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Hollywood’s plummeting film and TV production levels have studio executives and grassroots groups pushing for better incentives to keep business in California. (Image credit: Eilish M. Nobes)

On May 18, the day of the official beginning of Pope Leo XVI’s petrine ministry, the Vatican schola will sing in unison: “Tu es Petrus, et super hanc petram aedificabo Ecclesiam meam, et portae inferi non praevalebunt adversus eam.” (“You

The drone hit a bus evacuating civilians from a front-line area in Ukraine’s northeastern Sumy region Saturday, hours after Moscow and Kyiv had held their first direct peace talks in years. (Image credit: AP)

Court lifts block on Trump order to strip federal workers of union rights  The Washington Post

Whether the ultraconservatives dig in and force big changes to the megabill carrying President Trump’s agenda or capitulate, as they have in the past, will determine the fate of their party’s signature legislation.

Administration officials had said the post — a picture of seashells forming the numbers “86 47” — amounted to an assassination threat by the former F.B.I. director.

Trump’s White House accidentally admitted the truth about its tax plan  MSNBC News

The world sighed a breath of relief this week when the U.S. and China agreed to hit pause on unprecedented tariffs between the world’s two most powerful countries. Although the decision is a major breakthrough in the trade war, both

The justices sent the case back to a lower court to consider whether the Alien Enemies Act can be used to deport immigrants accused of being members of the Venezuelan gang.

The move followed a disclosure that intelligence agencies disagree with a key factual claim Trump made to invoke a wartime deportation law.