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Newest first · UTC+11:00Trump dice que Rusia y Ucrania aceptaron su petición de tregua e intercambio de prisioneros
El presidente de Estados Unidos, Donald Trump, camina por la columnata de la Casa Blanca para asistir a un almuerzo en honor de las madres, el viernes 8 de mayo de 2026, en el Rosedal de la Casa Blanca, en Washington. (AP Foto/Jacquelyn Martin)
· Darlene Superville
Trump Says He's Not Replacing FDA Chief Makary
Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times,
· Tyler Durden
With Trump’s low approval rating and Republicans’ ‘self-destruction’, can Democrats take the Senate?
Even with the Iran war weighing Trump’s party down, Democrats face a challenge turning the upper chamber blue
· Chris Stein, Davidsmith, George Chidi
Congo's rebel groups questions the US impartiality as a peace mediator
Rebel leader of group of Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC) including M23, Corneille Nangaa, addresses a news conference in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Jan. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)
· Mark Banchereau
Trump asserts greater control over public spaces in Washington, DC
WASHINGTON — A federal judge weighing the future of an expansive Washington park insisted this week she had no intention of becoming Amy Poehler, the actress who spent seven seasons memorably playing the head of a local parks and recreation department.
· Associated Press
Trump's college sports committee calls on Congress to act quickly
South Carolina guard Agot Makeer (44) celebrates cutting the net after South Carolina beats TCU in the Elite Eight of the NCAA college basketball tournament March 30, 2026, in Sacramento, Calif. (AP Photo/Justine Willard, File)
Parent company of Trump’s Truth Social site reports $400m loss this year
The parent company of Donald Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, has reported a loss of more than $400m in the first quarter of 2026, driven largely by the slumping value of cryptocurrency assets.
· Al Jazeera Staff
Iran Publicly Discloses Supreme Leader's Status For First Time: 'Marginally Injured'
The Iranian government has for the first time officially weighed in on the health of new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, who was injured in the opening strikes of Trump's Operation Epic Fury, which killed the younger Khamenei's father and wife.
· Tyler Durden
US escalates trade row with China over Iran war ahead of Trump-Xi summit
Trump will depart for Beijing in just under a week, alongside a delegation of U.S. CEOs primed to stake out deals with the country’s geopolitical rival.
· Gregory Svirnovskiy, Phelim Kine
5 Highlights From The Pentagon's UFO Files
Authored by Jacob Burg & Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours - the ALFstein files),
· Tyler Durden
Federal judge dismisses former Trump supporter’s defamation suit against Fox News
Raymond Epps, a former Oath Keeper member, said he was the target of conspiracies over his role in US Capitol attack
· Marina Dunbar
Trump religious liberty commission eyes rollback of church-state separation
One member calls for a Presidential Medal of Freedom for a baker who refused to create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple.
· Associated Press
Trump’s ‘revenge’ tour steaming through the South after Indy win
Republicans who brazenly crossed President Trump are looking over their shoulders after six out of seven state senators who resisted his redistricting push in Indiana have been knocked off.
· Geoff Earle
Congress ‘Slush fund’ documents reveal aides’ anguish at alleged harassment and groping
Congressional staffers were allegedly harassed and propositioned by the lawmakers they worked for — according to secret settlements costing US taxpayers more than $300,000 and preventing the accusers from ever speaking publicly about what they endured, documents viewed by The Post reveal.
· Geoff Earle
Blakeman: I’ll dip into $3.8 M Hochul ‘slush fund’ to lower NY taxes
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman says he wants to dip into a nearly $4 billion state discretionary fund set aside to help keep New York afloat during economic downturns to provide immediate tax relief to New Yorkers.
· Rich Calder
A look at the NBA draft lottery history for each team in it this year
Washington Wizards first draft pick John Wall, center, from the University of Kentucky, smiles as he holds up a ball and jersey with coach Flip Saunders, right, and Wizards president Ernie Grunfeld, during a news conference in Washington, June 25, 2010. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
· Noah Trister
Qatari LNG Tanker Transits Hormuz As U.S. Awaits Iran's Response To Peace Deal
The Trump administration continues to await a formal response from Tehran on a U.S. proposal aimed at ending the war and reopening the Hormuz chokepoint, following last week's clashes between Iranian and U.S. naval forces in the world's most critical waterway.
· Tyler Durden
Trump Media and Technology Group lost $406m in first three months of 2026
Parent company of president’s Truth Social platform generated only $870,000 even as net sales were up 6%
· Edwardhelmore
Trump heads to China weakened as Xi gains leverage ahead of summit
Iran war, tariff setbacks and sliding US poll numbers reshape the balance going into next week’s high-stakes talks
· Mark Magnier
Trump heads to China weakened as Xi gains leverage ahead of summit
Iran war, tariff setbacks and sliding US poll numbers reshape the balance going into next week’s high-stakes talks
· Mark Magnier
Lib Dems offer alternative to extremes of Reform and Greens, Davey says
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey has said his party offers an alternative to the "extremes" of Reform UK and the Greens, as he hailed gains across England and Scotland.
· Becky Morton
Trump's religious liberty commissioners share wish lists of policy changes
President Donald Trump addresses the White House Religious Liberty Commission during an event at the Museum of the Bible, Sept. 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
· Peter Smith
Experts question CDC's response to cruise ship hantavirus outbreak
Despite a cruise ship outbreak of a rare rodent-borne illness, global health officials say the risk to the general public remains low because hantavirus germs do not easily spread between people. (AP Video/Mary Conlon)
· Mike Stobbe
Trump airport branding deal opens new route to profit for family
Florida agreement grants US president control of licensing and merchandising at renamed airport, analysts say
· Richardluscombe
Trump’s visit to Beijing brings hope for sister of Uyghur man detained in Chinese internment camp
The sister of a Uyghur man detained in a Chinese internment camp says she is hopeful President Trump can help bring her brother home after years of failures from President Biden’s administration.
· Gabrielle Fahmy
Eight of the 46 UFO vids sought by Congress appear in new doc ahead of their official release
Eight of the 46 highly-anticipated UFO videos Congress has demanded be made public by the Department of War are featured in an upcoming documentary, including a color video of a flying sphere shared publicly for the first time with The Post.
· Shane Galvin
The world’s view of Ukraine is finally changing — thanks to cheap, battle-tested weaponry everyone wants
Over 200 Ukrainian specialists are in the Persian Gulf right now, training forces of US allies on how to take down Iranian killer drones.
· Andrew Chakhoyan
Pentagon UFO file trove includes sightings near Japan
The U.S. Defense Department has released an initial trove of previously classified files on alleged UFO sightings — including two videos of what it calls unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) spotted near Japan.
· Jesse Johnson
Trump asserts authority over Washington's public spaces
President Donald Trump talks as he visits the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to see the new blue protective coating being applied as part of a renovation project, Thursday, May 7, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
· Steven Sloan
A fragile ceasefire holds as US awaits Iran response, Bahrain detains dozens
President Donald Trump told reporters in Washington that the ceasefire with Iran was holding. Trump also said Iran “trifled with us,” after the U.S. military said it intercepted Iranian attacks on three Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz and “targeted Iranian military facilities responsible for attacking U.S. forces.”
· Adam Schreck
‘Largely slop’: Trump’s new counterterrorism strategy is scant on substance but heavy on enemies
Critics say document outlining strategy is both ‘completely Trumpian’ and an ‘alarming’ escalation in rhetoric
· Alice Speri
These are the Trump officials who may inherit their agencies
Kate MacGregor? Nicholas Kent? Keith Sonderling? The little-known faces who run day-to-day agency operations.
· POLITICO Staff
Trump says he ‘might’ move US troops to Poland from Germany
U.S. President Donald Trump said he “might” move U.S. troops from Germany to Poland, as the Pentagon prepares to pull around 5,000 American soldiers out of Germany over the next year.
· Leonie Cater
‘The FDA is a complete mess’: Trump makes fate of agency chief unclear as public trust plummets
Food and Drug Administration commissioner’s decisions have hurt staff morale and put his job in crosshairs
· Melody Schreiber
Xi-Trump summit: why the Iran war could become fresh point of friction
Both China and the US stand to gain from reopening the Strait of Hormuz, but they view the crisis through different lenses
· Laura Zhou
Xi-Trump summit: why the Iran war could become fresh point of friction
Both China and the US stand to gain from reopening the Strait of Hormuz, but they view the crisis through different lenses
· Laura Zhou
‘Everyone has a breaking point’: the immigration judges at the sharp end of Trump’s deportation drive
Judges have been fired or taken buyouts, and those remaining say they toe the government line
· Lok Darjee
Israel doubts US optimism in Iran talks as critical issues on nuclear concessions remain unsolved
Senior Israeli officials state that significant gaps still exist between the US and Iran, with the key question for Israel not just being what the Iranians are willing to offer to reach a deal and end the conflict, but how much US President Donald Trump is prepared to concede in order to achieve a diplomatic success.
· ANNA BARSKY/MAARIV
Trump’s threats against Iran are historically illiterate
The US president’s threats to end Iranian civilisation expose his ignorance of the country’s long history
· Amin Saikal
Trump’s threats against Iran are historically illiterate
The US president’s threats to end Iranian civilisation expose his ignorance of the country’s long history
· Amin Saikal
US sanctions 9 mainland China and Hong Kong entities over alleged Iran military links
Treasury and State Department announcements come days ahead of US President Donald Trump’s expected China visit and summit with Xi Jinping
· Laura Zhou
US sanctions 9 mainland China and Hong Kong entities over alleged Iran military links
Treasury and State Department announcements come days ahead of US President Donald Trump’s expected China visit and summit with Xi Jinping
· Laura Zhou
UK mom of daughter shot dead by Texas dad after fight about Trump slams cops for ignoring evidence
The mother of the woman fatally shot by her Texas father during her visit to the US amid a politically-charged argument blasted the local police for not bringing up charges in her daughter’s death despite “physical evidence.”
· Nicholas McEntyre
Trump to regulate AI development after Anthropic's Mythos posed cybersecurity threat - report
The White House might stop freely promoting artificial intelligence technology, with reports from both The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post indicating that the US government will adopt a more cautious stance after witnessing the capabilities of Anthropic's Mythos, the latest generation of AI models.
· TOBIAS HOLCMAN
Trump waits on response to peace plan as Iran accuses US of ‘reckless military adventure’
The US said it expects Iran to respond to its latest proposal to end their war imminently, as clashes in the Strait of Hormuz threatened to further fracture a month-long ceasefire.
· Courtney Subramanian, Courtney McBride, Jen Judson
New York plays Washington following Stewart's 31-point game
New York Liberty (1-0, 1-0 Eastern Conference) at Washington Mystics (1-0, 1-0 Eastern Conference)
· The Associated Press
‘They have screwed each other pretty badly’: tensions emerge in Netanyahu-Trump alliance
Israeli PM says he has ‘full coordination’ with US president amid reports that Washington no longer consults him
· Julianborger
Iranian politician calls Trump tactics psychological warfare against Tehran
Hassan Rasouli, a member of Iran’s Reformists’ Supreme Council for Policymaking, described efforts by US President Donald Trump to create divisions among Iranian officials as “psychological warfare”, according to an interview with Iran’s state news agency Islamic Republic News Agency.
· Middleeasteye
Whisky business: Investors pin hopes on Trump’s Scotch tariff reversal after dire three years
President Donald Trump's decision to remove the 10% tariff on Scotch whisky exports to the U.S. has brought relief to the embattled sector — and could also provide a much-needed boost to a niche corner of the industry: premium cask investing.
· Hugh Leask