Vatican issues final warning to breakaway traditionalist group attached to the old Latin Mass
ROME — The Vatican on Wednesday issued a final warning to a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics that their planned consecrations of bishops without papal consent constitutes a schismatic act that incurs automatic excommunication. Pope Leo XIV is praying for enlightenment so that the leaders of the Society of St....
Israeli drone strikes hit highway south of Beirut, killing 8, including 2 children
BEIRUT — Israeli drones struck three vehicles on the main highway south of Beirut Wednesday, killing eight people, including a woman and her two children, the Lebanese Health Ministry said. The Israeli military said it struck Hezbollah infrastructure in several areas in southern Lebanon, hours after telling residents of six...
FBI Director Kash Patel denies drinking allegations in heated Senate exchangeVideo
WASHINGTON — FBI Director Kash Patel angrily lashed out at a Democratic lawmaker at a budget hearing Tuesday, calling allegations that he drinks excessively on the job and has been unreachable to his staff at times “unequivocally, categorically false.” “I will not be tarnished by baseless allegations and fraudulent statements...
Republican senators say they need more detail on $1B White House security request
WASHINGTON — Republican senators left a meeting with the director of the U.S. Secret Service on Tuesday saying they need more details on a $1 billion security plan for the White House, including a proposed $220 million to secure President Donald Trump’s new East Wing ballroom. Secret Service Director Sean...
‘She doesn’t believe she’s guilty of anything’: Pa. teen will head to trial after arrest in ICE protest, attorney says
A Bucks County judge on Tuesday denied a request to dismiss the case against a 15-year-old girl charged during an anti-ICE protest in Quakertown, setting the case on course for a possible trial in June, according to her attorney. The girl is the only one of five teenagers arrested in...
Pete Hegseth gets bipartisan grilling on rising costs of the Iran war and Trump’s end gameVideo
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced tough questions Tuesday from Republican and Democratic lawmakers about the Trump administration’s end game for the Iran war, the conflict’s rising $29 billion cost and its impact on diminishing U.S. weapons stockpiles. While the Pentagon chief softened his tone from hearings before Congress...
DOT leader Sean Duffy facing ethics scrutiny over Toyota-backed road trip
WASHINGTON — U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is facing scrutiny over potential conflicts of interest and misuse of public resources associated with a road trip reality show filmed with his family over the past year. The official’s “Great American Road Trip” program will feature Duffy, his wife Rachel, and their...
Trump’s redistricting push fizzles in South Carolina Senate but wins in Missouri’s top court
President Donald Trump’s push to redraw the nation’s U.S. House districts received mixed results Tuesday as South Carolina senators defied his desires, but Missouri’s top court upheld a new map that could help Republicans win an additional seat in the November midterm elections. Rather than waning, a national redistricting battle...
Southern California mayor resigns, will plead guilty to acting as agent for Chinese government
LOS ANGELES — A Southern California mayor has agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government, and has resigned from her city position, officials said. Eileen Wang, the mayor of Arcadia, was charged in April with one count of acting in the United States...
Democrats want Virginia Rep. Jen Kiggans out over ‘cotton-picking’ episode
WASHINGTON — Democrats are doubling down on calls to oust Rep. Jen Kiggans, a Republican running to defend her vulnerable seat in Virginia this fall, after she seemed to agree with a conservative radio host’s racist description of Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Kiggans, who denies agreeing with the comment, on...
Trump FDA chief leaving after angering pharma CEOs, vaping lobbyists and anti-abortion groups
WASHINGTON — The head of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Marty Makary, is resigning after a rocky tenure that drew months of complaints from health industry executives, anti-abortion activists, vaping lobbyists and other allies of President Donald Trump. News of Makary’s departure Tuesday came just 13 months after he...
Man with an assault rifle sprays rounds at drivers near Boston, wounding 2 before being shot
BOSTON — A man previously convicted of shooting at police strode down a busy road outside Boston, firing an assault-style rifle at passing cars, shooting two drivers and sending others scrambling until he was wounded when a state trooper and a former Marine opened fire, authorities said. As bullets tore...
Iran war hits home as gasoline prices fuel inflation surge of 3.8% in the U.S.
WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer prices climbed sharply again last month as the 10-week war with Iran delivered higher gasoline prices and more pain for Americans. The Labor Department’s consumer price index rose 3.8% from April 2025, the biggest jump in three years, and up from a 3.3% year-over-year gain in...
Denver airport security initially missed trespasser who was killed by plane on runway
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — A 41-year-old man struck and killed by a plane in a fiery collision at Denver International Airport was intending to end his own life when he scaled an 8-foot fence and walked onto a runway — a security breach that airport personnel initially missed, authorities said...
Delcy Rodríguez pushes back on Trump’s Venezuela statehood remarks
President Donald Trump’s repeated musings about Venezuela becoming the 51st U.S. state drew a sharp response Monday from interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez, who said the country would never surrender its independence. “That is not contemplated. It would never be contemplated because if there is one thing Venezuelan men and...
Ship operator and employee are charged in crash that caused the deadly collapse of Baltimore bridgeVideo
BALTIMORE — The Singapore-based operator of the ship that crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, causing it to collapse and killing six people, has been indicted along with a key employee, federal prosecutors said Tuesday. The indictment names Synergy Marine Pte Ltd., based in Singapore, and Synergy Maritime Pte...
Missouri’s new U.S. House map goes to court while Louisiana and South Carolina consider redistricting
Missouri’s top court is hearing an important legal challenge Tuesday to one of President Donald Trump’s earliest redistricting successes while lawmakers in Louisiana and South Carolina weigh whether to become the most recent Republican states to redraw U.S. House districts ahead of the midterm elections. Rather than waning, a national...
Trump set to meet with Xi in Beijing as war and inflation weigh on his presidency
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is set to arrive in Beijing on Wednesday for his highly anticipated summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping at a restless moment for a world worried about war, trade and artificial intelligence. “We’re the two superpowers,” Trump told reporters as he departed the White House...
Trump is getting another medical checkup at the end of May, the White House says
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump is scheduled to see doctors for a medical and dental checkup this month — his fourth publicized visit to medical experts since returning to office — in what the White House describes as an annual physical and regular preventive care. Trump, who turns 80 next...
Amazon looks to redefine a need for speed with 30-minute deliveries
NEW YORK — More than 20 years after it redefined fast shipping, Amazon is preparing to raise the bar on consumer expectations again by offering to fulfill customers’ most urgent product needs in a half-hour or less for an extra fee. The company, which revolutionized online shopping in 2005 with...
Deal reached with hackers to delete data stolen from the Canvas educational platform
The company that operates online learning system Canvas said it struck a deal with hackers to delete the data they pilfered in a cyberattack that created chaos for students, many of them in the middle of finals. Instructure, the parent company of Canvas, said in an online post that it...
1st Amendment rights at center of clash between Pa. schools, students over ICE walkouts
This story was produced by the Berks County bureau of Spotlight PA, an independent, nonpartisan newsroom. Sign up for Good Day, Berks, a daily dose of essential local stories at spotlightpa.org/newsletters/gooddayberks. READING — Do students have the right to leave school as a protest tactic? Nationwide, including in Pennsylvania, communities...
What to know about Trump-Xi summit with trade, Taiwan and Iran on the agenda
BEIJING — As Presidents Xi Jinping and Donald Trump prepare for a highly anticipated summit, both China and the United States say their ties have been broadly stable in recent months — and they are planning on keeping it that way. But a long list of issues are at stake...
Survey work begins for contested Trump Triumphal Arch project in Washington
WASHINGTON — Workers began preliminary surveys and testing Monday of the proposed site of a Triumphal Arch sought by President Donald Trump, the latest step in plans for the contentious project in the nation’s capital. Workers were seen inspecting the site of the proposed arch between the Lincoln Memorial and...
Treasury Department tells U.S. banks to flag suspected Iranian money-laundering networks
WASHINGTON — The Treasury Department wants U.S. banks and other financial institutions to monitor for suspected Iranian money laundering networks that use their funds to smuggle sanctioned oil through shell companies and crypto networks. The move, which effectively deputizes the global financial system to help disrupt Iran’s sanctions-evasion infrastructure, comes...
