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White House comes out with sharp spending cuts in Trump’s 2026 budget plan

By LISA MASCARO
May 02, 2025 7:33 am - President Donald Trump's 2026 budget plan would slash non-defense domestic spending by $163 billion while increasing expenditures on national security, according to White House statements Friday.
Who are the contenders to be pope? They include a street priest, a missionary and a Lutheran convert

By The Associated Press
May 02, 2025 6:41 am - When the cardinals enter the Sistine Chapel on May 7 to choose a successor to Pope Francis, the first pontiff from Latin America, they will be looking above all for a holy man who can guide the Catholic Church. Beyond that, they will weigh his administrative and pastoral experience and consider what the church needs today.
Miller highlights key Trump priority: the war against ‘cancerous, woke culture’

By Matt Viser and Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
May 01, 2025 7:18 pm - President Donald Trump and his top advisers on Thursday sought to spotlight their efforts so far to remake the federal government and American society with a pointed and ...
Trump threatens sanctions against buyers of Iranian oil after US-Iran nuclear talks are postponed

By JON GAMBRELL
May 01, 2025 7:14 pm - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened sanctions on anyone who buys Iranian oil, a warning that came after planned talks over Tehran’...
Trump administration cuts school mental health grants created after shootings

By Ben Brasch
May 01, 2025 7:10 pm - The Education Department this week began cutting about $1 billion in mental health-related grants created in response to mass school shootings, claiming that schools that...
More than 1,100 arrested in 6-day Florida immigration sweep, officials say

By Lori Rozsa
May 01, 2025 4:46 pm - More than 1,100 people have been arrested in Florida over the last week as part of a sweeping immigration operation involving state and federal law enforcement agents, De...
The US has nearly 900 measles cases, and 10 states have outbreaks. Here’s what to know.

By DEVI SHASTRI
May 01, 2025 4:32 pm - With one-fifth of states seeing active measles outbreaks, the U.S. is nearing 900 cases, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Justice Department sues Hawaii, Michigan, Vermont and New York over state climate actions

By ALEXA ST. JOHN
May 01, 2025 4:04 pm - DETROIT — The U.S. Justice Department filed lawsuits against four states this week, claiming their climate actions conflict with federal authority and President Donald Tr...
Judge bars deportations of Venezuelans from South Texas under 18th-century wartime law

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI
May 01, 2025 12:56 pm - A federal judge on Thursday barred the Trump administration from deporting any Venezuelans from South Texas under an 18th-century wartime law and said President Donald Trump's invocation of it was “unlawful.”
Trump names Secretary of State Rubio as acting national security adviser, taps Waltz for UN envoy

By ZEKE MILLER, AAMER MADHANI and SEUNG MIN KIM
May 01, 2025 10:48 am - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he’s naming Secretary of State Marco Rubio as acting national security adviser to replace Mike Waltz, whom he is nominating for United Nations ambassador.

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