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Banks aren't equipped to interpret women's biographies
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (327+ words) by Jennifer Kady Stanton and Karen Benedict, opinion contributors 05/24/26 12: 00 PM ET Banks were never designed to be the interpreters of women's identities. Yet, on May 19, the Trump administration signed an'executive order'directing federal agencies to strengthen banking identity verification, asking them…...
Netanyahu backs Trump on Iran MOU, says final deal must cover nukes
59+ min ago (477+ words) by Ryan Mancini 05/24/26 01: 15 PM ET Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said he supports President Trump on a memorandum of understanding with Iran but asserted that the final deal must also cover Iran's nuclear program. Netanyahu said he spoke…...
NASA is forging a nuclear path to Mars
1+ day, 13+ hour ago (715+ words) by Mark R. Whittington, opinion contributor 05/24/26 10: 30 AM ET FILE - This image provided by NASA, shows a selfie of their Perseverance Mars rover, on July 23, 2024. The image is made up of 62 individual images that were stitched together. (NASA via AP, file) While…...
Thom Tillis: Ken Paxton a "failure," would be anchor on GOP Senate
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (354+ words) by Max Rego 05/24/26 10: 33 AM ET Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N. C.) on Sunday criticized Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), whom President Trump endorsed over incumbent Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) in the Senate GOP runoff in the Lone Star State. "He is a…...
Suspect in White House shooting dead
6+ hour, 36+ min ago (500+ words) by Max Rego 05/24/26 08: 30 AM ET The armed man who exchanged fire with Secret Service officers near the White House on Saturday was killed, according to the federal law enforcement agency. Anthony Guglielmi, the chief of communications for the agency, said…...
State and local policymakers can lead us through Iran's energy reckoning
12+ hour, 53+ min ago (383+ words) by Caroline Spears, opinion contributor 05/24/26 09: 00 AM ET Nearly three months into the conflict with Iran, the global energy system is in a state of upheaval that may result in lasting structural change. Many world leaders are now saying fossil fuel…...
Trump's $1. 776 billion "anti-weaponization' fund leaves legal firestorm at feet of lawmakers
4+ hour, 55+ min ago (1391+ words) by Rebecca Beitsch 05/24/26 06: 00 AM ET Legal experts say President Trump's new $1. 776 billion "anti-weaponization" fund is rife with legal and ethical issues that only Congress is likely to be able to address. Trump and the Department of Justice (DOJ) set off…...
Trump's last-minute AI order switch exposes White House divides
9+ hour, 12+ min ago (1155+ words) by Miranda Nazzaro and Julia Shapero 05/24/26 06: 00 AM ET President Trump's abrupt decision to pull an executive order on artificial intelligence testing has exposed a deeper divide in the White House over how to oversee the technology's development without stopping its…...
Rubio tries to tackle a trust deficit between Washington and Delhi on first official India trip
6+ hour, 28+ min ago (1010+ words) by AIJAZ HUSSAIN and SHONAL GANGULY, Associated Press 05/24/26 08: 16 AM ET Rubio's first official visit to the South Asian country came amid an economic and diplomatic downturn between the United States and India, largely strained by U. S. President Donald Trump's tariff policies,…...
Protesters clash with police after an anti-government rally in Serbia's capital
19+ hour, 16+ min ago (731+ words) by JOVANA GEC, Associated Press 05/23/26 07: 05 PM ET While the rally at a central square in Belgrade passed peacefully, groups of young assailants later clashed with riot police, throwing flares, rocks and bottles at police cordons. Police responded with pepper spray…...