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Van Hollen sees 'open lane' to ousting Schumer as top Senate Democrat

Sen. Chris Van Hollen on Sunday ramped up his campaign to dethrone Charles E. Schumer as the top Senate Democrat, saying the race to become the next majority leader is "wide open."

Could everything be broken? Grounded jets, Microsoft outage, AI chaos make some wonder

Maybe the trouble started with the AI billionaire and the Silicon Valley chaos that followed talk of his infidelity, including with an alleged Chinese spy. Or maybe it was the Microsoft outage that, depending on how you looked at it, either cast millions of frustrated workers adrift or spared them from a daily, unrelenting electronic avalanche.

Rex Ryan is back on ESPN days after arrest in Nashville

Former NFL coach Rex Ryan was back in his role as ESPN analyst on Sunday, a few days after his arrest.

Johnny Depp film 'Ebenezer' gets actor first No. 1 opening in 8 years

Johnny Depp is back at the top of the box office with his first studio movie in eight years, and since fallout from a contentious libel trial against ex-wife Amber Heard left his future in Hollywood in jeopardy.

Pence says voters handed GOP a rejection in the midterms because Iran war didn't decisively conclude

Vice President J.D. Vance is "wrong" to blame the Republican Party's midterm losses on the Iran war, his GOP predecessor said.

Cape Verde Election Could Deliver First Woman President Since Independence in 1975

Cape Verde was voting Sunday in a presidential election that could make Joana Rosa the country's first woman head of state since independence from Portugal in 1975.

NYC Democratic Socialists of America kick off AOC 2028 recruitment drive

One of the nation's largest gatherings of socialists on Saturday launched the recruitment of left-wing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez for the 2028 presidential race.

Iran launches second attack in three days on Bahrain; drones shot down before hitting targets

Bahrain said it repelled an Iranian attack on Sunday, the second such assault in three days.

Vietnamese officials to get preferred treatment for National Archives research

Vietnamese researchers are in Washington this week to conduct U.S.-funded studies on Hanoi's war dead and will receive special treatment from the National Archives and Records Administration -- treatment that critics say has not been reciprocated in Vietnam or extended in the U.S. to American researchers seeking access to the same archives for clues on missing U.S. service members.

Pope crosses Peru in the finale of a trip home to visit flock high in Andes and deep in Amazon

Pope Leo XIV traveled across Peru on Sunday to visit communities high in the Andes mountains and deep in the Amazon rainforest, as the plight of Indigenous peoples and the protection of the environment took center stage on his South American odyssey.

Nearly 2,200 migrants reach Canary Islands in 2 days, Spain says

Nearly 2,200 migrants have reached Spain's Canary Islands by boat over the past two days, Spain's maritime rescue service said on Sunday.

Lawmakers, lawyers, lobbyists hone in on prediction markets as wager mania expands into 'everything'

Calling races on election night may be becoming routine for prediction markets. Convincing Washington they belong in the financial system may be a much tougher bet.