Headlines for May 5, 2026

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Trump Threatens Iran Will Be “Blown off the Face of the Earth” If It Targets U.S. Navy Ships, Protester Remains on D.C. Bridge for Fifth Consecutive Day to Oppose Iran War, Iran Hangs Three Men over January Anti-Government Protests, Israeli Military Says It’s Ready for Renewed Full-Scale Assault on Gaza, Israeli Forces in Nablus Kill Palestinian Man as His Wife Gives Birth, Pentagon Says It Blew Up Another Boat in Caribbean, as Claimed Death Toll Rises to 188, Ukrainian Attacks on Russian Refineries Trigger Black Sea Oil Spills and Toxic Rain, Federal Appeals Court Blocks Ex-Prisoner Who Won Election from Taking Office in New Orleans, Protesters Disrupt Alabama State Legislature over GOP Plans to Redraw Congressional Maps, WaPo: ICE Guards Used Physical Violence or Deployed Chemical Agents on Jailed Immigrants, SCOTUS Blocks Lower Court Ruling Cutting Access to Abortion Pill Mifepristone, Indian Prime Minister Modi’s Nationalist Party BJP Wins Key Election in West Bengal, Palestinian Photographer Among 2026 Pulitzer Prize Winners, Animal Rights Advocates Reach Deal with Ridglan Farms to Release 1,500 Beagles, Labor Unions Stage “Ball Without Billionaires” as Bezos-Sponsored Met Gala Faces Protests