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Trump says he wants to check whether the gold in Fort Knox is still there because 'they steal a lot'

Sunday 10 May 2026 16:49 EDT President Donald Trump says he still wants to travel to Fort Knox, peer inside its secure vaults and verify that the gold is still there — because, he said: “They steal a lot.” In a Sunday interview with journalist Sharyl Attkisson, the 79-year-old billionaire was asked about his February 2025 pledge to inspect the Kentucky military installation, which houses a large share of the country’s bullion reserves. “Well, we wanted to go and knock on their door — Fort Kn ...

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Netanyahu wants to wean Israel off US military support, he tells CBS

May 10, 2026 7:59 PM EDT Updated 8 hours ago May 10 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes to wean Israel off U.S. military support within a decade ‌as his country pushes to strengthen ties with Gulf states, he said in an interview that aired on Sunday. "I want to draw down to zero the American financial support, the financial component of the military cooperation that we have," Netanyahu told CBS News' "60 Minutes" program. Netanyahu said Israe ...

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'They Fear Me': Marc Elias Hits Back At Trump After Truth Social Attack

May 10th, 2026, 5:44 pm Democratic attorney Marc Elias hit back at President Donald Trump after his Truth Social attack on him Sunday, calling the post “unhinged” and touting his legal victories over the president. Trump took to his social media platform earlier in the day to express his anger over Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s so-called “election integrity group”– an effort begun by the senator to block possible election interference in the upcoming midterms. The president raged ...

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Trump dismisses Iran's reply to peace plan, oil jumps as Hormuz closure persists

Trump dismisses Iran's reply to peace plan, oil jumps as Hormuz closure persists By Nayera Abdallah, Elwely Elwelly and Idrees Ali May 10, 2026 9:33 PM EDT Updated 1 hour ago Summary * Trump calls Iranian counterproposal 'TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE' * Iran demands end to blockade, compensation, and sovereignty over Strait of Hormuz * US faces domestic, international pressure as energy prices rise Trump to visit China this week, leaders to discuss Iran DUBAI/WASHINGTON, May 11 (Reuters) - President ...

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Hegseth calls for Sen. Mark Kelly to be investigated by Pentagon for second time

Updated May 10, 2026, 10:59 PM ET PUBLISHED May 10, 2026, 10:18 PM ET Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday called for Sen. Mark Kelly to be investigated over comments he made about US weapon stockpiles, marking the second time the Pentagon chief has opened a review into the Democratic senator. Hegseth slammed the retired Navy captain and former astronaut for expressing concern on CBS’ “Face the Nation” over US weapons stockpiles amid the Iran war, saying Kelly was “blabbing on TV” about ...

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Furious Democrats Reportedly Float Dramatic Idea:Throwing Out Virginia's Supreme Court to Push Through Gerrymandered map

May 10th, 2026, 4:11 pm Angry Democratic lawmakers held a venting session this weekend to complain about Virginia's Supreme Court overturning its new gerrymandered map -- and some of the Dems floated a "dramatic idea": replacing the state's Supreme Court in order to push through the new map anyway. That's according to a report from The New York Times on Sunday afternoon. The paper reported "struggling" Dems like House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) held a private ...

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Energy secretary says Trump administration is open to suspending gas tax amid soaring prices

May 10, 2026, 10:10 AM EDT / Updated May 10, 2026, 11:54 AM EDT Energy Secretary Chris Wright told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday that the Trump administration is “open to all ideas” to lower the cost of gas, including suspending the federal gas tax. Gas prices have been soaring, hitting a national average of $4.52 per gallon on Sunday, according to data from motor club AAA — an increase of more than 50% since the start of the Iran war. Asked by moderator Kristen Welker whether he woul ...

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Waltz says US pushing for UN resolution on Iranian actions in Strait of Hormuz

05/10/26 11:11 AM ET U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) Mike Waltz on Sunday reiterated his push for the international coalition’s security council to pass a resolution condemning the Iranian government’s restrictions on shipping through the Strait of Hormuz. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Tuesday that the Trump administration, alongside Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Qatar, drafted a UN Security Council Resolution to “defend freedom of navigation” in the wate ...

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Iran responds to US ceasefire proposal but Trump rejects it as 'unacceptable'

Updated 4:25 PM EDT, May 10, 2026 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran sent its response to the latest U.S. ceasefire proposal via Pakistani mediators and wants negotiations to focus on permanently ending the war, but President Donald Trump quickly rejected it as “TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE!” with no details. Iran seeks to end the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon, where Israel is fighting the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group, and to ensure the security of shipping, state TV said. W ...

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Lawyers: Biden to fight DOJ plan to release audio of his talks with ghostwriter

05/10/2026 11:56 AM EDT Former President Joe Biden intends to intervene in litigation to block the Trump administration’s effort to release 70 hours of partially redacted audio recordings of interviews he conducted in 2017 with a ghostwriter who worked with Biden on his memoirs, the Justice Department indicated in new court papers. DOJ lawyers told a federal judge in Washington on Friday that they expected Biden would seek to “prevent any such disclosures” of the audio tapes to Congress and t ...

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Hegseth calls for Sen. Mark Kelly to be investigated by Pentagon for second time

30 min ago - Updated May 10, 2026, 10:59 PM ET PUBLISHED May 10, 2026, 10:18 PM ET Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday called for Sen. Mark Kelly to be investigated over comments he made about US weapon stockpiles, marking the second time the Pentagon chief ... (CNN Politics)

Many Americans think Trump assassination attempts were fake, survey finds

50 min ago - Many Americans think Trump assassination attempts were fake, survey finds About 1 in 4 say the correspondents' dinner shooting was staged, the poll found, including roughly a third of Democrats, as conspiracy theories spread widely online. May 11, 20 ... (Washington Post)

'No Separation Of Church And State': Trump's Religious Liberty Commission Reveals Its Priorities

1 hr ago - May 10, 2026, 09:22 PM EDT One member calls for a Presidential Medal of Freedom for a baker who refused to create a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. Another calls for court interventions by the Department of Justice on behalf of Amish parents fig ... (Huff Post/AP)

Trump dismisses Iran's reply to peace plan, oil jumps as Hormuz closure persists

1 hr ago - Trump dismisses Iran's reply to peace plan, oil jumps as Hormuz closure persists By Nayera Abdallah, Elwely Elwelly and Idrees Ali May 10, 2026 9:33 PM EDT Updated 1 hour ago Summary * Trump calls Iranian counterproposal 'TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE' * Iran ... (Reuters)

Samsung, union make last push to avert strike

1 hr ago - This week's talks seen as last chance to avoid May 21 walkout Jie Ye-eun Published : May 11, 2026 - 14:47:02 Updated : May 11, 2026 - 16:08:31 Samsung Electronics and its labor union are making a final push for a deal this week as a planned May 21 st ... (Korea Herald)

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy defends new reality show amid backlash

1 hr ago - May 10, 2026, 4:31 PM EDT / Updated May 10, 2026, 8:17 PM EDT Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy is making a controversial road trip back to reality TV. “The Great American Road Trip,” a five-part reality series set to air on YouTube in ce ... (NBC News)

Netanyahu wants to wean Israel off US military support, he tells CBS

2 hrs ago - May 10, 2026 7:59 PM EDT Updated 8 hours ago May 10 (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hopes to wean Israel off U.S. military support within a decade ‌as his country pushes to strengthen ties with Gulf states, he said in an in ... (Reuters)

WSJ sounds alarm on 'extortion' deal Congress cut to bail out Trump's tariff mess

2 hrs ago - May 10, 2026 9:58PM ET The Wall Street Journal's editorial board is accusing the ethanol lobby of "extortion" after Congress handed it a sweetheart deal as "political compensation" for the damage caused by President Donald Trump's tariff blitz, and w ... (Raw Story)

'They Fear Me': Marc Elias Hits Back At Trump After Truth Social Attack

3 hrs ago - May 10th, 2026, 5:44 pm Democratic attorney Marc Elias hit back at President Donald Trump after his Truth Social attack on him Sunday, calling the post “unhinged” and touting his legal victories over the president. Trump took to his socia ... (MEDIAite)

Trump says he wants to check whether the gold in Fort Knox is still there because 'they steal a lot'

3 hrs ago - Sunday 10 May 2026 16:49 EDT President Donald Trump says he still wants to travel to Fort Knox, peer inside its secure vaults and verify that the gold is still there — because, he said: “They steal a lot.” In a Sunday interview with jo ... (The Independent)

Poland's wanted ex-minister confirms he fled to US from Hungary

4 hrs ago - Issued on: 10/05/2026 - 21:07 Modified: 10/05/2026 - 22:35 "I am in the United States," Ziobro told right-wing broadcaster Republika. "I arrived yesterday, and this is my third time traveling around the country," he added. Ziobro, who received asylu ... (France24/AFP)

US Disappointed in Taiwan's Smaller Defense Budget, Official Says

5 hrs ago - May 10, 2026, at 4:28 p.m. WASHINGTON/BEIJING, May 11 (Reuters) - ⁠The ⁠U.S. was ⁠disappointed in a move by ​Taiwan's opposition-controlled parliament to approve ‌defense spending short ‌of what Washington ⁠bel ... (US News & World Report/Reuters)

Grad Students Rally Outside Garber's Home as Strike Enters Third Week

10 hrs ago - By Noah A. Ferris, Crimson Staff Writer 3 hours ago A small group of striking graduate student workers rallied outside Harvard President Alan M. Garber '76's private residence early Friday morning, marking a new escalation in the Harvard Graduate Stu ... (The Crimson)

New Reform councillor suspended after racist posts emerge

11 hrs ago - A newly elected Reform UK councillor has been suspended from the party after making comments suggesting that Nigerians should be melted down and used to fill potholes. According to campaign group Hope Not Hate, Glenn Gibbins, who was elected as a Ref ... (The Times)

Oil Jumps After Trump Says Iran's Peace Offer Is 'Unacceptable' Oil Jumps After Trump Says Iran's Peace Offer Is 'Unacce

11 hrs ago - (Bloomberg) -- Oil surged after US President Donald Trump rejected Iran’s latest response to his proposal to end the war in the Middle East, prolonging the effective closure of the crucial Strait of Hormuz. Brent crude futures advanced as much a ... (Bloomberg)

US intelligence-gathering flights are surging off Cuba

12 hrs ago - Posted 9:57 AM, May 10, 2026 U.S. military intelligence-gathering flights are surging off the coast of Cuba, a CNN analysis of publicly available aviation data shows. Since February 4, the U.S. Navy and Air Force have conducted at least 25 such fligh ... (Scripps News)

Clyburn: Roberts to join ranks of 'infamous' Supreme Court justices over voting rights decision

12 hrs ago - 05/10/26 12:44 PM ET Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) claimed that Supreme Court Justice Chief John Roberts will join the ranks of “infamous” high court justices over a recent decision that weakened the Voting Rights Act. “I never thought ... (The Hill)

Abe Foxman, advocate for American Jews as longtime head of Anti-Defamation League, dies at 86

12 hrs ago - Updated 3:35 PM EDT, May 10, 2026 NEW YORK (AP) — Abraham H. Foxman, who was a forceful advocate for American Jews as national director of the Anti-Defamation League for nearly three decades, has died, the ADL said Sunday. He was 86. The ADL sa ... (AP)

Sen. Mark Kelly says Trump administration's $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget request is "outrageous"

13 hrs ago - May 10, 2026 / 1:09 PM EDT Washington — Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona said Sunday that the Trump administration's $1.5 trillion budget request for defense spending is "outrageous.". "They need to submit a defense budget that makes sense ... (CBS News)

Health advocates warn government's claims of baby formula safety contradict data

13 hrs ago - Sun 10 May 2026 09.00 EDT Last modified on Sun 10 May 2026 09.01 EDT The Trump administration announced earlier this month that hundreds of baby formula samples it tested for toxic chemicals “meet a high safety standard”, but public health ... (The Guardian)

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