CP 
March 26 (Reuters) – The Pentagon is considering whether to divert weapons intended for Ukraine to the Middle East as the war in Iran depletes some of the U.S. military’s most critical munitions, the Washington Post reported on Thursday, citing three people familiar with the matter. (Reporting by Shivani Tanna in Bengaluru, Editing by Louise …
BEIJING, March 26 (Reuters) – China on Thursday urged parties to the Middle East conflict to “create conditions for starting truly meaningful and sincere peace talks”. “The pressing priority is to actively promote peace talks, seize the opportunity of peace and promote the cessation of the war,” Lin Jian, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson, said …
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said it carried out a strike Wednesday on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing four people, as the Trump administration pushes forward with a monthslong campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America while waging a war against Iran. The latest attack brings the number …
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man has been charged with making threatening phone calls to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa two days after a suspicious package was found outside a gate, though investigators haven’t accused the caller of planting any devices. The 35-year-old Palm Harbor man was charged with making the threat …
As wealth taxes gain traction around the U.S., Sen. Elizabeth Warren is introducing a new bill that the Massachusetts Democrat said would raise trillions in federal revenue by placing new levies on people worth over $50 million. The bill, called the Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act of 2026, would impose an annual 2% tax on the net …
San Francisco — New York’s José Caballero thought for sure the pitch from Logan Webb had missed the strike zone, so he challenged the human umpire’s call – and made major league history in the process. Caballero lost the first challenge taken to Major League Baseball’s so-called robot umpire, unsuccessfully appealing a strike by the …
WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) – U.S. Senate Republicans launched an investigation into abortion pill manufacturers on Wednesday and called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to crack down on online sales of the drug mifepristone, the latest escalation in a years‑long political battle over access to medication abortion. The probe is led by Republican …
NEW YORK (AP) — The federal government has not yet replaced the bullet-pocked windows that serve as a grim reminder of an attack at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention more than seven months ago, the agency’s acting chief acknowledged Wednesday. CDC employees asked Dr. Jay Bhattacharya about the broken windows during a staff …
March 26 (Reuters) – A Russian overnight drone attack damaged port facilities on the Danube river in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region on the Black Sea, local officials said on Thursday. Regional Governor Oleh Kiper said on the Telegram messaging app that one person was injured in the attack, which also damaged energy and industrial infrastructure. …
By Ahmed Aboulenein and Julie Steenhuysen WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) – An anti-vaccine group aligned with U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is petitioning him to vastly broaden a federal list to include more than 300 injuries it says are linked to immunizations, and has threatened to sue if he does not. The petition, …