Trump moves to dismiss $10B suit against the Internal Revenue Service over leak of tax returns
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday withdrew his $10 billion lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service over the leak of his tax returns amid reports that his administration was considering the creation of a fund to compensate his political allies who believe they have been wrongly investigated and prosecuted. Democrats and government watchdogs immediately pledged to fight what they called a “corrupt” and unprecedented resolution, warning that the arrangement would close...
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- Trump moves to dismiss $10B suit against the Internal Revenue Service over leak of tax returns
- Congo will open 3 Ebola treatment centers as a rare strain spreads in Ituri
- Italys foreign minister says divers found bodies of 4 Italians in Maldives sea cave
- Oil prices keep swinging up and down, and so do stocks worldwide
- Israeli troops intercept flotilla boats trying to breach the blockade of Gaza
- Judge allows gun and notebook as evidence at Mangiones trial in UnitedHealthcare CEOs killing
- The Latest: World shares and oil prices react to Trumps warning to Tehran over stalled negotiations
- 4 crew members eject safely after two Navy jets crash during air show in Idaho
- Summer travelers who relied on Spirit Airlines may struggle to find budget alternatives
- Redistricting debate shifts to South Carolina as Republicans seek clean sweep of US House seats
- 3 young people arrested in series of random shootings across Austin that left 4 injured
- China agrees to boost trade for US beef and poultry following Trump-Xi summit
- Hantavirus-stricken cruise ship docks in the Netherlands for disinfection
- A strong quake in south China kills 2 and triggers evacuation of 7,000
- Talks to end a strike shutting down the largest US commuter rail system will resume Monday
- Teenagers arrested in random shootings across Austin that left 4 injured
Sun, 17 May 2026
- Aaron Rai runs away with the PGA Championship, first English-born winner in more than a century
- Thousands flocked to the National Mall in Washington for an America-themed prayer rally
- Bulgaria gives its Eurovision winner Dara a grand welcome upon her return home
- Drone strikes UAE nuclear plant as US and Iran signal they are prepared to resume war
- Cassidy tried to get along with Trump after his impeachment vote. Retribution came anyway
- Taiwans president defends US arms purchases that Trump called bargaining chip
- Sen. Cassidy knocked out of Louisiana Republican primary as Trump-backed Letlow, Fleming make runoff
- Ukraine conducts large-scale drone strikes on Russia, killing 4 and wounding a dozen others
- Trump administration promotes program to check voter eligibility. Critics fear a midterm purge
- NBA tipoff: Only a Game 7 left in Round 2, with Cavaliers-Pistons on Sunday
- US-Mexico border wall construction is desecrating sacred sites, Indigenous leaders say
- Xabi Alonso hired by Chelsea on 4-year deal in return to coaching after Real Madrid disappointment
- On the voting rights trail, bus riders to Montgomery retrace old steps while fighting a new fight
- North Americas largest commuter rail system remains shut a second day as Monday rush hour looms
- 3 people killed, several others injured after driver crashes into crowd in Oakland, California
- Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga dies in custody in The Hague
- Its official: Wes Streeting of the Labour Party wants to be Britains next prime minister
- WHO declares global health emergency over Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda
- Steven Soderbergh used AI in a documentary about John Lennon. And he wants to talk about it
- Bulgaria wins the 70th Eurovision Song Contest with upbeat party anthem Bangaranga
- Ronda Rousey stops Gina Carano with an armbar 17 seconds into their double comeback bout
- As electric bills rise, some states are focusing on the growing profits of utilities
- Hawaiis worst flooding in 20 years leaves farmers struggling and fewer veggies at the market
- Senate parliamentarian deals blow to $1 billion security proposal for White House
- Venezuela says it deported a close ally of Maduro to face criminal proceedings in US
Sat, 16 May 2026
- Napoleon Solo holds off Iron Honor by 1 1/4 lengths to win the Preakness at Laurel Park
- Congolese report constant burials as deaths in new Ebola outbreak reach 87
- Driver plows into pedestrians in Modena, 8 injured as driver detained after attempted escape
- Maldives suspends search for 4 Italians in underwater cave after military diver dies
- USS Ford returns home after 11-month deployment supporting the Iran war and Maduros capture
- Israeli strike kills Hamas military wing leader, who Israel says was an architect of Oct 7 attacks
- Trumps description of Taiwan as a good negotiating chip with China raises anxieties
- Putin to visit Chinese leader Xi Jinping days after Trumps trip to Beijing
- Trump says Islamic State group leader was killed in a joint US-Nigerian mission
- When should you get a mammogram? Conflicting advice makes it hard to know
- Brass bands in Beijing make way for sticker shock at home as Trump returns to escalating inflation
- A cargo train hits a public bus at a Bangkok rail crossing, killing at least 8
- Long Island Rail Road workers go on strike, halting busiest US commuter rail system
- Spains Eurovision boycott over Israeli participation leaves contest fans torn
- As Netanyahu spotlights Israels ties to the UAE, its rulers prefer to be discreet
- FDA official who scrutinized COVID shots and antidepressants is out in latest shake-up
- Some see King of the North as UK governments savior. First he needs a seat in Parliament
- In the birthplace of Civil Rights Movement, groups rally to defend Black political representation
- Supreme Court rejects Virginias bid to restore congressional map favoring Democrats
- Ex-Sinaloa security chief is first of 10 indicted Mexican officials to surrender to US authorities
Fri, 15 May 2026
- Gaza airstrike targeted Hamas military wing leader, Israel says
- Colorados Democratic governor commutes ex-election clerk Tina Peters sentence after Trump pressure
- Trump administration prepares to seek Ral Castro indictment as it pressures Cuba, AP sources say
- A new Ebola outbreak is confirmed in a remote Congo province, with 65 deaths recorded
- Judge declares a mistrial in Harvey Weinsteins rape retrial after jury deadlocks
- Pentagon halts deployments to Poland and Germany to cut troop numbers in Europe, AP sources say
- Irans top diplomat says a lack of trust is impeding talks to end war with the US
- Justice Department to seek death penalty for man charged with killing 2 Israeli Embassy staffers
- Democrat Rep. Steve Cohen ending campaign after redraw of his Memphis district
- Kyiv mourns as death toll from Russian attack in the Ukrainian capital rises to 24
- Texas high court rejects removal of Democratic lawmakers who led quorum break over redistricting
- Stock markets worldwide drop from records as worries about oil prices rattle the bond market
- Trump says China agreed to buy 200 Boeing planes and signaled interest in as many as 750
- Trump says Xi is considering a detained pastors case, but freeing activist Jimmy Lai is tough
- Powells tenure as Fed chair marked by fight for independence while trying to tame inflation
- FBI offers $200,000 reward to catch ex-Air Force specialist wanted on espionage charges in Iran
- Trump weighs Taiwan arms package after summit aimed at steadying US-China ties
- Democrats test a new red state strategy: Back independents over their own nominees
- 6 passengers from hantavirus-hit ship arrive in Australia for 3-week quarantine
- Palestinians in Gaza mark anniversary of 1948 mass expulsion and say todays catastrophe is worse
- Journey of a lifetime: A US teen Buddhist lama is now a monk studying in the Himalayan foothills
- Supreme Court voting rights ruling fuels a new push to defend Black representation
- Finlands hotly tipped Eurovision performance features flames, a valuable violin and a safety plan
- Florida court to consider whether new US House map violates state ban on partisan gerrymandering
- A Texas town may offer a preview of a Trump plan to force noncitizens from public housing
- Tensions flare near Strait of Hormuz as a ship is seized and another is sunk
- Russia hammers Ukraine for a 3rd straight day, flattening a Kyiv apartment block and killing 9
- Supreme Court preserves access to widely used abortion pill, while lawsuit plays out
- Scottie Scheffler part of 7-way tie for the lead at PGA Championship
Thu, 14 May 2026
- Louisiana senators pass new US House map while South Carolina plans for extra redistricting work
- CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Raul Castros grandson in Havana, US and Cuban officials say
- Lawyers urge judge to block Trump order that would create eligible voter list, limit mail ballots
- Former Oklahoma death row prisoner freed from jail as he awaits retrial in 1997 killing
- Lawyers for Elon Musk and OpenAI make their final case in a trial that could shape AIs future
- The Latest: Xi and Trump summit focuses on business links as Chinese leader issues Taiwan warning
- Vance promotes Trump administrations work to counter fraud while criticizing Democrats in Maine
- Cisco leads Wall Street to more records and the Dow back to 50,000
- Small medical plane crashes in New Mexico mountains, killing all 4 people aboard
- US Border Patrol chief Michael Banks is resigning, in latest DHS leadership change
- Senators approve withholding their own pay during government shutdowns
- Anticipation builds ahead of the full schedule release for the upcoming NFL season
- Oklahoma executes a man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend and her 7-month-old daughter
- UK health secretary resigns, setting up a Labour leadership challenge to Keir Starmer
- Trumps talk of 51st US state met with near-silence in Venezuela
- Retail sales growth slowed in April from March as higher gas cost leaves less room for nonessentials
- Chinas Xi warns Trump that differences over Taiwan could lead to conflict
- The worlds reaction to hantavirus is tinged by echoes of something else: COVID
- Dust storms and lightning kill at least 96 people in northern India
- Muskets like those from 1776 are mostly exempt from todays gun laws
- Philippine senator wanted by the International Criminal Court flees from Senate
- Jeffries job grows more difficult in race for House and speakers gavel
- UAE denies Netanyahu secretly visited the country during the Iran war
- BRICS foreign ministers meet in India as Iran war, oil prices and divisions test the blocs unity
- A Vienna cafe offers a welcome for Israel supporters as tensions brew at the Eurovision Song Contest
- Prosecutors to retry Alex Murdaugh in deaths of wife and son after high court overturned convictions
- Doctor on ship who helped care for passengers with hantavirus leaves medical isolation unit
Wed, 13 May 2026
- Survivors of plane crash off Florida were on a life raft for hours with no idea if help was coming
- Lutnick backs away from his Epstein blackmail claim in interview with House committee
- Kouri Richins, author of a childrens book on grief, gets life sentence for killing her husband
- Drug counselor who delivered Friends star Matthew Perry ketamine that killed him gets 2 years
- Tech carries Wall Street to records, even as most stocks fall after discouraging inflation data
- Officials say $1.3 billion in Medicaid money to California will be deferred over suspicions of fraud
- Republicans have gained an edge in a US House redistricting battle. What states are taking action?
- Senate confirms Trump pick Warsh as chairman of the Federal Reserve, following Powell
- Foreign ticket holders from World Cup qualifying countries wont have to pay bonds to enter US
- Louisiana advances plan to eliminate majority-Black US House district after court ruling
- Russia fires about 800 drones at Ukraine despite recent talk by Putin and Trump of possible peace
- Gunfire breaks out in Philippine Senate where authorities tried to arrest a senator
- France confines more than 1,700 on British cruise ship in Bordeaux after gastroenteritis outbreak
- Israeli drone strikes on vehicles in Lebanon kill 12 people, including 2 children
- US overdose deaths fell again in 2025, but some worry about policy and drug supply changes
- Operator of hantavirus-hit ship will say by weeks end when the vessel will resume cruises
- Trump arrives in Beijing for talks with Chinas Xi on Iran war, trade and US arms sales to Taiwan
- The Latest: Trump arrives in China to meet with Xi in Beijing
- Producer prices shot up 6%, adding to pressure on companies to raise prices for customers
- King Charles III lays out UK government agenda as Starmers job hangs in the balance
- AP Exclusive: Senate Democrats plan to force votes on Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rollbacks
- Russian ship that sank near Spain may have carried nuclear reactor parts
- Inside the furor plaguing Democratic National Committee leader Ken Martin
- US grocery prices rose in April, but gas spikes werent the only reason
- French hantavirus patient is critically ill and on an artificial lung as outbreak grows to 11
- Trumps redistricting push fizzles in South Carolina Senate but wins in Missouris top court
- In diplomacy, pomp and protocol matter, especially when Trump goes to China
Tue, 12 May 2026
- Trumps FDA chief is out after angering pharma CEOs, vaping lobbyists and anti-abortion activists
- Jason Collins, NBAs first openly gay player, dies at 47 of brain tumor
- Trump and Hegseth claim control over Iran and the Strait of Hormuz as ceasefire talks are stalled
- Denver airport security missed trespasser who was killed by plane on runway
- Wall Streets record-setting run halts as AI stocks slump and oil prices rise
- Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke dies at 29
- Hegseth gets bipartisan grilling on rising costs of the Iran war and Trumps end game
- Tiger Woods prescription drug records will be handed over to prosecutors in Florida DUI case
- Trumps proposed Golden Dome estimated to cost $1.2 trillion, far more than he initially said
- UKs Starmer defiant as calls for his resignation grow and several ministers quit
- Small study hints that revving up immune cells might help fight HIV
- The Iran war is hitting home as gasoline prices fuel inflation surge of 3.8% in the US
- Harvey Weinstein defense urges acquittal as rape retrial nears a close
- Ship operator and employee are charged in crash that caused the deadly collapse of Baltimore bridge
- Ukraine officials say Zelenskyys ex-chief of staff is a suspect in a money-laundering probe
- Trump and Xi appear intent on keeping deep differences over Iran war from overshadowing China summit
- Israeli lawmakers set up a special tribunal and allow for death penalty for Hamas-led 2023 attackers
- Trump says hell move to suspend federal gasoline tax. He cant do it on his own
Mon, 11 May 2026
- Heat stroke is suspected among 6 found dead in a shipping container at a rail yard near Texas border
- Trump nominates Cameron Hamilton, fired after defending FEMA, to lead the agency
- Supreme Court halts order for Alabama to use US House map with 2 largely Black districts
- Passengers from virus-stricken cruise ship fly to home countries for monitoring
- Democrats ask the Supreme Court to halt a Virginia ruling blocking new congressional districts
- Oil prices rise as the Iran war drags on, but US stocks inch to more records
- Supreme Court temporarily extends womens access to a widely used abortion pill
- Man charged in White House correspondents dinner attack pleads not guilty
- New Beatles fan experience set to open in London in 2027
- Trump says Iran ceasefire is on life support and proposes gas tax pause as strait stays closed
- Trump-Xi summit comes with high stakes for Taiwan, the island democracy that China claims as its own
- Voter confusion and headaches for election officials follow hasty GOP push to redraw US House seats
- The Latest: Trump rejects Irans latest response to ceasefire proposal ahead of his trip to China
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