• MIAMI (AP) — Venezuela’s government said Saturday it deported a close ally of Nicolás Maduro facing several criminal investigations in the U.S. less than three years after the businessman was pardoned by President Joe Biden as part of a prisoner swap. The decision marks a stark reversal for Alex Saab, who Maduro fought tooth and […]
  • NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) – A Kansas judge has temporarily blocked a law banning gender-transition treatments for minors in the state.   State District Judge Carl Folsom III granted an injunction requested by the parents of two teenagers who want to continue gender-transition treatment with medicines. Folsom’s decision halts the enforcement of a recently approved […]
  • (WASHINGTON) – President Donald Trump has dismissed Iran’s latest formal proposal as “garbage.” While Iran was said to include some nuclear concessions, Mr. Trump has said he wants to remove highly enriched uranium from the country and prevent it from developing nuclear weapons. Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes. With talks between […]
  • May 16 (Reuters) – The Trump administration on Saturday allowed a sanctions waiver to lapse that had previously allowed countries including India to buy Russian seaborne oil after a month-long extension aimed at easing oil supply shortages and high prices due to Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz. • U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent […]
  • MORRILL, Maine (AP) — A 27-year-old firefighter killed in a huge fire and explosion at a lumber mill in Maine’s midcoast region was honored Saturday, a day after the incident that injured at least 11 others. A memorial of flowers dedicated to Andrew Cross sat outside of the Morrill Volunteer Fire Department as a procession […]