Here’s the latest for Friday May 2nd: Secretary of State Marco Rubio gets dual role as National Security Adviser; Former Adviser Mike Waltz picked for Ambassador to UN; Israel carries out airstrike near Syrian presidential palace; Trump signs order to cut funds for PBS, NPR.
Video

AP Top Stories May 2

Here’s the latest for Friday May 2nd: Secretary of State Marco Rubio gets dual role as National Security Adviser; Former Adviser Mike Waltz picked for Ambassador to UN; Israel carries out airstrike near Syrian presidential palace; Trump signs order to cut funds for PBS, NPR.
 
Share
More videos
Polls open in Australian elections as centre-left Labor Party seeks second term
 
Latest Russian drone attack injures at least 44 people in Kharkiv
 
Evacuation is mantained in coastal areas of the Magellan Peninsula after quake strikes off the southern coasts of Chile and Argentina
 
AP top stories May 2
 
Pop-pianist Chloe Flower releases ‘I Love Me More’
 
Young Padawans travel to galaxy far, far away during ‘Star Wars’ celebration at Michigan hospital
 
Marco Rubio’s journey from political rival to Trump’s top diplomat
 
PBS chief slams Trump’s executive order aiming to cut federal funding for PBS and NPR as unlawful
 
Explosions light up the night sky over Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip
 
U.N. spokesman briefs reporters on recent Israeli airstrikes in Syria and Gaza
 
7 people are dead after a pickup and tour van collide near Yellowstone, police say
 
White House comes out with sharp spending cuts in Trump’s 2026 budget plan
 
Unusual May snowfall causes power outages and falling trees in Moscow and the region
 
Michigan officer on trial tells jurors he feared for his life before killing African immigrant
 
Convoy of historic military vehicles honours WWII liberation in Western Bohemia
 
Snakes have bitten this man hundreds of times. His blood could help make a better treatment
 
Rokt (PRNewsfoto/ROKT Pte. Ltd.)
Timelapse shows installation of a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel for the papal election
 
Singapore gets ready to head to the polls for a general election - AP explains
 
Syrian security forces and Druze gunman deploy in a Damascus suburb, after days of clashes
 
Researchers rescue, rehabilitate and hope to release orphaned manatees into the Amazon
 
UK’s Reform wins by election by 6 votes from ruling Labour party
 
Drones strike ship carrying aid to Gaza, humanitarian group says
 
May Day marchers in Washington push back against Trump administration
 
Russell Brand arrives at court
 
Emergency services at the scene after a Russian strike on Zaporizhzhia
 
Australian citizens in Hong Kong vote in Australian election
 
Vatican firefighters install a chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel for the papal election
 
Gold transformed from ore into bars in Australia after weeks of record prices
 
Rubio takes on two top national security roles after embracing Trump’s ‘America First’ vision
 
Thousands in Serbia mark 6 months since a train station canopy crash that triggered mass protests