President Donald Trump's special envoy to Belarus recently revealed that he helped ingratiate himself with the country's autocratic leader by echoing Alexander Lukashenko's disdain for Europe with vulgar language and by negotiating his way through a boozy lunch during their first meeting.
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) is banning his staff from trading on prediction markets, which have recently come under congressional scrutiny. “Effective today, Congressman Moulton is instituting an office-wide policy prohibiting his congressional staff from participating in prediction market platforms, such as Polymarket and Kalshi,” Moulton’s press office said in a post on the social platform...
President Trump said Wednesday at the National Republican Congressional Committee’s (NRCC) annual fundraising dinner that he avoids using the word “war” to describe the conflict in Iran. “I won’t use the word 'war' because they say if you use the word 'war,' that’s maybe not a good thing to do,” Trump told the crowd of...
The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) said Monday it was formally notified by the FBI that the bureau will not share any information about its investigation into the death of Alex Pretti. “The FBI formally notified the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA) on Feb. 13 that it will not provide the BCA with...
Iranian naval forces began military exercises Monday in the strategic waterway of the Strait of Hormuz, the day before a second round of talks with the United States for a nuclear deal amid heightened tensions. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps's naval drills are dubbed “Smart Control of Hormuz Strait" and are rehearsing scenarios to respond...
Utah's GOP chair confirmed on Sunday that Republicans had clinched enough signatures to have their ballot initiative, which would repeal a 2018 initiative that created an independent redistricting commission in the state, considered for the November election. “We are well over 200,000 signatures that have been submitted,” Robert Axson, who is organizing the ballot measure campaign to...
The Kremlin denied Monday that it fatally poisoned former Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in 2024, after five European countries said Saturday the 47-year-old was poisoned via a lethal toxin and pointed to Russia as the culprit. "Naturally, we do not accept such accusations. We disagree with them. We consider them biased and not based...
A pair of Washington-area golf enthusiasts are suing the Trump administration over its plan to take over and redevelop the District of Columbia's public golf system. The lawsuit, filed late last week by plaintiffs Alex Dickson and Dave Roberts, argues the administration's move to end its lease with the National Links Trust violates the Administrative...
Democrats are ready to spend big to boost a Virginia redistricting effort that could give the party four more House seats, Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) has said, amid the national battle over congressional lines ahead of the midterms. “Whatever it takes,” Jeffries told CNN’s Manu Raju in an interview aired Sunday, when asked how...
Savannah Guthrie on Sunday issued another plea to those with information on the whereabouts of her mother, Nancy. “I wanted to come on — it’s been two weeks since our mom was taken, and I just wanted to come on and say that we still have hope and we still believe,” the longtime NBC anchor...
Presidents' Day has become a reminder of the stark contrast between past presidents and the current one, Donald Trump, who has treated truth and civility as optional, and has blurred the line between error and intent.
White House border czar Tom Homan said Sunday that a “small” security force is set to stay in Minnesota after announcing last week that Trump administration immigration crackdown efforts were set to end in the state. “There will be a small force, a security force ... that will respond to when our agents are out...
The global security landscape has shifted to one of unmapped volatility, with the expiration of the New START treaty, a high-stakes "Board of Peace" diplomacy, and a weaponized global supply chain, all creating a precarious situation for the world.
