The U.K. government has approved China’s plans to build a “mega embassy” in London. After years of delay, Prime Minister Keir Starmer endorsed the project, despite concerns that the embassy would be used for spying. The decision is a bad one from an unpopular and misguided administration, and it is sure to complicate the increasingly […]
Sen. Ted Cruz returned to Texas after a photo went viral earlier this week of him boarding a plane, sparking online scrutiny as the state braces for a potentially historic winter storm.
House Speaker Mike Johnson faces mounting pressure as Republican majority shrinks to just 218-213 after recent departures, forcing strict attendance rules.
The Navy announced an apology and a path to reinstatement for service members discharged over the COVID-19 vaccine mandate as the Pentagon moves to review and correct past separations.
EUROPEANS WOULD BE BETTER OFF IF THEY HAD LISTENED TO TRUMP. President Donald Trump is back in the United States, tending to urgent political matters, including the upcoming midterm elections. But as usual, when he travels to Europe, Trump leaves a lot of turbulence in his wake. At the World Economic Forum in Davos, many European […]
The normal and abnormal are as closely intertwined as ever as President Trump marks the end of his first year back in office Tuesday. Some of Trump’s strengths and weaknesses as he begins Year 2 are the standard stuff of politics: voter unease about the economy, approval ratings that are weak but not disastrous, a...
President Trump on Monday declined to say whether he would use force to seize control of Greenland, according to a new interview with NBC News. The president told the outlet that he had "no comment" on the question, as he continues to push for the U.S. to acquire the Arctic territory that’s part of Denmark. ...
The number of deaths during widespread protests in Iran now exceeds 4,000, according to a human rights group tracking the toll. The Human Rights Group Activist News Agency announced Monday that confirmed fatalities have reached 4,029, with more than 9,000 deaths under review. The number represents a surge of hundreds since Saturday, when the fatalities...
Dr. Jonathan Reiner, cardiologist to the late former Vice President Dick Cheney, called on Monday for a congressional inquiry into President Trump’s fitness. Reiner, a CNN medical analyst, cited Trump’s recent letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, in which he appeared to link his threats to acquire Greenland to his having not been...
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) aircraft will soon be in Greenland for “long-planned” activities, even as President Trump pushes for U.S. control of the Arctic territory. Along with aircraft operating from bases in the U.S. and Canada, NORAD aircraft at Pituffik Space Base, Greenland, will “support various long-planned NORAD activities, building on the enduring...
President Trump on Monday attended the College Football Playoff National Championship in Florida taking place on the Martin Luther King, Jr., federal holiday. Trump, who has been at Mar-a-Lago over the long weekend, was in attendance to watch the Indiana Hoosiers battle the Miami Hurricanes at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., alongside family...
Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem on Monday announced thousands of arrests in Minneapolis, Minn., as part of the administration’s ongoing crackdown on immigration. “PEACE AND PUBLIC SAFETY IN MINNEAPOLIS! We have arrested over 10,000 criminal illegal aliens who were killing Americans, hurting children and reigning terror in Minneapolis,” Noem wrote on the social platform...
The share of Americans who are satisfied with the amount of Jeffrey Epstein-related files released so far is in the single digits, new polling shows. Just 6 percent of Americans in a CNN survey said they’re satisfied with what the federal government has released so far in the case of Epstein, the late convicted sex...
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) bashed President Trump over a letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, in which the president detailed his push for the U.S. to acquire Greenland. “Very embarrassing conduct,” the Nebraska lawmaker wrote on the social platform X, sharing a New York Times report on the letter. In the letter, Trump...
Leading business and political figures are descending upon the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, this week to discuss geopolitics, tech, trade and more. The Alpine town is set to host roughly 3,000 participants from more than 130 countries at what the think tank has billed as "a pivotal moment for global cooperation."...
Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon slammed former CNN anchor Don Lemon for interrupting a Minnesota church service on Sunday, as protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continue to roil the state. Lemon filmed and interviewed Nekima Levy Armstrong, an activist who was among a group that entered Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, and...
