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Trump asks the Supreme Court to clear the way for federal downsizing plans

By MARK SHERMAN
Jun 02, 2025 1:05 pm - President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday renewed its request for the Supreme Court to clear the way for plans to downsize the federal workforce, while a lawsuit filed by labor unions and cities proceeds.
Ukraine’s drone attack on Russian warplanes was a serious blow to the Kremlin's strategic arsenal

By The Associated Press
Jun 02, 2025 11:53 am - A surprise Ukrainian drone attack that targeted several Russian air bases hosting nuclear-capable strategic bombers was unprecedented in its scope and sophistication for the first time reached as far as Siberia in a heavy blow to the Russian military.
Ukraine and Russia agree to swap dead and wounded troops but report no progress toward ending war

By MEHMET GUZEL
Jun 02, 2025 8:32 am - Peace talks end quickly as Russia and Ukraine remain far apart. But after Ukraine's daring strikes, could progress be near?
Britain is getting a defense boost aimed at sending a message to Moscow, and to Trump

By JILL LAWLESS and PAN PYLAS
Jun 02, 2025 8:29 am - The United Kingdom will build new nuclear-powered attack submarines, get its army ready to fight a war in Europe and become “a battle-ready, armor-clad nation,” Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Monday, part of a boost to military spending designed to send a message to Moscow — and Washington.
US defense secretary warns Indo-Pacific allies of ‘imminent’ threat from China

By TARA COPP and DAVID RISING
May 31, 2025 5:40 pm - SINGAPORE — U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reassured allies in the Indo-Pacific on Saturday that they will not be left alone to face increasing military and economic...
Turmoil, worry swirl over cuts to key federal agencies as hurricane season begins

By SETH BORENSTEIN and GABRIELA AOUN ANGUEIRA
May 31, 2025 5:37 pm - WASHINGTON — With predictions for a busy hurricane season beginning Sunday, experts in storms and disasters are worried about something potentially as chaotic as the swir...
2 killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine as prospects for talks remain uncertain

May 31, 2025 5:27 pm - KYIV, Ukraine — Russian drone and missile attacks on Ukraine on Saturday killed at least two people, including a 9-year-old girl, officials said, as uncertainty remains a...
New German leader Friedrich Merz will meet Trump at the White House next week

May 31, 2025 5:23 pm - BERLIN — German Chancellor Friedrich Merz will travel to Washington next week to meet U.S. President Donald Trump, with the war in Ukraine and trade tensions among the it...
Death toll reaches 151 in north-central Nigerian town submerged in floods, with thousands displaced

By TAIWO ADEBAYO and CHINEDU ASADU
May 31, 2025 5:15 pm - ABUJA, Nigeria — The death toll from devastating flooding in a market town in Nigeria’s north-central state of Niger rose to at least 151 on Saturday, the local emergency...
Spike in steel tariffs could imperil Trump promise of lower grocery prices

By MATT SEDENSKY
May 31, 2025 5:08 pm - NEW YORK — President Donald Trump’s doubling of tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum could hit Americans in an unexpected place: grocery aisles. The announcement Friday ...

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