Rebecca Bennett has won a high-stakes Democratic Party primary in the US state of New Jersey, setting up a contest against Republican Tom Kean Jr, backed by President Donald Trump, for one of the most competitive seats in the upcoming midterm elections.
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on oversight of artificial intelligence Tuesday, less than two weeks after postponing a White House ceremony over his concerns that a similar policy could dull America’s technological edge.
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, speaks to reporters after a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, June 2, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
(UPDATE) MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Panfilo Lacson called out Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano for attempting to lead the Senate through Facebook livestreams while boycotting its regular sessions.
(UPDATE) MANILA, Philippines — Sen. Panfilo Lacson called out Senate President Alan Peter Cayetano for attempting to lead the Senate through Facebook livestreams while boycotting its regular sessions.
President Trump inserted himself into Colombia’s presidential election on Tuesday night, energetically endorsing a right-wing candidate in what has been a pattern of putting his finger on the scale of foreign elections during his second term.
El dominicano Heriberto Hernández de los Marlins de Miami batea un jonrón de dos carreras frente al pitcher de los Nacionales de Washington Mitchell Parker en la novena entrada el martes 2 de junio del 2026. (AP Foto/Terrance Williams)
Another day, another episode of the so-called Senateflix. But we can draw a straight line from the shameless conduct of the Cayetano majority in the Senate to the impunity that marked the Duterte years and that led to the extra-judicial deaths of thousands of Filipinos.
Miami Marlins’ Heriberto Hernández hits a two-run home run off Washington Nationals pitcher Mitchell Parker which also scored Jakob Marsee during the ninth inning of a baseball game, Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)
Educator and former First Lady of the United States Jill Biden in conversation at The 92nd Street Y on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)
The Pentagon has barred journalists from entering its press office after redesignating it a classified space, the latest in a series of restrictions on reporters’ access to the department.
Republican Congressman Tom Kean Jr, who has not been seen in Washington or his New Jersey district for months, secured his party's nomination for re-election on Tuesday, after receiving a recent endorsement from President Donald Trump.
The Trump administration is abandoning the president's $1.8 billion "weaponization" fund, US Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told lawmakers Tuesday, after a rare backlash from Republican senators.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Shakira Austin scored 17 points, Kiki Iriafen had 15 points and 11 rebounds, and the Washington Mystics beat the Chicago Sky 90-72 on Tuesday night.
A board above the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange displays the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Friday, May 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
MANILA, Philippines — A business group called on the Senate to resume its duties, saying, "The nation cannot move forward if one of its most important democratic institutions remains at a standstill."
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Trump administration on Tuesday formally appealed a judge's order for refunds of the US president's global tariffs after they were struck down by the Supreme Court earlier this year.
Leftists often claim that when someone of celebrity status appears with Donald Trump, it gives Trump "legitimacy." This is the common rationale they use to justify their insane cult-like behavior - Their habit of using mobs of mindless activist zombies in order to frighten people with status away from openly identif…
NEW YORK (AP) — A prediction market reported U.S. Rep. George Santos to federal prosecutors after he boasted he’d be going to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address, then bet against his own attendance, according to a person familiar with the investigation.
SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- Turnout in Wednesday's local elections stood at 7.4 percent as of 9 a.m., up 1.4 percentage points from the previous elections in 2022, the election watchdog said.
Michael Perry, a retired game warden, won the Republican nomination Tuesday for New Mexico’s powerful land commissioner job, according to The Associated Press.
SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- North Korea on Wednesday criticized a recent remark by the commander of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) likening South Korea to a "dagger" aimed at China, warning that such an approach toward Beijing would only spur greater cooperation among countries in the region to counter Washington.
Oil prices rose Wednesday as investors weighed uncertainty over U.S.-Iran talks with the two countries launching fresh strikes Tuesday, even as President Donald Trump said negotiations with Tehran were ongoing.
Peace talks appear stalled, or even halted completely - despite President Trump's denials - and the US Department of Treasury is still swinging hard, as part of the ongoing effort to bring about economic collapse in Iran and 'solve' the Hormuz Strait shipping crisis.
The White House Correspondents’ Dinner, an annual gathering of politicians and reporters, has been rescheduled to July 24, following an attack on its originally scheduled date.
Steve Hilton, who has been endorsed by President Trump for governor in California, is one of the leading contenders to advance beyond the June 2 Republican primary. The top two performers in the election, regardless of party, will meet in November.
American and Chinese military officers have sat down for rare deconfliction talks in Hawaii, soon on the heels of the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing last month. According to a late Monday statement from the Chinese Navy, the two superpowers held what they described as "candid and constructive" exchanges during a two-day…
In this 2018 image provided by Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, a buoy used to gather data floats in the Pioneer Mid-Atlantic Bight off the coast of North Carolina. (Darlene Trew Crist/Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution via AP)