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Month: May 2025

Trump says there’s ‘no tension’ between the US and World Cup co-hosts Canada and Mexico amid preparations for 2026 tournament

By Kyle Feldscher, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that there’s “no tension” between the United States, Mexico and Canada that could hamper preparations for next year’s FIFA World Cup that will be jointly hosted by the three nations. Trump, who hosted Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the White House earlier

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Court upholds racketeering convictions of ex-Ohio House speaker and lobbyist in $60M bribery scheme

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A federal appeals court upheld the racketeering convictions of former Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder and an ex-lobbyist on Tuesday in a $60 million bribery scandal described as the largest corruption scheme in state history. The unanimous ruling by a three-judge panel of the Sixth

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Judge expresses sympathy for fired federal workers but questions if reinstatement is proper remedy

By BRIAN WITTE Associated Press A federal judge expressed sympathy on Tuesday for thousands of federal employees who were suddenly fired by the Trump administration earlier this year, but he also voiced skepticism about whether reinstating them to their jobs was a proper remedy and questioned what the courts could ultimately do. Judge J. Harvie

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Pennsylvania Senate votes to ban transgender athletes in girls’ sports, but bill faces uphill battle

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s state Senate on Tuesday approved a bill to ban transgender athletes from competing in women’s and girls’ sports at the collegiate and K-12 levels, although the Republican-penned bill is unlikely to get a vote in the state’s Democratic-controlled House of Representatives. The bill passed, 32-18,

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President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office at the White House on May 6 in Washington

Trump’s Oval Office meeting with Carney didn’t reach Zelensky-level tension. But it wasn’t all neighborliness

By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — It wasn’t the most contentious meeting the Oval Office has ever seen. Nor was it the warmest. Instead, the highly anticipated meeting Tuesday between President Donald Trump and his new Canadian counterpart Mark Carney fell somewhere in the middle: neither openly hostile nor outwardly chummy, evincing very little neighborliness,

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Virginia Republicans reel from party infighting over nominee for lieutenant governor

By Arit John, CNN (CNN) — Virginia Republicans are reeling from an intraparty fight over a disputed social media account that has pitted lieutenant governor nominee John Reid against Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s political operation, imperiling the party’s chances of holding on to power in this year’s general election. The controversy comes as Republicans look to

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An ex-police officer implicated in leak of a Nashville school shooter’s journals has been arrested

By TRAVIS LOLLER and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former Nashville police lieutenant was arrested Tuesday on charges of theft, burglary and official misconduct after he was accused of taking case files, including records from a school shooting where three 9-year-olds and three adult staff were killed. In announcing the arrest

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President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office at the White House on May 6 in Washington

Trump’s Oval Office meeting with Carney didn’t reach Zelensky-level tension. But it wasn’t all neighborliness

CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — It wasn’t the most contentious meeting the Oval Office has ever seen. Nor was it the warmest. Instead, the highly anticipated meeting Tuesday between President Donald Trump and his new Canadian counterpart Mark Carney fell somewhere in the middle: neither openly hostile nor outwardly chummy, evincing very little

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President Donald Trump meets with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office at the White House on May 6 in Washington

Trump’s Oval Office meeting with Carney didn’t reach Zelensky-level tension. But it wasn’t all neighborliness

CNN By Kevin Liptak, CNN (CNN) — It wasn’t the most contentious meeting the Oval Office has ever seen. Nor was it the warmest. Instead, the highly anticipated meeting Tuesday between President Donald Trump and his new Canadian counterpart Mark Carney fell somewhere in the middle: neither openly hostile nor outwardly chummy, evincing very little

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St. Louis agrees to pay $4M to settle lawsuit alleging inhumane conditions at now-closed jail

HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH The Associated Press St. Louis has agreed to pay $4 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that inmates at a former medium-security jail were housed in “inhumane conditions” that included rodent feces in food, infestations of bugs and snakes, and unbearable overcrowding. The nonprofit ArchCity Defenders announced the settlement on Tuesday

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Los Alegres del Barranco ponen a la audiencia a cantar sus narcocorridos y acumulan nuevas investigaciones en su contra

Por Ivonne Valdés, CNN en Español El grupo Los Alegres del Barranco suma nuevas investigaciones en su contra por presunta apología del delito luego de brindar dos conciertos el fin de semana en Jalisco. La agrupación no interpretó narcocorridos, pero en estilo karaoke el público entonó las letras que rinden homenaje a cárteles mexicanos al

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