Iran has offered to end its control over the Strait of Hormuz if the U.S. lifts its blockade and ends the war. That's according to regional officials. The proposal that emerged Monday would delay discussions on Iran’s nuclear program. U.S. President Donald Trump seems unlikely to accept the offer, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared to rule out any deal that excludes Iran's nuclear program. The blockade prevents Iran from selling oil, affecting global prices and economies. Trump extended a ceasefire with Iran, but a permanent settlement remains elusive. In other developments, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss the situation.
Iran has offered to end its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz without addressing its nuclear program. Two officials with knowledge of the proposal said Monday that Iran also wants the United States to ends its blockade of the country as part of its proposal. Oil prices are gaining Monday after negotiations between the U.S. and Iran stalled over the weekend and a standoff in the strait remained despite a ceasefire. Iran’s foreign minister is in Russia Monday to meet President Vladimir Putin as part of a trip that included two stops in Pakistan and a visit to Oman. Pakistan's leaders are working to bridge significant gaps between the two countries to revive the talks.
Supporters of a controversial California proposal to implement a one-time tax on billionaires say they have enough signatures to qualify it for the November ballot. The goal of the proposal is to generate $100 billion in revenue for the state to backfill federal cuts to Medicaid, which provides healthcare to low-income people. Critics, including tech leaders and Gov. Gavin Newsom, say it could drive the state's wealthiest to leave. California's budget already relies heavily on income taxes from the state's richest people. The Secretary of State still needs to verify the signatures and officially qualify the measure.
The Trump administration has announced two more payouts for energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects under development. Bluepoint Wind and Golden State Wind have agreed to end their offshore wind leases in exchange for reimbursements totaling nearly $900 million. Bluepoint Wind is an offshore wind project in early stages of development off the coasts of New Jersey and New York, while Golden State Wind is a floating offshore wind project proposed off California’s central coast. The Interior Department said Monday it’s following the model of its recent deal with the French energy company TotalEnergies, which is getting a $1 billion payout to walk away from projects off the coasts of North Carolina and New York.
California continues to fight the Trump administration after it defied state officials to restart oil drilling off the Santa Barbara coast in the name of national security. State officials call it trespassing and are asking a federal judge Monday to order a Texas firm to stop using a pipeline that runs through state park land. The pipeline system had been idle since one of its pipelines ruptured in 2015 and caused one of California’s worst oil spills before the Trump administration last month invoked emergency powers and directed Sable Offshore Corp. to restart the operation. It is the latest salvo in an escalating legal battle that is testing how far states have the right to challenge Washington’s wishes. Sable says it has the proper permits.
Technology tycoons Elon Musk and Sam Altman are poised to face off in a high-stakes trial revolving around the alleged betrayal, deceit and unbridled ambition that blurred the bickering billionaires’ once-shared vision for the development of artificial intelligence. The trial, which began Monday with jury selection, centers on the 2015 birth of ChatGPT maker OpenAI as a nonprofit startup primarily funded by Musk before evolving into a capitalistic venture now valued at $852 billion. The civil lawsuit accuses Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, of double-crossing Musk by straying from the company’s founding mission to be an altruistic steward of the technology.
The U.S. stock market’s record-breaking rally slowed after uncertainty rose about what will happen next in the Iran war. The S&P 500 inched 0.1% higher Monday to its latest all-time high, a downshift following weeks of big gains. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.1%, while the Nasdaq composite rose 0.2% to its own record. The moves were stronger in the oil market, where prices climbed more than 2.5% as tankers find the Strait of Hormuz still effectively closed. This upcoming week is packed with profit reports from Wall Street's biggest companies and interest-rate announcements from the world's most influential central banks.
Federal prosecutors say a small-town Wisconsin police chief tried to help California gun dealers import illegal armor-piercing rounds from Europe. According to court documents, brothers Jacob and Darin Dowd ran a gun dealership in Vacaville, California. Prosecutors say that around June 2021, they wanted to import about 490,000 armor-piercing rounds from a European arms exporter. The U.S. generally bans imports of such ammunition unless police departments order it. Prosecutors say the brothers convinced James Bushey, then chief of police in the Wisconsin town of Linn, to fake a purchase order for the ammunition in exchange for money for new squad cars. Both Dowd brothers have agreed to plead guilty to conspiracy. Bushey hasn't been charged.
The U.S. stock market’s record-breaking rally slowed after uncertainty rose over the weekend about what will happen next in the Iran war. The S&P 500 edged up 0.1% Monday, beating its all-time high set on Friday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite added 0.2% to its own record. Crude prices climbed more than 2% as oil tankers still find the Strait of Hormuz effectively closed to traffic. This upcoming week is packed with profit reports from Wall Street’s biggest companies and interest-rate announcements from the world’s most influential central banks.
Reporters covered the correspondents' dinner shooting in real time. Conspiracy theories still spread
Conspiracy theories flooded the internet minutes after the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner attended by President Donald Trump. The events Saturday played out in front of some of the nation’s most powerful reporters and editors, who snapped into action in real time to provide detailed accounts from the scene. What resulted was a steady stream of facts from myriad reputable media outlets. Despite this, unfounded conspiracy theories from both the left and the right proliferated, chief among them that the shooting was staged. Some spread in spite of the facts while others used real information to create false narratives.
Michael B. Jordan voicing a tiny woodland creature who switches bodies with a majestic bird in the animated movie “Swapped” and Kacey Musgraves' seventh studio album, “Dry Spell,” are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
Workers in Brazil have resumed the construction of the stage for the upcoming concert by Shakira this weekend on Rio de Janeiro’s famous Copacabana Beach. The work was halted amid a police investigation into the death of a 28-year-old locksmith at the scene. The boundary-breaking Colombian singer and pop star has not commented on the accident. Police said Gabriel de Jesus Firmino died on Sunday after being crushed by two stage elevators when the equipment was activated by another worker. The Brazilian company that operates the stage is under investigation for alleged non-compliance with workplace safety regulations. Shakira is giving a free concert on Saturday evening at the Copacabana.
Oprah Winfrey's podcast is headed to Amazon. Her company, Harpo Entertainment, has signed a multiyear deal with Amazon-owned Wondery for exclusive distribution and advertising rights to "The Oprah Podcast." Starting this summer, the podcast will expand to two new episodes a week and Wondery will distribute the show's audio and video across Amazon platforms. The deal also includes rights to "The Oprah Winfrey Show" library, her book club, and "Favorite Things" franchises. Financial terms weren't disclosed. Winfrey launched the podcast in December 2024.
Microsoft said Monday it will no longer pay a share of its revenue to ChatGPT maker OpenAI, the latest move to untether a close partnership that helped unleash an artificial intelligence boom. OpenAI relied exclusively on Microsoft’s huge investments in cloud computing services to build the technology that helped make ChatGPT a household name. Microsoft, in turn, relied on OpenAI’s technology to build its own AI assistant Copilot. But the partnership has evolved as San Francisco-based OpenAI, founded as a nonprofit, has shifted to a capitalistic enterprise on a path toward an initial public offering on Wall Street and has balanced its reliance on Microsoft with other cloud partners like Amazon, Google and Oracle.
Hollywood's summer movie season is shaping up to be epic, with superheroes, franchises, and thrillers galore. The most eagerly anticipated release is Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of “The Odyssey,” set to sail into theaters on July 17. The film features battles, gods, creatures, and stars like Matt Damon and Zendaya. It’s the first movie shot entirely on IMAX film. Other notable releases include “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” “Supergirl,” and “Toy Story 5.” The summer box office is crucial, accounting for around 40% of the year’s revenue.
The Supreme Court seems inclined to rule that police could use geofence warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users to find people near crime scenes. The justices heard nearly two hours of arguments Monday in an appeal from Okello Chatrie, who pleaded guilty to robbing a bank in a suburb of Richmond, Virginia. Chatrie eluded the police until they turned to the geofence warrant, a powerful technological tool that erected a virtual fence and allowed them to locate cellphones that were near the bank around the time it was robbed. The case is the latest that explores how the Fourth Amendment, ratified in 1791, applies in the digital age.
Conservations say a Sumatran orangutan has been filmed for the first time using a human-made canopy bridge to cross a public road on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. Rapid development has been shrinking the jungle habitat of the critically endangered species. And fatal conflicts with people have been increasing. Conservationists told The Associated Press on Monday about the crossing. They say it marks the first documented case of a Sumatra orangutan using an artificial canopy bridge to cross a public road and connect the separate habitats. The bridge spans the Lagan–Pagindar road in Pakpak Bharat district. The vital corridor connects remote villages that cuts directly through prime orangutan habitat. It splits an estimated 350 orangutans into two isolated forest areas.
Authorities in Ukraine say a Russian drone attack on Ukraine’s southern city of Odesa has wounded 14 people including two children. Officials said Monday that the drones hit residential neighborhoods and civilian infrastructure. A Russian official said that a Ukrainian drone strike killed two people in the Russia-occupied part of Ukraine’s Kherson region. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia has fired approximately 1,900 attack drones and other weapons at Ukraine over the past week. Ukraine intercepts more than 90% of the drones but needs more American-made Patriot air defense missiles. Ukraine for its part has been targeting Russian oil infrastructure with long-range drones and missiles.
Many people know the sting of having said too much, a cringey feeling that bubbles up after sharing the wrong details at the wrong time. Now, imagine drunkenly telling two of your superiors about the time you had a bathroom emergency onstage in front of hundreds of people.
Hollywood's summer movie season is packed with big names and franchises. Universal Pictures is releasing Christopher Nolan's “The Odyssey” and Steven Spielberg's “Disclosure Day.” Franchises like “Spider-Man,” “Minions,” “Star Wars,” and “Toy Story” are also set to draw crowds. This year, Disney kicks off the season with “The Devil Wears Prada 2" instead of a Marvel film. The industry is adapting to changes, with streaming and altered viewing habits impacting box office numbers. Despite challenges, directors like James Cameron remain optimistic about the future of theatrical releases. The summer movie season runs from May through August.
Around 20,000 seafarers on hundreds of vessels are stuck in the Persian Gulf, unable to cross the Strait of Hormuz that remains effectively shut by Iran. Indian Capt. Rahul Dhar and his crew have been stranded on their tanker for about eight weeks. They have witnessed drones and missile interceptions as they try to keep in touch with their families. Some other crews have faced shortages of food and water. A ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran has brought some hope, but anxiety over uncertainty has taken its toll. The International Maritime Organization has called for a safe corridor, but most ships remain stranded.
Iran's foreign minister has briefly visited Islamabad again as Pakistan's leaders work to restart ceasefire talks between Tehran and Washington. But President Donald Trump says the two sides can talk by phone instead. Abbas Araghchi had left Pakistan's capital Saturday but returned to Islamabad before heading on to Moscow on Sunday. The White House had said Friday it would send envoys to Islamabad for a second round of talks, but Trump called off the mission due to a lack of progress. Pakistani officials say indirect talks are still ongoing. The standoff around the Strait of Hormuz does, too. Also on Sunday, oil prices rose when the market opened as traders absorbed the news of the stalled ceasefire talks.
Pakistan’s leaders are seeking to revive peace talks between the United States and Iran after President Donald Trump canceled plans for his top envoys to travel to Islamabad this weekend for negotiations. Pakistan-led mediators are working to bridge significant gaps between the U.S. and Iran, according to a regional official involved in the mediation efforts who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter. Trump said he told his top envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner not to travel to Pakistan this weekend to negotiate with Iran.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican senator who had effectively blocked confirmation of President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve said Sunday he was dropping his opposition after the Department of Justice ended its investigation of the current central bank chair.
Tillis says he's 'prepared to move on' with the confirmation of Trump's Fed chair nominee after DOJ ends Powell probe.
Iran’s foreign minister has returned to Islamabad after a visit to Oman, Pakistani officials say.
A man armed with guns and knives stormed the lobby outside the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner attended by President Donald Trump on Saturday night. The man charged toward the ballroom in a chaotic encounter with Secret Service agents as guests dived under tables at the sound of shots being fired Saturday night. The president was uninjured and was rushed off the stage. The armed man, who officials said was a guest at the Washington Hilton where the dinner was being held, was taken into custody and was expected in court Monday. Police believe he opened fire and acted alone but did not say who was his intended target or describe a motive.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was uninjured and other top White House officials were evacuated from an annual dinner of the White House Correspondents' Association on Saturday night after an unspecified threat. There did not immediately appear to be any injuries, and one law enfor…
Barriers to tourism for people living with disabilities can range from the obvious, such as an out-of-service elevator, to an outing that’s too long or a setting that’s too loud. Tourist destinations that want to be truly accessible need to accommodate visitors with visible and invisible disabilities. In recent years, museums and other cultural institutions worldwide have added specialized guides and barrier-free tours for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, use wheelchairs, or with autism or dementia. Tourism agencies dedicated to serving these populations have sprung up, too. Disabled travelers also have created their own websites to share and exchange information.
Interim DC police chief Carroll says shooting suspect was believed to have been a hotel guest, intended target unknown.
DC interim chief of police says 'there does not appear to be any sort of danger to the public at this time.'
Suspect in correspondent's dinner shooting has been charged with firearms and assault charges, US attorney says.
DC Mayor Bowser says a sole gunman rushed Secret Service checkpoint in the lobby of the hotel holding press dinner.
Bowser says 'we have no reason to believe at this time that anyone else was involved' in dinner shooting incident.
Correspondents dinner shooting suspect is 31-year-old man from California, AP sources say.
Video posted by Trump shows suspect running past security barricade as Secret Service agents run toward him.
Trump enters White House briefing room after shooting incident at the venue of the White House correspondents' dinner.
Trump says dinner shooting suspect was armed with multiple weapons before being stopped by Secret Service.
Officer shot in bullet-resistant vest at correspondents' dinner but is expected to be OK, law enforcement official says.
Trump to give statement at White House after shooting incident at correspondents' dinner.
White House correspondents' association president says everyone safe after shooting incident, event will be rescheduled.
Guests at correspondents' dinner asked to reseat themselves as event set to resume; Trump expected to return to stage.
A person is in custody after 'shooting incident' near security checkpoint at correspondents' dinner, authorities say.
Security incident took place outside of room where president and other officials were attending dinner.
White House correspondents' dinner set to resume after security incident.
Shooter opened fire inside the hotel where Trump was attending dinner, a law enforcement official says.
Both Trump and Vance uninjured after incident at correspondents' annual dinner, AP source says.
President Trump evacuated after security incident at White House correspondents dinner.
No visible indication of any injuries after president evacuated from correspondents dinner.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (AP) — When President Donald Trump tried to cancel five massive offshore wind projects under construction along the East Coast, it wasn't just environmentalists who cried foul. Nine Republicans in the U.S. House sent a letter to administration officials demanding an explanation.
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