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Normandy, France — The heroic D-Day landings in Normandy marked the beginning of the end of World War II, where thousands of the Americans who fell in the assault still rest in graves in northwestern France.It was the sacrifice of the American and European Allied soldiers during the Normandy Invasion, and of course their great victory over the Nazis, that formed the bedrock of an alliance that has stood firm for more than 80 years.Then, however, came President Trump’s rhetoric and the ensuing tariff war. “Europe has been very, very bad for us,” Mr. Trump told reporters last month. “Europe has…

The C.I.A. fired its top doctor after she was targeted by far-right activists who have worked to oust government officials they see as disloyal, according to a lawsuit filed Friday evening.Late last year, the C.I.A. recruited the doctor, Terry Adirim, to take a top medical job as the director of the agency’s Center for Global Health Services. Within days, Ivan Raiklin, a far-right provocateur, accused her of being the “architect” of the Pentagon’s Covid-19 vaccine mandate.Dr. Adirim, 61, had served in a top medical role in the Defense Department in 2021 when Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III mandated that…

Bob Filner, a progressive Democrat who served two decades in Congress and then successfully ran for mayor of San Diego, promising to shake up City Hall — but whose career imploded within months amid a storm of sexual harassment charges — died on April 20. He was 82.His family announced the death. The announcement did not give a cause or say where he died, but The San Diego Union-Tribune reported that he died in an assisted living home in Costa Mesa, Calif.Mr. Filner, who was known for his brash and combative style, resigned as mayor under pressure in August 2013,…

The Emmy Award-winning “CBS News Sunday Morning” is broadcast on CBS Sundays beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET.  “Sunday Morning” also streams on the CBS News app beginning at 11:00 a.m. ET. (Download it here.)  Hosted by Jane Pauley       COVER STORY: Lawrence Summers”Sunday Morning” national correspondent Robert Costa reports.For more info:        ALMANAC: May 4″Sunday Morning” looks back at historical events on this date. Tyler Mitchell, “Untitled (Christian in Wales Bonner)” (2025), from the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute exhibition, “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.” Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art ARTS: At the Met – The culture…

A See’s Candies worker restocks the display next to a cutout of Warren Buffett at the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting exhibit hall Friday, May 2, 2025 in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Josh Funk) (AP Photo/Josh Funk) hide caption toggle caption (AP Photo/Josh Funk) OMAHA, Neb.–Warren Buffett wants the United States to knock off its trade war. “Trade should not be a weapon,” the billionaire investor and Berkshire Hathaway CEO said on Saturday morning, at his annual shareholder meeting in Omaha. The United States “should be looking to trade with the rest of the world. We should do what we do best,…

The Trump administration sued Colorado and Denver on Friday, accusing the state, city and their leaders of impeding federal immigration actions, the latest salvo in the White House’s fight to compel local governments to help carry out deportations.The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in Colorado and includes Gov. Jared Polis and Mayor Mike Johnston of Denver as defendants, specifically challenges state and city laws that restrict or prohibit cooperation with federal agencies.One state law prohibits officers from holding someone solely on the basis of a civil immigration detainer, a request that a detainee not be released. Other state…

President Trump shared an AI-generated photo of himself dressed as the pope just days after telling reporters that he’d “like to be pope.”The image – which Mr. Trump first posted on his social media platform Truth Social – was also shared by the White House’s official social media account on Friday. It comes as cardinals from around the world are set to gather in Vatican City to choose Pope Francis’ successor as the leader of the Catholic Church.The image shows Mr. Trump seated in an ornate chair, dressed in white papal vestments and headdress, with a finger raised. pic.twitter.com/x2HrR939tn— The White…

It’s high time we created accountability for the Trump 2.0 criminal syndicate. Ad Policy Rudy Giuliani, the face of Trump-era impunity(Drew Angerer / Getty Images) Many images come to mind when I try to picture “America’s mayor,” Rudolf W. Giuliani. He’s standing at Ground Zero. He’s unzipping his fly in the Borat sequel, lying at the pinnacle of zero-effort male sexual contempt. Dye drips down his face in a line that mimics the results on a failing polygraph test. He gropes his assistant, and a geriatric Beavis muttering grinds out of his throat: “These are Rudy’s tits.” But mainly I…

Voice of America, which for eight decades brought news to corners of the globe where reliable journalism was scarce, went dark in March after the Trump administration cut its funding and put its workers on leave.But next week, journalists for the organization, a U.S.-funded international news broadcaster, are set to return to work, its director said, after it won a court victory last month restoring its funding.The director, Mike Abramowitz, said in an email to his staff on Friday that the Justice Department had alerted Voice of America that the broadcaster’s access to its computer systems was being restored. The…

The Three Brothers Diner has been serving the Danbury, Connecticut community for the last 50 years. The family-run business, which is managed by Stanley Kallivrousis, has navigated economic uncertainty before, including the 2008 recession and the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it is the decrease in consumer sentiment that’s now plaguing the Danbury hotspot. “People aren’t as jolly as they used to be,” says Kallivrousis, who’s noticed a decrease in foot traffic over the last few months and a change in eating habits among those who do come in. “People are sharing things a lot more than they used to. Nobody leaves…