A group of House Democrats walked out of a closed-door briefing with Attorney General Pam Bondi on the Jeffrey Epstein probe late Wednesday, as tensions over the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein case continue to simmer. The faceoff took place one day after the chair of the House Oversight Committee, Republican Rep. James Comer …
March 18 (Reuters) – U.S. officials detected unidentified drones above an army base in Washington where Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth live, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday, citing three people briefed on the situation. (Reporting by Angela Christy in Bengaluru; Editing by Muralikumar Anantharaman) Copyright 2026 Thomson Reuters.
WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) – A statue of Caesar Rodney, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and an enslaver, that was taken down in Delaware in 2020 amid racial justice protests will be displayed by President Donald Trump’s administration this year in Washington. The National Park Service plans to install the bronze statue of the …
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — On shelves crammed with cuddly toy native animals in an Australian airport gift shop, one fluffy possum stood out: Its big brown eyes were moving. A browsing passenger first spotted a living Australian brushtail possum peering out from among the kangaroos on the display shelf at the departure terminal shop at …
BRUSSELS, March 19 (Reuters) – European Union leaders are expected to put heavy pressure on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Thursday to lift his blockade on a vital 90-billion-euro ($103 billion) EU loan to Ukraine to keep up its fight against Russia’s invasion. EU leaders agreed to the loan in December but Orban – …
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Dontae Horne scored 25 points and Cory Wells had 19 points and 11 rebounds as Prairie View A&M earned its first NCAA Tournament victory, 67-55 over Lehigh on Wednesday night in the First Four. “Definitely gratifying,” coach Bryan Smith said. “A heck of a basketball game. We’re definitely excited to survive …
FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Kelsie Whitmore stood near third base at JetBlue Park and looked around at her new norm. Women baseball players from around the world tossed balls back and forth, sharing laughs and taking pointers from major league coaches. In less than five months, they will play in the first women’s professional …
March 19 (Reuters) – The Iranian national team are continuing to prepare for the World Cup finals and have no intention of pulling out of the tournament even if they will not travel to the United States, soccer chief Mehdi Taj said on Wednesday. Iran were one of the first nations to qualify for the …
Investors will not be able to move forward with the effort until appeals are resolved in the long-running case, in which U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska ordered Argentina to compensate investors for the seizure of a majority share in YPF Energy. In a ruling obtained by The Associated Press, the U.S. Court of Appeals for …
TOKYO, March 19 (Reuters) – Japan has not changed its position on how it determines an existential threat, its top government spokesperson said on Friday, rejecting an assessment by U.S. intelligence agencies of a “significant shift” in its stance on Taiwan. The agencies said in an annual threat report on Wednesday that Japanese Prime Minister …