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While America and Iran negotiate a ceasefire, Beirut remains under siege.

Melissa Chiu, 54, director of Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, led the institution for 12 years A museum director at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington has announced that she is leaving to take over at the Guggenheim Museum in New York. Melissa Chiu has been director of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden on the … Read more

It was unclear which specific accusations spurred the first lady to respond publicly – key US politics stories from Thursday 9 April at a glance Melania Trump stood at a podium in the same room Donald Trump used to address the nation on the war in Iran last week to make an announcement: she “never … Read more

Reactions poured in Thursday after first lady Melania Trump issued a rare on-camera statement forcefully rebuking allegations linking her to disgraced financier and convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. Speaking earlier in the day, Melania Trump said she was never friends with Epstein or his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell, and stressed that neither played any role in … Read more

Paul Friedman grants New York Times’s motion to force implementation of earlier ruling that gutted restrictive new policy A federal judge on Thursday ruled that the Pentagon has not complied with an order last month that undid much of a restrictive new press pass policy implemented by the Department of Defense, and ordered the return … Read more

Champion shares lead with Sam Burns after opening 67 McIlroy: ‘I was nervous, I was anxious like I always am’ So this is what Rory McIlroy’s new normal looks like. The defending champion is footloose and fancy-free at Augusta National. He is plainly no longer of a mind to revel in the events of the … Read more

Leading party figures gather at the National Action Network convention in New York to strategize for midterm elections Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox Some of the Democratic party’s most prominent figures – and possible 2028 presidential contenders – descended on New York City this week … Read more

In an exclusive interview with “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says he would not be willing to step down. He said Cuban leaders do not have a mandate from the U.S. government.

Melania Trump spoke publicly for the first time about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, categorically denying any knowledge of or involvement in his crimes. She added that they only had a distant social connection and called for an open congressional hearing for Epstein survivors to tell their stories. NBC News’ Garrett Haake has the report.

If this is “total and complete victory,” imagine what failure looks like.