
The Independent - 4 hours 31 min ago
New York launched ambitious goals to cut its long-term greenhouse gas emissions with clarion calls about saving the future...

The Independent - 4 hours 41 min ago
Lawyers from U.S. attorney's office turned away from central bank, which is currently undergoing extensive renovation work at considerable expense, to the fury of President Donald Trump...

Stereogum - 5 hours 5 min ago
KISS' farewell tour ended in 2023, but the band still exists as an idea , a reason for people to spend too much of their money. Various current and former KISS members are attempting to sell new records for exorbitant sums a $1,000 Peter Criss album , a $2 million Vinnie Vincent album . Donald Trump gave the band Kennedy Center Honors last year. The KISS holograms are still in the works, and the band played without makeup at last year's KISS Kruise: Landlocked In Vegas event. Also, Paul...

Slate - 5 hours 7 min ago
Say what about a White House ceremony?...

The Guardian - 5 hours 33 min ago
The new strategy to be unveiled by Richard Marles will see defence spending rise to about 2.4% of GDP but US president has urged allies to spend 3.5% Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Labor will spend an extra $53bn on defence over the next decade, using the nation's latest military blueprint to create new special investment programs to fund increases in capability using private capital. The defence minister, Richard Marles, will unveil the new national defence strategy...

The Raw Story - 5 hours 51 min ago
Early Wednesday morning, Donald Trump took to his Truth Social account to boast that he will be able to open the Strait of Hormuz for the benefit of China and he expects the country's leadership to appreciate his efforts . With shipping at almost a complete standstill due to Trump's war on Iran, the president claimed that China, normally a US adversary, will benefit from his latest attempt at a diplomatic maneuver as ceasefire talks drag on. On Truth Social, he wrote: "China is very...

The Independent - 6 hours 2 min ago
Donald Trump has tried to woo the Middle East with high profile visits and profitable business deals, but his chaotic Iran war has undone all that, leaving Gulf leaders keen to see the end of the conflict and the US president's meddling, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley...

The Guardian - 6 hours 3 min ago
The president has reportedly promised mass pardons to administration officials. His misuse of the power goes far beyond what the constitution's authors intended Since returning to office, Donald Trump has issued more than 1,800 pardons to financial fraudsters, drug kingpins, January 6 insurrectionists and others. Unfortunately, Trump's pardons don't begin to conform with Alexander Hamilton's high-minded vision of how presidents would use pardons. When the US constitution was being...

NBC News - 6 hours 8 min ago
In an exclusive interview with NBC News, acting Attorney General Todd Blanche shares what's next in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation after the Justice Department produced more than 3 million pages of documents earlier this year and discusses whether anyone will be prosecuted. Blanche also talks about President Donald Trump's involvement with the Department of Justice.

UPI - 6 hours 24 min ago
U.S. President Donald Trump said new talks to end a seven week-long war with Iran "could be happening in the next two days," most likely in Islamabad.

The Raw Story - 6 hours 32 min ago
Vice President JD Vance's continuing lecturing of Pope Leo XIV at a Turning Point USA function in Georgia on Tuesday earned him a tongue-lashing on MS NOW early Wednesday morning. Speaking to a sparse crowd, Vance, a recent convert to Catholicism, continued to harangue the pontiff over his comments that run counter to the Donald Trump administration's policies on war and immigrants. In a clip shared on "Morning Joe," the Ohio Republican boldly asserted, "I think it's very...

NBC News - 6 hours 37 min ago
United States Central Command says the American blockade of Iranian ports in and around the Strait of Hormuz is now "fully implemented" as President Donald Trump indicates that a new round of ceasefire talks to end the war could begin by the end of the week. Trump also said that the war's aims are already mainly accomplished, saying, "I view it as very close to over." NBC's Richard Engel reports for TODAY.

Yard Barker - 6 hours 57 min ago
Dana White has made it clear that his planned UFC event at the White House is not meant to be political. The UFC boss is set to host a special card at President Donald Trump's official residence on June 14, though he's been quick to dismiss any notion that it's tied to the election.

The Independent - 6 hours 59 min ago
The Pope vowed to continue speaking out against war despite Donald Trump's public and ongoing criticism...

The Guardian - 7 hours 2 min ago
A Pakistani official said he expected talks to restart soon, but it may take longer than Trump suggested. Plus: how to stop catastrophizing? Here's what experts say Good morning. Donald Trump has said that US-Iranian peace talks could resume in Islamabad over the next two days. Have Israel and Lebanon had talks yet? Yes. The two held negotiations about their conflict in Washington their first direct talks in over three decades. The US state department praised the two sides for having "productive...

The Guardian - 7 hours 18 min ago
Beijing may be reaping some diplomatic benefit but Trump's war holds risks for its energy security and economy Two months ago, China's foreign minister, Wang Yi, promised it would be a "big year" for China-US relations. He was right, but perhaps not in the way he expected. Wang was speaking before a planned visit by Donald Trump to Beijing in March, which would have been Trump's first trip to China since 2017. But the trip, and a meeting with China's president, Xi Jinping...

IGN - 7 hours 20 min ago
Marty O'Donnell, the former video game composer known for his work on Halo and Destiny, has seen his latest bid for Congress endorsed by Donald Trump.

ABC News - 7 hours 23 min ago
Vice President JD Vance used a Turning Point USA event to defend President Donald Trump's aggression in Iran and downplay the resulting tensions between Washington and the Vatican...

The Guardian - 7 hours 26 min ago
Former US Fed chair says lowering rates to reduce debt service cost can lead to inflation getting out of control Business live latest updates The former US Federal Reserve chair Janet Yellen has attacked Donald Trump's push for lower interest rates, comparing it to the actions of a "banana republic". The US president has repeatedly urged the central bank to slash interest rates, in the hope of cutting the government's borrowing costs on its $39tn ( 29tn) debt. Continue reading...

The Raw Story - 7 hours 29 min ago
With Donald Trump becoming more erratic and lashing out at the traditional allies of the US, plans are afoot by members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to create a separate version of the organization beyond the American president's reach. According to the Wall Street Journal's Bojan Pancevski and Daniel Michaels, European officials are advancing informal plans for what some are calling "European NATO," a parallel structure that would give Europeans greater command-and-control...

Attack of the Fanboy - 7 hours 34 min ago
Donald Trump has offered an unusual explanation for an AI-generated image he posted, then deleted, depicting him in a manner widely interpreted as...

The Guardian - 7 hours 35 min ago
The president's attack on the head of the Catholic church and the AI depiction of himself as a Christ-like figure have not gone down well with one of the largest groups of swing voters in the US Poor persecuted Donald Trump has frequently portrayed himself as a modern messiah . Some of his supporters, meanwhile, have compared him directly to Jesus . And, to be fair, while the son of God didn't eat Big Macs on a private jet and encourage his followers to buy AI stocks, there are similarities...

NBC News - 7 hours 46 min ago
Pope Leo XIV traveled to St. Augustine's hometown in Algeria only for the trip to be overshadowed by his feud with President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.

The Guardian - 7 hours 47 min ago
Republicans had hoped that Trump's 2025 tax cuts would be at the forefront of voters' minds, but many have reportedly not noticed a difference Sign up for the Breaking News US email Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. It is Tax Day and Republicans are ramping up their efforts to highlight last year's sweeping tax cuts and turn them into political capital. Eric Swalwell officially resigned from Congress amid the threat of an expulsion vote and other misconduct allegations...