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Many Democratic lawmakers continued to express deep frustration at Senator Chuck Schumer on Sunday for having broken with most of his party to allow a Republican spending bill to pass, as the Democratic base increasingly demands stauncher resistance to President Trump’s far-reaching agenda.Mr. Schumer, a New York Democrat and the Senate minority leader, joined nine other Democrats in allowing the bill to come to a vote, which averted a government shutdown. It was an abrupt reversal from Wednesday, when he said he would oppose the bill.Explaining his sudden shift in position, Mr. Schumer argued that a shutdown would empower Mr.…

The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 Men’s March Madness Selection ShowEver the gentleman, Greg Gumbel reached out to offer a welcoming handshake. Ernie Johnson responded with … a fist bump?The awkward exchange — one Johnson still describes, a decade later, as “so embarrassing” — lasted maybe two seconds. To Johnson, a TV veteran, it felt like an eternity. And yet if it had to happen, for two seconds or 20, it’s agreed that no one other than Gumbel could have handled it so smoothly.For more than a quarter of a century, Gumbel provided calm in the most chaotic…

Russia will seek guarantees that NATO countries will exclude Ukraine from membership and Ukraine will remain neutral in any peace deal.”We will demand that ironclad security guarantees become part of this agreement,” Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told the Russian media outlet Izvestia in remarks published on Monday.”Part of these guarantees should be the neutral status of Ukraine, the refusal of NATO countries to accept it into the alliance.”US President Donald Trump is expected to speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin this week as military chiefs prepare to discuss peacekeeping plans in London.The call, announced by US special envoy Steve…

China’s and U.S.’ flags are seen printed on paper in this illustration taken January 27, 2022. Dado Ruvic | ReutersBEIJING — China is willing to do more to address White House concerns about illicit fentanyl trade, but it will be “a different thing” if ongoing debate over the drug facilitates more U.S. tariffs on the world’s second largest economy, an official from the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs told reporters Wednesday.Washington should have “said a big thank you” to China on what it has done to restrict fentanyl trade in the U.S., the official said via an official English translation, claiming…

Stuart Pivar, a 94-year-old chemical engineer who lives in New York, has been collecting art and antiques since he was a child. He estimates he has picked up about 300 pieces over the years, including a portrait of himself by his friend Andy Warhol and paintings by Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jackson Pollock and Edgar Degas.Pivar is also convinced that he owns an unsung masterpiece by Vincent van Gogh, a large landscape titled “Auvers, 1890” that is signed “Vincent” on the back.But a much more important voice does not agree: the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, whose judgments carry incredible weight because…

The Trump administration moved one large step closer to a constitutional showdown with the judicial branch of government when airplane-loads of Venezuelan detainees deplaned in El Salvador even though a federal judge had ordered that the planes reverse course and return the detainees to the United States.The right-wing president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, bragged that the 238 detainees who had been aboard the aircraft were transferred to a Salvadoran “Terrorism Confinement Center,” where they would be held for at least a year.“Oopsie … Too late,” Mr. Bukele wrote in a social media post on Sunday morning that was recirculated…

The Princess Theatre may have a new lease on life after sitting vacant for more than three years, but, it all depends on community donations. An Edmontonian has launched a GoFundMe campaign to get the historic movie theatre back up and running.“It would be great to see the doors back open in this place,” organizer David Stupnikoff told Global News.“It’s a beautiful place. It’s in the middle of Whyte Avenue. I mean this place is wonderful. If you ever have the chance to be inside you know it’s kind of super sweet,” he added.Stupnikoff works in the entertainment industry and…

According to Ms. Casique, her son had no gang affiliation and had entered the United States to seek asylum in late 2023 after several years spent working in Peru to support his family back home. During his journey north, he had been injured in Mexico after a fall from a train, she said.Mr. García, who had turned himself over to the authorities at the U.S. border, was detained at a routine appearance before immigration officers last year after they spotted his tattoos, Ms. Casique said.The tattoos, which she says include a crown with the word “peace” in Spanish and the…

President Donald Trump trolled former President Joe Biden in a social media post on Sunday, highlighting the controversy surrounding his alleged “autopen signatures” during his presidency.On Truth Social, Trump posted three images side-by-side – his official portrait from his first term, a picture of Biden’s autopen and then finally his official portrait for his second term.Trump then pinned the post. “The person who was the real President during the Biden years was the person who controlled the Autopen!” Trump wrote in another post on his account. BIDEN’S ‘AUTOPEN SIGNATURE’ APPEARS ON MOST OFFICIAL DOCS, RAISING CONCERNS OVER WHO CONTROLLED THE WH: REPORTTrump…

Three people have been killed in a horror crash south of Perth.Police said that a white Nissan Patrol was driving west bound on Brookton Highway in Lesley, east of Karragullen, when it veered off the road and collided with a tree about 3pm on Sunday.“The three occupants of the vehicle — a 26-year-old man, a 27-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman — suffered significant injuries and died at the scene,” a police spokesman said.Major crash investigators will examine the scene on Monday.Anyone with information should call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or make a report online here.Dash-cam or mobile…