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Protesters march to Mar-a-Lago as part of 'No Kings' anti-Trump rallies in South Florida
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A crowd of protesters were turned back by sheriff’s deputies Saturday morning after approaching President Donald Trump’s home in Palm Beach, as part of a national day of demonstrations against what protesters see as Trump’s excessive accumulation of executive power.
Walking along a road lined with police cars, ...Read more

Critical damage dealt to key Iranian nuclear site, IAEA says
Israeli airstrikes dealt critical damage to a key Iranian nuclear facility, according to the United Nations atomic watchdog, likely setting back the Islamic Republic’s uranium fuel cycle by months.
The International Atomic Energy Agency reported that multiple Israel strikes against Iran’s uranium-conversion facility at Isfahan, 400 ...Read more

Trump earned $57.7 million from crypto venture, disclosure shows
President Donald Trump earned $57.7 million from token sales by the crypto firm he and his sons helped launch last year, according to his required federal financial disclosure forms.
The financial disclosure, released Friday by the Office of Government Ethics, provided details on his sprawling empire, including hundreds of millions of dollars ...Read more

Zelenskyy says US 'decisiveness' key to pressuring Putin
Ukraine needs clarity from the U.S. about steps to put pressure on Russia toward a ceasefire, since European support hinges on it, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said ahead of the G7 meeting in Canada, where he hopes to meet President Donald Trump.
The Ukrainian leader spoke before another swap of prisoners with Russia, the main tangible outcome...Read more

Washington hunkers down for Trump's military parade
WASHINGTON — Miles of fencing and concrete barriers lace the nation’s capital ahead of President Donald Trump’s military parade along the National Mall on Saturday night — an event intended to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Army, but which also coincides with the president’s birthday.
The event is ...Read more
Iran fires hundreds of missiles at Israel as conflict escalates
Israel extended attacks against Iran as fighting intensified between the two sides, raising international concerns of a protracted and devastating conflict.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his military would “strike at every site and every target of the Ayatollah regime” after Iran fired waves of ballistic missiles at Israeli cities...Read more
2 Minnesota Democratic lawmakers shot in 'targeted' attack
Two Democratic Minnesota state lawmakers and their spouses were shot Saturday in what Gov. Tim Walz said was likely a targeted political attack by a suspect impersonating a police officer.
Democratic House leader Melissa Hortman, 55, and her husband, Mark, were killed at their home. State Sen. John Hoffman, 60, and his wife, Yvette, were ...Read more
Timeline: How an early morning assault against Minnesota lawmakers unfolded
MINNEAPOLIS — House DFL leader Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark were fatally shot early Saturday morning in what Gov. Tim Walz said appears to be a politically motivated assassination.
That came shortly after a gunman shot and wounded state Sen. John Hoffman and his wife at their home in Champlin, according to authorities.
Here’s what ...Read more

Axiom Space back on track for possible Space Coast launch next week
ORLANDO, Fla. — A leak in space and a leak on Earth have both been taken care of clearing the way for the next human spaceflight from the Space Coast.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket topped with a new Crew Dragon spacecraft looks to bring the four private astronauts on the Axiom Space Ax-4 mission on a trip to the International Space Station as ...Read more

Water flea population soared in South Side stretch of Chicago River after 2023 sewage release
CHICAGO — In the summer of 2023, strange things happened to the tiny creatures that swim and float in the Chicago River.
One type of water flea, Chydoridae, basically disappeared from the South Side stretch known as Bubbly Creek, while another, Moinidae, experienced a dramatic population surge.
“You could see them with your eyes — clouds...Read more

Why the fight over abortion in Kansas and Missouri isn't going away anytime soon
Kansas and Missouri voters have spoken on abortion.
But nearly three years after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the federal right to the procedure, sending the issue back to the states, abortion continues to dominate politics on both sides of the state line.
And it’s now clear that the situation will continue for at least two more years,...Read more

US Marines detain Army veteran outside federal building in Westwood
LOS ANGELES — Despite local officials repeatedly stating U.S. Marines “do not have arrest power,” troops outside a Los Angeles federal building temporarily detained an U.S. Army veteran on Friday.
The U.S. military’s Northern Command confirmed that troops stationed at the Wilshire Federal Building, near the intersection of Wilshire and ...Read more

Josh Shapiro reaffirms his control over Pennsylvania's National Guard after Trump took control of California's troops
PHILADELPHIA — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro pledged to “stand up " to President Donald Trump if he tries to take control of the Pennsylvania National Guard. But that won’t stop the Democratic governor from calling up the Guard on his own if needed, though he expects local law enforcement to be able to handle protests of the Trump ...Read more

Newark ICE facility escapees faced charges of assault, burglary, terroristic threats
Four men who escaped Thursday from the Delaney Hall detention center in Newark, New Jersey, were being held on serious charges ranging from aggravated assault and burglary to making terroristic threats.
The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the men who broke ...Read more

Video shows immigration agents interrogating US citizen in LA area, leaving with his ID
LOS ANGELES — Brian Gavidia was working on a BMW in a small dealership on West Olympic Boulevard in Montebello around 4:30 p.m. Thursday when he heard immigration agents were outside.
Gavidia, 29, who was born and raised in East Los Angeles, said he stepped outside. There stood four to six agents.
Within seconds, he said, one of them — ...Read more

Air India Boeing 787 crash spurs speculation, calls for patience
PARIS — One day after the Air India crash, which killed at least 241 people Thursday, the airline on Friday was ordered to inspect its fleet of 787 Dreamliners as Boeing and its suppliers pulled back from public events ahead of the Paris Air Show.
It could take months to fully understand what went wrong in the crash, the first involving a ...Read more

Japan seeks possibility of trade deal with US as G-7 looms
Japan and the U.S. held another round of trade talks in Washington as officials try to reach an agreement ahead of a Group of Seven summit in Canada and a meeting between President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
Japan’s top trade negotiator Ryosei Akazawa met with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick for 70 minutes and ...Read more

LA braces for multiple 'No Kings' demonstrations across the city Saturday
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles and other major cities across the nation are girding for widespread demonstrations against the Trump administration Saturday as the federal government expands its aggressive immigration enforcement crackdown beyond Southern California.
In Washington, the Army will celebrate 250 years of service, as well as President ...Read more

Kentucky lawmaker files lawsuit to try to stop sexual misconduct investigation
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Facing a formal ethics hearing for allegations of misconduct toward women, Kentucky Rep. Daniel Grossberg is asking a Kentucky court for emergency relief, calling the investigation against him “retaliatory and discriminatory.”
The 23-page complaint, filed Friday afternoon in Franklin Circuit Court, asks for immediate ...Read more

Joan Baez to join Bay Area 'No Kings' protests against Trump
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Iconic folk singer, political activist and long time Bay Area resident Joan Baez is coming full circle Saturday, set to speak and possibly sing at a “No Kings” protest against President Donald Trump in Palo Alto, the city where she engaged in her first act of civil disobedience at age 17.
Baez, 83, has come a long way ...Read more
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