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California budget surplus expected to hit $97 billion  Los Angeles Times Gov. Newsom to detail budget priorities with May revise  KCRA News Governor Gavin Newsom announces record-setting $97.5 billion California budget surplus  KABC-TV Newsom: California has record $97.5 billion budget surplus  KTLA 5 Watch:

Russia takes losses in failed river crossing, officials say  The Associated Press – en Español Russia withdrawing troops after ‘heavy losses’, proving ‘inability to capture key Ukrainian cities,’ UK says  Fox News Live Updates | US: Russia Used UN Council for Disinformation  U.S.

Whether you are an “average” American, a central banker, a CEO or a parking attendant, inflation is now the primary economic concern for most Americans. Polling bears that out: for the first time in decades, a notable portion of Americans

Russia Loses ‘Entire Batallion’ on Blown Up Bridge, Says Ukraine  The Daily Beast Russia suffered ‘significant’ equipment losses trying to cross a key bridge in a sign of the pressure on its troops, UK intelligence says  Yahoo News Ukraine frontline fighting: Russian

Ever since the Russian army invaded Ukraine, a cultural boycott of Russian artists has spread across the West. Eurovision banned Russian artists; the Cannes Film Festival announced it would not welcome official Russian delegations. The Metropolitan Opera cut ties with

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Supreme Court on Friday allowed the state to investigate parents of transgender youth for child abuse while also ruling in favor of one family that was among the first contacted by child welfare officials following

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday that he is prepared to hold direct talks with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin amid mounting fears that Moscow’s invasion and the West’s response have spiraled into a dangerous proxy war between nuclear-armed powers.

A British-Iranian woman freed after six years’ imprisonment in Tehran rebuked Prime Minister Boris Johnson in person on Friday after his loose language was used against her by the Islamic regime. Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe finally returned home in March along with

Despite Washington’s focus on the war in Ukraine, the White House is trying to demonstrate that it is stepping up in the Asia-Pacific. (Image credit: Susan Walsh/AP)

The second Global COVID-19 Summit aimed to refocus the world’s attention on the pandemic. Here’s what governments and members of the private and public sector pledged to do. (Image credit: Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Getty Images)