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Former EU Foreign Policy Chief Admits Bloc “Not Very Relevant” on World Stage by Robert Semonsen May. 18, 2026 10:15 am In an exceedingly rare moment of candor from within Europe’s own political establishment, former EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell has stated that the European Union is quickly losing relevance on the geopolitical stage.

The Supreme Court tossed out federal court rulings in Mississippi and North Dakota on Monday over racial redistricting claims under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, weeks after the high court issued a landmark decision changing the standard for such legal challenges. The justices issued the pair of summary dispositions in an orders list

LIRR workers began picketing on Saturday after negotiations between their unions and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority reached an impasse. The strike caused all 11 branches of the LIRR to shut down, obfuscating the commutes of the railroad’s approximate 300,000 daily passengers on Monday morning. This is the first LIRR strike in over three decades. The

President Donald Trump’s approval rating continues to take a hit thanks to prices rising amid the Iran war, according to new polling. More than 60% of respondents said Trump’s decision to go to war was the wrong choice, according to a New York Times-Siena College poll. Among Republicans, however, just over 20% of respondents thought

President Donald Trump on Monday moved to dismiss his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS over the leak of his confidential tax returns, as the Justice Department reportedly weighs the creation of a $1.7 billion compensation fund for alleged victims of government “weaponization.” The voluntary dismissal, filed in federal court in Miami by Trump attorney

China’s Asks and Pledges at the Trump-Xi Meeting Are Consistent With Previous Chinese Policy by Antonio Graceffo May. 18, 2026 9:45 am Xi Jinping made a number of pledges to President Trump. True or not, Trump has made it clear that the U.S. will not be depending on China to help end the conflict in

WATCH: US Eliminates ISIS Fighters With Strikes in Nigeria by Jordan Conradson May. 18, 2026 9:30 am The US and Nigeria’s joint operation against ISIS continued with more lethal strikes on Sunday, killing several ISIS militants in Northeastern Nigeria. Footage from the May 17 strike shows at least three ISIS fighters getting smoked in a

The former assistant principal of a Virginia elementary school is due in court Monday on charges of felony child neglect after a first-grade student brought a gun into a classroom in January 2023 and allegedly shot his teacher. Ebony Parker allegedly ignored warnings that the child brought the gun to Richneck Elementary School, according to

Maryland Forced to Reissue Thousands of Primary Ballots After Voters Sent Wrong Party’s Ballots by Ben Kew May. 18, 2026 9:15 am Maryland election officials are scrambling to resend thousands of mail-in ballots after sending thousands to the wrong political party. The State Board of Elections said Friday that ballots mailed before May 14 may

The U.S. military continued the intensification of its campaign against ISIS in Nigeria, carrying out another wave of strikes on Sunday. The strikes concluded a busy week for AFRICOM in Nigeria, coming off its Saturday operation that killed Abu-Bilal al Minuki, ISIS’s director of global operations and second in command. AFRICOM said assessments are ongoing