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JD Vance travels to Hungary days before election, hoping to boost Orbán's campaign

U.S. Vice President JD Vance is traveling to Hungary's capital Tuesday in a bid to turn the tide of an election campaign where long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, a close ally of President Donald Trump, is trailing in the polls. Vance's two-day trip, where he is scheduled to hold an official visit with Orbán and later appear at one of his campaign rallies, was the clearest sign yet that the Trump administration was going all-in for an Orbán victory when Hungarians go to the polls on Sunday. In power since 2010, Orbán is running for his fifth-straight te

Iran calls for human chains around power plants as Trump's deadline nears

As Trump threatens Iran's infrastructure, a Tehran couple wonders how to prepare

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The Latest: Iran rejects ceasefire deal as Trump's deadline for attacks on infrastructure nears

Iran rejected a 45-day ceasefire proposal and said it wants a permanent end to the war as U.S. President Donald Trump's ultimatum to make a deal ticked closer with an expanded threat of strikes against the Islamic Republic to include all power plants and bridges. Trump said Monday he is “not at all” concerned about committing possible war crimes as he again threatened to destroy Iranian infrastructure if Tehran does not meet his Tuesday 8 p.m. EST deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres warned the U.S. t

Asian shares mostly higher ahead of Trump's deadline for Iran to reopen oil route

Vietnam elects Communist Party chief as president, echoing China's power structure

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Trump has repeatedly delayed deadlines for Iran, but suggests Tuesday's is final

President Donald Trump has pushed back a deadline for Iran to cut a deal or open the Strait of Hormuz from Monday to Tuesday, the latest of several deadline delays, and threatened that without a deal “Hell will reign down on them.” Trump's previous deadline was for March 23, but that shifted several times over the ensuing weeks as Trump oscillated between heated threats, announced delays and proclamations that the negotiations were going well, sometimes in the same statement. Iran rejected the latest ceasefire proposal, the country's state-run IRNA news agency

Trump's threatened destruction of Iran's power plants could be considered a war crime, experts say

Fact check: Trump makes false claims about the Iran war and his foreign policy record

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Lil Nas X enters a mental health program intended to lead to dropped charges of attacking police

A judge has allowed Lil Nas X to enter a mental health diversion program intended to lead to the dismissal of charges of attacking Los Angeles police officers. Judge Alan Schneider told the “Old Town Road” rapper and singer on Monday that if he sticks to his treatment program and obeys all laws for two years, his four felony counts will be dismissed. The court found that the incident was the result of his since-diagnosed bipolar disorder and was an aberration from his usual behavior. The program, formally known as postponement of prosecution pr

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Supreme Court clears path for Trump’s DOJ to dismiss criminal case against Steve Bannon

The Supreme Court on Monday cleared the way for President Donald Trump’s administration to drop the government’s criminal case against Steve Bannon, a former White House adviser convicted in 2022 of defying a subpoena from lawmakers investigating the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.The Supreme Court’s decision follows a move by federal prosecutors in February to drop the indictment brought during President Joe Biden’s administration. Both the Justice Department and Bannon had asked the high court to toss out an appeals court ruling upholding the conviction and send the case back to a tri

Steve Bannon wins Supreme Court order likely to lead to dismissal of contempt of Congress conviction

Jamie Dimon warns that the Iran war could bring an economic ‘skunk’ to the party

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Trump administration agencies post Easter messages celebrating Christ’s resurrection

Numerous previous presidents have issued statements in recognition of Easter Sunday. This year, the Trump administration went a step farther, with several key Cabinet departments heralding Christ’s resurrection on their official social media accounts. “He is risen,” declared the Department of Homeland Security and the State Department. The Defense Department shared a post on X from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth: “The tomb is empty. The promise is fulfilled. Through His sacrifice, we are redeemed. We stand firm in faith, courage, and truth.”

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Voters in Georgia have moved on from Marjorie Taylor Greene. On Tuesday, they finally fill her seat

Finally, Marjorie Taylor Greene’s seat will be filled in Congress.Three months after Greene abruptly left Washington in the midst of a remarkably bitter feud with President Donald Trump, voters in northwest Georgia on Tuesday are poised to cast their ballots — again — in a runoff election to replace her.Republican Clay Fuller, a former district attorney, and Democrat Shawn Harris, a retired Army officer, emerged as the top two contenders from a crowded special election March 10. They have been locked in a head-to-head battle for the last month that will be resolved Tuesday.Republicans ar

‘They’ve lost the jury pool’: Jeanine Pirro’s office is struggling to win trials this year

Trump endorses Republican Steve Hilton in California governor’s race

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Former Australian soldier charged with committing 5 war crime murders in Afghanistan

Australia's most decorated living veteran, Ben Roberts-Smith, faces war crime charges on allegations that he killed five unarmed Afghans while serving in Afghanistan from 2009 and 2012, police and media reported on Tuesday. Police have not confirmed the name of the 47-year-old former soldier who was arrested Tuesday. But he has been widely reported in the media to be Roberts-Smith, a former Special Air Service Regiment corporal who was awarded both the Victoria Cross and Medal of Gallantry for his service in Afghanistan. Police charged him Tuesday with five counts

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Artemis II astronauts break Apollo distance record on historic flyby of the moon

(CNN) - The Artemis II mission has broken the record for the farthest distance humans have traveled from Earth, which was set by the Apollo 13 mission in 1970. The Apollo record was 248,655 statute miles from Earth. Artemis II surpassed that marker at 1:56 p.m. ET. Artemis II is expected to reach about 252,760 miles from Earth, or 4,105 miles farther than Apollo 13. Orion is expected to reach its maximum distance from our planet at 7:07 p.m. ET. For the first five hours of the flyby, the crew will split into pairs to handle lunar observations and taking images. NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman

ICE’s story of a Minneapolis shooting fell apart. New video shows what happened before an agent fired

Children make up half of Haiti’s gangs. They’re about to face a new foreign force.

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‘Through the roof’: This county has the highest average gas price in America

For Connie Lear, driving even her hybrid car is a luxury she can rarely afford.Lear lives in the rural town of June Lake, California, a picturesque community of 300 people near Yosemite National Park and the Nevada state line.June Lake is part of Mono County, which has the highest average gas price in the United States.“My husband and I were watching the news this morning, and it came on about $4 gas and I said, ‘Well, where are you? Ours is $7.50!’” she said, citing the price at the only gas station in her town. The Mono County average was $6.72 as of Monday, according to AAA.Like man

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Pressure mounts on Ye to be pulled from his headline role at a summer festival in London

Pressure was mounting Sunday on American rapper Ye to be pulled from his headline role at a London music festival this summer, after criticism from U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Pepsi already has withdrawn its lead sponsorship role of the Wireless Festival at Finsbury Park in north London between July 10-12. Other sponsors of the event, including Budweiser and PayPal, are being urged to follow suit. Pepsi didn't provide an explicit reason for its decision to pull out of the event, even though publicity for the festival promoted the event under the branding �