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BREAKING NEWS / Politics News / TOP 5 DAILY NEWS U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina passed away on Saturday at the age of 71, following a “brief and sudden illness,” according to his staff. While his office requested privacy and did not immediately release specific details regarding the cause of death, records of an emergency dispatch call to his residence indicated a response for cardiac arrest.

DAILY NEWS / National / TOP 5 DAILY NEWS By Renae Hefty Tens of thousands of residents had to evacuate their homes in Southern California due to a toxic chemical leak. It was discovered that a tank was overheating at a chemical plant in Garden Grove. A leak was discovered, which released the building pressure, avoiding the worst-case scenario – a massive vapor explosion.

DAILY NEWS / The White House / TOP 5 DAILY NEWS By Renae Hefty The Department of Justice’s filing Sunday night invoked the Pennsylvania Ave. shooting on Saturday to again ask a federal judge to drop his injunction against construction of a White House ballroom. Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward signed the filing.

DAILY NEWS / TOP 5 DAILY NEWS / Wash DC News By Renae Hefty The annual motorcycle ride from the Pentagon to the National Mall, “Rolling to Remember,” was on Sunday, where undreds of people lined the streets near the Lincoln Memorial to watch the event. This was the 38th consecutive “Rolling to Remember.” The event is in honor of service members who have passed, those missing in action, or those who are suffering from PTSD.

DAILY NEWS / TOP 5 DAILY NEWS / World By Renae Hefty Pope Leo XIV stressed the importance of AI regulations in his first encyclical, titled “Magnifica Humanitas.” In the document, which he signed May 15, he applied the core concepts of the Catholic Churches social teachings to the current revolution of technology. The day Leo signed the document was the 135th anniversary of when his namesake, Pope Leo XIII, signed “Rerum Novarum.” He told a special Vatican presentation of the encyclical.

June 1, 2026 Alex Barron Restaurant Critic Bon Appetit When tapas hit DC’s mainstream restaurant scene twenty years ago, they were seen as something of a culinary novelty. Although in Spain, and in parts of Central and South America, grazing on tapas is an essential piece of the nightlife”akin to bar-hopping in the United States”a meal composed entirely of small plates, or snacks, represented quite a departure from the traditional three-course model.

IMAGE COURTESY: The Fillmore Silver Spring, Jiffy Lube Live, Warner Theatre, Capital One Hall, Strathmore Music Center, Wolf Trap JUNE June 2, 8 p.m. – Corinne Bailey Rae (Grammy-nominated neo-soul and R&B singer-songwriter), From $83, The Fillmore Silver Spring, Buy tickets June 4 to June 7, Various times – Gary Clark Jr. with Christone “Kingfish” Ingram (Blues-rock guitarists), From $49, Wolf Trap Filene Center, Vienna, VA, Buy tickets June 5, 8 p.m. – Echo & The Bunnymen (British post-punk...

DAILY NEWS / National / TOP 5 DAILY NEWS By Renae Hefty A chemical leak at a silver recovery plant located near the community of Institute, West Virginia, killed two people and sent about 30 people to hospitals on Wednesday. Located in the region known as “chemical valley,” Institute, is located 10 miles from West Virginia’s capital, Charleston. The site of the incident was Catalyst Refiners. At the plant, nitric acid is used to dissolve materials and extract silver nitrate from them.

DAILY NEWS / TOP 5 DAILY NEWS / World By Renae Hefty After three days of lowering oil prices while Iran promised the Strait of Hormuz would open soon, prices have skyrocketed with a new announcement from Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that the Strait of Hormuz will remain closed. U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright said on Sunday that gas prices could take a year to fall to what they were before the war with Iran began.

DAILY NEWS / National / TOP 5 DAILY NEWS By Renae Hefty Savannah Guthrie returned to host the “TODAY” show on Monday, amid the search for her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, who disappeared from her home near Tucson, Arizona, on Feb. 1. Guthrie left her post at the anchor desk over two months ago to search for her mother and be with her family.