• The Media Line: Rubio Congratulates Jordan on 80th Independence Anniversary  
    Rubio Congratulates Jordan on 80th Independence Anniversary   By The Media Line Staff   US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday congratulated King Abdullah II and the Jordanian people on the 80th anniversary of Jordan’s independence, praising the kingdom’s role in promoting stability and security in the Middle East.   “On behalf of the United States of […]
  • It’s Memorial Day: We Remember All the Fallen! (AUDIO)
    Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that is officially about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it has come to signal the unofficial start of summer and a long weekend of travel and discounts on anything from mattresses to lawn mowers. Here is a look at the holiday and how it has evolved: When is Memorial Day? It […]
  • Scripps National Spelling Bee guide: How to watch, who the notable spellers are, rules and prizes
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The best young spellers in the English language are competing at the Scripps National Spelling Bee this week, continuing a more than century-old tradition. The three-day competition begins Tuesday and concludes Thursday night. The first bee was held in 1925, when the Louisville Courier-Journal invited other newspapers to host spelling bees and […]
  • US military says it carried out ‘self-defense’ strikes in Iran, including on missile launch sites
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Monday that it carried out “self-defense” strikes in southern Iran, including on missile launch sites and boats placing mines, even as President Donald Trump said on social media that negotiations were “proceeding nicely.” The strikes were done “to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces,” but […]
  • AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the Texas US Senate Republican primary runoff
    WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in the Lone Star State will make their second attempt to nominate a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in a primary runoff election on Tuesday, the electoral version of the Texas two-step. Also on the ballot are primary runoffs in more than a dozen congressional districts, plus state contests for lieutenant […]