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In this picture from April 13, 2023, bottles of Mifepristone pills are shown at a family planning facility, in Rockville, Md.Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images, FILE The nation’s highest court on Thursday maintained widespread access to the abortion medication mifepristone without requiring…
A person cleans their hands prior to entering Kyeshero Hospital at a security point in Goma, the Democratic Republic of Congo, on May 18, 2026.Jospin Mwisha/AFP via Getty Images LONDON — Authorities communicated Tuesday that a minimum of 513 possible…
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during a healthcare affordability event in the South Court Auditorium of The White House in Washington, D.C., on May 18, 2026. (Photo by Kent NISHIMURA / AFP via…
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick arrives for a deposition as part of the House Oversight Committee’s investigation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 6, 2026. J. Scott Applewhite/AP According to a transcript of his…
The strongest tennis player in Ukraine, Elina Svitolina (10th in the world), who defeated the second in the world Elena Rybakina from Kazakhstan in the quarterfinals,
RV Falkor (too), the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s exploratory vessel, functioning in Antarctica throughout the 2025 Ocean Census/SOI South Sandwich Islands Expedition.Schmidt Ocean Institute Oceanic researchers have unearthed an unprecedented number of novel lifeforms residing in the deeps of the planet’s…
Vice President JD Vance convened a news briefing to deliberate on “anti-fraud projects” within the Indian Treaty Room at the White House compound in Washington, D.C., on May 13, 2026. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters Vice President JD Vance acknowledged Wednesday that the Trump government…
ABC News has accessed a summary outlining the White House’s designated allocation of the $1 billion that certain Republicans aim to authorize for President Donald Trump’s East Wing restoration at the White House, encompassing the construction of Trump’s grand ballroom.…
Vladimir Putin presides over a Security Council assembly through video conference in Moscow on May 18, 2026.Mikhail Metzel/POOL/AFP via Getty Images The Russian Federation’s President, Vladimir Putin, is planning a journey to Beijing this week to converse with China’s President,…
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is scheduled to appear before the Senate Appropriations Committee concerning the FY2027 funding application on Capitol Hill, May 12, 2026 in Washington.Kevin Lamarque/Reuters The Army is wrestling with a sudden fiscal deficit