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Trump fumes after judge throws out Kennedy Center renovation plan, name change
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump on Saturday branded the federal judge who blocked his renovation of the Kennedy Center as “an anti Trump Hater” and predicted that the nation’s premier performing arts center he wanted to shutter for a two-year overhaul will “soon be closed, probably never to open again.” In a lengthy post on […]
Capitol rioters clamor for payouts from Trump’s new ‘anti-weaponization’ fund despite backlash
WASHINGTON | David Johnston was a licensed attorney when he illegally entered the Capitol with a mob of President Donald Trump’s supporters on Jan. 6, 2021. More than five years later, the South Carolina man is offering to help fellow “J6ers” apply for payouts from the Trump administration’s nearly $1.8 billion new fund for people […]
Judge says Kennedy Center board broke law putting Trump’s name on building, blocks closure
WASHINGTON | A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s name was illegally added to the Kennedy Center and blocked the administration from closing the cultural and arts venue for major renovations — the latest legal setback for Trump’s efforts to leave his personal mark on the landscape of the nation’s capital. Trump said […]
Bondi refuses to answer lawmakers’ questions about Trump’s involvement in Epstein files release
WASHINGTON | Former Attorney General Pam Bondi refused to answer questions Friday on President Donald Trump’s involvement in the release of the Jeffrey Epstein case files as she defended the Trump administration’s actions before House lawmakers scrutinizing the process. Bondi, who spent roughly four hours on Capitol Hill for her closed-door interview, was again defiant […]
Zelenskyy says he’s pressing US for more Patriot missiles for Ukraine to counter Russian strikes
KYIV, Ukraine | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that he’s being “very persistent” in pressing the United States to provide his country with more Patriot air defense missiles that can counter devastating Russian ballistic missile attacks. Zelenskyy said he hasn’t yet received a reply to a letter he sent earlier this week to U.S. […]
Australia launches record $1.4B lawsuit against 3M over ‘forever chemicals’ at defense bases
MELBOURNE, Australia | Australia is suing U.S. conglomerate 3M for more than 2 billion Australian dollars ($1.4 billion) over so-called “forever chemical” contamination from firefighting foam at defense bases, the government said on Thursday. The government’s largest-ever claim for compensation relates to contamination with per- and polyfluoroaklyl substances, known as PFAS, at 28 bases. Human-made […]
Exclusive: Inside an African hotel where asylum seekers deported by the US are imprisoned
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea | At first glance, the hotel looks like any other on this tropical island off the Central African coast, with its palm tree-lined driveway, marble-floored foyer and portrait of the oil-rich country’s president hanging behind a mahogany reception desk. Yet the eerily empty Bamy Hotel is not a refuge for adventure-seeking tourists […]
Spanish police search ruling Socialist party’s headquarters in fresh blow to PM Sánchez
BARCELONA, Spain | Police in Spain searched the headquarters of the ruling Socialist Party on Wednesday as part of an investigation into possible financial wrongdoing linked to three former party members and other individuals who allegedly tried to influence police and legal cases. The search of the office in central Madrid is another blow to […]
Median pay for CEOs rose nearly 6% in 2025, but some compensation packages were eye-popping
NEW YORK | The typical CEO compensation package rose nearly 6% in 2025 to $17.7 million, as company boards rewarded their top executives for bigger profits and higher stock prices, and gave them incentives to stick around and make even more money for shareholders. The median employee at companies in the S&P 500 earned $89,744, […]
Southern Poverty Law Center seeks dismissal of ‘vindictive’ Justice Department indictment
WASHINGTON | A Justice Department indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center is part of a “top-down” campaign of retribution against President Donald Trump’s perceived political enemies and constitutes a vindictive prosecution that must be dismissed, lawyers for the nonprofit argued Tuesday in urging a judge to toss the case out. The Alabama-based nonprofit was […]