Pope Leo XIV waves to the crowd from the popemobile after the Easter Mass as part of the Holy Week celebrations, at St Peter’s square in the Vatican on April 5, 2026. Alberto Pizzoli | Afp | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Sunday bashed Pope Leo XIV over the U.S.-born Roman Catholic pontiff’s criticism…
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) Yuri Gripas | Reuters Rep. Eric Swalwell on Sunday evening said he was suspending his campaign for California governor on the heels of sexual misconduct allegations against the Democratic lawmaker. “To my family, staff, friends, and supporters, I am deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past,” Swalwell…
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks at the start of a Cabinet meeting to mark the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, at Downing Street in London, Feb. 24, 2026. Wpa Pool | Getty Images News | Getty Images British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he is “fed up” seeing energy bills in…
Andersen Ross Photography Inc | Digitalvision | Getty Images A battle over in-state tuition for undocumented students has been heating up nationwide. At least 22 states and the District of Columbia allow students — including those in the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, who are known as “Dreamers” — to pay in-state tuition at public…
A woman shops for dairy products at a local supermarket in the Sugar Hill neighborhood of the Manhattan borough of New York City on April 9, 2026. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images Inflation spiked in March as the Iran war pushed up gasoline and other prices for consumers. The consumer price index, a…
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with major U.S. bank CEOs this week to discuss the possible cyber risks raised by Anthropic‘s Mythos model, CNBC confirmed Friday. The bank heads were already in Washington, D.C., for a Financial Services Forum board meeting when a special gathering was called on Tuesday…
TOPSHOT – A policeman stands guard in front of a digital screen displaying news of USIran peace talks along a road in Islamabad on April 10, 2026. (Photo by Farooq NAEEM / AFP via Getty Images) Farooq Naeem | Afp | Getty Images Pakistan confirmed the arrival of a delegation of Iranian negotiators ahead of…
House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) speaks to reporters in front of the House Oversight Committee at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on March 18, 2026. Nathan Posner | Anadolu | Getty Images Victims of Jeffrey Epstein will get the chance to speak about the late sex offender’s crimes at hearings of the House…
A rendering of plans for a 250-foot triumphal arch in Washington, D.C. Courtesy: Harrison Design | U.S. Commission of Fine Arts New architectural drawings of President Donald Trump‘s controversial proposed “triumphal arch” released on Friday show a 250-foot structure standing across the Potomac River from the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The drawings, submitted by…
Vice President JD Vance and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent last week questioned leading tech CEOs about the security of artificial intelligence models and how to respond to cyber attacks before Anthropic released its new Mythos model, CNBC has learned. The meeting occurred over the phone, according to a person familiar with the matter who asked…
