President Donald Trump touts an incredible visit and fantastic trade deals with China after his final meeting with Xi, as Beijing agrees to order 200 Boeing jets.
President Donald Trump says Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged not to supply Iran with military equipment, calling it a major win from the bilateral summit.
Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) on Wednesday filed a defamation lawsuit against his ex-wife, Emily Moreno, the daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), for accusing him of physically abusing her. Miller and Emily Moreno filed for divorce in August 2024 and have been engaged in a custody battle over their young daughter. Since then, Miller claims...
FBI Director Kash Patel reportedly took a “VIP” snorkeling trip around the USS Arizona during a visit to Pearl Harbor last summer, according to The Associated Press. The outlet reported Thursday that Patel made a previously undisclosed trip to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam last summer, citing government emails shared with AP. The war memorial site...
U.S. Central Command head Adm. Brad Cooper on Thursday confirmed that the office focused on civilian-harm reduction for the military arm was cut from 10 employees to one, a revelation that follows a deadly bombing of an Iranian school at the start of America’s war against Tehran. Cooper, the top U.S. military leader in the...
Chinese President Xi Jinping is using the issue of Taiwan to exert power over President Trump as the two leaders seek to tackle a number of hot button issues during their high stakes summit in Beijing this week. During their bilateral meeting on Thursday, Xi told Trump “the entire relationship” between Washington and Beijing would...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on Wednesday said research has shrunk by 10 percent in the year following cuts by the Trump administration. “Counting federal and non-federal sources together, our campus-sponsored research activity is now 10 percent smaller than it was a year ago,” MIT President Sally Kornbluth said in a video message. “That...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) accused the Yale School of Medicine of race-based discrimination in its admissions, alleging Thursday that the school favors Black and Hispanic students over white or Asian students with the same test scores. The finding came after a yearlong investigation that reviewed the school’s internal data and policies to determine if it was acting in accordance with a 2023 Supreme Court decision that...
House Republicans on Thursday narrowly voted down a resolution to end the war with Iran, marking the third time a war powers resolution has failed in the lower chamber since the conflict began. The vote was 212-212, with three Republicans crossing the aisle to support the measure: Reps. Thomas Massie (Ky.), Brian Fitzpatrick (Pa.) and...
Federal health officials said they are monitoring 41 people in the U.S. for hantavirus but are not going to impose any movement restrictions on them. David Fitter, incident manager for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) hantavirus response, told reporters Thursday there no hantavirus cases in the U.S. Most of the affected people have been advised to remain at home and avoid contact with others during...
Prominent progressive Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and conservative Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.), a close President Trump ally, have teamed up to introduce a bill to impose a lifetime lobbying ban on members of Congress. The legislation would prohibit former members of the Senate and House from working as registered lobbyists or engaging in any activity...
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Thursday revealed a rendering of the renovated East Potomac Golf Links, located just outside of Washington, D.C. Burgum wrote on social platform X that he was “excited to unveil the design” of the renovated layout. Fazio Design, founded by golf course architect Tom Fazio, will work on the project, he...
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) has amplified her push to uncover the details of CIA’s Project MK-Ultra with claims this week that the agency took relevant documents from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. The program started in 1953 and over the next two decades used 80 institutes across the country, including 44...
The U.S. organ donation and transplantation system is in jeopardy due to a federal policy that could destabilize the donation infrastructure, and CMS must consider implementing a phased transition period to protect the system's continuity while evaluating more comprehensive ways to measure OPO performance.
Naval Operations Chief Adm. Daryl Caudle said Thursday that without supplemental funding for the U.S. war in Iran, he will have to implement cuts in training, routine operations and personnel by July. “The [fiscal 2026] budget didn't bake in [Operation] Epic Fury,” Caudle said during a House Armed Services Committee hearing. “You see a large Navy force...
