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Environmental Groups Challenge BP's Ultra-Deep Gulf Drilling Plan

Five environmental organizations filed suit against the Trump administration Monday over its approval of BP's Kaskida project, a 5 billion dollar ultra-deepwater drilling operation in the Gulf of M...

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Polymarket seeks $400m at $15bn valuation as conflict bets fuel explosive growth

Polymarket, the online prediction platform where users wager on geopolitical upheaval and global events, is raising $400 million at a potential valuation of $15 billion, according to reporting from...

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Army sergeant's wife detained at immigration office despite legal protection

An Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer arrested the wife of a US Army sergeant with nearly three decades of military service during a routine appointment at an immigration office in El Paso...

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Supreme Court Takes Up Catholic Preschool Fight Over State Funding and LGBTQ+ Admission Policies

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge from Catholic preschools in Colorado that claim the state wrongfully shut them out of a taxpayer-funded program because of their religious admission...

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Amazon Allegedly Pressured Vendors to Jack Up Prices, New Emails Reveal

California authorities unsealed a trove of internal Amazon communications Monday that paint a damning picture of coordinated price-fixing across the e-commerce giant's platform, according to newly ...

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Trump's Iran gambit crumbles as ceasefire clock ticks down

President Trump promised reporters a peace deal with Iran by Monday. On Sunday morning, he said Vice President Vance was already on his way to Pakistan for negotiations. Neither claim was accurate....

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Trump Defends Iran Push: 'Time is Not My Adversary'

President Trump launched a combative defense of his Iran strategy Monday, dismissing critics who suggest he faces mounting pressure to broker a nuclear agreement with Tehran. In a series of posts o...

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Singer D4vd Faces Murder Charge in Death of 14-Year-Old Girl

Prosecutors have charged singer D4vd with murder in connection with the death of a 14-year-old girl whose decomposed remains were discovered in a Tesla registered to him.The charge came months afte...

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Korir shatters Boston record as Kenya sweeps marathons again

John Korir crossed the finish line in dominant fashion Monday, destroying the Boston Marathon course record and delivering Kenya a second consecutive title sweep in the men's and women's races. Kor...

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Bayer's Roundup Reckoning: Thousands of Cancer Claims Could Derail Settlement

Bayer faces a mounting legal crisis as thousands of cancer cases continue to flood U.S. courts, threatening to collapse the company's carefully constructed settlement plans. The litigation landscap...

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Europe finally wakes up to Netanyahu's contempt

Benjamin Netanyahu has spent months dismissing European criticism with barely concealed disdain. Now, after years of angry words that went nowhere, the EU appears ready to back its rhetoric with ac...

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US Navy seizes Iranian cargo ship attempting blockade run

The United States military seized an Iranian-flagged cargo vessel on Sunday after it attempted to bypass an American naval blockade controlling the Strait of Hormuz, according to statements from th...

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Luna Makes His Move for World Cup Spot with Standout Performance

Diego Luna has spent the last year fighting his way back into Mauricio Pochettino's plans for this summer's World Cup roster. A knee injury sidelined him early in the MLS season, forcing him to mis...

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Religious Fervor Surrounds Trump as Supporters Cast Him in Biblical Terms

A striking theological framing has emerged among some Trump supporters, who are casting the former president in explicitly religious language typically reserved for prophetic or messianic figures.T...

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Arsenal's Title Dream Still Breathing as City Wobbles Forward

Manchester City seized control of the Premier League title race with a narrow escape against Arsenal on Sunday, but the finish line remains far enough away that nothing is settled. Pep Guardiola's ...

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Klinsmann's Son Breaks Neck in Italian League Collision

Jonathan Klinsmann, the 29-year-old goalkeeper and son of former Germany striker Jürgen Klinsmann, suffered a serious neck injury during a second-tier Italian match on Saturday. The incident occurr...

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What Justice Thomas Got Right About American History

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has long pushed back against a sanitized version of American history, one that glosses over uncomfortable truths while also refusing to let partial narratives ...

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Eight children slaughtered in Louisiana home rampage, deadliest U.S. mass shooting since 2024

Shamar Elkins, 31, opened fire in two Shreveport homes on Sunday, killing eight children aged three to 11 and injuring three others in what authorities described as a violent domestic incident. Pol...

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After 75 years, Korean War soldier finally comes home to New Mexico

A US Army sergeant missing since the opening months of the Korean War was buried this spring in his hometown, finally laid to rest after remains were identified through DNA analysis more than seven...

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Democrats Missing the Moment to Sell Clean Energy as War Drives Gas Prices Higher

The conflict roiling the Middle East has sent gasoline prices soaring above $4.10 a gallon nationwide, yet Democratic leaders have largely failed to seize on the disruption as a case for shifting a...

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FBI Director Patel sues Atlantic for $250M over drinking allegations story

Kash Patel has filed a defamation lawsuit against the Atlantic and reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick, seeking $250 million in damages over an article published in April that detailed allegations of excess...

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Mother, six children perish in Pennsylvania home explosion

A devastating explosion and fire claimed seven lives in central Pennsylvania on Sunday morning, leaving investigators searching for answers about what triggered the blast that consumed a Lamar Town...

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Trump Opens Floodgates on $166 Billion Tariff Refund System

The Trump administration launched a digital claims platform Monday to process refunds for more than $166 billion in tariffs, nearly four months after the Supreme Court stripped the president of leg...

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Kennedy's New Podcast Drops Health Talk for Trump Talking Points

Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new Secretary Kennedy Podcast is shaping up as something quite different from his previous show. Where The RFK Jr Podcast once hammered on vaccine skepticism and Covid-19 co...

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Billion-Dollar Lebanon Aid Effort Raises Hard Questions

The United States has funneled roughly a billion dollars into Lebanon over recent years, but the results remain murky and difficult to measure. The aid commitment raises fundamental questions about...

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Case for Scrapping Law School's Gatekeeping Model

A debate is brewing over whether undergraduate law degrees should be allowed in America, a shift that would upend a century-old professional accreditation model that critics say serves ideological ...

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Gap bets big on Victoria Beckham to rescue faltering high street giant

Gap is rolling out a luxury bet this week. The struggling American retailer is launching a 38-piece collection with designer Victoria Beckham, signaling a dramatic shift from its days as a casual d...

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US Navy Seizes Iran Ship, Blows Up Fragile Truce

The US military intercepted and seized an Iranian-flagged container ship attempting to breach a naval blockade near the strait of Hormuz, marking the first such seizure since American forces began ...

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US and Mexican drug-fighting officials die in Chihuahua crash

Four law enforcement officials working to dismantle cartel operations died in a car accident Sunday in Mexico's Chihuahua state. Two were American, two Mexican.The Mexican victims were identified a...

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LeBron at 41 carries crippled Lakers as stars crumble around him

LeBron James must wonder if the basketball gods are testing him again. At 41 years old, he was supposed to be settling into a supporting role with the Lakers, ceding the burden to younger stars Luk...

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Trump Opens Refund Portal for $166 Billion in Struck-Down Tariffs

The Trump administration is opening an online claims system Monday morning to begin repaying businesses roughly $166 billion in tariffs that the Supreme Court invalidated earlier this year. U.S. Cu...

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The wild three-year league that gave birth to women's pro basketball

Forty-five years ago this April, the Women's Professional Basketball League played its final game. It lasted only three seasons, folded with little fanfare, and has been largely erased from the pub...

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Mixed signals from Trump's Justice Dept leave Epstein victims in the dark

When Pam Bondi failed to show up for a congressional deposition about her handling of Jeffrey Epstein investigative files, it marked the latest stumble in what was supposed to be a push for account...

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Luria Eyes House Comeback as Trump's Polls Tank

Elaine Luria, the military veteran who investigated January 6 and paid the political price for it, is running to reclaim her Virginia House seat. She believes the moment is right, and her bank acco...

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Labor Icon's Abuse Survivor Breaks Silence: 'My Body Still Remembers'

Jennifer Andrea Porras was 18 when they arrived at La Paz, the California headquarters of United Farm Workers co-founder Cesar Chavez, expecting to work as a field organizer. What unfolded that sum...

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Pope's Flawless English Turns Vatican Into Direct Player in Trump Fight

Pope Leo XIV speaks English the way Americans do, and that plain fact is reshaping how his words land in U.S. politics. Unlike his predecessors, who could lean on translation ambiguity when controv...

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Trump Courts Rogan With Oval Office Wins After Iran War Spat

President Trump is deploying a carefully calibrated charm offensive to keep podcast star Joe Rogan in his corner, even as the influencer hammers him over military escalation in Iran. The two men me...

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Oil surges, stocks tumble after US seizes Iranian ship near Hormuz

Energy markets convulsed on Monday as crude prices shot upward and European equities retreated, sparked by the US seizure of an Iranian cargo vessel attempting to breach the American blockade near ...

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Tariff Refund Portal Opens Monday: What Importers Need to Know

Starting Monday, American businesses that paid tariffs ruled illegal by the Supreme Court can begin seeking refunds through a new online system. The portal represents the first concrete step toward...

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The Danger of a Clownish Tyrant: Why Trump's Absurdity Makes Him More, Not Less, Terrifying

A peculiar strain of commentary has taken hold in recent weeks: the argument that Donald Trump's chaotic personality and lack of coherent ideology somehow render him less dangerous than traditional...

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Father Kills Seven of His Own Children in Louisiana Rampage

A mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana claimed the lives of eight children and left two adults in critical condition in what police are describing as a domestic violence incident.Shamar Elkins op...

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Oil Surges as Hormuz Blockade Deepens U.S.-Iran Standoff

Crude prices jumped roughly 6% Sunday evening as escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf upended the previous day's optimism that the Strait of Hormuz might reopen to tanker traffic. Brent crude cl...

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Catholic voters grapple as Trump's war with pope deepens

Donald Trump's escalating clash with Pope Leo XIV has forced American Catholics into an uncomfortable reckoning about where their faith ends and their politics begin, with church attendees around A...

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Oil surges as Iran vows response to USS destroyer's strike on cargo ship

Crude oil prices jumped sharply late Sunday after Tehran accused Washington of shattering a ceasefire agreement that had held since early April. The USS Spruance fired on an Iranian-flagged cargo v...

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Mets' $381M payroll proves no cure for 11-game skid

The New York Mets are learning an expensive lesson: money cannot buy wins. Despite fielding the second-costliest roster in baseball, the team extended its losing streak to 11 games Sunday with a 2-...

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NYC Mayor Pushes Government-Run Grocery Stores to Fight Food Costs

New York City's mayor is pitching a novel approach to the city's affordability crisis: government-operated supermarkets designed to undercut private grocers and bring down prices for struggling res...

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Camp Mystic's Return Ignites Firestorm Over Safety and Accountability

Camp Mystic is set to reopen May 30, but the Texas facility remains fractured by grief and controversy following a flooding disaster that claimed 27 young lives.The camp's leadership is now under i...

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California Woman Accused of Running Iran's Secret Arms Pipeline to Africa

Federal agents arrested a Woodland Hills resident at LAX on Saturday night on suspicion of brokering military hardware shipments for the Iranian government to African nations, according to prosecut...

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