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Trump-backed Letlow advances to Louisiana Senate runoff as Cassidy faces political reckoning

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JACK BROOK
May 16, 2026 10:04 pm - Louisiana Treasurer John Fleming and U.S. Rep. Julia Letlow will face each other in a June 27 runoff for the Republican Senate nomination in Louisiana.
US is starting to see heavy job losses in roles exposed to AI

By Matthew Boesler
May 16, 2026 9:13 pm - Several US occupations expected to be impacted by artificial intelligence saw heavy job losses for a second year in 2025, led by customer service representatives and certain types of secretaries and salespeople.
Venezuela says it deported a close ally of Maduro to face criminal proceedings in US

By JOSHUA GOODMAN
May 16, 2026 7:41 pm - Venezuela’s government said Saturday it deported a close ally of Nicolás Maduro facing several criminal investigations in the U.S. less than three years after the businessman was pardoned by President Joe Biden as part of a prisoner swap.
Trump’s description of Taiwan as a ‘good negotiating chip’ with China raises anxieties

By SIMINA MISTREANU
May 16, 2026 6:35 pm - Recent comments by U.S. President Donald Trump that arms sales to Taiwan are a “very good negotiating chip” in the United States’ dealings with China are heightening anxieties on the island democracy that Beijing claims as its own.
North America’s largest commuter rail system shuts down as workers strike

By PHILIP MARCELO and MICHAEL R. SISAK
May 16, 2026 6:27 pm - The Long Island Rail Road, North America’s largest commuter rail system, was shut down Saturday after unionized workers went on strike for the first time in three decades.
Driver plows into pedestrians in Italy’s Modena, 8 injured, 4 critically, mayor says

May 16, 2026 5:58 pm - A driver plowed into pedestrians in the northern Italian city of Modena on Saturday, injuring eight people, four of them critically, local authorities said.
Congolese report constant burials as deaths in new Ebola outbreak reach 80

May 16, 2026 5:53 pm - At least 80 deaths have been reported in Congo's new Ebola disease outbreak in the eastern Ituri province, authorities said, as health workers raced Saturday to intensify screening and contact tracing to contain the disease.
USS Ford returns home after 11-month deployment supporting the Iran war and Maduro’s capture

May 16, 2026 3:57 pm - The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world largest aircraft carrier, returned home to Virginia on Saturday after an 11-month deployment, the longest since the Vietnam War, that saw it support the U.S. war with Iran and the capture of Nicolás Maduro when he was Venezuela's president.
Trump says Islamic State group leader was killed in a joint US-Nigerian mission

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and OPE ADETAYO
May 16, 2026 2:52 pm - U.S. and Nigerian forces killed a leader of the Islamic State group in Nigeria in a mission carried out Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump said.
Supreme Court rejects Virginia's bid to restore congressional map favoring Democrats

By MARK SHERMAN
May 15, 2026 5:45 pm - WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected Virginia’s bid to restore a congressional map that would have given Democrats a chance to pick up four seats in the clos...

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