News & Current Affairs

At the press briefing that followed the shooting, Trump crossed party lines and transcended the violence targeting him. He was finally, improbably, truly presidential.  Source link

A majority of Americans believe the U.S. military’s use of force against Iran was a mistake, according to a new poll.  The Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos survey, published this week, found that 61 percent of U.S. adults believe the Trump administration erred in launching its military operation in the Middle East country in late February. Only……

This is the moment a huge explosion was heard in Plymouth, as bomb disposal experts made a 250kg WW2 device safe. More than 1,200 homes were evacuated and residents sent to Southway Youth and Community Centre. They have since been told they could return home. The BBC’s Jenny Kumar was at the scene. More on…

Richard Manville has lived in the UK all his life – but now he’s leaving Salford for Israel, because he says the antisemitism in Britain is intolerable. A self-described proud secular Jew, he told the BBC’s Judith Moritz that making the move was a traumatic experience, as he never thought he’d leave his home. But…

EU ambassadors gave a green light to both a 90 billion-euro ($106 billion) loan to Ukraine and the latest round of sanctions on Russia, but another decision went largely unnoticed: the creation of a working group to draft Montenegro’s EU accession treaty. While creating such a group in the Council of Ministers is mainly a…

The “drill baby drill” strategy could never live up to its billing as a magic bullet. Source link

Progressive Democrats cheered after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-N.Y.) preferred candidate, Gov. Janet Mills (D), exited Maine’s Senate race, reshaping the field. Republicans are eyeing potential congressional seat gains following a Supreme Court ruling on the Voting Rights Act (VRA) that could redraw the political map ahead of November. Meanwhile, long‑standing U.S.-Germany relations have……

Five people reportedly died following a plane crash in the Wimberley area of Hays County, according to Hays County Homeland Security & Emergency Management. Source link

The entire international jury of the Venice Biennale has resigned ahead of the opening of the 2026 exhibition, following controversy linked to Russia’s return to the event for the first time since the Ukraine war began. No reason for the resignation was given in a brief April 30 statement from the Biennale Foundation. The jury…

Which side to take is not a close question. Source link