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WASHINGTON, June 6 (Reuters) – Donald Trump is facing widening opposition within his own party as Republican lawmakers in Congress, long reluctant to defy him, are showing a greater willingness to break ranks with the U.S. president. Just over the past week, multiple factions of Republicans in the Senate and House of Representatives have stepped …
VILNIUS, June 6 (Reuters) – Lithuania’s ruling Social Democrat party voted on Saturday to remove the populist Nemunas Dawn, whose leader was sentenced for antisemitism, from the coalition government. The Social Democrats, which led a three-party coalition with a slim majority in parliament, will seek to replace Nemunas Dawn with the centre-right For Lithuania party …
Buyer was sentenced to 22 months in prison in 2023 for trades made while working as a consultant and lobbyist. He was ordered to forfeit more than $350,000, representing the amount of the illegal gains, and pay a $10,000 fine. He was released in 2025. In granting “a full, complete, and unconditional pardon,” Trump cited …
The Navy had selected 31 sailors to promote from the rank of captain to one-star admiral, but Hegseth recently intervened to strike nine people from the list, including three women and two Black men, according to a defense official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss information not permitted to be released publicly. As …
PARIS (AP) — History will be made no matter who wins the French Open women’s final on Saturday. The 114th-ranked Polish player Maja Chwalinska is attempting to become the first qualifier to capture the Roland Garros title. At 19, eighth-ranked Mirra Andreeva of Russia is bidding to become the youngest player to win the women’s …
PARIS, June 6 (Reuters) – U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned on Saturday that Europe faced what he called an invasion of dangerous ideologies arriving by sea, linking immigration to the legacy of the D-Day landings in remarks in Normandy. His remarks echo criticisms often made by the administration of President Donald Trump about Europe, …
KEMBLE, England June 6 (Reuters) – King Charles and senior British royals gathered at a village in south-west England on Saturday to celebrate the wedding of Princess Anne’s businessman son, Peter Phillips, to nurse Harriet Sperling. Anne was joined by her husband, Timothy Laurence, at the private ceremony at All Saints Church in Kemble, near …
NEW YORK (AP) — When her favorite band took the stage, Kristin Shires was in the front row. As the Misterwives started to play, the drums and saxophones blared from the trembling speakers. Shires soaked in the music — but on the way home, a different sound played in her ears. “The half hour after …
NEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of supporters of the Cockroach Janata Party, an online joke that drew millions across India, gathered for the first time in the national capital on Saturday, taking the social media movement off screens and into its biggest real-world test yet. The protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, marks the …
ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Leo XIV acknowledged Saturday as he headed to Spain that he’s competing with another VIP in Madrid this weekend, and also declared his preference in the country’s biggest soccer rivalry. Puerto Rican sensation Bad Bunny is performing two shows of his 10-concert Spanish tour in the Spanish capital. …