A dramatic confrontation between the White House and the Vatican intensified this week after President Donald Trump, 79, repeatedly accused Pope Leo XIV of supporting Iran's nuclear weapons program — a charge the Chicago-born pontiff rejected in unusually direct terms. The clash reached a critical juncture as Secretary of State...

Ted Turner, who revolutionized television by launching CNN as the world's first 24-hour cable news network and transformed himself from a billboard salesman's son into one of America's most colorful media titans and generous philanthropists, has died. He was 87. Turner Enterprises confirmed in a statement that Turner died peacefully...

President Trump couldn't keep a straight face during a White House ceremony this week after First Lady Melania Trump described him as empathetic — and neither could anyone else in the East Room. The unscripted exchange on May 6, 2026, turned a solemn Military Mother's Day tribute into the most...

First Lady Melania Trump has become a political "liability" for her husband's White House, according to Trump biographer Michael Wolff, who argues that a string of unpredictable public moves — from a panned Mother's Day essay to an unprompted denial of any relationship with Jeffrey Epstein — has rattled...

Federal prosecutors in Miami have charged a 32-year-old man with threatening to kill President Donald Trump after authorities say he spent months posting violent messages on social media aimed at the commander in chief and two top administration figures. Nathaniel Sanders II of Miami Beach appeared in federal court on...

The demolition of the White House East Wing, a Roosevelt-era structure, started this week to clear the way for a massive 90,000-square-foot ballroom designed to hold 900 guests. The project has drawn intense scrutiny after excavators began tearing down the historic wing, which houses the Office of the First...

Authorities in Carrollton, Texas, arrested a 69-year-old man after he allegedly killed two people and injured three others in connected shootings at a shopping plaza and an apartment complex on May 5, 2026, driven by what investigators say was anger over failed business deals. Seung Ho Han faces charges of...

NBC's "Today" show anchor Savannah Guthrie was back at her desk Thursday morning, May 7, appearing alongside Willie Geist while Craig Melvin took the day off. The 54-year-old journalist made no mention of her abrupt departure from the previous day's broadcast, when she left the set 90 minutes into...