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ToplineChina denied a recent Financial Times report that the country’s President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump that their Russian counterpart, President Vladimir Putin, might ultimately regret launching his country’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine—with China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs calling the report “completely false.”The Financial Times previously reported Xi made the comments to Trump during the U.S. president’s visit to China last week.POOL/AFP via Getty ImagesKey FactsThe Chinese president allegedly made the comments during Trump’s visit to China last week, the FT reported citing people familiar with the American assessment of the meeting.At a press conference on Tuesday, Chinese…

A federal jury in Oakland, California, ruled against Elon Musk on Monday in his high-profile lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman, finding that his claims were filed beyond the statute of limitations. A defiant Musk blamed the loss on a “calendar technicality” and vowed to appeal the decision. CNBC reports that the jury delivered its verdict after less than two hours of deliberation, determining that Musk waited too long to pursue legal action against the AI company, CEO Sam Altman, and Microsoft. District Court Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers immediately adopted the jury’s decision, marking a significant defeat for the…

Spain’s High Court on Monday acquitted Colombian pop superstar Shakira of tax fraud and overturned a roughly $64 million fine imposed on the singer, ordering its full reimbursement — plus interest. The acquittal ends an eight years-long legal battle between Shakira and the Spanish Tax Administration Agency (AEAT), who accused the singer of committing tax fraud in 2011 and imposed the multi-million dollar fine in 2021. Shakira denied having committed any wrongdoing and brought the matter to courts. In her appeal, Shakira successfully proved to Spain’s Audiencia Nacional High Court that she did not spend more than 183 days in…

For the first time in his second term, President Trump’s job approval rating in the RealClearPolitics (RCP) average poll of polls has dropped below 40 percent. As of Monday morning, Trump’s RCP average job approval sits at 39.9 percent. His average disapproval rating is 56.9 percent. Trump’s all-time low in the RCP average was 37 percent, which happened in December of 2017, during his first term, at the height of the Russia Collusion Hoax. There’s little doubt that the gas price increase caused by the Iran War is a drag on Trump’s approval rating. Watching gas jump over $4.00 a…

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche said Tuesday that the Justice Department, under his leadership, would not recommend a pardon for Ghislaine Maxwell, the only convicted co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein now serving 20 years in prison for her part in the sex trafficking scheme. “I can commit to that, of course,” he said in response to a question from Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) during a Senate Appropriations subcommittee hearing. The decision to pardon Maxwell, however, is ultimately up to President Donald Trump, who has not ruled out such an action. Her lawyer has said that she intends to seek clemency…

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – MAY 02: Shakira performs on stage during a massive free show at Copacabana beach on May 02, 2026 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Buda Mendes/Getty Images)Getty ImagesShakira is in line to receive more than €55 million (about $64 million U.S.) after a Spanish court ruled in her favor in a long-running dispute over her 2011 taxes. But Spanish tax authorities have indicated they will appeal the decision, which found they had failed to prove that the singer was a Spanish tax resident for 2011. That means Shakira, who Forbes calculates was the 6th…

On Monday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports,” Amb. Nathan Sales, who served as Coordinator for Counterterrorism during the first Trump administration, argued that there needs to be more pressure on Iran and, “We can reopen the strait, or at least take steps to begin to reopen the strait so that the pressure is on one side, their side, and some of the pressure starts to come off on ours.” Sales said, “I think, clearly, the time has come to impose massive pressure on Iran. Now, that doesn’t necessarily mean you pull the trigger tomorrow and resume major combat operations.…

Socialist New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is previewing his plans for opening city-run grocery stores, claiming he is bringing “cheaper” groceries to all five boroughs by 2029. “In the richest city in the richest country in the history of the world, nobody should be going hungry. That’s why we’re opening five city-owned grocery stores, one in each borough, starting with The Bronx. Lower Prices. Good food. Publicly owned. Hunts Point next year. Every borough by 2029,” Mamdani said in an X post, also sharing this update on Instagram. “We’re bringing cheaper groceries to all five boroughs with five city-owned…

The head of Democrat fundraising machine ActBlue will testify before a congressional committee amid scrutiny regarding foreign donations. Regina Wallace-Jones has agreed to testify on June 10 before the House Administration Committee as her organization faces investigation, Fox News reported Saturday, citing a committee spokesman. In his statement, House Administration Committee Chairman Bryan Steil (R-WI) said, “Ms. Wallace-Jones allegedly misled our committee at the outset of our investigation into ActBlue’s fraud prevention standards. It’s past time we set the record straight and got answers for the American people. I look forward to hearing her testify.” The news comes after the…

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”…