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Rubio doubtful of diplomacy with Cuba as Trump raises new threat of military action

By MATTHEW LEE and WILL WEISSERT
May 21, 2026 4:34 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and America's top diplomat on Thursday again raised the specter of U.S. military intervention in Cuba, a renewed threat that take...
Republican progress on immigration bill stalls out over Trump’s ballroom, DOJ settlement

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, KEVIN FREKING and JOEY CAPPELLETTI
May 21, 2026 2:06 pm - Senate Republican leaders on Thursday are expected to abandon a proposal for $1 billion in security money for the White House complex and President Donald Trump’s ballroom amid backlash from members of their own party.
Trump will ease refrigerant rule in a bid to address surging grocery costs

By MATTHEW DALY
May 21, 2026 9:50 am - The Trump administration on Thursday loosened federal rules that require grocery stores and air-conditioning companies to reduce greenhouse gases used in cooling equipment, a step that President Donald Trump said would help lower grocery costs.
Democrats are hoping for a breakthrough as the House takes another Iran war vote

By STEPHEN GROVES
May 21, 2026 7:11 am - The House is expected to vote on legislation Thursday to compel President Donald Trump to withdraw from the war with Iran, a significant test of lawmakers' willingness to go along with a conflict the president launched over two months ago without congressional approval.
Israel begins deporting hundreds of international flotilla activists

By MELANIE LIDMAN
May 21, 2026 7:07 am - Israel has released hundreds of activists who attempted to breach Israel's naval blockade of Gaza and is in the process of deporting them, according to a legal organization working with the flotilla.
Europe faces stray Ukrainian drones as Kyiv targets Russian oil exports

By EMMA BURROWS
May 21, 2026 7:05 am - Over the past months, Ukrainian drones have crashed into the chimney of a power plant in Estonia, hit empty fuel tanks in Latvia and been shot down by Romanian fighter jets stationed in Lithuania.
US announces criminal case against former Cuban President Raúl Castro

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
May 20, 2026 1:02 pm - Federal prosecutors on Wednesday announced charges against former Cuban President Raúl Castro in the 1996 downing of civilian planes operated by Miami-based exiles as the Trump administration escalated pressure on the socialist government.
Barney Frank, a liberal congressman and trailblazer for gay rights, dies. He was 86

By STEVEN SLOAN
May 20, 2026 11:36 am - WASHINGTON — Barney Frank, the longtime Democratic congressman and leading liberal who brought new visibility to gay rights and crafted the most significant reforms to th...
Officers who defended Capitol from rioters sue to block payouts from $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
May 20, 2026 11:33 am - Two police officers who helped defend the U.S. Capitol from an attack by a mob of Trump supporters sued on Wednesday to block anyone — including Jan. 6, 2021, rioters — from receiving payouts from a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for people who claim to be victims of politically motivated prosecutions.
In Iran’s capital, weapons demonstrations send a signal at home and abroad as threat of war remains

By JON GAMBRELL
May 20, 2026 8:20 am - Weapons are now regularly brandished in Tehran in an increasing show of defiance. This comes as U.S. President Donald Trump threatens he could restart the war with Iran should negotiations break down and the Islamic Republic refuses to release its grip on the Strait of Hormuz.

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