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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 ...

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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, ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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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, ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Trump announces plans for statue garden in Potomac River Park

11h (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump said he would install his proposed sculpture garden of “American Heroes” in West Potomac Park, a stretch near the National Mall that includes the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. “Right now, it is a totally BARREN field of Prime Waterfront Real Estate along our Mighty Potomac River,” Trump said in a social media post. “When finished, West Potomac Park will be a World Class Masterpiece with elegant Landscaping, and adorned with Beautiful Statues, and b ...

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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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Putin to visit Chinese leader Xi Jinping days after Trump's trip to Beijing

16 sec ago - Updated 4:58 AM EDT, May 16, 2026 Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a two-day trip to Beijing next week, the Kremlin said Saturday. The announcement comes less than 24 hours after U.S. President Donald Trum ... (AP)

Head of Harvard's $57 Billion Endowment, Plans to Retire, WSJ Reports

28 min ago - May 16, 2026, at 3:55 a.m. May 16 (Reuters) - The head ⁠of ⁠Harvard University's nearly $57 ⁠billion endowment, N.P. Narvekar, has told ​its board that he plans to retire, ‌the Wall Street Journal ‌reported late on ... (US News & World Report/Reuters)

Make-A-Wish Kash took girlfriend to $50,000 suite for concert

55 min ago - 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 ... (msn/Daily Beast)

Sens. Duckworth, Baldwin call on FAA to study impact of reduced flight attendant staffing

1 hr ago - Updated on: May 15, 2026 / 8:22 PM EDT A pair of Senate Democrats is demanding answers from FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford on airplane evacuation testing that's nearly two years overdue and his agency's decision to allow airlines to be able to reduc ... (CBS News)

Consumers sue Amazon for not refunding Trump tariff costs

1 hr ago - May 15, 2026 8:20 PM EDT Updated 10 hours ago May 15 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) was sued on Friday by consumers seeking refunds for costs passed on to them in the form of higher prices as a result ​of tariffs the U.S. Supreme Court lat ... (Reuters)

FDA leadership shake-up continues with departure of top drug regulator

2 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

2 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

2 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)

Tennessee school district bans Alex Haley's Roots under 2022 state law

3 hrs ago - 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 transatla ... (The Guardian)

Comer says he's planning on running for governor

3 hrs ago - 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. ... (The Hill)

German Chancellor Won't Advise His Own Children To Come To America For School Or Work

4 hrs ago - 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 t ... (Huff Post)

Trump allies plan record-breaking July 4 fireworks show

4 hrs ago - 12h Allies of President Donald Trump are planning a record-breaking fireworks display on the National Mall to celebrate the country’s 250th birthday on the Fourth of July. The move has pushed federal officials to place Washington, D.C., under ... (msn/The Independent)

Trump sued after ordering coal plant to stay open -- that's now releasing mercury into air

4 hrs ago - May 15, 2026 4:46PM ET The Trump administration forced a Michigan coal plant to stay open, citing an “energy emergency," which has now led to hazardous emissions, according to The New York Times on Friday. Michigan and environmental groups have ... (Raw Story)

Trump weighs easing sanctions on Chinese companies buying Iranian oil

5 hrs ago - Posted 3:09 PM, May 15, 2026 and last updated 3:23 PM, May 15, 2026 President Donald Trump ended his summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping without a major announcement, though the two leaders reportedly discussed several major issues, including tr ... (Scripps News)

Long Island Rail Road Strike Shuts Down Busiest U.S. Passenger Rail Service

5 hrs ago - Long Island Rail Road Strike Shuts Down Busiest U.S. Passenger Rail Service This is the first strike on the service in more than 30 years. It comes after three years of failed contract negotiations, two federal interventions and a volley of last-minu ... (New York Times)

Hersheypark 'optimistic' to avoid strike amid negotiations with union

8 hrs ago - The amusement park plans to begin daily operations May 21 amid ongoing talks with the Chocolate Workers Local 464. Michael Tanenbaum May 15, 2026 Hersheypark will open daily operations as planned on May 21 as the amusement park continues contract neg ... (Philly Voice)

David Burke dead: Sherlock Holmes star dies as tributes pour in

10 hrs ago - Story by Kelly Williams, Gemma Jones • 3h • Actor David Burke, celebrated for his portrayal of Dr Watson in a television adaptation of Sherlock Holmes, has died at the age of 92. His agent Scott Marshall Partners announced on Friday that Bu ... (MSN)

US moves to end job protections for hundreds of health department workers

11 hrs ago - By Ahmed Aboulenein May 15, 2026 4:34 PM EDT WASHINGTON, May 15 (Reuters) - The Trump administration moved on Friday to strip hundreds of senior U.S. Department of ​Health and Human Services employees of civil service job protections, according ... (Reuters)

LIRR strike threat: Contract talks drag on in final hours before walkout that could strand 300,000 daily commuters

11 hrs ago - By Ethan Stark-Miller Posted on May 15, 2026 MTA leadership and representatives of five Long Island Rail Road unions returned to the bargaining table late Friday morning and were still negotiating around 2 p.m., less than 12 hours until the coalition ... (AMNY)

Federal judge blocks old-growth logging project on Oregon coast

11 hrs ago - May 15, 2026 (CN) — A federal judge has blocked a proposal to allow logging on 3,200 acres of public land in Western Oregon. Conservation groups said the plan would have felled thousands of acres of old-growth trees, some of which have stood for ... (Courthouse News Service)

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