Tuesday, May 26th, 2026
Joe Biden sues U.S. Justice Department over planned release of conversations with biographer
Former U.S. president Joe Biden, shown on March 6, is suing the U.S. Justice Department to stop the release of audio recordings and transcripts of private conversations he had with his biographer. (Jim Vondruska/Reuters) Former U.S. president Joe Biden sued the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday, seeking to bar the release of audio recordings and transcripts of private conversations with his biographer in 2016 and 2017. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington D.C., comes ahead of the department’s planned June 15 release of the materials to theRead more
Tehran says U.S. violated ceasefire agreement when it launched strikes in southern Iran
Iran said the United States violated a ceasefire after the U.S. conducted what it called defensive strikes in southern Iran, while U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said negotiating a deal to halt the conflict could “take a few days.” Iran’s Foreign Ministry said U.S. strikes in Iran’s southern Hormozgan province, where Iranian media reported sounds of explosions early on Tuesday, represented a “gross violation” of the already tenuous ceasefire in place for nearly seven weeks. Both sides had previously indicated there had been progress on a memorandum of understandingRead more
NASA reveals first plans for a moon base
This illustration shows a concept for what NASA’s Moon Base could look like. (NASA) NASA held a press conference today announcing plans for a lunar base, as well as its commercial partners that will make it come to fruition. “People are looking up again, believing in big things again, and paying attention as America returns to the moon again — and this time to stay,” NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said during a press conference on Tuesday. The plans are continuing off the success of the Artemis II mission around theRead more
Canada’s World Cup team is training in the U.S. Why?
Jesse Marsch, Canada’s national men’s soccer head coach, speaks to the media ahead of the World Cup roster selection camp in Charlotte, N.C., on Monday, where he said the team is training in the city mainly for the weather. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press) With 17 days until the Canadian men’s national team kicks off its World Cup campaign on home soil for the first time, players have begun flying in from their respective professional clubs in California, England, Belgium and beyond. But instead of converging in Canada, those invited toRead more