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WATCH: Trump speaks about 'no tax on tips' with a 'DoorDash grandma'

By Molly Finnegan and Associated Press

Dressed in a "DoorDash grandma" T-shirt, Sharon Simmons knocked on the door of the Oval Office at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue with two McDonald's delivery bags.

Oil prices give back much of their morning jump as U.S. stocks climb on a still hopeful Wall Street

By Stan Choe, Associated Press

Hope remains on Wall Street that both sides can still avoid a worst-case scenario for the global economy in the US-Iran war, and U.S. stocks climbed.

Orbán's election loss has ripple effects for Trump and U.S. conservatives

By Nicholas Riccardi, Matt Brown, Associated Press

Orbán’s defeat has immediate global implications because he was the European leader closest to Russian President Vladimir Putin and had blocked European Union aid to Ukraine.

U.S. military is poised to blockade Iranian ports, while Tehran threatens ports in the Mideast

By Samy Magdy, Julia Frankel, Mike Corder, Associated Press

In a social media message posted shortly after the blockade was due to begin, President Donald Trump said Iran’s navy was “laying at the bottom of the sea, completely obliterated,” but he added that Tehran still has “fast attack ships,”…

WATCH: Pope Leo says he has 'no fear' of the Trump administration

By Will Weissert, Josh Boak, Nicole Winfield, Associated Press

U.S.-born Pope Leo XIV pushed back Monday on President Donald Trump’s broadside against him over the U.S.-Israel war in Iran, telling reporters that the Vatican’s appeals for peace and reconciliation are rooted in the Gospel.

Pope calls for peace in first-ever Algeria visit amid growing attacks from Trump

By Nicole Winfield, Aomar Ouali, Paolo Santalucia, Associated Press

Pope Leo XIV arrived in Algeria on Monday on a first-ever papal visit, calling for peace and the end of “neocolonial tendencies” in world affairs, while facing an extraordinary broadside by President Donald Trump over his criticism of the U.S.-Israeli…

A president and a pope: Two of the world's most influential Americans at odds over Iran

By Bill Barrow, Associated Press

Never before has the relationship between Washington and the Vatican revolved around two Americans — specifically, a 79-year-old politician from Queens and a 70-year-old pontiff from Chicago.

Iran war puts prediction markets back in the spotlight

By Wyatte Grantham-Philips, Associated Press

Prediction markets let people wager on just about anything — from basketball games to elections. And among more jarring bets recently, the fate of the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ousted after 'painful' election result, ending 16 years in power

By Justin Spike, Sam McNeil, Associated Press

Hungarian voters on Sunday ousted long-serving Prime Minister Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power, rejecting the authoritarian policies and global far-right movement that he embodied in favor of a pro-European challenger.

China says it will resume some ties with Taiwan following visit by opposition leader

By Huizhong Wu, Associated Press

China said Sunday it would resume some ties it had suspended with Taiwan such as direct flights and imports of Taiwanese aquaculture products following a visit by the opposition leader of Taiwan.