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The man accused of killing Charlie Kirk wants a judge to ban cameras from the courtroom and says live broadcasts of the prosecution are violating his right to a fair trial. Tyler Robinson is due in court Friday as his attorneys press their claims that biased coverage is tainting potential jurors in his aggravated murder case. Among numerous examples cited was a New York Post story they say suggested Robinson confessed to Kirk's killing during a courtroom conversation on Dec. 11, in his first appearance after being charged. The conversation with his attorneys was in

Man accused of killing Charlie Kirk pushes to ban cameras from court

Asian stocks lower and oil falls after Wall Street sets another record on ceasefire hopes

House rushes to overnight vote to renew key surveillance tool used by US spy agencies

Macron and Starmer hold international summit on reopening the Strait of Hormuz

The leaders of France and the U.K. will gather dozens of countries — but not the United States — on Friday to push forward plans to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a key oil route choked off by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. The Paris meeting is part of attempts by sidelined nations to ease the impact of a conflict they didn’t start and haven’t joined, but that has sent the global economy reeling. After the war started on Feb. 28, Iran effectively shut the narrow strait though which a fifth of the world’s oil usually passes. The U.S. is not part of the planni

Georgia Democrats try to make their move in a jumbled, low-dollar primary for governor

Philippines, US to build industrial hub to strengthen supply chain security

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Countries to discuss Hormuz mission for when conflict ends

France and Britain will chair a meeting on Friday of around 40 countries aimed at signalling to the United States that some of its closest allies are ready to play a role in restoring freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz once conditions allow.Iran has largely closed the strait to ships other than its own since the start of U.S.-Israeli air strikes on February 28. On Monday, Washington imposed a blockade on ships entering or leaving Iranian ports.U.S. President Donald Trump has called on other countries to help enforce the blockade and has criticised NATO allies for not doing so.Brita

Dollar set for second weekly loss on Iran war peace hopes

Stocks set for weekly gain, oil below $100 on peace deal hopes

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Progressive Democrat wins New Jersey special election to succeed Mikie Sherrill

Voters in northern New Jersey chose Analilia Mejia, a progressive Democrat who worked on Senator Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential election campaign, as their next representative in a special election on Thursday, according to U.S. media.The race was called minutes after polls closed, with Mejia leading by nearly 40 percentage points in early returns.Mejia's election will narrow Republicans' grip on the U.S. House of Representatives heading into the November midterm elections. She was favored over Republican Randolph Township Councilman Joe Hathaway to fill the seat vacated by former U.S. R

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Arrest warrant issued for ICE officer accused of pulling gun on Minnesota driver

A warrant has been issued for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who allegedly pointed his government-issued firearm at another car and its passengers while driving on duty, prosecutors in Minnesota’s Hennepin County said Thursday.The case comes as local and state prosecutors and investigators have opened a flurry of cases in Minnesota over ICE officers’ conduct during the Trump administration’s “Metro Surge” immigration operation earlier this year, during which several people, including Alex Pretti and Renee Good, were shot and killed by Department of Homeland Security o

Sniping by justices underscores tension over Supreme Court’s ‘shadow docket’

Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax kills his wife and then himself, police say

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Trump’s arch gets overwhelmingly negative public feedback but appears poised to move forward

President Donald Trump’s proposed triumphal arch project received overwhelmingly negative feedback from preservationist groups and members of the public as plans for the massive structure were presented on Thursday to a key committee for the first time.But the Commission of Fine Arts still appears poised to approve the project and took a preliminary vote to move ahead with the process. The independent federal agency, which has been stacked with Trump loyalists, advises the president and Congress on design plans for monuments, memorials, coins and federal buildings.Trump has been deeply invol

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Army secretary praises general who was fired by Hegseth

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll strongly praised an Army chief who was fired earlier this month by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth but conceded that civilian leadership of the military gets “to pick the leaders that they want.”“There is no person that has more respect for Gen. (Randy) George and his 42 years of service, his Purple Heart, his wife Patty, their grandkids, their kids. I adore them. And he was an amazing transformational leader,” Driscoll said during a House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee hearing on Thursday. “That being said, the civilian leadership, the design of our s

Pilot had to ‘slam on the brakes’ to avoid hitting a truck at Charlotte airport

Trump expected to sign executive order urging more research into psychedelic ibogaine

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ICE acting director Todd Lyons will resign at end of May, DHS says

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement acting director Todd Lyons, a key executor of President Donald Trump’s mass deportations agenda, will resign at the end of May, federal officials announced Thursday. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced Lyons' departure, calling him a great leader of ICE who helped to make American communities safer. Mullin said Lyons' last day will be May 31. “We wish him luck on his next opportunity in the private sector,” Mullin said in a statement. The Department of Homeland Security did not immediately respond to

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Trump administration restores funding to Manhattan subway project after NY sues

The Trump administration has agreed to resume funding a key Manhattan subway project after New York officials sued. The U.S. Department of Transportation said in a federal court filing Thursday that it has completed its review of the Second Avenue subway line project, and will begin reimbursing state transit officials again for construction costs. Janno Lieber, MTA's CEO, said the reversal means “long-awaited transit justice” will soon come to neighborhoods in upper reaches of Manhattan. The Second Avenue subway project is building new stations northward along

Cuban leader, marking Bay of Pigs anniversary, vows to defeat US forces if attacked again

Incredible images from the Sony World Photography Awards 2026 unveiled

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Trump muses about Vance vs. Rubio as Iran peace talks heat up

With Vice President JD Vance, a one-time Iran war skeptic, now tasked with brokering a deal to end it, President Donald Trump has been monitoring his progress closely and inquiring with various friends and advisers how they’d rank his performance, according to three people familiar with the conversations.The president has wondered aloud how they think Vance compares to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a potential rival for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination, these people said.Never over the course of Trump’s second term has his second-in-command been more in the spotlight than in t

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Artemis II astronauts speak to CNN's Erin Burnett about their mission and unbreakable bond

The four Artemis II astronauts, fresh off a bold and risky mission that captured the hearts of a world in tumult, took questions Thursday for the first time since their return.The crew — including NASA’s Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen — has been back on Earth for one week after a history-making, slingshot trip around the moon. They’ve found themselves newly minted celebrities.“When we came home, we were shocked at the global outpouring of support, of pride, of ownership of this mission,” Wiseman said Thursday. “Th