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Did Donald Trump just commit ‘blasphemy’?

On Sunday, in the midst of a Truth Social tirade against Pope Leo XIV, President Donald Trump shared an image depicting himself as Jesus Christ.The picture, which appeared to be AI-generated, presented Trump as a healer dressed in the kind of red and white robes seen in biblical art. Towering over devotees — with the American flag, bald eagles and warplanes flying in the background — the Trump figure rested one hand on the forehead of an ailing man, while a beam of divine light emanated from the other. (The right-wing influencer and State Department special envoy Nick Adams shared a nearly

Israel’s new spymaster is a Netanyahu aide who believed war with Iran would topple the regime

7-Eleven expects to close hundreds of its stores in North America this year

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Democrats seek to overturn Trump's new rules for student loan forgiveness

Democrats in Congress are trying to overturn the Trump administration's changes to a popular student loan forgiveness program, with lawmakers saying the changes are political and could leave some borrowers without the relief they were pledged. The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program cancels loans for qualified public service workers after they've made a decade’s worth of payments. It has long been open to those who go to work for the government, public schools, fire and police departments, public hospitals and nonprofits. But last fall, President Donald Trump administratio

California woman says she was raped by Rep. Eric Swalwell in 2018

Woman creates free tool, new AI-powered grant-writing app

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Mexico’s Sheinbaum pushes back on Trump over migrant deaths and Cuba

The Mexican government on Tuesday protested the deaths of its citizens in U.S. immigration custody as President Claudia Sheinbaum pushes back against U.S. President Donald Trump's policies on multiple fronts. The progressive Mexican leader has walked a careful line with Trump for more than a year, addressing provocations with a measured tone and meeting U.S. requests to crack down on criminal cartels more so than her predecessors, in an effort to offset threats of tariffs and U.S. military action against the gangs. But in the wake of mounting deaths of Mexican citi

Vatican visitors slam Trump over attacks on the US-born pope's message of peace

From chants on trams to a parliament rave, young Hungarians provided a soundtrack for Orbán’s defeat

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Trump tips DoorDash driver $100 for delivering McDonald's to Oval Office

President Donald Trump had two bags of McDonald’s delivered to the Oval Office on Monday by a DoorDash driver he tipped $100, using his favorite food and a reality TV flourish to promote a tax policy he says has meant big rebates for Americans who earn gratuities. Sharon Simmons, dressed in a "DoorDash Grandma” T-shirt, walked up to the Oval Office’s exterior door and knocked as media cameras rolled. Trump popped out and said, “Hello. Nice to see you,” before proclaiming, “Look at this!” and then, glancing toward a pack of nearby reporters, offering, “This doesn�

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Olivia Troye, former Pence adviser turned Trump critic, launches Democratic bid for US House from Virginia

Olivia Troye, a former adviser to Vice President Mike Pence, announced Tuesday that she would run for Congress as a Democrat in Virginia’s proposed new 7th District, pending passage of a sweeping redistricting referendum this month.Troye publicly broke with the Republican Party in 2020 after serving in political and national security roles, signing onto a letter with more than 130 fellow GOP officials endorsing Joe Biden’s campaign and arguing that “Donald Trump has failed our country.”In the years since, Troye has emerged as an outspoken critic of the Republican Party under Trump. She

Husband of missing American woman in the Bahamas says he’ll keep searching for her following his release

Another boat strike in the eastern Pacific Ocean leaves 2 dead, US military says

Citing fallout from the Iran war, IMF cuts the outlook for global growth, expects higher inflation

The Iran war has stalled the world's economic momentum this year, likely pushing growth lower compared to 2025, the International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday. The IMF downgraded its forecast for global growth to 3.1% in 2026 from the 3.3% it had forecast back in January. The expected growth would mark a deceleration from a 3.4% expansion in 2025. U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran — and Tehran's closing of the Strait of Hormuz and retaliatory strikes on oil refineries and other energy infrastructure in neighboring countries — have driven oil and gas prices sharp

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Embattled GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales announces he’s stepping down from Congress

Embattled Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales announced Monday that he would step down from Congress, just days before he faced the possibility of a high-stakes vote that could have made him the seventh member to ever be expelled from the House.The Texas Republican said he planned to “file my retirement from office” on Tuesday, which GOP leadership sources confirmed to CNN meant that he would resign. Gonzales had been under investigation by the House Ethics Committee for having a relationship with a former senior aide in his congressional office.It was not immediately clear when the resignation

Race for California governor moves on after dramatic downfall of Rep. Eric Swalwell

Swalwell says he plans to resign from Congress amid sexual misconduct allegations

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Wholesale inflation rose in March to three year-high

Fast-rising oil prices sent US businesses’ costs higher in March, lifting wholesale inflation to 4%, the highest annual rate in three years, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data released Tuesday.The Producer Price Index, which measures the average change in prices received by producers of goods and services, rose 0.5% from February, the same pace seen the month before. A 15.7% rise in gasoline prices accounted for nearly half of last month’s increase.“The quickening can be attributed to energy inflation, or the oil shock associated with the war in Iran; but wholesale inflation wa

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British leader’s complacency on defense puts country ‘in peril,’ former NATO chief warns

It’s not just the US President Donald Trump criticizing the British prime minister for being weak on defense. On Tuesday his own adviser George Robertson joined in, accusing Keir Starmer of a “corrosive complacency” that puts the United Kingdom “in peril.”Speaking to the Financial Times Robertson, a former NATO chief, said there was a gap between Starmer’s rhetoric and his actions. He said the prime minister was unwilling to make the necessary investment to keep the UK safe, choosing instead to put money into “ever expanding welfare budget.”Robertson is a key government adviser

Lebanon and Israel hold first direct diplomatic talks in decades in Washington

Orbán’s defeat is also a blow to his ally Netanyahu

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Economists are putting a price on the Iran war fallout in Asia. It doesn’t look good.

The fallout of the US and Israel’s war with Iran is poised to cost the Asia-Pacific economy hundreds of billions of dollars and plunge millions into poverty, a United Nations report said Tuesday.Military escalation in the Middle East could cause output losses of between $97 billion and $299 billion in the Asia Pacific, due to rising costs for transportation, electricity and food, according to an estimate from the United Nations Development Programme.That would equal about 0.3% to 0.8% of regional GDP, the report said. The UNDP also predicted that the war puts 32 million people at risk of fal

Wall Street rallies to the edge of its all-time high as oil prices ease

The U.S. stock market is rallying to the edge of its all-time high Tuesday, and oil prices are easing as hopes climb that the United States and Iran may try again on talks to end their war and avoid a worst-case scenario for the global economy. The S&P 500 added 1.1% to its leap from the day before, which had erased the last of its losses since the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran in late February. It's just 0.2% below its record set in January and on track for its ninth gain in the last 10 days. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 315 poin