WASHINGTON — White House physician Sean Barbabella released a memo detailing the results of President Donald Trump’s annual physical on Friday, writing that the president is in “excellent health.” Trump exhibits “robust cardiac, pulmonary, neurological, and general physical function,” Barbabella wrote. “His active lifestyle continues to contribute significantly to his …
Read More »Sudanese paramilitary attack famine-stricken camps, killing at least 100
Sudan’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces have killed at least 100 people, including 20 children and nine aid workers, after launching an assault on two famine-stricken camps in the Darfur region, the latest escalation in a bitter civil war about to enter its third year. The RSF targeted the Zamzam and Abu …
Read More »Ahead of Easter, SNL’s Trump says stocks ‘did a Jesus’ in falling, rising and falling again
“Saturday Night Live” did its best attempt to bring levity to the global economic turmoil sparked by President Donald Trump’s uncertain and oft-changing tariffs. The show’s cold open was a spoof of the biblical “Cleansing of the Temple,” about Jesus’ move to rid Jerusalem’s temple of profiteers whose focus on …
Read More »Mistakenly deported man is alive and detained in El Salvador, Trump admin says
The Trump administration, in a filing posted to the docket several minutes after a 5 p.m. Saturday deadline, said a man mistakenly deported to El Salvador is alive and remains detained there. The late-in-the-day filing is in an effort to comply with Maryland-based U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis’ order from …
Read More »Snow, rain and strong winds descend on the Northeast
A slow-moving low-pressure system is bringing snow, rain and gusty winds to the Northeast this weekend. Winter alerts are in effect from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. ET for parts of the Green Mountains in Vermont, the Berkshires in Massachusetts and the Catskill Mountains in New York. An additional 1 …
Read More »Palestinians struggle to find water as clean sources become increasingly scarce in Gaza
Hundreds of thousands of Gaza City residents have lost their main source of clean water in the past week after supplies from Israel’s water utility were cut by the Israeli army’s renewed offensive, municipal authorities in the territory said. Many now have to walk, sometimes for miles, to get a …
Read More »White House moves Obama portrait for painting of Trump after assassination attempt
The White House moved the official portrait of former President Barack Obama to a new location in the East Room, replacing it with a painting of President Donald Trump with his fist raised in the air right after last year’s assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. The portrait appears to be …
Read More »What aviation experts say about the doomed helicopter in the fatal New York crash
The pilot of the tourist helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday afternoon could not have done anything to save himself or his five passengers after the aircraft’s rotor blades and its tail boom detached in the air, an aviation expert said Friday. “Everything we train for as …
Read More »Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds won’t seek re-election in 2026
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Friday she would not seek re-election, a decision that means the Republican’s time as governor will come to an end just shy of the 10-year mark after the 2026 election. “Serving as your governor has been the greatest honor of my life, an opportunity that …
Read More »Over 100 people died after heavy rain hit India, Nepal
More than 100 people have died since Wednesday after unseasonably heavy rain lashed parts of India and Nepal, officials said, as the weather department predicted more rain for the region. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) warned of multiple weather hazards on Wednesday, with heat wave conditions in the west and …
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