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Supervisor of Elections Caroline Fawkes disqualifies Weber and Sheridan from territorial races

Tom Eader

Former Senator James Weber III and Roy Sheridan disqualified in separate cases involving district filing rules and running mate consent issues.
WTJX NEWSFEED: May 20, 2026

Marcellina Ventura-Douglas

On today’s WTJX Radio NewsFeed: Caribbean sports officials are celebrating the successful launch of a new regional Under-23 3x3 basketball tournament in the British Virgin Islands, aimed at expanding youth competition, referee training, and international basketball opportunities across the Eastern Caribbean.
David Whitaker seeks one-day sentencing delay to follow defendant he helped convict in corruption case

Tom Eader

Government witness David Whitaker asks court to be sentenced after former OMB Director Jenifer O’Neal, whose sentencing is scheduled for the following day.

Anna Moneymaker

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Republicans stall votes on partisan ICE funding amid party infighting

Sam Gringlas

Republicans had planned to try to pass a major funding bill for Immigration and Customs Enforcement by the end of the week but plans collapsed over unrelated policy disagreements.
WTJX/Roshan Sookram

Supervisor of Elections Caroline Fawkes disqualifies Weber and Sheridan from territorial races

Tom Eader

Former Senator James Weber III and Roy Sheridan disqualified in separate cases involving district filing rules and running mate consent issues.

Angelina Katsanis

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Palestinians drop bid for a senior U.N. role after U.S. pressure

Daniel Estrin

The Palestinian delegation to the United Nations has dropped its bid to secure a top U.N. job after the U.S. threatens to revoke their visas.
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds

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Democrats wanted answers for what went wrong in 2024. Now, there are more questions

Stephen Fowler

The Democratic Party wanted a review of the 2024 election. Then, the DNC learned the report was incomplete and unverifiable, party chairman Ken Martin said Thursday, releasing an annotated version.

National News

BBC News World Service

Iran steps up claim to control Strait of Hormuz

Iran publishes a map claiming "armed forces oversight" across more than 22,000 sq km of the waterway.
Gaza flotilla activists deported from Israel as backlash over treatment grows

A video showing a far-right Israeli minister taunting activists who were kneeling with their hands tied behind their backs has been widely condemned.
Russia and China condemn US over indictment of former Cuban leader

It comes after the US charged Raúl Castro with murder, the latest move putting pressure on the regime.
Pair arrested after boys abandoned by road in Portugal

The children were carrying backpacks with food and water but no identity documents when they were found by a driver.

Harvard professor Sean Eddy, whose federal funding was terminated by the Trump administration last year, describes the loss as a "10-year hit to a lab."

Jodi Hilton for NPR

Researchers say the Trump administration is finding new ways to punish science

Katia Riddle

Even with federal grants largely restored, scientists say the Trump administration is still preventing those funds from reaching them. The consequences, they say, are already becoming clear.