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Trump wants to pardon 250 people for America's 250th birthday: report
Wednesday 13 May 2026 19:11 EDT Donald Trump is considering issuing 250 presidential pardons to celebrate the 250th anniversary of America, according to a new report. The president may make the announcement on June 14, his own birthday, or on July 4, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal. Trump has already faced criticism for issuing an historic number of pardons since returning to office for his second term, despite vowing to end what he described as the “politicizati ...
Trump 'of course' cares about Americans' financial pain, Vance says
4:24 p.m. ET WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance tried to clean up recent comments by Donald Trump in which the president said he isn't considering Americans' financial hardships as he negotiates a deal to end the war in Iran. "I think that's a misrepresentation of what the president said," Vance told reporters on May 13 in response to a reporter's question during a White House event announcing an anti-fraud initiative. Trump, before embarking on a multi-day trip to China, told re ...
Cuba has run out of diesel and oil, energy minister says
Cuba has completely run out of diesel and fuel oil, the country's Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy has said. In an interview with state-run media, de la O Levy said there were limited amounts of gas available, but that Cuba's energy system was in a "critical" state as a US-led blockade of oil to the country squeezed supply. ... The US this week reiterated its offer of sending $100m (£74m) in aid to the country in exchange for "meaningful reforms to Cuba's communist system&quo ...
Senate fails to curb Trump's war on Iran even as Republican opposition grows
Wed 13 May 2026 16.46 EDT First published on Wed 13 May 2026 15.46 EDT The Senate on Wednesday rejected the seventh attempt by Democrats to force an end to American involvement in the war on Iran, even as the ranks of Republicans opposed to Donald Trump’s strategy grew. The war powers resolution proposed by Jeff Merkley, a Democratic senator from Oregon, failed in a 49-50 vote. All Democrats with the exception of John Fetterman of Pennsylvania supported its advancement. Since the conflict be ...
Vance says $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to California will be deferred over fraud concerns
May 13, 2026 3:29 PM PT Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that the Trump administration is deferring $1.3 billion in Medicaid reimbursements to California over concerns the state is allowing “fraudsters” to drive up costs to taxpayers, including by pushing unnecessary medications on unsuspecting patients. “There are California taxpayers and American taxpayers who are being defrauded because California isn’t taking its program seriously. But also, you have people who’ve been prescribed me ...
Army cuts training as service is short billions of dollars
May 13, 2026, 5:13 AM The Army is grappling with a sudden budget crunch and scrambling to slash training costs across broad swaths of the force, according to internal documents reviewed by ABC News and multiple U.S. officials. The move is to make up for a shortfall of some $4 billion to $6 billion, according to one of the officials, as the service has drastically expanded its operational footprint at home and abroad. The cuts, which range from elite schools to unit-level training, have trigg ...
After Killing Encrypted DMs, Mark Zuckerberg Wants You to Trust His New Encrypted AI Chat
Just days after Meta pulled support for encrypted direct messages on Instagram, the tech giant is now rolling out a new private AI chat feature. Meta announced on Wednesday that its new Incognito Chat feature will let users interact with its AI chatbot on WhatsApp and the Meta AI app in what the company describes as a secure environment. The social media giant is pitching the feature as a way for users to feel free to discuss sensitive topics like health, finance, or career advice with Meta AI ...
Trump insider reveals where president left letter for Vance in case he gets assassinated
Wednesday 13 May 2026 17:04 EDT A White House official has revealed that President Donald Trump has written Vice President JD Vance a letter in the event that he should be assassinated. Sebastian Gorka, who has led the Trump administration’s counterterrorism strategy this term, said there were multiple “protocols” in place in the event that something happened to the president, including the existence of a personal message to the vice president. “We have protocols, trust me. Not ones I can di ...
US Senate confirms Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair, replacing Jerome Powell
Wed 13 May 2026 14.49 EDT The US Senate confirmed Kevin Warsh as chair of the Federal Reserve, one of the most powerful roles in the federal government that holds enormous sway over the economy. The 54-45 Senate vote on Wednesday was split along party lines, with the exception of Democratic senator John Fetterman from Pennsylvania, who joined the Republican majority. Warsh was confirmed for a four-year term as chair and a 14-year appointment on the Fed’s rate-setting board. Warsh will offici ...
Top Kennedy Spokesman Resigns in Protest of Move to Allow Flavored Vapes
May 13, 2026 Updated 1:10 p.m. ET The chief spokesman for Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. resigned on Wednesday in protest over the administration's push to allow major tobacco companies to begin selling flavored vapes that appeal to children. His departure came one day after the head of the Food and Drug Administration quit for the same reason. In a letter to Mr. Trump, obtained by The New York Times, the spokesman, Rich Danker, did not blame the president, whom he said had "twic ...
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RecsMeet Natalie Harp, Trump's wretched MAGAt troll, who's behind his "middle of the night" social media splooges - 143
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White House planned to start Triumphal Arch work under unrelated contract
20 min ago - The Trump administration planned to start work at the site of the president’s proposed Triumphal Arch by piggybacking on an existing, unrelated contract for engineering services at the White House grounds more than a mile away, emails obtained b ... (WaPo)
Lutnick sought to clean up Epstein revelations in closed testimony to House committee
24 min ago - 05/13/2026 08:26 PM EDT Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick in closed-door testimony to Congress refuted accusations that he maintained a relationship with Jeffrey Epstein years after he claimed he had cut ties. Lutnick, who has faced harsh criticism f ... (Politico)
Giuliani returns to his show after viral pneumonia hospitalization
53 min ago - Updated 8:07 PM EDT, May 13, 2026 Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani returned to his regularly scheduled show on Wednesday evening for the first time after being hospitalized for viral pneumonia earlier this month. The 81-year-old opened his co ... (AP)
'Trump Needs Medical Attention': Congressman Says President's Family Should Stage 'Intervention'
1 hr ago - May 13th, 2026, 8:50 pm Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA) said President Donald Trump’s call to arrest former President Barack Obama should trigger a medical “intervention.”. On Wednesday, Pablo Manríquez of MeidasTouch caught up with M ... (MEDIAite)
Ukraine war briefing: New Hungary PM signals shift away from Kremlin after massive drone attack on Ukraine
1 hr ago - Péter Magyar says his government has summoned Russian ambassador over drone attack near Hungary’s border to ask when Vladimir Putin plans ‘to finally end this bloody war’. What we know on day 1,541 Thu 14 May 2026 01.34 EDT ... (the guardian)
Trump wants to pardon 250 people for America's 250th birthday: report
1 hr ago - Wednesday 13 May 2026 19:11 EDT Donald Trump is considering issuing 250 presidential pardons to celebrate the 250th anniversary of America, according to a new report. The president may make the announcement on June 14, his own birthday, or on July 4 ... (The Independent)
Teamsters at Beverage Market in West Virginia Launch Unfair Labor Practice Strike
1 hr ago - Members of Local 175 Demand A Fair Contract 2026.05.13 (CHARLESTON, W. Va.) – A group of nearly 50 workers at the Beverage Market in Charleston W. Va., have been forced to strike over the company’s bad faith bargaining. The members of Teams ... (Teamsters)
Fulton County DA Fani Willis threatens lawsuit over Georgia law stripping party labels from Atlanta-area elections
2 hrs ago - May 13, 2026 / 6:39 PM EDT Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp signed a law requiring nonpartisan elections for most local officials in the five most populous counties in the Atlanta area, leading Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and another Democrati ... (CBS News/AP)
Remains of 2nd US soldier missing in Morocco recovered
2 hrs ago - The U.S. military says the remains of the second U.S. Army soldier who went missing during military exercises in Morocco have been recovered By AKRAM OUBACHIR May 13, 2026, 5:29 PM CASABLANCA, Morocco -- The remains of the second U.S. Army soldier ... (abc news)
Vance says $1.3 billion in Medicaid payments to California will be deferred over fraud concerns
2 hrs ago - May 13, 2026 3:29 PM PT Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that the Trump administration is deferring $1.3 billion in Medicaid reimbursements to California over concerns the state is allowing “fraudsters” to drive up costs to taxpayers, ... (Los Angles Times)
Immigration authorities detain former Kansas mayor who voted illegally
2 hrs ago - Updated 6:18 PM EDT, May 13, 2026 The former mayor of a conservative Kansas town was taken into custody by immigration authorities Wednesday after acknowledging last year that he had voted in elections despite not being a U.S. citizen. Joe Ceballos, ... (AP)
US House members defy leadership, to force vote on Ukraine aid
2 hrs ago - Wed, May 13, 2026 at 6:12 PM EDT WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives petition to force a floor vote on providing security aid to Ukraine and imposing new sanctions on Russia reached the 218-signature threshold to move ahead ... (Yahoo! News/Reuters)
Johnson, Jeffries launch bipartisan effort to combat sexual misconduct in Congress
3 hrs ago - 12h House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) are forming a bipartisan "partnership" between the Republican and Democratic women's caucuses to combat sexual misconduct in Congress. Why it matters: Congress is goi ... (msn/Axios)
FBI Rejects Report Kash Patel Policies 'Inflate' Arrest Numbers
3 hrs ago - Published May 13, 2026 at 04:12 PM EDT updated May 13, 2026 at 05:33 PM EDT The FBI is pushing back forcefully against a report alleging that Director Kash Patel has implemented policies designed to artificially boost arrest statistics, calling the c ... (Newsweek)
Senate fails to curb Trump's war on Iran even as Republican opposition grows
4 hrs ago - Wed 13 May 2026 16.46 EDT First published on Wed 13 May 2026 15.46 EDT The Senate on Wednesday rejected the seventh attempt by Democrats to force an end to American involvement in the war on Iran, even as the ranks of Republicans opposed to Donald Tr ... (The Guardian)
Cuba has run out of diesel and oil, energy minister says
4 hrs ago - Cuba has completely run out of diesel and fuel oil, the country's Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy has said. In an interview with state-run media, de la O Levy said there were limited amounts of gas available, but that Cuba's energy system was in ... (BBC)
Angela Rayner cleared by HMRC over tax affairs paving the way for potential leadership bid
4 hrs ago - Angela Rayner has been cleared by HMRC of deliberate wrongdoing or carelessness over her tax affairs, the Guardian can reveal, paving the way for a potential leadership bid as Keir Starmer’s grip on power unravels. The former deputy prime minist ... (The Guardian)
Trump 'of course' cares about Americans' financial pain, Vance says
4 hrs ago - 4:24 p.m. ET WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance tried to clean up recent comments by Donald Trump in which the president said he isn't considering Americans' financial hardships as he negotiates a deal to end the war in Iran. "I think that's a ... (USA Today)
US FAA to Equip Its Airport Vehicles With Transponders
5 hrs ago - May 13, 2026, at 3:59 p.m WASHINGTON, May 13 (Reuters) - The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday it will spend $16.5 million to install transponders on its airport vehicles after a fatal collision in March ... (US News & World Report/Reuters)
Lawsuit accuses agriculture secretary of 'religious coercion' in staff emails
5 hrs ago - May 13, 2026, 3:24 PM A new federal lawsuit accuses Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins of proselytizing federal employees by frequently invoking Jesus Christ in work emails. The National Federation of Federal Employees and a group of seven USDA ... (ABC News)
