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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday that $400 million in support for Ukraine has been released after Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) published an angry op-ed criticizing the stagnant funding. “The department acknowledges that it has allocated $400 million for European capacity building, and as of yesterday, that funding had been released,” Hegseth said in response…
Meta (META), the social media giant behind Facebook and Instagram, has begun offering stablecoin payments to creators, marking a return to cryptocurrency payments after years of shelving the Libra project. According to the Meta website, the feature is currently only available to a small number of creators in Colombia and the Philippines. Eligible users can…
Cam York buried the winner with 17:32 left in overtime and threw his bat into the crowd amid wild celebrations, and the Philadelphia Flyers advanced to the second round for the first time in six years with a 1-0 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins in Game 6 on Wednesday night. The Flyers will face Carolina…
Current Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will remain on the Fed’s board as governor after his term ends in May. At a news conference on Wednesday after the central bank decided to hold interest rates steady at 3.5%-3.75%, Powell expressed concerns about legal action against the central bank, saying this led him to stay despite his…
Russia remains open to removing highly enriched uranium, a key component in the development of nuclear weapons, from Iran, the head of the United Nations nuclear agency said on Tuesday. In an interview with The Associated Press, Rafael Grossi stressed the importance of ensuring that Iran loses this supply or that enriched uranium is diluted….
Live scores, updates and highlights for Game 5 of the 2026 NBA Playoffs first-round series between Rockets and Lakers originally appeared on The Sporting News. Click here to add Sports News as your go-to source. As LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers get closer to advancing to the next round of the 2026 NBA…
Liberal residents in Orange County, California, expressed outrage after a street was renamed after slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk. This week, signs bearing Kirk’s name appeared on the road leading to City Hall in Westminster. Last fall, part of All American Way was renamed Charlie Kirk Way after the City Council approved the idea. Kirk,…
LAS VEGAS — Eric Trump spoke at the Bitcoin Conference 2026 in Las Vegas with a message that the asset’s best days are not yet to come but are already here. American Bitcoin (ABTC) co-founder and chief strategy officer declares that the convergence of institutional adoption, corporate coffers, and mainstream financial access makes Bitcoin its…
2026 NHL Playoff Schedule: Complete brackets, dates, times, TV channels, live streams on road to Stanley Cup originally appeared on The Sporting News. Click here to add Sports News as your go-to source. Hockey fans, the Stanley Cup Playoffs are officially here. The 2026 version will probably be as good as ever, with the kickstand…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world’s largest aircraft carrier, will sail home after a record-setting more than 300 days of deployment that included participation in the war against Iran and the capture of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, two U.S. officials said Wednesday. Officials said the Ford will leave the Middle East…