In brief: Tom Cruise thanks fans for seeing 'Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning' and more

Tom Cruise is thanking fans and the filmmakers behind Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning. The actor shared a statement to his Instagram after the film’s success during the Memorial Day box office weekend. “This weekend was
RFK Jr. cuts COVID vaccine recommendation for healthy kids, pregnant women — and why it matters

Franklin Jacome/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday announced the removal of the COVID-19 vaccine from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s immunization schedule for “healthy children and
Judge allows DOGE to access sensitive Treasury payment systems

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A team from the Department of Government Efficiency can now access a sensitive Treasury Department system that controls trillions of dollars in federal payments, a judge ruled late Tuesday. U.S. District Judge
Noem blasts 'weak' European leaders, stumps for conservative candidate in Poland

Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday pushed for Karol Nawrocki to be president of Poland while speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Warsaw, decrying his opponent as
'Heartbreaking': Thousands overwhelm Gaza food distribution site after aid blockade

Saeed Jaras/Anadolu via Getty Images) (GAZA) — After 11 weeks of a total blockade of aid into Gaza, two United States-backed food distribution centers opened in the southern Gaza city of Rafah on Tuesday, sparking chaos as
Trump asks Supreme Court to remove judge-ordered restrictions on 3rd-country deportations

Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration on Tuesday filed an emergency petition with the U.S. Supreme Court seeking to lift what it called “onerous” due process procedures imposed by a federal judge for immigrants slated
Venezuela holds more US citizens in jail than any foreign country: State Department

Jesus Vargas/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The State Department is ramping up efforts to dissuade Americans from traveling to Venezuela after revealing on Tuesday that the country is unjustly imprisoning more Americans than any other country. “There are
Sean 'Diddy' Combs trial recap day 14: Former assistant says she was kidnapped, forced to take lie detector tests

Adam Gray/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The third week of testimony in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ sex trafficking trial resumed on Tuesday with emotional testimony from the rap mogul’s former personal assistant, who testified about the violence and
Trump to pardon reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley

Richard Ducree/USA Network/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump will pardon reality TV stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, according to a video posted by Trump’s communications adviser Margo Martin on X. The couple
5 people shot at Connecticut shopping center, person of interest in custody: Police

(WATERBURY, CT) — Five people were shot at a Connecticut shopping center on Tuesday, police said. Officers responded to the Brass Mill Center in Waterbury at approximately 4:40 p.m. following reports of a “disturbance,” Waterbury Police Chief