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WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers representing the federal government argued Friday that a court could not stop construction of a White House ballroom because it was already underway and because of the sensitive security concerns they say the structure is meant to address. Attorney Yaakov Roth, speaking during an exchange with U.S. Appeals Court Judge Patricia Millett, said only Congress could halt the $400 million project. The administration has been asking […]

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears are looking to build a stadium in Northwest Indiana after a proposal to provide financial incentives for the NFL team to build its new home in Illinois stalled in the state legislature. The Bears’ board of directors voted Thursday to move forward with a stadium development project in Hammond, Indiana. The team had been doing its due diligence on a tract of land near […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Energy Department says a small nuclear reactor under development at a national lab has reached a crucial milestone that could allow it to produce electricity within a few years. The microreactor being developed by Antares Nuclear Inc. at the Idaho National Lab reached “criticality” on Thursday, Energy Secretary Chris Wright said. The milestone occurs when a nuclear reactor achieves a self-sustaining chain reaction capable of producing […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — With virtually no strings attached, Congress is on the verge of providing a sizable infusion of cash to the Department of Homeland Security, powering President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda for the remainder of his term in the White House. The nearly $70 billion package, which cleared the Republican-held Senate in a middle of the night vote and now heads to the House, was declared a “rotten […]

DENVER (AP) — A Colorado court has ordered new trials for two paramedics found guilty in the death of Elijah McClain, almost seven years after the Black man was pinned down by police and injected with a fatal dose of ketamine. The rare homicide convictions of the two Aurora Fire Rescue paramedics sent shock waves through the ranks of first responders across the U.S. New trials would again train a […]

CONAKRY, June 5 (Reuters) – Political parties backing Guinea’s coup-leader-turned-President Mamady Doumbouya have won a majority in the bauxite-rich West African country’s legislative elections, the electoral authority said on Friday, tightening his grip on power.  The final distribution of Guinea’s 147 legislative seats was still being determined, but the pro-Doumbouya Generation for Modernity and Development (GMD) coalition was strongly outperforming rivals, according to provisional data. GMD and its allies had […]

WASHINGTON, June 5 (Reuters) – U.S. President ‌Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law ​Jared Kushner traveled to the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee on Thursday to consult with experts that could play a role in nuclear negotiations with Iran, a source familiar with the trip said on Friday. The source, confirming an Axios report, did not provide additional details. President Donald Trump is adamant that any deal […]

The National Basketball Coaches Association named AAAAAAAas its 2026 Chuck Daly Lifetime Achievement Award winner, it was announced Friday. Westhead, who is the only head coach with both an NBA and WNBA title, was a head coach or an assistant for 38 years at the NBA, WNBA, NCAA and international basketball levels. Westhead was an NBA head coach for the Los Angeles Lakers (1979-82), Chicago Bulls (1982-82) and Denver Nuggets […]

The Las Vegas Aces have one of the best records in the WNBA, but after four weeks of play they have yet to win a game at home. A quirk in the schedule has the Aces (6-3) playing just their third home game when they meet the Golden State Valkyries (6-4) on Saturday afternoon. Las Vegas went 2-1 on a six-day road trip that ended with a 79-69 road victory […]