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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy returns to reality TV roots, sparking criticism and questions
PUBLISHED May 9, 2026, 8:03 PM ET Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s new reality show, filmed with his family over the last seven months, has sparked criticism amid high gas prices, in addition to raising ethics questions. Duffy said that costs for the five-part series titled “The Great American Road Trip,” which will air for free on YouTube ahead of America’s 250th birthday, were paid for by a nonprofit, the Great American Road Trip Inc., and that “zero taxpayer dollars were spent on my f ...
Russia Violates Holiday Ceasefire With Deadly Drone Strikes Across Ukraine
Despite a US-brokered three-day ceasefire intended for May 9–11, Russian forces continued aerial assaults across Ukraine. On Saturday evening, May 9, a drone strike on a high-rise residential building in Kharkiv injured at least five people, including two 8-year-old boys who suffered acute stress reactions. In the Dnipropetrovsk region, drone strikes killed a 46-year-old woman and injured an 87-year-old. A fragile three-day humanitarian ceasefire was marred by continued Russian aggression as dr ...
Harris says Dems 'rightfully outraged' after Virginia Supreme Court tosses new map
Sat, May 9, 2026 at 3:40 PM EDT Former Vice President Kamala Harris said on Friday that Democrats are justified in their anger about the Virginia Supreme Court’s decision this week to strike down a new congressional map. “Today, the Virginia Supreme Court ignored the will of the people and overturned those democratically chosen maps,” the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee wrote on the social platform X. “This ruling gives a boost to Donald Trump’s effort to rig the 2026 elections and the ...
Aramco Q1 Profit Jumps 25% as Hormuz Risks Push Pipeline to Full Capacity
May 10, 2026, at 1:22 a.m. DUBAI, May 10 (Reuters) - Saudi Aramco reported a 25% jump in first-quarter profit on Sunday, showing its resilience as U.S.-Iran war tensions curtail Strait of Hormuz shipping, with the state oil giant's East-West crude pipeline running at full capacity to mitigate the impact to supplies. The world's top oil exporter earned a net profit of $32.5 billion in the three months ended March 31, beating an LSEG consensus estimate ...
Trump push to prosecute Comey has led to DOJ staff being sidelined or demoted: report
Saturday 09 May 2026 18:43 EDT President Donald Trump’s attempts to have the Department of Justice criminally indict his political foe, former FBI Director James Comey, has reportedly led to massive turnover of career prosecutors in a key U.S. attorney’s office in Virginia. More than six prosecutors have been demoted or pushed out of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia as a result of the push to indict Comey; some have left voluntarily out of fear of working on cas ...
Trump says he 'might' move US troops to Poland from Germany
May 9, 2026 12:57 pm CET U.S. President Donald Trump said he “might” move U.S. troops from Germany to Poland, as the Pentagon prepares to pull around 5,000 American soldiers out of Germany over the next year. “Poland would like that," Trump told journalists on Friday when asked about the prospect. "We have a great relationship with Poland. I have a great relationship with the president. ... I like him a lot, so that's possible.” The Pentagon earlier this month confirmed the U.S. wi ...
'Mild panic will set in soon': GOP donors left to wonder about Trump's $300 million war chest
05/09/2026 07:00 AM EDT Republican donors have given massive sums of money to Trump’s operation. But they are in the dark about how he’s going to spend it in the midterms. There is mounting anxiety among party donors about when and how Trump will deploy his $300 million war chest, and concern that the White House is missing an opportunity to reinforce the party now when it is facing electoral threats on all sides. Some Republicans fear Trump may ultimately opt to hold back some of the money f ...
'Patient Zero' in deadly hantavirus cruise ship outbreak was Dutch ornithologist Leo Schilperoord
Patient Zero in the cruise ship hantavirus outbreak has been identified as ornithologist Leo Schilperoord, whose passion for birds may have cost him his life. The 70-year-old man and his wife, Mirjam Schilperoord, 69, were on a five-month trip to South America. They first landed in Argentina on Nov. 27, and traveling through Chile, Uruguay and then back to Argentina in late March, where they went on a fateful birdwatching adventure. The couple — from Haulerwijk, a small village of 3,000 people ...
Havoc as Trump triggers global shortage of world's 'most-consumed chemical'
May 9, 2026 1:01PM ET President Donald Trump’s war against Iran – along with the resulting blockade imposed by both Tehran and Washington – has sparked fear among experts that the supply of the world’s “most-consumed chemical” may soon reach a “critical” shortage, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. That chemical is sulfuric acid, which is relied upon in the production of “food, metal, paper, computer chips, clean water” and more – with a “large chunk” of the world’s supply of sulfuric ...
CDC sidelines itself as hantavirus cruise ship outbreak grabs global attention
Posted 10:16 AM, May 09, 2026 and last updated 10:16 AM, May 09, 2026 No quick dispatching of disease investigators. No news conference to inform the public. No timely health alerts to doctors. In the midst of a strange outbreak of hantavirus on a cruise ship that involves Americans and is making headlines around the world, the U.S. government's top public health agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been missing in action, according to a number of experts. “We seem to ...
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New House bill aims to peel back banana regulations in childcare
13 min ago - PUBLISHED May 10, 2026, 7:00 AM ET A new bipartisan bill passed in the House is aiming to eliminate childcare regulations that critics in the industry say have gone bananas. Across the country at some daycare centers, workers can open a bag of chips ... (CNN Politics)
Death toll rises to 14 in Pakistan suicide attack. Pakistani Taliban splinter group claims blast
26 min ago - By RIAZ KHAN and MUNIR AHMED Updated 10:11 AM CDT, May 10, 2026 Leer en español PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — The death toll from a suicide attack on a security post in northwest Pakistan rose to 14 police officers, authorities said early Su ... (AP)
Private Jack Smith remarks spur report he could drop 'unreleased evidence' against Trump
1 hr ago - May 10, 2026 8:16AM ET Jack Smith is reportedly sending a message to President Donald Trump: even as he faces the prospect of prosecution, he still possesses weaponizable information that could damage the president. Speaking at a private event at the ... (Raw Story)
Iran submitted response to US ceasefire proposal to Pakistani mediators, state media says
2 hrs ago - Iran's response to the latest US proposal during ceasefire negotiations has been submitted to Pakistani mediators, Tehran's official news agency IRNA reported on Sunday. According to the Iranian outlet, the negotiations are focusing on "ending the wa ... (The Jerusalem Post - Israel News)
Violent crime rates plunge in America's big cities
2 hrs ago - 1h Violent crime fell sharply across the largest U.S. cities in early 2026, extending a nationwide decline that began after the pandemic-era crime spike. Why it matters: Data from 67 major U.S. law enforcement agencies show violent crime fell across ... (msn/Axios)
Iran war ceasefire tested as cargo ship catches fire and Kuwait and UAE repel drone attacks
3 hrs ago - Updated 7:26 AM EDT, May 10, 2026 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The shaky ceasefire in the Iran war was tested again on Sunday when a drone set a small fire on a ship off the coast of Qatar, while the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait reporte ... (AP)
Aramco Q1 Profit Jumps 25% as Hormuz Risks Push Pipeline to Full Capacity
3 hrs ago - May 10, 2026, at 1:22 a.m. DUBAI, May 10 (Reuters) - Saudi Aramco reported a 25% jump in first-quarter profit on Sunday, showing its resilience as U.S.-Iran war tensions curtail Strait of Hormuz shipping, with the state o ... (US News & World Report/Reuters)
USAID has $19B to close out agency. Critics push to use funds to save lives
4 hrs ago - The shuttered U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has told Congress it has $19 billion in funds to cover costs associated with closing out the programs it terminated last year, according to a notification sent late last month and obtain ... (The Hill)
Unions, MTA resume talks ahead of looming LIRR strike threat
4 hrs ago - Saturday, May 9, 2026 8:28PM NEW YORK (WABC) -- LIRR union workers rallied at the Massapequa LIRR Station on Saturday ahead of more contract negotiation talks with the MTA in Jamaica. "We're pleased that management is coming to the table. There has b ... (ABC 7 NY)
'Empty and vapid' CDC finally responds to hantavirus outbreak. But experts say it's too little, too late
4 hrs ago - Sat 9 May 2026 16.11 EDT Last modified on Sun 10 May 2026 03.01 EDT The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed it is sending a team to Spain’s Canary Islands, where the hantavirus-stricken cruise ship MV Hondius is expect ... (The Guardian)
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy returns to reality TV roots, sparking criticism and questions
5 hrs ago - PUBLISHED May 9, 2026, 8:03 PM ET Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy’s new reality show, filmed with his family over the last seven months, has sparked criticism amid high gas prices, in addition to raising ethics questions. Duffy said that cos ... (CNN Politics)
Passengers start disembarking from hantavirus-stricken cruise ship in Spain's Canary Islands
5 hrs ago - Updated 6:10 AM EDT, May 10, 2026 TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) — Passengers started disembarking on Sunday from the hantavirus-hit cruise ship anchored off Tenerife in Spain’s Canary Islands, hours after arriving there as evacuation plans ... (AP)
WHO director arrives in Canary Islands to oversee hantavirus cruise evacuation: "This disease is not COVID"
6 hrs ago - Updated on: May 9, 2026 / 8:51 PM EDT World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in Tenerife Saturday to personally oversee the painstaking process of evacuating more than 100 people from a cruise ship dealing w ... (CBS News)
Trump push to prosecute Comey has led to DOJ staff being sidelined or demoted: report
6 hrs ago - Saturday 09 May 2026 18:43 EDT President Donald Trump’s attempts to have the Department of Justice criminally indict his political foe, former FBI Director James Comey, has reportedly led to massive turnover of career prosecutors in a key U.S. a ... (The Independent)
Israel Built and Defended a Secret Base in Iraq for Iran War, WSJ Reports
7 hrs ago - May 9, 2026, at 5:13 p.m. May 9 (Reuters) - Israel set up a clandestine military outpost in the Iraqi desert to support its air campaign against Iran and launched airstrikes against Iraqi troops who nearly discovere ... (US News & World Report/Reuters)
Mullin says DHS not 'as proactive' to secure World Cup due to shutdown
8 hrs ago - 05/09/26 4:16 PM ET Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Saturday said that his department’s preparation efforts to keep the upcoming World Cup secure have not been “as proactive” due to the 76-day funding lapse. Mullin said ... (The Hill)
Harris says Dems 'rightfully outraged' after Virginia Supreme Court tosses new map
8 hrs ago - Sat, May 9, 2026 at 3:40 PM EDT Former Vice President Kamala Harris said on Friday that Democrats are justified in their anger about the Virginia Supreme Court’s decision this week to strike down a new congressional map. “Today, the Virgini ... (Yahoo! News/The Hill)
Russia Violates Holiday Ceasefire With Deadly Drone Strikes Across Ukraine
9 hrs ago - Despite a US-brokered three-day ceasefire intended for May 9–11, Russian forces continued aerial assaults across Ukraine. On Saturday evening, May 9, a drone strike on a high-rise residential building in Kharkiv injured at least five people, inc ... (Kyiv Post)
After USDA request, Indiana plant biologist locked out of lab by school
12 hrs ago - A faculty member at Indiana University (IU), who has sharply criticized the government’s recent prosecution of several Chinese scientists accused of smuggling biological materials into the United States, has been locked out of his laboratory by ... (Science)
Butler Memorial Hospital techs issue strike notice 9 months into talks on first contract, Monday negotiations canceled
14 hrs ago - Wages, staffing, healthcare costs, respect cited among issues By Brian C. Rittmeyer May 9, 2026 | 52 seconds ago Union technicians at Butler Memorial Hospital issued a 10-day strike notice to hospital owner Independence Health on Friday, the Pennsylv ... (Trib Live)
