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Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart is in critical condition after he went into cardiac arrest over the weekend, according to a statement from his ministry. Swaggart, 90, went into cardiac arrest around 8 a.m. Sunday while at his home in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, his son, Donnie Swaggart, said. Donnie Swaggart said that “without a miracle, his time will be short.”Donnie Swaggart said during a Sunday night service that, before EMTs arrived, he and his brother took turns giving their father chest compressions, but “he never regained consciousness.””Emergency personnel responded swiftly and were able to revive his heartbeat before transporting him to the hospital.…

Lawmakers from both parties are calling for updated security for members of Congress following the attacks in Minnesota. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images North America hide caption toggle caption Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images North America Members of Congress are reassessing their own security coverage following the Saturday attacks in Minnesota where a gunman shot two Democratic lawmakers, killing one and wounding the other. Top leaders in Washington condemned the attacks in their immediate wake before turning to assess the security of federal politicians. The suspected shooter, Vance Boelter, had a “hit list” of 45 elected Democrats. Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minn., and Reps. Hillary…

President Trump will cut short his trip to Canada for a meeting with world leaders and fly back to Washington late Monday, press secretary Karoline Leavitt said, citing “what’s going on in the Middle East.”Mr. Trump arrived in Canada on Sunday for the annual G7 summit, and met with the leaders of Canada and the United Kingdom earlier Monday. But Leavitt said on X Monday night that the president would leave early, seeming to refer to the Israel-Iran conflict.”Much was accomplished, but because of what’s going on in the Middle East, President Trump will be leaving tonight after dinner with…

The president is fickle, feckless, and easily swayed—which makes him an easy mark for militarists. Ad Policy An excavator removes debris from a residential building that was destroyed in an attack by Israel in Tehran, on June 13, 2025.(Majid Saeedi / Getty Images) In the both the 2016 and 2024 presidential elections, Donald Trump cynically but effectively adopted the mantle of the anti-war candidate, accusing his rivals of a dangerous commitment to a policy of regime-change wars that threatened to usher in a new era of wars—and perhaps World War III. In October 2024, he specifically rejected the idea of…

The American Bar Association sued the Trump administration Monday, arguing President Trump’s wide-ranging push to punish law firms is unconstitutional. It joined several targeted firms that have filed suit against the government.The lawsuit takes aim at a series of controversial orders signed by Mr. Trump that direct the government to cut off security clearances, contracts and even federal building access for some of the nation’s largest law firms. The orders often fault the firms for taking on certain pro bono clients, associating with Mr. Trump’s legal foes or engaging in diversity, equity and inclusion practices that the administration claims are discriminatory.The…

Two leaders of some of the largest labor unions in the country say they are leaving the Democratic National Committee (DNC), citing disagreements with the committee’s leadership over its future.Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, wrote in a June 5 resignation letter to DNC Chair Ken Martin that she felt “out of step with the leadership you are forging.”  “I do not want to be the one who keeps questioning why we are not enlarging our tent and actively trying to engage more and more of our communities,” Weingarten wrote in the letter, obtained by CBS…

Cooling towers at the nuclear reactor facility at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Georgia. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is an independent agency charged with overseeing safety at the nation’s reactors. Mike Stewart/AP hide caption toggle caption Mike Stewart/AP President Trump has fired one of the five members of the independent commission that oversees the nation’s nuclear reactors. Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Christopher T. Hanson was terminated on Friday, according to a brief email seen by NPR from Trent Morse, the White House Deputy Director of Presidential Personnel. The e-mail said only that Hanson’s “position as Commissioner of the…

Vance Boelter has been charged in the shootings of two Minnesota lawmakers and their spouses, and the FBI says that he visited the homes of multiple other elected officials the night he killed Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband, and wounded Minnesota Sen. John Hoffman and his wife separately.Boelter, 57, is charged with two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree attempted murder, according to the criminal complaint filed in Hennepin County Court on Saturday. Boelter is also facing six charges in federal court, including stalking and murder. The FBI held a conference Monday morning to share further…

Books & the Arts / June 16, 2025 Norman Foster’s 270 Park and the rise of the new office building. The building’s dramatic and dazzling feats of architecture make it appear as if it were hovering above the street. But is that a good thing? Ad Policy 270 Park Avenue in New York City.(Spencer Platt / Getty images) This article appears in the July/August 2025 issue. One Sunday morning in Hong Kong, not long before the moment in 1997 when Great Britain handed its former colony back to China, I went for a run around the Peak, a towering hill…

Washington — At an economic summit of world leaders in Canada Monday, President Trump weighed in on the Israel-Iran conflict, telling reporters Iran would “like to talk, but they should have done that before.”He told reporters as he met with Group of Seven summit host Prime Minister Mark Carney that Iran has “to make a deal.” The president confirmed that he’s seen messages from Iran, through intermediaries indicating a wish to de-escalate. “They’d like to talk, but they should have done that before,” Mr. Trump said. “I had 60 days, and they had 60 days. On the 61st day, I said,…