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Sens. James Lankford and Jacky Rosen will introduce a sweeping, bipartisan bill Tuesday aimed at combating antisemitism. The bill, which was first shared with POLITICO, would target antisemitism in education and online, as well as provide security grant funding. “Those are three big issues that get talked about the most, so we tried to pull those together into one bill,” Lankford, an Oklahoma Republican, said in an interview. “We are trying to do this bipartisan, bicameral.” Rosen, a Nevada Democrat who co-chairs the Senate’s bipartisan task force for combating antisemitism with Lankford, said in an interview the bill was “personal”…

The Russian currency has increased 12% against the greenback since April despite repeated predictions of depreciation, the outlet has reported The Russian ruble has become the world’s best-performing currency against the US dollar in the second quarter of 2026, boosted by a surge in oil revenues, Bloomberg has reported. Data compiled by the outlet showed the ruble had climbed about 12% since the start of April to around 72.6 per dollar, its strongest level since February 2023.For a second straight year, the currency has diverged from official and market forecasts that predicted depreciation, prompting some analysts to argue the ruble is…

RT looks at the key milestones that led to “no-limits” cooperation between Moscow and Beijing Russian President Vladimir Putin has embarked on an official visit to China this week – the latest milestone in a relationship that Moscow and Beijing have described as a “no-limits partnership.”Putin’s trip comes as the two countries celebrate the 30th anniversary of the China-Russia strategic partnership of coordination, and the 25th anniversary of the Treaty of Good-Neighborliness and Friendly Cooperation.Here is how three decades of pragmatism, Western pressure, and mutual economic need allowed China and Russia to build one of the world’s most consequential partnerships…

As the world watches the Ebola outbreak which has claimed 131 lives in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a World Health Organization (W.H.O). representative warned Tuesday the deadly malady may be disseminating faster than first thought. W.H.O. representative Dr Anne Ancia told the BBC the more the agency investigates, the clearer it becomes that cases have spread to other areas at a scale and speed not previously predicted.. Officials said more than 513 cases were suspected in DR Congo as of Tuesday, while one person has died in neighbouring Uganda. The emergence of cases in urban areas, the deaths of…

President Donald Trump is reportedly considering installing a helipad on the South Lawn as his latest White House project. The Wall Street Journal, citing “people familiar with the plans,” first reported Sunday night that Trump is discussing plans for a helipad: The helipad would prevent damage to the South Lawn’s grass, the people said, noting that the new VH-92A Patriot is much more powerful than decades-old VH-3D Sea King it is replacing. Both helicopters are made by Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky. It is unclear when the installation would take place. … The exhaust on the new helicopters can burn up the ground, especially…

A jury has rejected the tech mogul’s claims that CEO Sam Altman orchestrated an unlawful shift of the artificial intelligence firm to a for-profit model A US federal jury has rejected Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other tech executives, dismissing claims that they unlawfully enriched themselves by abandoning the company’s founding mission, several news outlets reported Tuesday.Musk accused Altman, OpenAI president Greg Brockman and other executives of improperly turning the organization from a nonprofit research lab into a profit-driven business. According to the lawsuit, as cited by news agencies, the tech mogul said he had invested…

An air charter company was moved to change its in-flight catering after a deportation flight taking 24 men to Pakistan served a “inappropriate” traditional breakfast of sausages. A September 2025 deportation flight that carried 24 men home from the Republic of Ireland to their native Pakistan — at a cost of €473,000 ($550,000, £410,000) — was written up by a human rights observer because the detainees were given a traditional Full Irish breakfast. National newspaper The Irish Times states it has now forced the release of internal government documents on the flights, which they say show the shortcomings of the service…

A migrant in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, is accused of abusing and murdering his 8-month-old son. Last week, 27-year-old Nieves Alexander Acosta-Maldonado, who has an active Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer, was arrested and charged with murder and felony child abuse after his 8-month-old baby boy, Ethan Mato Acosta-Palos, died. On May 3, first responders responded to a call at an east Charlotte, North Carolina, residence where they found Acosta-Palos with severe injuries. The child was rushed to Atrium Health Levine Children’s Hospital where he was found to have endured abusive head trauma. Days later, on May 6, Acosta-Palos…

President Donald Trump’s grip on the Republican party will be tested again in Kentucky’s primary Tuesday where he’s trying to oust longtime nemesis Rep. Thomas Massie. In what’s been deemed Trump’s monthlong “revenge tour,” the president has successfully sunk the reelection campaigns of members of his own party who have refused his demands, including several Indiana state lawmakers and Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy. Massie would be the ultimate trophy in Trump’s payback crusade. The House member has been a growing thorn in Trump’s side for years, opposing the Iran war, aid to Israel and pressing for the release of the…

Soaring energy prices and disrupted trade are forcing firms to scale back hiring, according to the British Office for National Statistics   UK employers axed 100,000 jobs in April, the steepest monthly drop in five years and the latest sign that a weakening labor market is being dragged down by the prolonged conflict in Iran.Data released by the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) on Tuesday showed employers struggling with soaring energy costs after oil and gas prices jumped following the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz during the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran.Tax data showed the number of…