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Trump looks to unite Republicans with visit to Capitol before key votes on tax cut bill
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will look to build momentum for his wide-ranging tax cut and immigration bill on Tuesday, taking a trip to Capitol Hill to address House Republicans as they try to work out their differences before a planned floor vote later this week. Trump will attend the...
Thunder, Timberwolves set to meet in Western Conference final featuring young starsVideo
OKLAHOMA CITY — Two years ago, the Oklahoma City Thunder and Minnesota Timberwolves met in the play-in tournament to determine which would get the No. 8 seed in the Western Conference playoffs. Now, they’ll face off for a trip to the NBA Finals. Minnesota won that play-in game in 2023,...
With contract extension, Derrick Henry looking for more rushing success with RavensVideo
OWINGS MILLS, Md. — Derrick Henry arrived in Baltimore at age 30 and had one of the best seasons of his career while playing alongside Lamar Jackson. Why leave all that behind? Henry is ready to stay with the Ravens for at least the next couple of years after agreeing...
Reigning Stanley Cup champion Panthers, Hurricanes meet again in Eastern final
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Florida Panthers were on their way to becoming the NHL’s standard, headed to the Stanley Cup Final two years ago before returning to win the Cup last year. In many ways, the breakthrough moment came in the exact spot they find themselves now: in the Eastern...
NHL’s final 4 brings familiar feel to conference finals
The NHL playoff field included some unexpected entrants, and the first two rounds featured some surprises and a handful of upsets. Yet as things stand right now with the conference finals beginning Tuesday night, the teams still in contention for the Stanley Cup are a familiar mix of those who...
RFK Jr. pledged not to upend the vaccine system, but big changes are underway
WASHINGTON — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. clinched the political support needed to become the nation’s top health official by pledging to work within the decades-old federal system for approval and use of vaccines. Yet his regulators are promising big changes that cloud the outlook for what shots might even be...
Analysis: Indy 500 rocked by another cheating scandal by Team PenskeVideo
INDIANAPOLIS — As the latest round of Team Penske cheating allegations swirled through Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the president of the IndyCar team stood outside the garage to address the illegal modifications discovered on two of its cars. Lurking over Tim Cindric’s shoulder was a random race fan wearing what appeared...
Stocks, bonds and the dollar drift after the latest downgrade to the U.S. government’s credit rating
NEW YORK — After recovering from an initial jolt, U.S. stocks, bonds and the value of the U.S. dollar drifted through a quiet Monday following the latest reminder that the U.S government may be hurtling toward an unsustainable mountain of debt. The S&P 500 edged up by 0.1% after Moody’s...
NFL owners set to discuss tush push again, along with playoff, flag football proposalsVideo
The fate of the tush push will be up for discussion again along with the NFL’s history of giving division champions with mediocre records home field in the playoffs. There will be a new topic as well when NFL owners gather Tuesday and Wednesday at the headquarters of the Minnesota...
Shedeur Sanders signs 4-year rookie contract with BrownsVideo
CLEVELAND — Shedeur Sanders reached his next NFL milestone Monday as he signed his rookie contract with the Cleveland Browns. The deal is for four years and $4.6 million, according to reports. Cleveland traded up with Seattle to take Sanders in the fifth round with the 144th overall pick and...
Trump says Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks will begin immediately after call with Putin
WASHINGTON — Russia and Ukraine will “immediately” begin ceasefire negotiations, President Donald Trump said Monday after separate calls with the leaders of both countries meant to spur progress toward ending the three-year war. The conversations did not appear to yield a major breakthrough. It was not clear when or where...
U.S. Open field starts to take shape through world ranking and qualifying
One day after Scottie Scheffler captured his third major at the PGA Championship, the 156-man field for the U.S. Open began to take shape Monday with 27 players added through the world ranking and qualifiers being held on three continents. Among the 36 players now exempt from qualifying are Davis...
Judge bars Trump administration from shutting peace institute that sought to end violent conflicts
WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Monday blocked the Trump administration from moving forward with its dismantling of the U.S. Institute of Peace, an organization taken over in March by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency. U.S. District Court Judge Beryl Howell ruled that the think tank, which was created...
Shipment of thousands of chicks found abandoned in USPS truck now overwhelming animal shelter
CAMDEN, Del. — A Delaware animal shelter is trying to care for and rehome thousands of chicks that survived being left in a postal service truck for three days. Trapped in a warm enclosure, without food and water, thousands died before they were discovered. Involved parties are still awaiting answers...
More severe weather pummels the central U.S. as thousands recover from deadly tornadoesVideo
LONDON, Ky. — More tornadoes plowed through the central U.S. on Monday and thousands were without power as people from Texas to Kentucky continued to clean up from days of severe weather that killed more than two dozen people and destroyed thousands of homes and buildings. At least four tornadoes...
Trump, alongside the first lady, will sign a bill to make posting ‘revenge porn’ a federal crime
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his wife, Melania, on Monday were hosting a signing ceremony for the Take It Down Act, a measure the first lady helped usher through Congress to set stricter penalties for the distribution of non-consensual intimate imagery online, or “revenge porn.” In March, Melania Trump...
Supreme Court allows Trump to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans who risk deportation
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to deportation. The court’s order, with only one noted dissent, puts on hold a ruling from a federal judge in San Francisco that kept in place Temporary Protected Status...
Netanyahu says he’ll allow some aid into Gaza under pressure, but none appears to have entered
TEL AVIV, Israel — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that his decision to resume limited aid to the Gaza Strip after a two-and-a-half month blockade came after pressure from allies who said they couldn’t support Israel’s renewed offensive if there are “images of hunger” coming out of the...
It’s the end of the world and the Cannes Film Festival does not feel fine
CANNES, France — “Is this what the end of the world feels like?” So asks a character in one of the most-talked about films of the 78th Cannes Film Festival: Oliver Laxe’s “Sirât,” a Moroccan desert road trip through, we come to learn, a World War III purgatory. It’s well...
Man who tried to sell $6.4M gold toilet stolen from English country house is spared jail
LONDON — A man who tried to help a burglar cash in from the theft of a golden toilet valued at $6.4 million was spared jail on Monday after a British judge said he had been taken advantage of by the thieves. Frederick Doe, 37, also known as Frederick Sines,...
CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon quits as potential Trump lawsuit settlement looms
CBS News CEO Wendy McMahon said Monday that she is resigning after four years, the latest fallout at the network as its parent company considers settling a lawsuit with President Donald Trump over a “60 Minutes” interview with his former political opponent. McMahon, who has led both the network news...
JD Vance gives Pope Leo XIV an invitation from Trump to visit U.S.
ROME — U.S. Vice President JD Vance extended an invitation to Pope Leo XIV to visit the United States during a meeting at the Vatican on Monday ahead of a flurry of U.S.-led diplomatic efforts to make progress on a ceasefire in Russia’s war in Ukraine. Vance gave the first...
Christopher Bell beats Joey Logano in action-packed NASCAR All-Star Race
Christopher Bell loves North Wilkesboro Speedway, and Joey Logano hates the “Promoter’s Caution.” Those were the main takeaways from the top two finishers in an action-packed NASCAR All-Star Race at the 0.625-mile oval in North Wilkesboro, N.C. In a slam-bang affair that set a record for lead changes, Bell beat...
Trump’s big bill advances in rare weekend vote, but conservatives demand more changes
WASHINGTON — House Republicans narrowly advanced President Donald Trump’s big tax cuts package out of a key committee during a rare Sunday night vote, but just barely, as conservative holdouts are demanding quicker cuts to Medicaid and green energy programs before giving their full support. Speaker Mike Johnson met with...
Trump’s massive import taxes haven’t done much economic damage – yet
WASHINGTON — For months, American consumers and businesses have been hearing that President Trump’s massive import taxes — tariffs — would drive up prices and hurt the U.S. economy. But the latest economic reports don’t match the doom and gloom: Inflation actually eased last month, and hiring was solid in...
