Trump has not said who funded his presidential transition effort despite pledging to disclose donors

President Donald Trump’s administration has not publicly released any accounting of who funded the transition efforts after he won the 2024 election, blowing past the timeline in which previous administrations have disclosed transition donors, despite pledging last year to release the names.   Unlike other transition efforts, Trump’s most recent transition was not subject to the…

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Wisconsin woman found alive after missing for 62 years, has ‘no regrets’ about disappearing

In July 1962, 20-year-old Audrey Backeberg went missing from Reedsburg, Wisconsin. The family’s babysitter said she and Backeberg hitchhiked to Madison on July 7 before taking a Greyhound bus to Indianapolis, Indiana, according to her missing person report. The babysitter said she last saw Backeberg walking away from the bus stop, around a corner. Investigators…

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Trump set to raise millions from crypto and meme coin this month

President Donald Trump has two crypto-focused dinners on the calendar this month — one aimed at deep-pocketed political donors, the other at meme coin millionaires. Both are poised to help him rake in millions. The first event, a $1.5 million-per-plate fundraiser set for Monday, is among the priciest political fundraisers in recent memory. The second, on May 22, offers access…

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Cyprus, Israel seek to establish electricity linkup via undersea cable

NICOSIA, Cyprus — Cyprus and neighboring Israel are seeking to swiftly establish an electricity linkup via an undersea cable that would eliminate their respective energy isolation, an official said Monday. Energy Minister George Papanastasiou said that Israel is particularly keen to ensure that it can rely on Cypriot energy reserves from both conventional and renewable…

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20 state attorneys general sue Trump admin to restore health agencies

Twenty state attorneys general sued the Trump administration on Monday over its mass firings and the dismantling of agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services.  The lawsuit, led by New York Attorney General Letitia James, alleges that the administration violated hundreds of laws and bypassed congressional authority by endeavoring to consolidate the number…

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Officer pleads guilty to manslaughter in fatal beating of New York inmate Robert Brooks

A correctional officer on Monday pleaded guilty to felony manslaughter in connection with the 2024 fatal beating of New York inmate Robert Brooks. Christopher Walrath appeared before Judge Robert L. Bauer in Oneida County Court to enter his plea. Walrath, 36, is one of six correctional officers charged with second-degree murder and first-degree manslaughter in connection…

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