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Lutnick’s testimony about Epstein draws praise from GOP chair and derision from Democrats

By STEPHEN GROVES
May 06, 2026 4:11 pm - Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick appeared Wednesday before a House committee investigating sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, trying to explain to lawmakers his contact with the financier after Epstein's 2008 conviction for soliciting prostitution from an underage girl.
Hantavirus is on the rise in Argentina, where a stricken cruise ship began its journey

By ISABEL DEBRE
May 06, 2026 4:00 pm - Officials and experts in Argentina are scrambling to determine if their country is the source of a deadly hantavirus outbreak that has gripped an Atlantic cruise.
Cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak heads to Canary Islands after 3 are evacuated

By ANNIE RISEMBERG, MISPER APAWU, ALEKSANDAR FURTULA and ISABEL DEBRE
May 06, 2026 3:55 pm - Two patients with hantavirus and one suspected of infection were evacuated Wednesday from a cruise ship at the center of a deadly outbreak, the U.N. health agency said. The ship then departed Cape Verde with nearly 150 people on board — isolated in their cabins — and headed to Spain’s Canary Islands.
Man charged in DC shooting was walking along the path of Vance's motorcade, agent says

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
May 06, 2026 2:16 pm - A man accused of firing a gun at law enforcement officers near the Washington Monument this week was walking along the path of Vice President JD Vance's motorcade before the shooting and made a vulgar remark about the White House after the confrontation, according to a court filing Wednesday.
Shipping firms are being whipsawed by changing stances and risks as they wait for Hormuz to reopen

By MAE ANDERSON and DAVID MCHUGH
May 06, 2026 2:14 pm - With hundreds of vessels still stuck in the Persian Gulf and costs piling up, shipping companies are being whipsawed by uncertainty over how and when the Strait of Hormuz might reopen more than two months into the Iran war.
Trump's Indiana wins show his power over GOP with more primaries and redistricting debates ahead

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and BILL BARROW
May 06, 2026 11:55 am - Five months ago, President Donald Trump was stinging from one of the first political defeats of his second term as Republican state senators defied him on redistricting in Indiana. Now he has proved he can still punish wayward party members after he endorsed a slate of challengers who defeated almost every one of the lawmakers he wanted to dislodge.
FBI searches Virginia Senate leader's office as part of corruption probe, AP source says

By ERIC TUCKER and JENNIFER PELTZ
May 06, 2026 11:53 am - The FBI searched the Virginia state Senate leader's office on Wednesday as part of a corruption investigation, a person familiar with the matter said.
Iran has hit far more U.S. military assets than reported, satellite images show

Evan Hill, Jarrett Ley, Alex Horton, Tara Copp, Dan Lamothe
May 06, 2026 7:57 am - Imagery published by Iranian state-affiliated media and verified by The Post shows damage to at least 228 structures or pieces of equipment at U.S. military sites.
US fires on Iranian oil tanker as Trump pressures Tehran for deal to end war

By JOSHUA BOAK, E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and ELENA BECATOROS
May 06, 2026 7:52 am - The U.S. military fired on an Iranian oil tanker Wednesday as President Donald Trump sought to pressure Tehran into reaching a deal to end the war. The Islamic Republic said it was reviewing the latest American proposals.
Takeaways from Tuesday’s elections in Indiana, Ohio and Michigan

By JONATHAN J. COOPER, HUMERA LODHI and SIMRAN PARWANI
May 05, 2026 8:32 pm - President Donald Trump is having some success in his latest attempt to politically punish Republicans who stand in his way.

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