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Pope Leo XIV's flight home from Spain was grounded so the king came to his aid
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Leo's Iberia charter, due to take him back to Rome after a weeklong visit to Spain, was grounded by a technical problem Friday, prompting Spain's king to offer his private jet instead.
Trump says U.S. military strike killed leader of Tren de Aragua gang
President Trump said Friday that a U.S. strike has killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, whom he called "the infamous leader" of the Tren de Aragua gang in Venezuela.
Trump says US military killed Venezuelan gang leader
President Trump announced late Friday that U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) launched a strike that killed the leader of the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua. A “swift and lethal kinetic strike” killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, also known as Niño Guerrero, Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. Tren de Aragua is a…
Marjorie Taylor Greene: UFC fights don’t belong on White House lawn
President Trump’s plan to celebrate his 80th birthday with a UFC viewing on the White House lawn is drawing skepticism from former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who says the location is inappropriate. “I think UFC fights are great. I enjoy watching them, but to be honest with you, I don’t really think they belong…
Judge orders restoration of National Parks displays removed under Trump executive order
A federal judge in Massachusetts has ordered the Trump administration to reinstall displays it removed from National Parks sites over the past year as part of a crackdown on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) content and climate change information. A group of park advocacy organizations sued the Interior Department, National Park Service and its leaders…
Appeals panel denies last-ditch effort to keep Trump’s name on Kennedy Center
A federal appeals court panel denied the Trump administration’s last-ditch effort to halt an end-of-day deadline to remove the president’s name from the exterior of the Kennedy Center. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit’s order allows the deadline to remain until the next stage of the appeal. The schedule indicates the next ruling won’t be until at least June 29. It means Trump’s name is required to be removed from the exterior of…
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US forces shoot down Iranian drones targeting ships in Stait of Hormuz: Centcom
U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said on Friday that U.S. forces shot down an unspecified number of Iranian one-way attack drones in the Strait of Hormuz, as an emerging deal between the two nations hangs in the balance. Centcom wrote on the social platform X that Iran had launched “multiple one-way attack drones” targeting commercial ships…
How South Africa’s Myopia Is Harming the Entire Continent
Xenophobia in Africa’s southernmost nation will have vast implications.
The Aliens Aren’t the Most Unbelievable Part of Steven Spielberg’s New Movie
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Russia, Land of the Unpredictable Past
A new censorship law restricts what Russians were ever allowed to have sung, written, or published.
How Best to Look at Russian History
A new book shows the uses and limits of microhistories in understanding the past.
What to Read When You’re Wondering What’s Out There
This novel is nominally about an interstellar voyage. It’s actually about sex, love, God, and the problem of evil.