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Representative Thomas Massey, Republican of Kentucky, speaks at a pre-primary campaign event at Veterans Memorial Park on Monday, May 18, 2026 in Vanceburg, Kentucky, USA. Kentucky’s primary election will be held on May 19th. Jeffrey Dean | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesFormer Navy SEAL Ed Galine, backed by President Donald Trump, defeated incumbent U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie in the Republican primary in Kentucky’s 4th Congressional District on Tuesday, the latest in a series of successful attempts by the president to take aim at political rivals.The Associated Press, NBC News and others called the race Tuesday night, less than two hours after…
Vote to move forward with the War Powers Resolution, which is seen as an unprecedented rebuke to the president as pressure mounts to stop the US attack on Iran.Published May 20, 2026May 20, 2026The US Senate has introduced a war powers resolution that would prevent President Donald Trump from using military force against Iran without Congressional approval as the fallout from the conflict grows.A vote on procedural legislation to advance the resolution passed Tuesday by a 50-47 margin, with a handful of Republicans joining Democrats in passing the bill in an unusual rebuke from the president.Recommended stories list of 3…
Google announced Tuesday at its annual Google I/O event that it is releasing Pics, a new AI-powered design and image generation app for Google Workspace. The tech giant says it designed the app to be accessible to everyone from teachers to small business owners. Pics allows users to create everything from social media graphics and invitations to marketing materials and mockups using simple text prompts, without the need for editing skills or advanced tools. By giving users an easy way to generate visuals, Google is trying to compete with popular design apps like Canva and products from AI-native competitors like…
U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance speaks during a press conference in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on May 19, 2026 in Washington, DC. Heather Deal | Getty ImagesVice President J.D. Vance on Tuesday defended President Donald Trump in response to questions about the large number of stock trades revealed in the president’s latest financial disclosures. The contents revealed that transactions totaling hundreds of millions of dollars were made in just three months.”The president is not sitting in the Oval Office buying and selling stocks on a computer like a Robinhood account,” Vance said at a White…
A bird’s eye view of central Tokyo including Tokyo Tower at sunrise time.Vladimir Zakharov | Moments | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets fell on Wednesday as investors weighed rising bond yields and renewed geopolitical tensions after US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he was “an hour away” from deciding to attack Iran but had been persuaded to postpone it for several days.Yields on U.S. Treasuries rose as investors continued to dump bonds on fears of a resurgence in inflation. The 30-year Treasury yield fell nearly 1 basis point in recent trading to 5.174%. During trading, it briefly hit 5.197%, the…
At its annual Google I/O event on Tuesday, Google announced a series of new updates to its Gemini app, including a “Daily Briefs” feature, a redesigned interface, access to a new AI video model called Gemini Omni, and a new personal AI agent called Gemini Spark. The update signals Google’s efforts to turn the Gemini app into a multipurpose AI hub rather than a standalone chatbot, making the AI assistant more competitive with apps like ChatGPT and Claude. Google describes the new Daily Brief feature as a personalized digest designed to be your first thing every morning. It collects information…
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk attends a state dinner between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on May 14, 2026.Brendan Smialowski AFP | Getty ImagesSpaceX, which is preparing to release its IPO prospectus, has chosen: goldman sachs The company will likely lead a record product offering, according to people familiar with the matter.Goldman takes the lead position on the left on the prospectus and will be next in line. morgan stanleyafter that bank of america, citygroup and JP Morgan Chasesaid the people, who requested anonymity to maintain confidentiality.Elon…
Summary Former Cuban leader Raul Castro could face indictment for his alleged role in the 1996 shootdown of two civilian planes. The incident killed four people and sent US-Cuba relations plunging. Federal prosecutors are expected to make an announcement Wednesday in conjunction with a ceremony honoring the victims. AI-generated summary was reviewed by a CNN editor. Former Cuban leader Raul Castro could be indicted for his alleged role in the shooting down of two civilian planes 30 years ago that killed three Americans and sent US-Cuba relations plunging. The planes belonging to a Miami-based volunteer organization called Brothers to the…
With AI image generators now widely available online and more sophisticated than ever, it’s harder than ever to tell if an image is real. But on Tuesday, OpenAI announced two new measures to address this issue. The company is working on an open standard called C2PA that would add clear signals to metadata that an image was generated by AI. OpenAI will partner with Google to include an invisible watermark called SynthID. This makes it harder to detect, but also harder to erase if malicious actors try to cover their tracks. The new protections only apply to images generated by…
miami — Like many other Cubans in their 70s, Alina Fernandez’s first memory of Fidel Castro was watching his endless speeches on TV. “My generation sat in front of the TV praying for him to finish so they could watch our cartoons,” she recalled in a CNN interview on Monday. “That’s how I grew up.” But few other members of her generation share the latter part of her memories. Castro, who later turned out to be her father, passed by her parents’ home in the evening to visit her mother, a former mistress. Now, Mr. Castro’s daughter, a longtime anti-communist…