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Congressional Appropriators Warn Trump Plan for Veto Authority Over NIH Grants Would Violate Law

If President Trump moves forward with reported plans to create a committee with veto authority over National Institutes of Health grants, he would be violating the law, top congressional appropriators said.

China announces Xi visit to Washington; U.S. to press Beijing on curbing fentanyl-related exports

After delaying confirmation of the upcoming summit amid a health scare, Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to Washington this week for meetings with President Trump, China's Foreign Ministry announced Monday.

Senators suspicious of AI companies' motivations in begging to be regulated

Call them skeptical. Senators who have spent years fighting Big Tech find it odd that leading AI companies are banding together in a quest for government regulation.

Converse apologizes and pulls sneaker ad that critics said included racist imagery

The sneaker company Converse has removed a social media ad that sparked outrage among critics who viewed it as evoking the Ku Klux Klan and lynching.

DMZ explosion ups tension as South Korea weighs Kim's threats against pressure to join U.S. in Gulf

A so-far unexplained explosion that wounded three South Korean soldiers in the Demilitarized Zone on Monday adds timely weight to Seoul's resistance to U.S. pressure to deploy military assets to the Middle East.

Vance defends White House press ban, says outlets can still report

Vice President J.D. Vance said Monday that President Trump is not banning media outlets, saying the three outlets barred from the White House campus can still report but will no longer have special access to deliver propaganda.

Jayden Daniels suffers dislocated elbow vs. Cowboys: What we know about the injury and timeline

The Commanders quarterback left Sunday's game with a gruesome elbow injury and no fracture on X-rays, leaving his immediate future dependent on Monday's evaluations.

Trump strikes back at Canada with potential Belarus fertilizer deal

President Trump announced Monday that the U.S. is working on a deal to buy potash, a key fertilizer ingredient, from Belarus as he looks to ramp up his trade war with Canada, the world's largest fertilizer producer.

U.S. seeks to shut down Iranian airlines starting Wednesday

The U.S. this week will begin imposing strict sanctions on any country that allows Iran to refuel or service its airplanes--a move U.S. officials said will cripple Iranian air travel.

Meloni plans to ban burqas and niqabs in Italian schools, and cap foreign students in classrooms

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Sunday she'll soon introduce a measure to her government that would cap the number of foreign students in classrooms and ban the wearing of burqas and niqabs in schools.

Bipartisan coalition fights California's 'Job Creator' tax

A billionaire wealth tax on the California ballot is polling ahead by 6 points, and a bipartisan coalition of business leaders and politicians is warning it could force the state's tech giants and other job creators out of the state.

Trump's Fight With Media Disrupts His Television Coverage at United Nations

President Trump heads to the United Nations Monday, but there won't be any cameras from the major U.S. broadcast and cable networks covering him there.