Oscar statuette found after TSA flagged it as weapon
Lufthansa said the airline is working to get the Oscar statuette back to Talankin.
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William and Kate show off Otto, new cocker spaniel puppy
Otto is the son of William and Kate’s black cocker spaniel, Orla.
California police can start ticketing driverless cars this July
Set to take effect July 1, California's DMV issued a release announcing the adoption of new rules for autonomous vehicles.
The world needs a Hormuz fertilizer initiative now
The Black Sea Grain Initiative of 2022 provides a potential roadmap.
The Memo: Trump’s frustration on Iran boils over in attacks against media
President Trump’s frustration with media coverage of the war on Iran boiled over Thursday when he alleged that reporting from The New York Times was “seditious” and called CNN “stupid” and “the enemy.” Verbal fusillades against the media are commonplace for Trump, but the unusually intense Thursday attack seemed emblematic of his frustration with a...
GOP war powers resolution argument triggers a furor between Trump, lawmakers over Iran
The partisan battle over authorizing the Iran War has shifted to one of semantics, as the sides haggle over a contentious deadline created by a Vietnam-era law. On Friday, the conflict hit the 60-day mark — a critical marker under the 1973 War Powers Act — and Democrats are using the milestone to fuel their...
Alabama, Tennessee GOP governors call special sessions after Supreme Court's Voting Rights Act decision
Republican governors in two southern states are calling state lawmakers back for special sessions next week to consider new congressional maps following a landmark Supreme Court decision that narrowed the scope of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). Alabama lawmakers are set to convene in Montgomery starting Monday to discuss potentially moving the state’s May 19...
Pentagon says US naval blockade has cost Iran $4.8 billion
The Defense Department has estimated that the U.S. naval blockade has cost Iran about $4.8 billion in oil revenue, a Pentagon official familiar with the assessment told The Hill late Friday. The blockade, which was instituted more than two weeks ago, is one of the actions President Trump has used to inflict pressure on Iran...
GOP Sen. Young: Trump should work with Congress on any future Iran strikes
Sen. Todd Young (R-Indiana) said on Friday that the Trump administration would need to seek congressional approval before renewing military action against Iran, after officials asserted the 60-day war powers clock stopped running when the ceasefire took effect. “The purpose of the War Powers Act was to assert the constitutional responsibility of Congress to declare...
Spirit Airlines preparing to shut down if bailout deal isn't reached: Reports
Spirit Airlines may be reaching the end of the runway.
ActBlue sues Ken Paxton for 'retaliation' over donation vetting lawsuit
ActBlue is suing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), arguing that his investigation and a separate lawsuit into the progressive fundraising platform amount to political retaliation for its role in raising money for Democratic candidates and causes. The lawyers representing the platform asked a federal court in Massachusetts on Friday to stop Paxton from pursuing...
New York Times pushes for release of purported Epstein suicide note
The New York Times on Thursday called on a New York courthouse for the release of an alleged suicide note written by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The outlet petitioned the courthouse's judge to unseal the note, which Epstein's cellmate Nicholas Tartaglione said he found in July 2019, one month before Epstein's death. The note...
Garcia presses DHS for info on whether Noem is living in government housing
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the top Democrat on the House Oversight and Reform Committee, is pressing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for information on whether its former secretary, Kristi Noem, is still living in government housing. In a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, Garcia cited the Wall Street Journal’s reporting last week...
