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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 ...
Jeffrey Epstein's brother claims released suicide note is a 'forgery': report
Friday 08 May 2026 19:34 EDT Jeffrey Epstein’s brother believes his brother’s purported suicide note, released this week in court, is fake. Mark Epstein, speaking with The National Enquirer, called the document a “forgery.” “I’ve known Jeff all my life. If he was going to kill himself, if he was going to write a suicide note, he would’ve written it ‘to somebody,’ not just a blanket statement saying goodbye,” Epstein said. “I don’t buy that.” Jeffrey Epstein’s former cellmate claims to have ...
Susie Wiles' Email Demanding WH Staffers Stop Leaking to Press Is Leaked to Press
May 8th, 2026, 6:59 pm An email from President Donald Trump’s White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles ordering staff to stop leaking to the press was leaked to the press on Friday. In the directive, written in late March and obtained by Politico’s West Wing Playbook, Wiles warned that “no staff member within the Executive Office of the President is permitted to speak with members of the news media without the explicit approval of the White House Communications Office.” “Unauthorized leaks wi ...
Fed unlikely to cut interest rates until second half of 2027, Bank of America says
May 8, 2026 / 5:47 PM EDT Bank of America predicts the Federal Reserve will delay lowering interest rates until the second half of 2027, mainly due to strong inflation and resilient job growth. Bank of America Global Research had previously penciled in two rate cuts this year in September and October. That view was partly based on the expectation that Kevin Warsh, President Trump's nominee to succeed Jerome Powell as Fed chair, would steer policymakers toward easing monetary policy. But that ...
US Postal Service reports $2 billion quarterly loss as cash crunch mounts
May 8, 2026 3:42 PM EDT Updated 10 hours ago WASHINGTON, May 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service on Friday reported a net quarterly loss of $2 billion as it faces a growing financial crisis and has warned it could run out of cash as soon as February. USPS said mail volumes fell another 6.3% in the three months ending March 31 as operating revenue rose 2.3% to $20.2 billion over the same quarter last year. USPS last month said it would temporarily suspend employe ...
Experts worry 'we are not prepared' for pandemic under Trump, RFK Jr.
Updated May 8, 2026, 4:01 p.m. ET World Health Organization officials have assured that the hantavirus outbreak is not the start of a pandemic. But as more headlines emerge about the potentially deadly infection, many are reminded of the COVID pandemic − and worried about the United State's preparedness. "It's very much, we hope, under control," President Donald Trump told reporters when asked if he had been briefed on the virus. But some said his remarks don't instill confid ...
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Passengers start disembarking from hantavirus-stricken cruise ship in Spain's Canary Islands
20 min 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"
48 min 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
1 hr 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
2 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
2 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
3 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
4 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
7 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
9 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)
Jeffries still confident Democrats will take back House after Virginia redistricting ruling
10 hrs ago - 05/09/26 1:48 PM ET House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) expressed confidence on Saturday that Democrats can still win back the House of Representatives, despite a recent redistricting loss in Virginia. “We’re going to take back ... (The Hill)
No-bid contract to turn DC's reflecting pool blue goes to firm with ties to Trump
10 hrs ago - Sat 9 May 2026 12.31 EDT Donald Trump’s latest beautification plan for Washington DC – the restoration of the 2,000ft-long reflecting pool in front of the Lincoln Memorial – has met been with claims that a $6.9m contract to carry out t ... (The Guardian)
Obama met with the Canadian prime minister Mark Carney and Trump's MAGA allies flipped out
11 hrs ago - Saturday 09 May 2026 14:39 EDT President Donald Trump’s MAGA allies were in a frenzy of conspiracy theories Friday after former President Barack Obama greeted Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at a think-tank event in Toronto. A video, posted ... (The Independent)
'Mild panic will set in soon': GOP donors left to wonder about Trump's $300 million war chest
11 hrs ago - 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 Trum ... (Politico)
CDC sidelines itself as hantavirus cruise ship outbreak grabs global attention
12 hrs ago - 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 cr ... (Scripps News/AP)
Havoc as Trump triggers global shortage of world's 'most-consumed chemical'
13 hrs ago - 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 ... (Raw Story)
Lebanon says Israeli strikes killed 39
13 hrs ago - Thirty-nine people have been killed in another day of intense Israeli strikes in Lebanon, the country's health ministry said. One Israeli strike on the southern town of Saksakiyeh killed at least seven people, including a child, the ministry said. An ... (BBC)
Trump says he 'might' move US troops to Poland from Germany
14 hrs ago - 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," ... (Politico (EU))
'Patient Zero' in deadly hantavirus cruise ship outbreak was Dutch ornithologist Leo Schilperoord
14 hrs ago - 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 Sou ... (NY Post)
Trump-appointed judge schools DOJ on how to win after government can't do better than 'generalized worries'
15 hrs ago - May 9th, 2026, 7:42 am The DOJ lost at the D.C. Circuit in a 3-0 ruling on Friday after even the lone conservative member of the panel described the Trump administration's claims of harm as little more than "generalized worries." U.S. Circuit Judge ... (Law & Crime)
EU Anthem Plays in Hungary Parliament as Magyar Sworn In
15 hrs ago - Hungarian parliamentarians stood and sang the anthem of the European Union, Ode to Joy, after Peter Magyar was officially sworn in as prime minister on Saturday, May 9, marking an end to Viktor Orban’s 16 years in power. -snip- ... (Yahoo News)
