The Pentagon said Monday it will pause participation in the Permanent Joint Board on Defense, the principal strategic forum for Canada-U.S. defense cooperation, after accusing Canada of failing to contribute enough to its own defense.
The Trump administration on Monday announced the creation a $1.7 billion fund to compensate allies of the Republican president who believe they were mistreated by the Biden administration Justice Department.
U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle found herself in hot moussaka after promoting the opening of a new McDonald's as a diplomatic win for both countries.
Hennepin County, Minn., Attorney Mary Moriarty on Monday issued an arrest warrant for an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer accused of shooting a Venezuelan immigrant in Minneapolis in January, during the height of "Operation Metro Surge." Christian Castro, 52, faces four counts of second-degree assault with a deadly weapon and one count of falsely...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth hit the campaign trail on Monday to help former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein in his bid to unseat Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) in a GOP primary, a highly unusual move for any head of the Pentagon. Hegseth appeared alongside Gallrein, who President Trump is backing against Massie, at a rally in...
The U.S. has again rejected an Iranian proposal to end the conflict between the two countries, according to a new report. Axios reported Monday that Tehran offered a revised peace proposal that the White House shot down, per a top American official and another source close to the matter. Reuters also reported Monday that the...
Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Monday warned of a "bloodbath" if the U.S. were to attack the island country, after Axios reported that Cuba has more than 300 military drones with discussed plans to use them to strike the U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay or Key West, Fla. Axios cited classified intelligence that showed...
A California federal jury unanimously rejected Elon Musk's claims against OpenAI and its co-founder Sam Altman, ending the latest chapter in a nearly decade-long feud between the two technology moguls over the artificial intelligence firm's non-profit structure. The advisory verdict took less than two hours of deliberation from the jury, which listened to three weeks...
In response to a growing Ebola outbreak, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is imposing a ban on foreign passport holders from entering the country if they have been in Uganda, Congo or South Sudan in the previous 21 days. The agency in a statement said it was invoking Title 42, a law that allows the CDC director to block noncitizens from entering the U.S....
The Justice Department on Monday launched a nearly $2 billion “anti-weaponization fund” as part of a settlement after President Trump sued the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for $10 billion. The fund, which will receive a total of $1.776 billion dollars, will give payouts as well as issue “formal apologies” to those who pursue settlements after...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is in northern Kentucky on Monday afternoon, campaigning in a "personal capacity" for former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein for Congress. It's an unprecedented visit that follows President Trump's effort to oust Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) in Tuesday's Kentucky primary. Trump's Justice Department on Monday has moved to create a fund, worth...
Endometriosis is a widespread disease affecting at least one in eight women, often leading to infertility, which can be prevented with earlier diagnosis and treatment.
If you campaign against excess, against elite privilege, against government waste, then you should probably avoid behavior that looks exactly like the thing you condemned.
Upheaval among the top ranks of the Food and Drug Administration continued late Friday when Tracey Beth Høeg, the agency’s top drug regulator, was ousted. Høeg had served as acting director of the FDA's Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) since December, and was the fifth head or acting head of the division since the start...
The Pentagon’s policy chief announced Monday that the United States will suspend its involvement in a joint body that coordinates military consultation with Canada, pointing to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s address to the World Economic Forum earlier this year. The move comes amid simmering tensions between President Trump and Carney, who is leading a...
Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) said in a new interview that the Republican Party never got “back to sanity,” Hogan told The Washington Post that he thought the GOP would eventually get “back to sanity” after the 2024 presidential election in which President Trump won a second term in the White House, but “we...
The Pentagon is pushing back on allegations that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is politicizing the military with his planned Monday appearance in Kentucky to campaign for the man who is challenging Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.) in Tuesday’s Republican primary. “Secretary Hegseth is attending this event in his personal capacity,” chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a...
