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Putin says Russia-Ukraine war ‘coming to an end'

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that the over four year-long war between Russia and Ukraine is “coming to an end,” according to Reuters. The outlet reported that the Russian president told reporters that he believed “that the matter is coming to an end,” and stated that he was open to discussion about fresh European...

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Passengers disembark from cruise ship with hantavirus outbreak

Passengers on a cruise ship that had an outbreak of the hantavirus have begun disembarking the vessel, The Associated Press reported. The outlet reported that the first plane with passengers evacuated off the ship left the Spanish Canary Islands on Sunday. Spanish health authorities said that Spaniards were the first group of people to depart...

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Gingrich says Trump-Xi meeting could be ‘remarkable breakthrough’

Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said the upcoming meeting between President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping could yield a "remarkable breakthrough" Gingrich appeared on the “Cats Roundtable” radio show hosted by John Catsimatidis on WABC 770 AM, where he said Trump's visit to Beijing is "the biggest thing in the near future." Trump requested to move...

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Health insurance marketplace feels growing tremors from GOP cuts 

State ObamaCare marketplaces are starting to feel tremors from the GOP-controlled Congress's ending of enhanced subsidies, as millions of Americans are dropping coverage. Experts and state officials say the impact varies from state to state, but enrollment decline is expected to grow this year and beyond, as policies from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act...

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Hegseth boosts veteran benefits bill that key Republicans have opposed 

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth gave a rare boost last week to a bipartisan bill that key Republicans, including the chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC), have opposed over cost concerns. The legislation, named after a U.S. Army combat engineer, diagnosed with cancer due to toxic burn pit exposure, would provide about 54,000 combat-injured...

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USAID has $19B to close out agency. Critics push to use funds to save lives

The shuttered U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has told Congress it has $19 billion in funds to cover costs associated with closing out the programs it terminated last year, according to a notification sent late last month and obtained by The Hill. The notification acknowledges that the price of closing out the agency is...

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