NEW YORK (AP) – The former advice columnist E. Jean Carroll has been battling President Donald Trump in court for nearly seven years over her allegation that he sexually assaulted her in the dressing room of a fancy Manhattan department store in 1996.

NEW YORK (AP) – President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday moved to give political appointees more power over the billions of dollars in grants awarded by federal agencies, a move scientists say puts critical research funding into the hands of partisans without relevant expertise.

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:

Today is Friday, May 29, the 149th day of 2026. There are 216 days left in the year. Today in history: On May 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal became the first climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

ATLANTA (AP) – A federal judge had an extramarital affair with a high-ranking police officer – including having sex in the judge’s chambers that was overheard by staff – and initially lied about the actions but remains on the bench after receiving a “private reprimand,” according to an investigation by the court system.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) – A federal immigration officer wanted for shooting a Venezuelan man during the Trump administration’s Minnesota crackdown was arrested Friday in Texas, authorities said.

HAVANA (AP) – Nearly 3 million Cubans experience water shortages every day because of a severe oil shortage that government officials blame on a U.S. energy blockade, authorities said late Wednesday during a roundtable discussion regarding the impact of the ongoing blockade.

BEIJING (AP) – A Chinese court on Friday sentenced a former abbot of China’s famous Shaolin Temple to 24 years in prison after he was found guilty of offences including misappropriation of funds and bribery, state broadcaster CCTV reported.