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Trump says negotiations with Iran in final stages, warns of attacks if deal fails
By Jana Choukeir and Humeyra Pamuk DUBAI/WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that negotiations with Iran were in the final stages, while warning of further att...
May 20, 2026 A man holds a flag with a picture of late leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, late Supreme Leader of Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, during a rally in Tehran, Iran, April 29, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo
GasBuddy predicts most expensive summer at the pump in years
DALLAS, Tx. - GasBuddy is warning Americans to prepare for the most expensive summer at the pump in years. According to their 2026 Summer Travel Survey, the national average is expected to hit $4.48 a...
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Trump purges another Republican critic with Massie defeat in Kentucky
By Nathan Layne May 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump scored another victory in his campaign to punish disloyal Republicans on Tuesday as Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky lost his pri...
May 20, 2026 Supporters wait at incumbent Rep. Thomas Massie’s election night event for the Republican primary in Kentucky's 4th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives, in Hebron, Kentucky, U.S., May 19, 2026. REUTERS/Evan Garcia
'Anti-Islamic writings' found in car of California mosque shooting suspects, official says
By Jana Winter, Helen Coster and Matt Silverstein SAN DIEGO, May 19 (Reuters) - "Anti-Islamic writings" were found in a vehicle connected to the two teenage suspects in Monday's shooting at the Islami...
May 19, 2026 Police outside the Islamic Centre of San Diego the morning following a shooting, in San Diego, California, U.S, May 19, 2026. REUTERS/ Mike Blake
Ebola deaths in eastern Congo rise to 131, WHO voices deep concern
By Erikas Mwisi and Emma Farge BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 19 (Reuters) - Twenty-six more suspected Ebola deaths were recorded in 24 hours in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, authori...
May 19, 2026 Ambulances parked at Bunia General Referral Hospital following confirmation of an Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 16, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS/Victoire Mukenge
Trump says US may attack Iran again but that Tehran wants deal
WASHINGTON/DUBAI, May 19 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the U.S. may need to strike Iran again and that he had been an hour away from ordering an attack before postponing it. ...
May 19, 2026 A woman walks past an anti-U.S. billboard depicting U.S. President Donald Trump and the Strait of Hormuz, in Tehran, Iran, May 17, 2026. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS
High gas prices spur Americans to improvise, from bus rides to toy cars
By Helen Coster and Rich McKay NEW YORK, May 19 (Reuters) - Mali Hightower's answer to high gas prices is a toy he fished out of someone's trash. The 30-year-old handyman from Ellenwood, Georgia stuck...
May 19, 2026 Mali Hightower, 30, poses with what he describes as a self-created gas saver, a pink Power Wheels Barbie Dream Camper, at a gas station in Ellenwood, Georgia, U.S., May 18, 2026. REUTERS/Jayla Whitfield-Anderson
Trump targets Massie in Tuesday primary as purge of Republican critics intensifies
By Nathan Layne May 19 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is targeting Representative Thomas Massie in Tuesday's Republican primary in Kentucky, backing a challenger to try to purge one of his lo...
May 19, 2026 FILE PHOTO: U.S. Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY) and Representative Lauren Boebert (R-CO) hold a news conference to introduce their Surveillance Accountability Act, proposed legislation that would require government agencies to obtain a warrant before conducting surveillance on U.S. citizens, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., April 23, 2026. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo
US drugs site TrumpRx to list 600 generics as Trump targets lower prices
WASHINGTON, May 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that TrumpRx.gov, a government-backed website that lists discounted prescription drugs, will begin featuring generic medicines...
May 18, 2026 FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press aboard Air Force One enroute to the U.S. following his official visit with President Xi Jinping in China, May 15, 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci/File Photo
UPDATE: Five dead, including two suspects, after shooting at San Diego mosque
(UPDATED 5:47 P.M.) SAN DIEGO, May 18 (Reuters) - Two teenage gunman opened fire on Monday at the Islamic Center of San Diego in California, killing three men outside the mosque, one of them a securit...
May 18, 2026 A police officer stands guard as emergency workers respond at the scene of a reported active shooter situation at the Islamic Center in San Diego, California, U.S., May 18, 2026. REUTERS/Mike Blake
