PARIS (AP) — Donald Trump summed up the attraction in a single line: “Versailles is not gold leaf — Versailles is the real deal.” For Emmanuel Macron, that sentiment captured the entire strategy. On Wednesday evening, the French president welcomed his American counterpart to the Palace of Versailles for a private reception, performance and dinner celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States. At a fragile moment for trans-Atlantic relations, the gesture offered Macron a way to preserve

BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese army withdrew its personnel on Saturday from a military base in a southern village after Israeli forces moved closer to the area, according to a Lebanese military official. Israeli operations appear aimed at securing as much territory as possible amid reports that a potential U.S.-Iran agreement to end the regional conflict could be reached, an arrangement that would likely address developments in Lebanon. The pullout from the barracks in Kfar Tebnit followed an

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday offered a strikingly upbeat reaction to rising prices, signaling that he has chosen, as he put it, to “love” inflation rather than fear it. When questioned about a new report showing the consumer price index rose 4.2% in May compared with a year earlier, the president responded with unexpected optimism. He did not wave off concerns about affordability as a partisan invention, nor did he argue that living costs were already falling. Instead,

ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — When Marharyta Nekhoroshyva first looked at her newborn son, fear overwhelmed her. He had arrived at just 26 weeks of pregnancy, weighing a mere 940 grams (2 pounds), and his diapers were no bigger than an adult’s palm. “The doctors told me that if he could make it through the first three days, he would be all right,” she recalled, her eyes filling with tears. “I don’t believe in God, but I found myself praying.” Now 9 months old, Mark is spirited and active, yet he