US Secret Service Investigates Reports of Shots Near White House

May 23 (Reuters) – ⁠The ⁠U.S. ⁠Secret Service on ​Saturday said ‌it was ‌aware ⁠of ⁠reports of shots fired in ​Washington, D.C., ​at 17th Street ⁠and Pennsylvania ⁠Avenue ⁠NW near the ​White House and ​was ⁠working to ⁠corroborate those reports with personnel on ⁠the ground. FBI Director Kash Patel said the FBI was on scene …

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US Conducts Military Drill Over Venezuelan Capital Caracas

CARACAS, May 23 (Reuters) – The U.S. military ⁠conducted ⁠a drill over ⁠the Venezuelan capital Caracas on Saturday, its first ​military exercise in the South American nation since U.S. troops attacked ‌the capital and captured ‌President Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores on ⁠January ⁠3. Venezuelan authorities say that attack killed at least 100 …

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Possible gunfire heard near White House

What sounded like possible gunfire was heard near the North Lawn of the White House Saturday evening, multiple CBS News reporters said. Approximately 20 shots were heard just after 6 p.m. Eastern Time. They appeared to be coming from the side of the White House complex containing the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, the reporters said. …

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Russell Clashes With Mercedes Teammate Antonelli in Canadian GP Sprint Win

MONTREAL (AP) — George Russell clashed early with Mercedes teammate Kimi Antonelli in the Canadian Grand Prix sprint race Saturday, sending the teen star into the grass in an entertaining victory from the pole. Russell — the Grand Prix winner last year at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve — fended off a pair of attacks from Antonelli …

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California Chemical Tank Heating up After Evacuation in LA Suburb, Fire Official

May 23 (Reuters) – Firefighters trying to prevent an explosion in a tank of hazardous chemicals ⁠in ⁠Southern California found overnight that the failing tank ⁠was heating up internally despite efforts to cool it, the incident commander said on Saturday. Evacuation orders remained in ​place for an area covering tens of thousands of people in …

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Trump Says Iran Peace Deal Is ‘Largely Negotiated’

May 23 (Reuters) – ⁠U.S. ⁠President Donald ⁠Trump said on ​Saturday that a memorandum ‌of understanding on ‌a ⁠peace ⁠deal has been “largely negotiated” with Iran ​and will open the Strait ​of Hormuz, with details ⁠to be ⁠unveiled soon. “Final ⁠aspects and ​details of the Deal ​are ⁠currently being discussed, and will be announced ⁠shortly,” …

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Police and Protesters Clash in Serbia as Crowds Demand President’s Exit

BELGRADE, May 23 (Reuters) – Police fired teargas and clashed ⁠with ⁠protesters in central Belgrade ⁠on Saturday, as tens of thousands gathered to demand early elections ​and an end to the more than decade-long rule of Serbia’s populist President Aleksandar Vucic. People ‌crowded into Slavija Square, one ‌of the capital’s main junctions, in a fresh …

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