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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday he’s holding a White House Situation Room meeting with his advisors as he looks to make a “final determination” on moving forward with a deal to extend the Iran ceasefire. Trump confirmed the high-level White House talks the day after The Associated Press and other news outlets reported that U.S. and Iranian negotiators had come to terms on a tentative agreement. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from processing or paying any claims through a new $1.776 billion settlement fund for the Republican president’s allies who believe they were victims of a weaponized government. U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema in Alexandria, Virginia, also barred the government from moving forward with the fund’s creation or operating it while litigation is pending to challenge it. […]

STAFFORD, Va. (AP) — A bus struck six vehicles on Interstate 95 in Virginia as traffic slowed for a work zone, killing five people and sending 34 to hospitals, state police said Friday. The crash happened at about 2:35 a.m. on southbound I-95 in Stafford County. All five of the people who died were in vehicles hit by the bus, and three of the injured are in critical condition, police […]

New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson plans to play in Game 1 of the NBA Finals with a broken right pinky finger, ESPN reported Friday. Robinson, 28, has undergone surgery to repair the fracture and will wear a brace on his hand, per the report. Video from Monday’s Eastern Conference finals-clinching win at Cleveland shows Robinson grabbing his right hand following a rebound attempt with 5:35 left in the third […]

May 29 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said in a social media post that he would be meeting in the White House Situation Room on Friday to make a final decision on a deal with Iran.  (Reporting by Michelle Nichols; Editing by Caitlin Webber) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

By Dawoud Abu Alkas , Haseeb Alwazeer and Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA/CAIRO, May 29 (Reuters) – Hamas said on Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s declaration that his country would expand its area of control in Gaza was a dangerous escalation, as residents of the Palestinian territory also voiced alarm at the plan. Under a ceasefire deal in October Israel’s military was to remain in control of 53% of Gaza, […]

By Anirban Sen NEW YORK, May 29 (Reuters) – Kalshi has hired former FBI official Tyler Neff on its surveillance team, as part of a broader effort to ramp up safeguards on its exchange at a time when prediction markets are facing increased pressure from lawmakers to crack down on insider trading on their exchanges. • Neff joined Kalshi earlier in May, according to a post on LinkedIn. He reports […]

May 29 (Reuters) – Romania said on Friday that a drone injured two people in a southeastern city during an overnight Russian attack on neighbouring Ukraine, an incident likely to increase tensions on NATO’s eastern flank. Here are some reactions: ROMANIAN PRESIDENT NICUSOR DAN “Romania is a NATO member state and will not accept, under any circumstances, that the war of aggression waged by Russia against Ukraine be transferred to […]

BEIJING (AP) — Three Chinese astronauts returned to Earth on Friday after spending nearly seven months in space and completing the handover with another crew earlier this week. The craft carrying Zhang Lu, Wu Fei and Zhang Hongzhang of the Shenzhou 21 crew touched down at the Dongfeng landing site in north China’s Inner Mongolia region in the evening. Their return came as China prepares for its first lunar landing […]