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President Trump hailed “the two most exceptional nations the world has ever known” as he and First Lady Melania welcomed the Royal couple to the White House on Tuesday morning for the first full day of the state visit marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. King Charles III and his Queen Consort Camilla arrived at the White House on Tuesday morning as invited guests of U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania, met by an impressive display of martial music, an honour guard of U.S. troops, and the executive mansion draped in American and British flags. The…

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced on Tuesday that its 59 years of membership in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will come to an end, effective May 1. The split was not a surprise, given the growing political and economic rifts between the Emirates and other OPEC members, especially Iran and Saudi Arabia. The UAE also withdrew from OPEC+, the expanded coalition formed in 2016 to induct ten major non-member oil producers — notably including Russia, which by that point had become the world’s third-largest oil producer. The official statement from the UAE Ministry of Energy and…

WASHINGTON—White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that the latest attempted assassination of President Donald Trump stems from 11 years of the left, commentators, and media demonizing him. Leavitt ripped Democrats and the media during what is likely her last White House press briefing before she gives birth to her second child, just days after a gunman, whom authorities have identified as Cole Tomas Allen, 31, allegedly attempted to storm the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton. “Nobody in recent years has faced more bullets and more violence than President Trump,” Leavitt said. “This political violence stems…

Rep. Daniel Webster (R-Fla.) announced Tuesday he will not seek reelection in November, joining dozens of lawmakers who have announced their retirement ahead of this year’s midterm elections. Webster, who has served in Congress since 2011 after a decadeslong career in the statehouse, said the decision came after much prayer and discussion with his wife, Sandy. “The time has come to pass the torch to the next conservative leader and spend more precious time with my wife, children and 24 grandchildren,” Webster said in a statement. Webster represented a red-leaning House district outside of Orlando after serving in the state…

The ambitious plan could reportedly raise investor concerns over the billionaire’s competing roles across his businesses SpaceX has approved a plan linking stock compensation for founder and CEO Elon Musk to building a colony on Mars and operating large-scale data centers in space, Reuters has reported, citing confidential company filings. Under the ambitious plan, Musk could be granted up to 200 million super‑voting shares if the company reaches a valuation of $7.5 trillion and helps establish a permanent human settlement on Mars with at least one million residents, according to the report on Tuesday.  Additional incentives are tied to developing space-based…

Britain is one of only five rich nations where health is significantly worsening, ranking second-to-last in the developed world Healthy life expectancy (HLE) in the UK has fallen by about two years to just over 60 for both men and women, making Britain one of only five wealthy nations where people live fewer years in good health, according to a new analysis by the Health Foundation charity.  The findings, based on data from the Office for National Statistics between 2012–2014 and 2022–2024, show the measure dropped from 62.9 to 60.7 for men and from 63.7 to 60.9 for women.  Of the 21…

Radio Programas del Perú (RPP) on Monday denounced the existence of a network trafficking Peruvian men to the front lines of the Russian invasion of Ukraine with false work promises. RPP interviewed Percy Salinas, a lawyer currently representing roughly 120 families who have denounced to local authorities that their relatives fell victim to the scheme and were falsely sent to the frontlines within weeks of arriving in Russia. Most of the families state that they lost contact with their relatives five weeks ago. At least eight Peruvian men have so far died in the conflict, Salinas said, and at least…

The armed man accused of opening fire at the Washington Hilton hotel on the night of the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner has been charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump. The Justice Department formally charged Cole Tomas Allen, a 31-year-old California teacher, on Monday. In court, Allen “appeared calm and quietly answered prompts from the judge, who told him he faced up to life in prison if convicted,” according to the New York Times. Allen is accused of charging through a magnetometer while armed in an attempt to breach the ballroom – where the event was being held…

The House Rules Committee will reconvene at 1 p.m. as GOP leaders grow more confident they can break through an impasse that has ground the floor to a halt. “We’re getting closer,” House Majority Leader Steve Scalise said Tuesday, sticking with a plan that would have Republicans vote later in the day on a measure teeing up votes on the Section 702 spy law, a budget resolution setting up funding for Homeland Security agencies and the farm bill. Scalise added that they are trying to work a ban on central bank digital currencies — a key demand of conservative hard-liners…

Islamabad has denied any responsibility for the attack, insisting its targeting is “precise and intelligence based” Afghanistan has accused Pakistan of “unforgivable war crimes” over strikes on the eastern province of Kunar on Monday, which officials said left at least seven dead and over 70 wounded, and heavily damaged a local university.Low-intensity clashes have been continuing on the Afghan-Pakistani border despite the two nations entering a formal truce in late March. The hostilities flared up on Monday, when, according to Afghan officials, the Pakistani military shelled multiple civilian sites across Kunar, including Sayed Jamaluddin Afghani University.Some 30 students and professors…