President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are meeting in Beijing to discuss a path forward for the U.S.-Iran war, as the summit marks a pivotal moment in international diplomacy between the two countries.
LiveNOW’s Shawna Khalafi is speaking with Caleb Taylor with 1819 News as Republicans are now celebrating another high court ruling in their favor. This comes after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to revisit its congressional map just three years after the bench forced a race-conscious redraw. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said Monday that his "job… is done." Attorney General Marshall spoke with LiveNOW’s Ryan Schmelz after the ruling was announced.
According to reports this week from The Associated Press, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent have called on China to use its influence to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump recently said, "I don't think we need any help with Iran. We'll win it one way or the other, peacefully or otherwise." On Tuesday, before leaving for China, Trump said he will have a long talk with Chinese President Xi Jinping about the war in Iran. LiveNOW’s Austin Westfall is speaking with Prof. Alon Burstein from the @Israel-Palestine-Report ahead of the high-stakes talks.
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) released footage showing a tower of lava erupting from the latest episode at Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano on Tuesday, May 5. Since December 2024, Kilauea has experienced dozens of eruptions that “have continued for a day or less,” according to the USGS.
LiveNOW’s Shawna Khalafi is speaking with Caleb Taylor with 1819 News as Republicans are now celebrating another high court ruling in their favor. This comes after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Alabama to revisit its congressional map just three years after the bench forced a race-conscious redraw. Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall said Monday that his "job… is done." Attorney General Marshall spoke with LiveNOW’s Ryan Schmelz after the ruling was announced.
LiveNOW’s Austin Westfall is speaking with economist Dr. Mike Walden as new data shows that energy costs, including gasoline, increased last month, as did the cost of food at a rate not seen since last December. This comes as inflation had been dropping more or less steadily before conflict in the Middle East began. Reports show that consumer prices were up 3.8% last month compared to April 2025.
Trailblazing NBA center and former Atlanta Hawk Jason Collins, who made history as the first openly gay active athlete in major North American professional sports, has died at 47 years old.
A skin cream sold across the country in retail stores and online was recalled after some of it was found to be contaminated with the bacteria that causes staph infections.
Older Americans are being targeted by scams at rising rates, with new research revealing which states are hit hardest.
