A Madison police officer fatally shot a man during an arrest struggle after police said he produced a knife and injured an officer. The shooting, captured on cellphone video, sparked protests and will be investigated by Wisconsin state authorities.
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The House passed a $1.15 trillion defense policy bill in a near-party-line vote, sending it to an uncertain future in the Senate. Lawmakers also advanced a budget blueprint with more than $70 billion for the Iran war and a stock-trading bill for members of Congress.
The Trump administration signed a civilian nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia, sending a decades-long, multibillion-dollar partnership to Congress for review. The deal could face scrutiny over uranium enrichment, safeguards and nuclear oversight.
The House approved a GOP budget blueprint that would allow up to $95 billion in spending for the Iran war, farm aid and parts of President Trump’s SAVE America Act. The plan faces Senate hurdles over reconciliation rules, war powers concerns and objections to the lack of spending offsets.
President Trump attended a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base for four U.S. Army soldiers killed in Iranian attacks in Jordan and Iraq. The Pentagon is investigating the Jordan attack, and Trump said the findings will be shared.
Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, are set to go on trial in New York on June 1, 2027, after pleading not guilty to U.S. drug and weapons-related charges. Maduro’s defense plans to argue he is protected by sovereign immunity and challenge the legality of his capture.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani says the city lacks authority to arrest Benjamin Netanyahu under an ICC warrant, despite his campaign pledge. He is urging the federal government to join the court and execute the warrant if Netanyahu visits New York.
Explorers have found the wreckage of Pan Am’s Clipper Endeavor 2,000 feet below the Atlantic off Puerto Rico, 74 years after the crash killed 52 people. The 1952 disaster helped prompt mandatory preflight safety briefings and better flotation requirements on commercial aircraft.