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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The partisan battle over midterm elections is heating up in Washington, D.C., with accusations flying that both sides are trying to rig the outcome in November. Republicans are trying to hold on to their majority in both chambers, while Democrats are trying to pounce on sluggish legislating, infighting and rising costs in their quest to take over the House, Senate or both. And President Donald Trump is already accusing Democrats of election interference months before Election Day. SCHUMER, DEMS LAUNCH ‘FREE AND FAIR’ ELECTIONS TASK FORCE AS TRUMP’S SAVE AMERICA ACT STUMBLES President Donald Trump…

Circle Internet Group has raised $222 million in the presale of Arc, the native token of its new blockchain, as the company looks to expand beyond its core business of issuing the USDC stablecoin, CNBC has learned.The raise gives Arc a fully diluted network valuation of $3 billion. “[Blockchain] infrastructure is becoming as important as mobile operating systems or cloud platforms,” Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire told CNBC in an exclusive interview. “We want to build an operating system that has many, many stakeholders in it … major companies who are running the infrastructure with us and who ultimately help to govern…

new video loaded: Why Are So Many Celebrities Co-Producing On Broadway?Barack Obama, Kim Kardashian and Bowen Yang have all signed on as co-producers of Broadway shows. Our theater reporter Michael Paulson explains why.By Michael Paulson, Haimy Assefa, Gabriel Blanco and Laura SalaberryMay 8, 2026

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Playboy Bunny Holly Madison is pulling back the curtain on what life was really like for her under Hugh Hefner’s reign.On Kristin Cavallari’s “Let’s Be Honest” podcast, Madison claimed that there were “weird” group sex nights and that she believed the Playboy Mansion felt “cult-like” with everyone fawning over Hefner.Madison told Cavallari that the group sex nights began with all the Playboy Bunnies taking turns having sex with Hefner, explaining, “Then the girls who weren’t active with him were kind of like acting like they were active with the other girls,…

Hard hats and orange cones have been a frequent sight at B.C. Place for well over a year amid a flurry of construction. Now, with a month to go before the FIFA World Cup comes to Vancouver, the stadium’s facelift — including the installation of a grass playing surface — is nearly complete.“I’m very pleased to share that final touches are being completed on our stadium upgrades and renovations, and that we continue to remain on time and on budget,” Chris May, the stadium’s general manager, said at a press conference on Wednesday.The World Cup kicks off in Mexico City…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Philadelphia 76ers star Tyrese Maxey was downcast after falling to the New York Knicks in Game 4 on Sunday night, leading to an early second-round playoff exit.Maxey appeared to be more upset with the fan support.ZERO BS. JUST DAKICH. TAKE THE DON’T @ ME PODCAST ON THE ROAD. DOWNLOAD NOW! Philadelphia 76ers’ Tyrese Maxey tries to get past New York Knicks’ Landry Shamet during the second half of Game 3 in a second-round NBA playoff series in Philadelphia on May 8, 2026. (Matt Slocum/AP)Knicks fans swarmed the Xfinity Mobile Arena in Philadelphia…

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via EmailChris Sununu, Airlines for America president and CEO and former New Hampshire governor, joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the state of the airline industry, impact of rising jet fuel prices on airfares, and more.

Jim Chalmers will unveil another four years of deficits but with a bottom line that’s $44.9 billion better than previously forecast when he hands down his fifth Budget.The Treasurer’s improved set of books comes as Anthony Albanese said he would make no apologies for pulling every lever on housing as his government prepares to cut back property investor tax concessions, breaking an election promise.Tuesday’s budget will show lower deficits every year compared to the mid-year update released in December.That update forecast a cumulative $143.3 billion deficit between 2025-26 and 2028-29, already an improvement on what had been projected in the…

A SHOCK TO THE COMMUNITYOn May 8, Dukono erupted violently, sending a thick plume of ash 10,000m into the atmosphere, making it one of the volcano’s biggest eruptions in recorded history.According to data from the Indonesian Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation Centre (PVMBG) past eruptions have rarely expelled ash of more than 1,000m in height since 1933 when such measurement began.  “Even we locals who are used to seeing Dukono erupting were taken aback by the (May 8) eruption,” said Jabir. When 17 people emerged from Dukono’s slopes to report that three of their friends were missing, locals had a hunch that this would not…

United States President Donald Trump has rejected Iran’s response to his latest peace proposal to end the war, which has upended the global economy.Responding to the counterproposal Iran sent to the US via mediator Pakistan, Trump accused Iran of “playing games” in a post on his Truth Social platform on Sunday evening.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listIran “has been playing games with the United States, and the rest of the World, for 47 years”, he wrote. “They will be laughing no longer!”Two hours later, Trump said on the platform: “I have just read the response from Iran’s so-called…