Legal analyst Lisa Rubin said that her jaw dropped when she heard Secretary of State Marco Rubio response when asked whether the United States has been in touch with El Salvador about the Maryland father wrongfully deported there. "I'd never tell you that," Rubio said about facilitating the return of Kilmar brego Garca. "And you know who else? I would never ...

Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett gave no explanation for why she recused herself from a religious charter school case that was set to begin oral arguments Wednesday, The New York Times reported.The case revolves around whether taxpayers should pay for a public school in Oklahoma that teaches Catholic doctrine.With her recusal, Justice Barrett's ...

by Javier TOVARCardinal Cristobal Lopez Romero, the Spanish-born archbishop of Rabat, admits he is a little anxious ahead of his first conclave, although also curious.The 72-year-old is among 133 cardinals from around the world who will vote for a successor to Pope Francis starting May 7. "I haven't decided anything," he told AFP when asked whom he would ...

UPS has announced that an anticipated drop in Amazon deliveries will impact the shipping company's workforce. The company announced Tuesday it was shedding 20,000 workers, CBS News reported. As tariffs take effect, Americans are showing a lack of interest in paying the 145% tax on goods imported from China resulting in an expected decline in Amazon ...

Constituents in eastern Alabama are furious with Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) for skipping out of the district before they could voice their concerns about issues like the economy, healthcare, and national security, according to WRBL.The group Indivisible Auburn-Opelika invited Rogers to a community Peoples Town Hall held last week at the local library, but ...

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has infiltrated classified networks that house highly sensitive information about America's nuclear weapons programs, according to reporting from National Public Radio.Two NPR reporters wrote that Luke Farritor, a 23-year-old former SpaceX intern, and Adam Ramada, a Miami-based venture capitalist, have had ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is more focused on photo ops than leadership at the Pentagon, according to new reporting from Politico.The piece cited a recent podcast appearance by Colin Carroll, who was fired from his position as chief of staff to the deputy Defense secretary during a Hegseth-ordered leak investigation.Carroll told podcast host Megyn Kelly ...

A U.S. missile strike in Yemen killed at least 68 African migrants and injured dozens more, according to Houthi rebels.Photographs and video taken by a Reuters journalist at the migrant detention center showed emergency responders frantically trying to rescue survivors and remove the dead from the collapsed building in the rebel-held city of Saada, reported ...

Self-described moderate Republican Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) had his hands full during a Sunday night town hall in his suburban Hudson Valley swing district, according to reporting inThe New York Times and a variety of videos posted to social media.Local police expected more than 1,200 constituents to jam the high school auditorium where Lawler was speaking ...

Kim Kardashian is due to testify in the Paris trial that begins Monday of the "grandpa robbers" accused of stealing $10 million worth of jewellery from the billionaire high priestess of social media.The ageing French underworld figures accused of tying her up and threatening her with a gun in the heist during Paris Fashion Week in 2016 reportedly did not ...

The United States has hit more than 800 targets in Yemen since mid-March, killing hundreds of Huthi rebel fighters, including members of the group's leadership, the US military said Sunday.Washington's forces have hammered the Huthis with near-daily air strikes since March 15 in an operation dubbed "Rough Rider," seeking to end the threat they pose to ...

by Ella IDERed-hatted cardinals were expected to pick a date Monday for the conclave to elect a new leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, following the death of Pope Francis.Dozens of so-called "Princes of the Church" from across the world have been gathering at the Vatican since the 88-year-old Argentine pontiff died on April 21.But so far there are ...

A driver killed at least nine people when he plowed a vehicle through a crowd at a Filipino cultural celebration in Vancouver, police in the Canadian city said Sunday.The Filipino community had gathered in Vancouver's Sunset on Fraser neighborhood on Saturday evening when festivalgoers were hit."We can confirm nine people have died after a man drove through ...

Catholic faithful poured into St Peter's Square from all corners of the globe on Saturday, determined to honour Pope Francis after waking up at dawn or spending the night in sleeping bags.Within an hour of the opening of the square, the empty chairs for the public were already filled by those anxious for a front-row seat to history."People were pushing and ...

Hamas is open to an agreement to end the war in Gaza that would see all hostages released and secure a five-year truce, an official said Saturday ahead of talks with mediators.A Hamas delegation was in Cairo to discuss with Egyptian mediators ways out of the 18-month war, as on the ground rescuers said an Israeli strike on a family home in Gaza City killed ...

The United States and Iran were expected to start haggling over details of a potential nuclear deal in Oman Saturday as they held their third round of talks in as many weeks.US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi are again leading the discussions, which this time include a technical-level meeting between experts from both ...

When Elon Musk was a 20-something entrepreneur pushing his first startup, he claimed to a potential investor that he couldn't possibly fail at business because he was the reincarnation of one of the greatest warriors in all of human history, according to a new book. Washington Post reporter Faiz Siddiqui recounted the exchange between Musk and venture ...

Venezuela's attorney general accused Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele of "human trafficking" and suggested he face international justice for accepting cash to jail deportees from the United States.Over 230 Venezuelans were flown in March to Bukele's notorious CECOT prison, along with around a dozen Salvadorans, under a $6 million deal struck by President ...

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt has created an atmosphere of hostility, mockery, and disparagement in the briefing room, a veteran reporter told Politico.In a lengthy profile, correspondent Adam Wren quoted Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent with The New York Times, who has covered 17 press secretaries over his career.Wren wrote, "He ...

The UN's World Food Programme said Friday it had depleted its food stocks in war-ravaged Gaza where Israel has blocked all aid for more than seven weeks.After 18 months of war, the situation in Gaza "is probably the worst" now, the United Nations' humanitarian agency OCHA said on Tuesday.WFP, one of the main providers of food assistance in Gaza, said it had ...

The Vatican is asking mourners not to take selfies with the late Pope Francis as he lies in state at St. Peter's Basilica.Nearly 130,000 people have paid their respects this week after waiting in line for hours outside the church, but the Vatican was compelled to issue a statement reminding visitors to put away their phones while passing the casket, ...

US prosecutors have accused a man of concealing his role in the Rwandan genocide to move to the United States and attempt to become a citizen, they said Thursday.Faustin Nsabumukunzi, 65, allegedly had a leadership role whereby he oversaw killings of Tutsi civilians in the 1994 genocide in which the United Nations said some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus ...

A Washington Post opinion editor cited Elon Musk's "skeevy approach to parenthood" to argue that the tech entrepreneur and father of 14 is not all that good with numbers.David Von Drehle recounted a "copiously documented report in the Wall Street Journal" about Musk's desire to populate the planet that led to his lightbulb moment.Musk's "growing concern ...

The Democratic National Committee's recent dustup with vice chair David Hogg could be off-putting to the younger generation of voters if they don't tread lightly, according to analysis by CNN. Anchor Wolf Blitzer introduced a clip of DNC chair Ken Martin Thursday by saying the committee was issuing an ultimatum to Hogg to give up his purported "threat to ...