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Kristi Noem meets with Israeli officials in Jerusalem after embassy killings

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noemmet with Israeli officials in Jerusalem on Sunday following the killings of two Israeli Embassy staff members in Washington, D.C., last week. Noem said in a post on social platform X that after the shooting outside the Capital Jewish Museum on Wednesday, President Trump asked her to travel to the...

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill

A new aid system in Gaza has started operations, a U.S.-backed group says

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is taking over the handling of aid despite objections from United Nations.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

House GOP’s SNAP proposal sparks concern from Senate Republicans 

A House GOP-backed proposal that would cut billions in federal dollars from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the nation’s largest food assistance program, is drawing concerns from Republicans in the upper chamber. The proposal, included in House Republicans’ recently passed package to enact President Trump’s tax priorities and spending cuts, would require states to...

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill

EU trade negotiator says he’s had ‘good calls’ with U.S. after Trump extends tariff deadline

The European Union's chief trade negotiator said Monday the EU was “fully committed” to reaching a trade deal by a July 9 deadline, after Trump agreed to delay his threatened 50% tariff — or import tax — on European goods.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Egyptian archaeologists discover 3 tombs in Luxor

Egyptian archaeologists have discovered tombs dating back to the New Kingdom period (1550–1070 B.C.) and identified the names and titles of their owners through inscriptions found within, according to a statement by the tourism and antiquities ministry.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Trump announces full pardon for Virginia sheriff convicted of bribery

President Trump issued a full pardon Monday to a former Virginia sheriff who had been convicted of bribery, alleging that he was a victim of a “weaponized” Justice Department under the Biden administration. Trump announced his pardon of Scott Jenkins, who was convicted in December of accepting more than $70,000 in bribes in exchange for...

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill

King Charles III arrives in Canada to underscore sovereignty after Trump annexation threats

President Donald Trump’s repeated suggestion that the U.S. annex Canada prompted Prime Minister Mark Carney to invite Charles to give the speech from the throne that will outline his government’s agenda for the new Parliament.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Dozens injured after minivan plows into crowd of celebrating Liverpool soccer fans

A 53-year-old British man plowed his minivan into a crowd of Liverpool soccer fans at a parade celebrating the city team's Premier League championship on Monday, as shouts of joy turned into shrieks of terror, injuring more than 45 people.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

Israeli ambassador meets with family of DC shooting victim

Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Leiter met this weekend with the family of Sarah Milgrim, one of the two victims killed at the Capital Jewish Museum shooting in Washington, D.C., last week. Milgrim and her boyfriend, Yaron Lischinsky, both Israeli Embassy staffers, were gunned down late Wednesday night while attending a reception hosted by...

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Thousands of Israeli nationalists chant ‘death to Arabs’ during annual procession through Jerusalem

Palestinian shopkeepers closed early and police lined the alleys ahead of the march that often becomes a rowdy and sometimes violent procession of ultranationalist Jews

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

The Houthis held, Trump folded: Is the US retreating from Yemen?

Trump's ceasefire agreement with the Houthis, which excludes Israel, has sparked concerns among Israel and the Arab states, while the Houthis have vowed to continue their missile and drone campaigns against Israel in "solidarity with Palestine", indicating that the ceasefire is a tactical arrangement that could collapse at the first provocation.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Grassley urges Trump to impose sanctions on Russia

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) called on President Trump to place sanctions on Russia, saying he’s had enough of Russian President Vladimir Putin killing innocent people. Grassley said in a Monday post on social platform X that Trump should “Take action AT LEAST SANCTIONS.” The longtime senator’s call comes after Trump has increased his criticism of...

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Israeli strikes kill 52 in Gaza including dozens in a shelter, medics say

Israeli strikes killed at least 52 people in the Gaza Strip on Monday, including 36 in a school-turned-shelter that was struck as people slept.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Kremlin denies connection to arson attack on British prime minister's home

The Kremlin is denying involvement in an arson attack on the private home of United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer, saying any accusation has no grounds. Russian spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters in response to a Financial Times report that U.K. officials are investigating the possibility that Russia is often a target of blame but...

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Police say driver who plowed into soccer fans in Liverpool acted alone, not believed to be terrorism

Twenty-seven people were taken to the hospital, with two suffering serious injuries, and another 20 people were treated at the scene for minor injuries. At least four children were injured.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

This Memorial Day, let’s remember the veterans still fighting 

Memorial Day should not only honor those who died while serving their country, but also acknowledge veterans struggling to adapt to civilian life after their service.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Macron brushes off pushing from wife ahead of Vietnam trip

French President Emmanuel Macron is downplaying a video that appeared to show his wife, Brigitte, pushing him on the face as they were about to disembark a plane after landing in Vietnam. The video, taken Monday as the two were commencing a tour throughout Southeast Asia, shows Macron standing in front of the exit as...

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Former Rep. Charles Rangel, founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, dies at 94

Rangel was an outspoken, gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat who spent nearly five decades on Capitol Hill.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Trump is making Memorial Day affordable again

Grocery prices? Falling. Gas prices? Falling. Egg prices? Falling. And real wages? Going up.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Trump hits Biden administration in Memorial Day address: ‘That was a long and hard 4 years’

President Trump slammed the Biden administration during Monday's Memorial Day remarks at Arlington National Cemetery, saying he is “fixing” the country after “a long and hard four years.” Trump, after paying homage to the first casualties in the American Revolution during his speech, criticized the way the previous administration led the country and its handling...

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill

France’s first lady appears to push her husband on a plane. Macron says they were joking

The moment quickly made headlines in France, with media trying to decipher the interaction that cameras spotted through the just-opened door of the plane.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Joseph Nye is dead, and the illusion of ethical power politics should die too

Nye’s signature ideas — soft power, the liberal order, ethical realism — are artifacts of an age that is over.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Phil Robertson, ‘Duck Dynasty’ patriarch and conservative cultural icon, dies at 79

Robertson, who turned his small duck calling interest in the sportsman's paradise of northern Louisiana into a big business, died Sunday, according to his family.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Marcel Ophuls, Oscar-winning filmmaker who made ‘The Sorrow and the Pity,’ is dead at 97

The Academy Award-winning filmmaker's landmark 1969 documentary “The Sorrow and the Pity” shattered the comforting myth that most of France had resisted the Nazis during World War II.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

10 wounded in South Carolina beach town shooting

Horry County Police did not give the conditions of anyone hurt or detail how they were injured in the incident on Sunday night.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

French President Emmanuel Macron downplays shove in the face from his wife

Brigitte Macron, the wife of France's president, appeared to push her husband away with both hands on his face just before they disembarked from their plane to start a tour of Southeast Asia this weekend.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

Putin 'needlessly killing a lot of people,' Trump says, as Russia continues drone onslaught in Ukraine

Russia has attacked Ukraine for a third night in a row, Ukrainian regional officials and emergency services said, a day after the biggest aerial attack of the war so far killed at least 12 people and drew condemnation from U.S. President Donald Trump.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

Girl, 5, survives fiery aftermath of deadly Israeli strike on Gaza City school shelter

Harrowing video of a young Palestinian girl trying to escape a school shelter that had been set on fire after a deadly overnight Israeli airstrikewidely circulated social media Monday.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

King Charles, Queen Camilla greeted by sun and warm crowds in Ottawa on 1st day of royal tour

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

These women are defying Iran's hijab laws — despite fear of reprisal

Less than three years after the brutal crackdown on the protests that followed the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini in police custody, a growing number of women in Tehran are daring to bare their heads in public.

Published on: May 26, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada

Trump: Foreign students at Harvard taking US spots

President Trump on Sunday expressed new frustrations with Harvard, arguing the school should turn over the names of foreign students and that U.S. students are not getting to go to Harvard because places are being taken by students from other countries. “I don't have a problem with foreign students. But it shouldn’t be 31 percent....

Published on: May 25, 2025 | Source: The Hill

To change perceptions of sharks, swimmer Lewis Pugh takes the plunge at Martha’s Vineyard

Sharks have been cast as the ultimate villain ever since the movie “Jaws” was released 50 years ago this summer. The film tells the story of a great white shark terrorizing beachgoers, but in reality, humans pose the greater threat to sharks. Ali Rogin speaks with endurance swimmer Lewis Pugh, who wants to get that message out by swimming around Martha’s Vineyard, where “Jaws” was filmed.

Published on: May 25, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

Trump hints at 'good news' on Iran

President Trump on Sunday said his administration had “some very good talks with Iran” and suggested that positive news could be coming from the negotiations. “Let's see what happens, but I think we can have some good news on the Iran front,” Trump told reporters from the tarmac in Morristown, N.J., ahead of his departure...

Published on: May 25, 2025 | Source: The Hill

Why global tensions are rising in the South China Sea amid recent clashes

Nearly a quarter of global maritime trade goes through the South China Sea. In recent years, it’s become the site of clashes between Chinese coast guard ships and Philippine vessels as Beijing tries to exert its claim to virtually the entire sea despite international law. John Yang speaks with Andrew Chubb, Asia Society fellow and senior lecturer at Lancaster University, for more.

Published on: May 25, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour

The growing environmental impact of AI data centers’ energy demands

The EPA has reportedly drafted a plan to eliminate all limits on greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, according to documents obtained by The New York Times. Now, with the rise of artificial intelligence technology, demand on power plants is increasing, in large part due to AI’s reliance on data centers. Ali Rogin speaks with Kenza Bryan, climate reporter for The Financial Times, for more.

Published on: May 25, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour