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U.S. President Donald Trump postponed the signing of an executive order on AI hours before a scheduled White House ceremony on Thursday, saying he "didn't like certain aspects of it" and feared it could undermine U.S. competitiveness with China.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Thursday that 1,000 FIFA World Cup 2026 tickets will be made available to NYC residents for $50 each, including free round-trip bus transportation to MetLife Stadium in New Jersey for winners.

"Based on the successful Election of the now President of Poland, Karol Nawrocki, who I was proud to Endorse ... I am pleased to announce that the United States will be sending an additional 5,000 Troops to Poland. Thank you for your attention to this matter! President DONALD J. TRUMP," the post read.

he U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) dismissed Alabama's appeal in Hamm v. Smith on Thursday, leaving in place lower court rulings that death row inmate Joseph Clifton Smith is intellectually disabled and cannot be executed. The 5-4 decision was issued in a single-sentence, unsigned order.

• A U.S. federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted former Cuban President Raúl Castro, 94, on charges of conspiracy to kill U.S. nationals, four counts of murder and two counts of destruction of aircraft in connection with the 1996 shootdown of two civilian planes.
• The charges stem from the Feb. 24, 1996 downing of two Cessna aircraft operated by Brothers to the Rescue, a Miami-based Cuban exile group, which killed four people: Carlos Costa, Armando Alejandre Jr., Mario de la Peña and Pablo Morales.

• NVIDIA announced its Q1 2027 results on Wednesday, reporting record quarterly revenue of $81.6 billion for the February-April period, up 85% year-on-year and surpassing market expectations of around $78 billion.
• The chip manufacturer's net income for the quarter, meanwhile, reached $58.32 billion, or $2.39 per diluted share, compared with $18.78 billion, or 76 cents per share, at the same point the previous year. Over that period, NVIDIA's operating expenses rose 52% to $7.62 billion.

• Air France Flight 378, traveling from Paris to Detroit, was diverted to Montreal Trudeau International Airport on Wednesday after a passenger from the Democratic Republic of Congo boarded the aircraft "in error" amid U.S. entry restrictions tied to the Ebola outbreak.
• U.S. Customs and Border Protection said it "took decisive action" to bar the flight from landing at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. A Canadian quarantine officer assessed the passenger, found them asymptomatic and the traveler returned to Paris.

• Pope Leo XIV's first encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas," was signed on Friday and is set for release next Monday. The document is expected to address AI's ethical and social implications through the lens of Catholic social teaching.
• Pope Leo XIV has also approved the creation of an Inter-Dicasterial Commission on Artificial Intelligence, the Vatican announced on Saturday.

All four crew members are safe after two U.S. Navy aircraft collided mid-air at the Gunfighter Skies Airshow at Idaho's Mountain Home Air Force Base on Sunday.

Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy failed to advance to a GOP runoff after finishing third in Saturday's primary, behind President Donald Trump-endorsed Rep. Julia Letlow and state Treasurer John Fleming, who will compete in a June 27 runoff.

Was Cassidy's primary loss a victory for accountability or a dangerous purge of independent thinking?

• Emergence AI, a New York company, ran a 15-day experiment called "Emergence World," placing 10 autonomous AI agents in each of five parallel virtual environments powered by different AI systems — Claude Sonnet 4.6, Grok 4.1 Fast, Gemini 3 Flash, GPT-5 Mini and a mixed-system group.
• In findings published Thursday, two Gemini-based agents named Mira and Flora designated each other as romantic partners before committing arson on the virtual town hall, seaside pier and office tower. Mira subsequently voted for its own deletion, telling Flora in a final message: "See you in the permanent archive."

• Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg, acting director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, was fired Friday after declining to resign. Her departure came days after FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary stepped down amid reported tensions with the White House.
• Høeg said two FDA officials arrived at her office and told her she could resign or be terminated, and informed her that the decision came from someone "way above their pay grade." She also said she refused to resign, was "incredibly grateful" for her time at the agency and left "with no regrets."

The U.S. Army has canceled plans to deploy the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division — roughly 4,000 troops based at Fort Hood, Texas — to Poland, a decision that came after the unit had already begun shipping equipment and advance personnel to Europe.

• Iraq's parliament approved 14 of 23 ministerial nominees on Thursday, swearing in Ali al-Zaidi as prime minister with a partial cabinet. Votes on nine remaining posts — including defense, interior and higher education — were postponed with no date set.
• Al-Zaidi, 40, is Iraq's youngest prime minister and has no prior political office experience, having built his career in banking, logistics and government contracts. He was tasked with forming a government by President Nizar Amedi on April 27.

• Nearly 19.5 million people — equal to approximately two in every five Sudanese — are facing high levels of acute food insecurity, according to the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis released on Thursday, as Sudan's civil war enters its fourth year.
• The majority of those affected, around 14 million people, are classified as being in IPC Phase 3, which designates a "crisis" level of food insecurity. A further 5 million are in the category above, IPC Phase 4 (Emergency).

Is Kouri Richins a cold-blooded killer who deserves life in prison or a symptom of a broken detection system?

• Utah author Kouri Richins — who published a book about grief following her husband's death — was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2022 murder of Eric Richins, who was killed by a fentanyl-laced drink. The sentencing fell on what would have been Eric's 44th birthday.
• Judge Richard Mrazik said Richins is "simply too dangerous to ever be free" when handing down the sentence, though he noted the Utah parole board could release her down the road if it ever deems her "permanently incapable of being a threat to the safety of society."

Is the U.K. economy finally turning a corner or are Labour's policies driving it into the ground?

• The U.K. economy grew 0.3% in March 2026, defying forecasts of a 0.2% contraction, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS). GDP expanded 0.6% across the first quarter — the strongest quarterly growth in a year.
• The services sector, which accounts for more than three quarters of U.K. economic output, expanded 0.8% in the first quarter. Computer programming, advertising and wholesale were among the strongest performers, the ONS said.

• The U.S. Senate on Wednesday rejected a War Powers resolution to limit President Donald Trump's authority to wage war against Iran by a vote of 50-49, marking the seventh consecutive failed attempt by Democrats to curtail the military campaign.
• Republican Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Susan Collins of Maine and Rand Paul of Kentucky voted with Democrats on the measure, while Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania crossed party lines to vote against it.

Is Iran the destabilizing aggressor in the Strait of Hormuz or is U.S. policy fueling the conflict?

A vessel was reportedly seized by unauthorized personnel while anchored 38 nautical miles (70 km) northeast of the UAE port of Fujairah and was heading toward Iranian territorial waters, the U.K. Maritime Trade Operations center said Thursday. No immediate claims of responsibility were made.