Cuban officials said Wednesday that the island has completely run out of fuel needed to keep much of it running, blaming a monthslong U.S. sanctions campaign that has sharply restricted fuel imports and pushed the country deeper into an already severe energy crisis. Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy said that the country has […]
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered that the Trump administration cannot penalize U.N. official Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, who has accused Israel of war crimes and human rights abuses in Gaza. In July 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Treasury Department announced that the […]
A federal jury in Florida has convicted the founder of a healthcare software company for defrauding Medicare and other federal healthcare benefit programs out of more than $1 billion. HealthSplash CEO Brett Blackman, 42, of Kansas, was found guilty on Wednesday for his role in operating a platform that generated fictitious doctors’ notes and prescriptions […]
Allegiant Air and Sun Country Airlines officially closed their merger on Wednesday, less than two weeks after Spirit Airlines unexpectedly collapsed. The $1.5 billion cash-and-stock deal, which includes debt, allows the two smaller regional airlines to fill the void left by the now-defunct budget carrier. Allegiant is based in Las Vegas, and Sun Country is […]
Pope Leo XIV on Thursday expressed concern over the increasing use of artificial intelligence in warfare, arguing that the technology sets up a moral dilemma for humanity. The pontiff’s warning came during a speech at Rome’s La Sapienza University, in which he called for expanded oversight over AI being developed and used in the military […]
EXCLUSIVE — Republicans will head to the White House on Thursday afternoon for another classified briefing with the Secret Service as the Trump administration intensifies its push to salvage a controversial $1 billion security funding request facing growing Republican skepticism on Capitol Hill. A source familiar with the meeting told the Washington Examiner that lawmakers […]
President Donald Trump, Miami Dade College, and Florida officials are facing a lawsuit alleging that the donation of public land for the proposed Trump Presidential Library violates the Constitution. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of a Miami nonprofit group, residents, and a Miami Dade College student, argued that the Constitution bars states from providing financial […]
Singer Katharine McPhee sang for Los Angeles mayoral candidate and reality TV star Spencer Pratt during a fundraising event at McPhee’s and husband David Foster’s home in Brentwood, California, on Monday. Footage circulating online showed a karaoke-style setup in the backyard, complete with a microphone and lyrics on a screen, and Grammy-winning producer Foster on […]
The White House said on Wednesday that President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed during a bilateral summit that the Strait of Hormuz must remain open and that Iran can “never have a nuclear weapon.” Trump is halfway through a two-day bilateral summit with Xi in Beijing. The two leaders have spent hours […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Gideon Saar on Thursday ordered a defamation lawsuit to be filed against the New York Times after a journalist published an opinion piece alleging Palestinian prisoners were raped and sexually abused by Israeli prison guards and soldiers. The opinion article, titled “The silence that meets the rape […]
