Today’s Lead News Stories

Virginia Democratic Rep. Gerald E. Connolly died Wednesday, just weeks after announcing that his esophageal cancer had returned.

Andriy Portnov, 51, was shot dead outside the gates of the American School in an affluent neighbourhood of Madrid

A federal judge has ordered U.S. officials to appear at an emergency hearing to answer questions about their apparent deportation of immigrants to South Sudan and other countries

A US-sanctioned Ukrainian ex-MP and senior aide to the country's former pro-Russian president Viktor Yanukovych was shot dead near Madrid on Wednesday, a Spanish police source told AFP. Officers rushed to the scene in the upmarket town of Pozuelo de Alarcon where several people shot a man in the back…

Andriy Portnov was reportedly shot several times after dropping his children off for class

Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt describes meeting as ‘productive’ as president tries to get ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ past objections

German police have arrested five teenagers on accusations of involvement with a far-right group that calls itself “Last Defense Wave” and allegedly aims to destabilize Germany’s democratic system by carrying out attacks on migrants and political opponents

Rep. Nancy Mace has accused her former fiancé and three other men of engaging in sex crimes against her and other women, which they have denied

A suspected suicide bomber targeted a schoolbus in southwestern Pakistan killing at least four children and two adults on Wednesday, in an attack the government accused India of backing.

Japan's farm minister resigned Wednesday after a gaffe about rice drew public fury in a country experiencing soaring prices of the cherished staple.

The Centers for Disease Control has reported in an update that a total of 1,024 cases of the disease across the U.S. and 14 outbreaks had been reported since the beginning of the year