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May 26, 2026

Israel Strikes Lebanon Without Warning as US-Iran Ceasefire Teeters

More than 200 killed in bombardment of Beirut and southern Lebanon; Iran threatens to exit agreement and closes Strait of Hormuz

Israel launched a sweeping, unannounced aerial assault on Lebanon on Wednesday, killing more than 200 people and wounding hundreds more, hours after the United States and Iran announced a ceasefire ag...

May 29, 2026

Lebanon Death Toll Tops 300 After Deadliest Day of Renewed Israel-Hezbollah War

Israel authorizes direct talks with Beirut even as strikes continue; U.S. expected to host negotiations at State Department

Lebanon's death toll surpassed 300 Thursday after Israeli strikes killed at least 203 people and wounded more than 1,000 in a single day, marking the deadliest 24 hours of the renewed war between Isra...

May 29, 2026

FEMA Owes Communities Nearly $10 Billion in Disaster Funds as Backlog Strains Local Budgets

VP Vance to lead Iran peace talks; Artemis II crew splashes down; Melania Trump denies Epstein ties in rare statement

The Federal Emergency Management Agency owes communities across the United States nearly $10 billion in disaster relief funding, a backlog that emergency managers say is straining local budgets and th...

May 30, 2026

Trump's Iran Whiplash Rattles MAGA Base — and Could Ripple to Treasure Coast Races

From civilization-ending threats to ceasefire in a single week, the president's dramatic pivot is exposing fractures inside his own coalition ahead of 2026 midterms

President Trump opened last week threatening to destroy Iranian civilization and closed it declaring a ceasefire — a whiplash reversal that is straining loyalties inside his own MAGA coalition and fee...

Jun 01, 2026

U.S.-Iran Talks in Pakistan Collapse Without Deal, Ceasefire Future Uncertain

VP Vance leads 21-hour Islamabad negotiations; Iran refuses nuclear pledge as Strait of Hormuz closure keeps oil prices elevated

Twenty-one hours of historic face-to-face talks between the United States and Iran ended Sunday in Islamabad without an agreement, leaving the fate of a fragile two-week ceasefire in doubt and global ...