Hotel fire in eastern India kills at least 14 people
Police say a fire tore through a hotel in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata, killing at least 14 people.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Whitmer dismisses risk of backlash from Democrats for greeting Trump in Michigan
Tuesday's encounter between the Republican president and the potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate risked inviting a second round of backlash for Whitmer from her partyโs base.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Iran says it executed a man who was an Israeli intelligence source
Iran executed a man on Wednesday that it said worked for Israel's foreign intelligence agency and played a role in the 2022 killing of a Revolutionary Guard colonel in Tehran, the official IRNA news agency reported.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:‘The unthinkable was happening’: Weinstein accuser testifies at his rape retrial
A former TV production assistant has told a jury that Harvey Weinstein held her down on a bed and forced oral sex on her after she told him no.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Weinstein accuser tells jury about alleged sexual assault: 'The unthinkable was happening'
Five years after she first told her story to a jury, a former TV production assistant testified anew Wednesday that Harvey Weinstein held her down and sexually assaulted her in 2006. She is the first of the former studio boss's accusers to testify at his rape retrial.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Judge releases Palestinian student at Columbia who was arrested at citizenship interview
A judge on Wednesday released Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian man who ledprotests against the warin Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested by immigration officials during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:U.S. judge orders release of Mohsen Mahdawi, Palestinian arrested at citizenship interview
A judge on Wednesday ordered the release of a Palestinian man who led protests against the war in Gaza as a student at Columbia University and was arrested by immigration officials during an interview about finalizing his U.S. citizenship.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Through 100 days, Trump administration is keeping lawyers busy: Tracking the many court cases
Donald Trump's presidency is 100 days old on Wednesday, and its bold and often controversial moves have spawned over 200 lawsuits. Here's a look at some of the major themes and cases, with a looming question
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:China draws up list of U.S.-made goods exempt from 125% tariffs, sources say
China has created a listof U.S.-made products that would be exempted from its 125 per cent tariffs and is quietly notifying companies about the policy, twopeople familiar with the matter said.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Hundreds of North Korean troops killed while fighting Ukraine, Seoul says
About 600 North Korean troops have been killed fighting for Russia against Ukraine out of a total deployment of 15,000, South Korean lawmakers said on Wednesday, citing the country's intelligence agency.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Trump's plans to mine the deep ocean are untested and could cause environmental harm, say mining experts
A recent executive order from U.S. President Donald Trump to invest in deep sea mining operations could have dire environmental consequences, according to a northern Ontario mining expert.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:Trump fans praise tariffs, slam Canada at Michigan MAGA rally
U.S. President Donald Trump marked the first 100 days of his second term with a big rally in Michigan, where supporters known as โauto workers for Trumpโ took shots at Canada and expressed approval for tariffs on Canadian-made cars.
Published on: April 30, 2025 | Source:SALT Republicans to huddle with Johnson on key Trump agenda sticking point
House Republicans are set to dive into discussions over the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap on Wednesday, officially kicking off negotiations for one of the largest โ and most contentious โsticking points in the partyโs package full of President Trumpโs legislative priorities. Republicans who hail from high-tax blue states like New York, New...
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:'We're citizens!': Family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her familyโs fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings โ even though they were not the suspects the agents were looking for.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Telehealth patients get access to more weight-loss drugs
Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Novo Nordisk partners with telehealth firms to sell Wegovy Novo Nordisk is working with telehealth companies to sell a cheaper version of its injectable weight-loss drug Wegovy, launching the partnership after these companies became unable to sell compounded,...
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:White House budget office 'has not been responsive' to probes into frozen funds, GAO says
Gene Dodaro, head of the Government Accountability Office (GAO), testified on Tuesday that the White Houseโs chief budget office has โnot been responsiveโ amid a string of probes into the administration's efforts to freeze federal funds. โWe have, right now, 39 different investigations underway,โ Dodaro said during a line of questioning by Senate Appropriations Chair...
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:How Trump chipped away at abortion access in his first 100 days
President Trump steadily chipped away at abortion access during the first 100 days of his second term. Trump campaigned on leaving abortion decisions to the states, and has so far made no push to outlaw the procedure on a national level. But since he returned to office in January, he and his administration have taken...
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Trump dismisses scientists from National Climate Assessment
Presented by Clean Fuels Alliance America {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Scientists dismissed from national climate report The Trump administration has dismissed all of the scientists working on the sixth National Climate Assessment โ a major congressionally mandated climate report that details the way the changing climate impacts the...
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Why Trump softened some of his tariffs on the automotive industry
President Trump signed an executive order aimed at softening the blow his tariffs have imposed on the automotive industry and U.S. manufacturers. But tensions with China remain high and Chinaโs Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a video saying it would not back down from the trade war with the U.S. Geoff Bennett discussed more with Gavin Badeof The Wall Street Journal.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Where Trump’s approval rating stands after 100 days in office
It has been 100 days since President Trump was inaugurated for his second term in office. The mark is a modern measuring point for administrations and few have seen more action in the first three months than in this White House. But how are the American people taking it in? Lisa Desjardins has insights from the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:News Wrap: Harvard announces review after antisemitism and Islamophobia reports
In our news wrap Tuesday, Harvard announced it will review academic offerings and policies in response to internal reports about antisemitism and Islamophobia on campus, the Senate confirmed David Perdue as the U.S. ambassador to China and the Trump administration dismissed many of former president Biden's nominees to the board that oversees the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:How Mark Carney led Canada’s Liberal Party to an election win
Canada's Liberal Party secured a fourth consecutive term after a narrow win in an election that was seen as one of the most consequential in its recent history. Prime Minister Mark Carney flipped his party's fortunes with a campaign focused on combating President Trumpโs tariffs and threats of annexation. Nick Schifrin discussed the result with Shachi Kurl of the Angus Reid Institute.
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Trump says China 'probably will eat those tariffs'
President Trump said in an interview broadcasting late Tuesday that China โwill probably eat those tariffsโ when talking about the 145 percent overall tariff on its products. The president got into a heated back-and-forth with ABCโs Terry Moran when talking about the import tax, with Moran arguing the tariff is going to โraise prices on everything...
Published on: April 29, 2025 | Source:Trump eases auto tariffs
Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy The Big Story Trump signs orders to scale back auto tariffs President Trump signed executive orders Tuesday scaling back his 25 percent tariffs on imported automobiles and auto parts that are scheduled to go into effect May 3. ...
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