News for May 26, 2025

Planned Parenthood of Michigan is preparing for federal Medicaid cuts that could reduce funding, force more clinic closures, and limit patient access to care.

Double amputee Army veteran Dan Nevins is urging Congress to end a rule that reduces some wounded veterans’ retirement pay when they also receive disability compensation.

Timothy Schulz was shot and killed by Polk County sheriff’s deputies after a tense confrontation that began after an apparent alligator attack and involved possible drug use.

King Charles III visited Canada to deliver a throne speech that Prime Minister Mark Carney says will highlight Canada’s sovereignty amid President Donald Trump’s talk of annexing the country.

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupted again, sending lava and ash high into the air while the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory said the lava stayed inside the summit area and did not reach homes.

The new COVID variant NB.1.8.1 is spreading in the U.S., while Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s vaccine policy changes could limit booster access for many Americans.

FBI deputy director Dan Bongino said the bureau is reexamining three high-profile Biden-era cases, including the D.C. pipe bombings, the White House cocaine discovery, and the leak of the Supreme Court’s Dobbs draft opinion.

FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino said the bureau will put more resources into several high-profile unresolved cases, including the Supreme Court leak, the White House cocaine case, and the pipe bomb investigation.

Charles Rangel, the longtime Harlem congressman and major Black political figure, has died at 94 after nearly five decades in Congress.

President Donald Trump said he is considering taking $3 billion in Harvard grant money and sending it to trade schools instead.

The Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity says the U.S. labor market looks much worse than the official unemployment rate suggests, with its broader measure showing 24.3% of Americans were "functionally unemployed" in April.

Charlie Rangel, the longtime Harlem congressman and a key figure in New York politics, has died at 94.

The Kremlin brushed off Donald Trump’s criticism of Vladimir Putin, saying the talks over Ukraine were happening amid “emotional overload” as Russia stepped up its attacks.

President Donald Trump marked Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery with a solemn tribute to fallen service members, though his remarks also briefly turned political.

Trump said Putin has gone “absolutely crazy” after Russia launched its biggest drone attack of the war on Ukraine.

President Donald Trump marked Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery by laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and honoring U.S. war dead.

Trump’s push to speed federal recognition of the Lumbee Tribe is drawing pushback from other Native tribes, who say it could bypass the normal approval process and set a bad precedent.

At least 11 people were hospitalized after a shooting broke out during a Memorial Day weekend gathering on a charter boat in Little River, South Carolina, police said.

Israeli strikes across Gaza killed at least 54 people, including many in a school shelter and a house, while Hamas said it had agreed to a new ceasefire proposal.

Donald Trump condemned Vladimir Putin after Russia launched its biggest aerial attack on Ukraine, even as Trump also criticized Volodymyr Zelensky and said he may tighten sanctions on Russia.