WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of senators is pushing back on delays by the Department of Defense in sending $600 million in security aid to Ukraine and other allies in eastern Europe, dispatching a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday that calls for the funding to be ...
Today is Saturday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2026. There are 222 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1934, bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were shot to death during a police ambush in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. Also on this date: In 1915, Italy declared war on Austria-Hungary, aligning with the Triple Entente of Russia, France and the United Kingdom. In 1939, the diesel-electric submarine USS Squalus sank during a test dive in 240 feet of water off the coast of New Hampshire, killing 22 crew members. (Thirty-three survivors were rescued from the vessel in a ...
Monday, May 25, is the 145th day of 2026. There will be 220 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2020, George Floyd, a Black man, was killed when a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on Floyd's neck for 9 1/2 minutes while Floyd was handcuffed and pleading he couldn't breathe; Floyd's death, captured on video by a bystander, would lead to worldwide protests, some violent, and a reexamination of racism and policing in the U.S. Also on this date: In 1787, the Constitutional Convention began at the Pennsylvania State House (Independence Hall) in Philadelphia ...
Billionaire Tom Steyer used his money to attack a lone climate researcher. Roger Pielke Jr.'s research on climate and disaster policy wins awards and is cited by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. "My views are entirely mainstream," says Pielke. "My work is cited ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and America's top diplomat on Thursday again raised the specter of U.S. military intervention in Cuba, a renewed threat that takes on greater weight a day after the administration announced criminal charges against the island's former leader, Raúl ...
Today is Friday, May 22, the 142nd day of 2026. There are 223 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1960, the strongest earthquake recorded struck southern Chile. The magnitude 9.5 quake claimed 1,655 lives, left 2 million homeless and triggered a tsunami responsible for over 230 additional deaths in Hawaii, Japan and the Philippines. Also on this date: In 1939, the foreign ministers of Germany and Italy, Joachim von Ribbentrop and Galeazzo Ciano, signed a "Pact of Steel" committing their two countries to a military and political alliance. In 1962, Continental Airlines ...
