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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian drone and missile strikes targeting Ukraine’s power grid during the night killed at least five people and wounded 39 others, Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday, less than a day before Kyiv said that it would enact a ceasefire and three days before Moscow promised its own pause in hostilities. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy rebuked Moscow for what he said was its “utter cynicism” in launching the attacks after Russia announced a unilateral ceasefire over two days later this week while it marks the 81st anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. “Russia could…

A poll of 1,002 18 to 34-year-olds found that 81 percent see the American economy as bad or outright terrible. Among those polled, President Trump’s job approval rating is a disaster with this demographic, with only 16 percent approving, while 75 percent disapprove — including 55 percent who “strongly disapprove.” Only 18 percent of young adults graded the economy as “excellent” (two percent) or “good” (16 percent), while 81 percent said the economy is “bad” (52 percent) or “terrible” (29 percent). When asked who they blame for the bad economy, 41 percent chose Trump. Only three percent chose Biden, while…

Monday on MS NOW’s “Chris Jansing Reports,” Tennessee State Rep. Justin Pearson said President Donald Trump was a “white supremacist, domestic terrorist.” Person said, “[W]e’re preserving and fighting to preserve our congressional representation and stop the racist gerrymandering that’s being proposed.” He continued, “This is the only black majority district in the state of Tennessee. After the gutting of the Voting Rights Act, this is where the state of Tennessee decided to attack first black representation. And we know that’s happening in Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi and is going to be happening all across our country. We have to defend our right…

CDC data shows fertility has fallen below even Depression-era levels, raising fresh questions about family stability and long-term decline According to vital statistics data published in April by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the birth rate in the United States has reached a new record low. In 2025, there were 53.1 births per 1,000 women of childbearing age (15-44) in the US, 1.3% lower than in 2024 and 23% lower than in 2007. The decline in birth rates reflects the impact of decades of social change that have undermined the institution of the American family.Today, the total…

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) – Romania’s pro-European coalition collapsed Tuesday after lawmakers voted against Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, less than a year after he was sworn in, triggering fresh turmoil in the European country. The no-confidence vote was a blow to Bolojan, who came to power with the aim of ending one of Romania’s worst political crises in its post-communist history. The leftist Social Democratic Party, or PSD, and the hard-right opposition Alliance for the Unity of Romanians party, or AUR, jointly submitted the motion to Parliament on April 28. PSD withdrew from the coalition last month. On Tuesday, 281 lawmakers…

World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the crypto venture cofounded by President Donald Trump’s sons, filed a defamation lawsuit Monday against the Hong Kong-based crypto entrepreneur Justin Sun, stating that Sun is engaging in a “scorched-earth pressure campaign against World Liberty to try to extract hundreds of millions of dollars from World Liberty.” World Liberty Financial has filed a defamation lawsuit against Yuchen (Justin) Sun, a Chinese-born billionaire and founder of the TRON blockchain. This follows as Sun sued World Liberty on April 21 for alleged fraud. Sun claimed in his suit that World Liberty attempted to pressure him into investing “hundreds…

An illegal alien is accused of raping an underage girl after plying her with alcohol in Charlotte County, Florida. “Here we are with yet another individual who couldn’t keep his hands off a juvenile,” Sheriff Bill Prummell said in a statement on Monday. “I am running out of ways to say how disgusting sex crimes are, especially when there is a child involved,” Prummell said. “To make it even worse, this individual is in the U.S. illegally … for now, anyway. This should not have happened, and my heart goes out to the young lady and her family.” According to…

A Victory Day concert is set to take place in central Vienna on May 9, the Russian Embassy in Austria has announced. The event next to the Soviet War Memorial at Schwarzenbergplatz will feature performances by musicians and members of the Russian community in Austria, according to the embassy.The announcement comes amid a diplomatic row between Russia and Austria. On Monday, Vienna said it expelled three Russian diplomats, accusing the mission of espionage. Moscow has condemned the move as unjustified and politically motivated, warning of a harsh response.Vienna hosts the headquarters of several major international organizations, including the International Atomic…

Microsoft spent years telling regulators it was just an investor in OpenAI, but a federal judge has now cleared the way for a jury to decide whether the company was secretly running the show — and whether its own executives knew the arrangement was unlawful before the first dollar ever moved. When Satya Nadella was interviewed by Kara Swisher in November 2023, just after OpenAI’s board had fired and rehired Sam Altman over a single weekend, the Microsoft CEO was in a boastful mood. Asked about his company’s relationship with the world’s most valuable AI startup, he offered a quip…

The British electorate is seeing the rise of “Islamopopulism”, in which Muslim voters are abandoning their traditional political home of the Labour Party for left-wing alternatives and single-issue independents who cater to niche issues like Gaza, a think tank has found. According to a report from Policy Exchange, Muslim support for the Labour Party has collapsed from a high of around 80 per cent under former leftist leader Jeremy Corbyn to just 33 per cent today under Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, while polling from JL Partners for the think tank warned that the party’s Islamic vote share could collapse…