White House Reveals Secret New Hospital for Trump, 79
Updated May 16 2026 2:57AM EDT / Published May 16 2026 12:50AM EDT The White House has unleashed a frantic new push to move ahead with construction on President Donald Trump’s ballroom, which they now say is also needed to give the aging president a “state-of-the-art hospital and medical facilities.” Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche delivered the latest startling revelation in a court filing late Thursday that sounded as if much of it had been pulled straight from one of the 79-year-old ...
Comer says he's planning on running for governor
05/15/26 5:03 PM ET Kentucky Rep. James Comer (R) signaled this week that he intends to run for governor in the Bluegrass State next year. “I plan on running for governor in 2027,” he told local outlet The Daily Independent on Thursday. “It’s not official yet; it will probably be official somewhere around December,” he continued. The GOP lawmaker was first elected to Congress in 2016, and he has chaired the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee since 2023. As Oversight chair, ...
German Chancellor Won't Advise His Own Children To Come To America For School Or Work
May 15, 2026, 05:00 PM EDT | Updated 11 hours ago German Chancellor Friedrich Merz had some harsh commentary for the United States amid President Donald Trump’s second term on Friday, stating that he wouldn’t recommend his own children to travel to the U.S. “I would not advise my children today to go to the U.S., get educated there or work there, simply because a certain social climate has suddenly developed there,” Merz said during a discussion at a Catholic gathering in Würzburg, The Guar ...
Make-A-Wish Kash took girlfriend to $50,000 suite for concert
6h Kash Patel has reportedly turned another FBI work trip into a luxury date-night excursion. The embattled FBI director, 46, allegedly flew with girlfriend Alexis Wilkins, 27, aboard the bureau’s Gulfstream V jet to a country music concert in May last year before returning later that same night. The lavish outing was revealed in a sweeping New York Times investigation into Patel’s increasingly controversial use of FBI resources for apparently personal travel and leisure activities, often i ...
Tennessee school district bans Alex Haley's Roots under 2022 state law
Fri 15 May 2026 17.01 EDT Last modified on Fri 15 May 2026 17.51 EDT A Tennessee school district has banned Roots, the author Alex Haley’s groundbreaking novel and one of the most renowned and influential works about the horrors of the transatlantic slave trade. Knox county schools (KCS) took that step under a state law that has disappeared hundreds of titles from school libraries and alarmed advocates of free expression. First published in 1976, Roots: The Saga of an American Family tells t ...
Colorado's Democratic governor will let Trump ally Tina Peters out of prison early
May 15, 2026 4:45 PM ET DENVER -- Colorado Democratic Gov. Jared Polis has reduced the state prison sentence of Tina Peters, a former county clerk convicted of tampering with election equipment, allowing her to be eligible for parole on June 1. The controversial decision follows a months-long pressure campaign from President Trump and his administration to free Peters from state custody. In April, a state appeals court upheld Peters' 2024 conviction but ruled that she should be re-sentenced, ...
Russian Missiles Used in Deadly Kyiv Strike Contained Newly Made Western Components
Russian cruise missiles used in a deadly strike on Ukraine on Thursday were manufactured this year using Western-made components, according to Ukrainian presidential sanctions commissioner Vladyslav Vlasiuk. Speaking to journalists, Vlasiuk said fragments recovered from missiles that struck a residential building in Kyiv, killing at least 24 people, showed parts of an Kh-101 cruise missile, one of Russia’s most advanced long-range weapons. According to the Financial Times, the missile containe ...
Trump leaves China without breakthroughs on Iran, Taiwan or AI
The US president had gone into the two-day talks with China’s Xi Jinping weakened by his prolonged war in Iran, and did little to change the perception that he and his nation are diminished on the global stage. Instead it was Xi who delivered the sharpest rhetoric of the meeting – over the future status of the self-governing island of Taiwan, with Trump notably failing to push back. Xi sees unifying Taiwan with China as a core part of his legacy and has not ruled out the use of force to achiev ...
Trump announces plans for statue garden in Potomac River Park
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EXCLUSIVE: Hackers have breached tank readers at US gas stations; officials suspect Iran is responsible
Updated May 15, 2026, 2:41 PM ET PUBLISHED May 15, 2026, 2:40 PM ET US officials suspect Iranian hackers are behind a series of breaches of systems that monitor the amount of fuel in storage tanks serving gas stations in multiple states, according to multiple sources briefed on the activity. The hackers responsible have exploited automatic tank gauge (ATG) systems that were sitting online and unprotected by passwords, allowing them in some cases to tinker with display readings on the tanks bu ...
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Farmers growing increasingly desperate amid rising energy and fertilizer prices
11 min ago - 9h Farmers across the Midwest are entering planting season under mounting financial pressure, as the Iran conflict drives up diesel and fertilizer prices — deepening an agricultural downturn that some say is the worst since the crisis of the 198 ... (msn/Axios)
Timmy the humpback whale found dead off Danish coast
19 min ago - May 16, 2026 11:12 AM ET By The Associated Press BERLIN (AP) -- A humpback whale found dead this week off a Danish island has been identified as the animal released two weeks ago in a spectacular and controversial rescue effort after repeatedly bec ... (npr)
Trump appears 'resigned to losing' midterms after insiders reveal private comments: report
55 min ago - May 16, 2026 7:49AM ET House Republicans have felt more optimistic about the midterm elections in recent weeks following a series of legal victories that have facilitated a gerrymandering blitz in GOP-controlled states, but behind closed doors, the l ... (Raw Story)
Taiwan insists it is independent after Trump warning
58 min ago - Taiwan has insisted it is a sovereign, independent nation, after US President Donald Trump cautioned it against formally declaring independence from China. Trump's remarks came after a two-day summit in Beijing, after which he said he had "made no co ... (BBC)
CBS News insiders fear Bari Weiss will soon enact 'massive changes' to 60 Minutes
1 hr ago - Sat 16 May 2026 07.00 EDT Last modified on Sat 16 May 2026 07.01 EDT At a time when viewers are fleeing traditional television shows, the CBS Sunday newsmagazine 60 Minutes remains in a class of its own. The 12 April episode, which featured Pope Leo ... (The Guardian)
Inside the emergency meeting of Black leaders after the voting rights ruling
2 hrs ago - May. 16, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT The Supreme Court ruling came down on a Tuesday. One day later, more than 50 of the most prominent Black leaders in the country gathered at the AFL-CIO headquarters in Washington, with nearly 100 more joining by video for w ... (MS NOW News)
SCOTUS Justice Refuses to Recuse Himself Over 'Conflict of Interest'
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Iraq exported 10 million barrels of oil through Strait of Hormuz in April
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Midwest Republicans want Vance out in full force ahead of midterms
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Donald Trump Deals New Blow to US Farmers on China Trip
8 hrs ago - Published May 16, 2026 at 05:00 AM EDT updated May 16, 2026 at 05:01 AM EDT President Donald Trump defended Chinese purchases of U.S. farmland during a trip to Beijing this week, arguing that restricting foreign ownership would hurt American farmers ... (Newsweek)
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Head of Harvard's $57 Billion Endowment, Plans to Retire, WSJ Reports
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Make-A-Wish Kash took girlfriend to $50,000 suite for concert
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Consumers sue Amazon for not refunding Trump tariff costs
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FDA leadership shake-up continues with departure of top drug regulator
11 hrs ago - May 15, 2026, 6:47 PM EDT Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg is leaving her role as head of the FDA division that regulates over-the-counter and prescription drugs, according to a Department of Health and Human Services official. Høeg, a sports medici ... (NBC News)
Lebanon says six killed in Israeli strike as US announces ceasefire extension
11 hrs ago - An Israeli air strike on a town in southern Lebanon has killed six people, including three paramedics, according to Lebanon's health ministry. It comes as the US said the two countries had agreed to a 45-day ceasefire. The health ministry said a four ... (BBC)
White House Reveals Secret New Hospital for Trump, 79
11 hrs ago - Updated May 16 2026 2:57AM EDT / Published May 16 2026 12:50AM EDT The White House has unleashed a frantic new push to move ahead with construction on President Donald Trump’s ballroom, which they now say is also needed to give the aging presid ... (Daily Beast)
