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Romanian president nominates adviser Eugen Tomac as prime minister

Romania's centrist President Nicusor Dan designated his adviser Eugen Tomac as prime minister on Thursday, seeking to end a political crisis that has stalled policymaking, endangered access to EU funds and driven the leu currency to record lows.A broad pro-European coalition government collapsed a month ago when its biggest party, the leftist Social Democrats, withdrew support for Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan and joined forces with the opposition far right in a no-confidence vote.The collapse of the government less than a year after it came to power threatened efforts to further cut the larges

US senators question Big Tobacco on lobbying related to FDA policy shift

Average US long-term mortgage rate falls to 6.48%, retreating from its highest level in 9 months

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USDA expects to contain screwworm case in Texas, Rollins says

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said on Thursday that the USDA believes it can contain a case of New World screwworm in Texas, the first case in the state since 1966."We do not believe this will be an infestation. We’ll be able to isolate each case," Rollins said during testimony before the House Agriculture Committee. "We’ve got the teams on the ground ready to go," she added.The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday confirmed a screwworm case in a calf in La Pryor, Texas, a town about 30 miles (48 km) northeast of the U.S.-Mexico border. A screwworm outbreak could deal

Trump to unveil $700 million coal support plan using emergency powers

Walmart investors reject AI workplace report as automation expands in the US

GOP immigration bill runs into turbulence amid backlash to Trump’s $1.8 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ fund

The push to pass a $70 billion GOP immigration enforcement bill has temporarily stalled, with Senate GOP leaders stuck in talks with a trio of Republican holdouts who are so far refusing to vote down a Democratic attempt to kill the Trump administration’s controversial “anti-weaponization” fund.Inside the Senate chamber, Majority Leader John Thune and his deputies have spent much of the last hour on the floor in talks with key Republicans over concerns with how to handle Trump’s fund to compensate people who claim to have been victimized by the federal government. One, Sen. Susan Colli

Some Republican governors are rebranding June with conservative alternatives to Pride

Trump expected to announce $700 million in new support for struggling coal industry

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New details revealed of Epstein assistant’s abuse allegations as GOP lawmakers call for DOJ investigation

House Oversight Chair James Comer and other Republican lawmakers are calling on the Justice Department to investigate allegations involving two men accused of sexually abusing Jeffrey Epstein’s longtime assistant, according to a letter provided first to CNN.The new pressure from the Republican lawmakers stems from testimony the panel received last month from the assistant, Sarah Kellen.In her closed-door interview, Kellen said Frederic Fekkai, a French celebrity hairstylist, and Philip Levine, the former mayor of Miami Beach, sexually assaulted her in separa

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Fans erupt after Knicks steal Game 1 of NBA Finals

Game 1 of the NBA Finals lived up to all the hype with the New York Knicks outlasting the San Antonio Spurs 105-95 at the Frost Bank Center on Wednesday.The victory extends the Knicks’ playoff win streak to 12 games, becoming the seventh team in NBA history to reach the feat.But it certainly wasn’t an easy road to the win for the Knicks.Offense was the name of the game to start with both teams trading buckets.After New York jumped out to a 12-7 lead, rookie phenom Dylan Harper Jr. came off the bench for the Spurs and helped orchestrate a 20-5 run to end the quarter.Concern grew on the Knic

US House votes for measure that would end Iran war, in blow to Trump

Trump has mostly lost challenges against ‘sanctuary’ cities and states, but that could change

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Trump says he will nominate Todd Blanche as US Attorney General

President Donald Trump said he would move to nominate acting U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche on Thursday to permanently lead the Justice Department, which would make his former personal lawyer the nation's top law enforcement officer."He's acting attorney general. Tomorrow. I'm instructing Dan (Scavino) and everybody else that's involved in that very complicated process - which is going to go, I think, very quickly - that we are going to make him permanent attorney general," Trump said at a White House event, according to a video posted on X late on Wednesday by his aide Scavino.Blanche, 5

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President Trump says he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he will nominate Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general, tapping his former personal lawyer who has aggressively pursued the Republican president’s agenda while leading the Justice Department in an acting role. Trump said at a dinner at the White House that he plans to nominate Blanche formally on Thursday, according to a video of the event posted on social media by a White House aide. “We are going to make him permanent attorney general,” Trump said at the Rose Garden event. Blanche sought quickly t

A cryptic message from a man at a California bank was the beginning of a 15-hour hostage situation

Multiple shot at high school graduation event

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US Supreme Court backs FCC in clash with wireless carriers over fines

The U.S. Supreme Court backed the Federal Communications Commission's system for levying fines, ruling on Thursday against wireless carriers AT&T and Verizon in their challenge to the agency and handing a win to President Donald Trump's administration.The ruling was 8-1. At issue in the legal dispute was whether the agency's in-house proceedings for imposing the penalties deprived the companies of their right to a jury trial under the U.S. Constitution. Trump's administration defended the FCC's system for assessing financial penalties, known as forfeiture orders.Conservative Chief Justic

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‘Unparalleled discovery’: Gold Roman ring unearthed by amateur metal detectorist

An amateur metal detectorist unearthed an “extraordinary” gold ring dating back to Roman times in a field in Somerset, south-west England.Kevin Minto, a trucker and former soldier, made the amazing discovery while exploring the patch of land near Ilminster.The ring has now been acquired by a the South West Heritage Trust and will eventually go on display at The Museum of Somerset.Unusually large and beautifully crafted, the ring weighs 48 grams (1.7 ounces). The focal point is a gemstone engraved with an image of the goddess Victory on a two-horse chariot.Minto, 68, who found the ring in 2

Alabama family pleads for help finding son who went missing on family trip in Japan

Clashes erupt in Somalia's capital ahead of a planned anti-government rally

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Melinda French Gates donates $215 million to improve women's health worldwide

Philanthropist Melinda French Gates will expand her giving to improve women’s health globally, pledging another $215 million to support contraceptive access and maternal care, as well as initiatives aimed at middle-aged women, including further study of menopause. The new funding announced Thursday pushes French Gates’ donations for women’s health over $600 million in the past two years. French Gates told The Associated Press in an interview that women’s health is the cornerstone of the work she does through Pivotal, the group of organizations

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Kim Jong Un inspects new nuclear plant, plans ‘exponential’ weapons production ramp-up

Kim Jong Un inspected a new plant that makes weapons-grade nuclear material on Wednesday and said Pyongyang plans to “beef up our state’s nuclear forces at an exponential rate,” according to a report from state-run media.The North Korean leader said that his country has more than doubled its capacity to produce weapons-grade nuclear material in the past five years and that the new plant will help strengthen its nuclear war deterrent, according to the report from the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).Kim instituted the push for more nuclear weapons under a five-year plan that was implemen

Marjane Satrapi, French Iranian artist and author behind ‘Persepolis,’ dies at 56

Russia ramps up aerial attacks as it struggles on the ground in Ukraine

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Zohran Mamdani’s capitalist plan to fix the housing crisis

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Russia ramps up aerial attacks as it struggles on the ground in Ukraine

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Looking for NBA Finals seats? The Knicks are making 2 in celebrity row available in an auction

The New York Knicks are auctioning two celebrity row seats for Game 3 at Madison Square Garden, when the NBA Finals return to New York for the first time since 1999

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China bans 4 New Zealand lawmakers after they visited Taiwan

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Kim Jong Un inspects new nuclear plant, plans ‘exponential’ weapons production ramp-up

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SpaceX sets the stage for a record $75 billion IPO

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When will we know the outcome of the California governor primary?

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Handcuffed student’s death sparks uproar in UK, as far right accused of inflaming tensions

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The Supreme Court gave Republicans another congressional win. But its ruling means much more.

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Americans who test positive for Ebola at Kenya facility could be treated in US, federal officials say

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls