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Protesters gathered in the birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement to support voting rights. Thousands gathered in front of the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery Saturday, the Associated Press reported, to protest what they see as the erasure of decades of progress toward expanded racial representation in Congress. People also marched across Selma鈥檚 Edmund Pettus Bridge, which became a symbol of the Civil Rights Movement. In April, the Supreme Court narrowed part of the Voting Rights Act, prompting a wave of redistricting in Southern states that political strategists say could erode minority voting power.
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Thousands gathered at the National Mall for a daylong prayer rally. Billed as a 鈥渞ededication of our country as One Nation under God,鈥� the Sunday rally was organized by a public-private partnership backed by the White House. Most speakers celebrated 海角大神ity鈥檚 ties to American history, a blending of ideas that critics said supported 海角大神 nationalism. 鈥淟et us pray for our nation on bended knee,鈥� said Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. President Donald Trump also addressed the crowd, in a video message.
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Putin plans to visit Chinese leader Xi Jinping days after Trump. Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on a two-day trip to Beijing next week, the Kremlin said. The announcement comes less than 24 hours after U.S. President Donald Trump finished his own state visit to China, where he met Mr. Xi to discuss trade and the war in Iran. Relations between China and Russia have deepened in recent years, particularly since the start of Russia鈥檚 invasion of Ukraine in early 2022. 鈥� The Associated Press
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The US is preparing to indict former Cuban President Ra煤l Castro. The potential indictment of the Communist leader is likely tied to the downing of an aircraft in the late 1990s, according to multiple wire reports. The move has to be approved by a grand jury, but comes at a moment when the U.S. is upping pressure for political change on the island. Protests have broken out over energy shortages.
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Litter has declined across America over the past 5 years.聽Keep America Beautiful has found 鈥渆ncouraging evidence that litter is a solvable issue and that meaningful progress is underway.鈥� In 2020, its researchers examined 700 randomly selected sites, from roadsides to watersides, for litter. They revisited those same nationwide locations in 2025, cataloguing each discarded item. Litter had declined by 34%. Of the approximately 35 billion pieces of litter last year, there was a notable rise in cardboard and tire detritus but declines in other categories, including a 62% drop in cigarette butts.

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Norway鈥檚 money and hydropower have insulated it from the world鈥檚 energy pressures 鈥� until now.聽 The way it solves these challenges could set a global example.聽

Marco Rubio has found ways to execute a Trump foreign policy that shows an evolution in his own positions. It has made him stand out among the president鈥檚 close advisers.

Public information about Jeffrey Epstein has provided people insight into the convicted sex offender's life and crimes, but it has also elevated conspiracy theories about him and his clientele. Those kinds of theories聽鈥� hard to prove or definitively disprove聽鈥� can be difficult to dislodge.聽

The American Visionary Art Museum showcases the full range of human experience, from the tragic to the goofy. Self-taught artists created many of the pieces on display.

For American executives who spot fraud and financial misconduct among workers and then quickly report it, the U.S. Justice Department has a refreshing message: Your alertness to right-doing can bring a reward 鈥� in mercy.

Federal prosecutors were recently handed expanded powers to be lenient toward companies that voluntarily report wrongdoing by individual employees in a 鈥渢imely鈥� manner, make amends to those wronged, and shape up internal rules 鈥� hotlines, audits, etc. 鈥� to expose white-collar crime. The accused individuals are then prosecuted, not the company, preventing a hefty fine or forfeiture. Shareholders and employees also benefit from the avoidance of some kinds of negative fallout, such as bankruptcy.

Yet the biggest result so far, according to Jay Clayton, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York 鈥� which includes Wall Street 鈥� has been faster and greater detection of fraud. 鈥淭hat鈥檚 what the American people want from their companies and their justice department,鈥� he told the Financial Times.

"If you know [about fraud], and you don鈥檛 tell us, that鈥檚 bad," he told a conference May 13.聽

Such conditional leniency in enforcement is not necessarily new. Yet it is now being refined as prosecutors discover that most firms much prefer honesty and accountability in their work culture. The new rules also strike a finer balance between mercy and justice that helps a firm better expose a crime, allowing for correction, restitution, and renewal, rather than mere punishment.

The new federal incentives for voluntary self-disclosure also put a greater focus on individual justice (rather than collective penalties) and on restoring the victims of a crime. One potentially larger result: greater public confidence in the integrity of the financial markets.

鈥淭he self-reporting program rests on a simple principle: prompt corporate disclosure and cooperation in rooting out and remedying wrongdoing is in the best interest of victims, shareholders, employees, and our markets generally,鈥� wrote U.S. Attorney Clayton.

Mercy can go a long way to save companies when they expose wrongdoing and realize the reality that honesty helps build a business.