Report: Trump may face a $100 million-plus tax bill if he loses IRS audit fight over Chicago tower

Former President Donald Trump may face an IRS bill in excess of $100 million after a government audit indicates he double-dipped on tax losses tied to a Chicago skyscraper, according to a report by The New York Times and ProPublica that drew on a yearslong audit and public filings.

The elections next door: Mexico’s cartels pick candidates, kill rivals

More than two dozen candidates have been killed leading up to the June 2 vote. Hundreds more have dropped out of their races.

Why Highway 1 is the climate challenge that California can’t fix

California’s Highway 1 is beloved by Big Sur road trippers. But continued landslides, storms, fires and other climate impacts imperil its future.

Woman who served during WWII is grand marshal of Memorial Day Parade in Michigan

Gladys Waters, 100, lives at an assisted living center in Royal Oak, Michigan, but she is ready to step out and be the grand marshal for the city’s Memorial Day Parade this month.

Federal dollars to increase bird flu testing for dairy cows, farm workers

The federal government announced a major package of financial incentives to dairy farm owners - up to $28,000 per farm over the next four months - to encourage broader testing of cattle and expanded security measures to control a growing outbreak of the bird flu virus in cows.

Coast Guard offloads $185 million in cocaine and marijuana on return from deployment

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Mohawk offloaded a huge haul of cocaine and marijuana on Friday at Port Everglades that it and other agencies and service branches seized during a deployment patrolling the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean.

Paul Manafort, poised to rejoin Trump world, aided Chinese media deal

The former Trump campaign chairman, who’s likely to help manage this summer’s GOP convention, resumed consulting work after being pardoned in 2020.

China woos Philippine elites near base US needs to defend Taiwan

U.S.-Philippines ties are as strong as they’ve been in decades. Yet in the northern Philippines, near a military base the U.S. recently won access to that is crucial to any defense of Taiwan, Beijing has made inroads with key politicians.

US special operations leaders are having to do more with less and learning from the war in Ukraine

Forced to do more with less and learning from the war in Ukraine, U.S. special operations commanders are juggling how to add more high-tech experts to their teams while still cutting their overall forces by about 5,000 troops over the next five years.

This subdivision in Madera County was once a military bombing range. Is it safe now?

A 1999 report by the Army provided an extensive background of the range, created in 1941 during the rollup to World War II, when rancher R.K. Smith and his wife Mary of the Adobe Ranch leased the six-square-mile parcel to the Army.

CIA Director Burns becomes key envoy as Biden-Netanyahu ties fray

Central Intelligence Agency Director William Burns, a veteran diplomat and Arabic speaker, was in Cairo alongside Qatari and Egyptian mediators this week as U.S. President Joe Biden set off a political firestorm by halting the shipment of about 3,500 bombs to Israel.

Former soldier pleads guilty to sexual abuse of another at Fort Sill

A former National Guard soldier pleaded guilty Thursday to sexual abuse of another man at Fort Sill in Oklahoma, according to the Justice Department.

FAA initiates environmental impact study for SpaceX Starship launches from KSC

SpaceX’s plans to build a Starship launch complex at Kennedy Space Center are moving closer to reality even as it potentially takes over a launch site from neighboring Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.

US says Israel’s use of US arms likely violated international law, but evidence is incomplete

The Biden administration said Friday that Israel’s use of U.S.-provided weapons in Gaza likely violated international humanitarian law, but wartime conditions prevented U.S. officials from determining that for certain in specific airstrikes.

Moderna says FDA delaying decision on RSV vaccine approval

US regulators’ decision on whether to approve Moderna Inc.’s vaccine for RSV has been delayed due to “administrative constraints” at the Food and Drug Administration, as the company works to get its second product to market.

Netanyahu vows Israel will fight alone even without US help

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel must go into Rafah to finish off the remaining battalions of Hamas, the U.S.-designated terrorist group that killed 1,200 Israelis and kidnapped about 250 last Oct. 7. He said Hamas will “murder again and again” if allowed to survive in Rafah.

‘Are you a Zionist?’ Checkpoints at UCLA encampment provoked fear, debate among Jews

Eilon Presman approached the UCLA Palestinian solidarity encampment when he heard the screams: “Zionist! Zionist!” The 20-year-old junior, who is Israeli, realized the activists were pointing at him. A line of protesters linked arms and marched toward him, blocking him from accessing the heart of UCLA’s campus.

Jewish families say anti-Israel messaging in Bay Area classrooms is making schools unsafe

Many Jewish families in Bay Area communities say an undercurrent of antisemitism has emerged unchecked in K-12 schools amid the divisive national debates spawned by the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

UN assembly approves resolution granting Palestine new rights and reviving UN membership bid

The U.N. General Assembly voted by a wide margin on Friday to grant new “rights and privileges” to Palestine and called on the Security Council to reconsider Palestine’s request to become the 194th member of the United Nations.