The president said the U.S. spies on China "too" after a report linked Chinese satellite imagery to Iran's deadly July missile attack on American troops.
The Jefferson County, Pa., Coroner's Office on Sunday said a 40-year-old woman died from complications with measles, the state's third measles-related death this year. Coroner Greg Furlong wrote on Facebook that the woman, a Jefferson County resident, died on Saturday. He added that his office was working with the Pennsylvania Department of Health on this...
President-elect Trump’s decision to nominate Kash Patel to serve as FBI director has sparked mixed reactions from lawmakers and former officials, with Republicans praising the controversial pick. “It's a terrible development for the men and women of the FBI and also for the nation that depends on a highly functioning professional independent Federal Bureau of...
President-elect Trump announced that he would nominate Florida Sheriff Chad Chronister to serve as the administrator for the Drug Enforcement Agency. “I am pleased to nominate Sheriff Chad Chronister for Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA),” he wrote in a post on Truth Social. “For over 32 years, Sheriff Chad Chronister has served the...
President-elect Trump plans to nominate Kash Patel to serve as head of the FBI, elevating a staunch ally and controversial figure who sparked internal battles during the first Trump administration. Patel has called for mass firings, particularly at both the Justice Department and the FBI, and has also called for stripping security clearances of anyone...
Former Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) criticized the structure of his party during a Saturday appearance on MSNBC’s “The Weekend.” “We need a rebrand. I think you and I have been talking about this since 2016,” Ryan said in the clip highlighted by Mediate. “Like, our brand is toxic in so many places and it is...
President-elect Trump warned nations to forego efforts to adopt a new currency on Saturday by threatening to impose a 100 percent tariff on countries that try to undervalue the U.S. dollar. “We require a commitment from these Countries that they will neither create a new BRICS Currency, nor back any other Currency to replace the...
Former Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) time in Congress may be over, but the saga over the House Ethics Committee’s report on its years-long investigation into him is in its final act. Two Democrats who moved to force votes requiring the Ethics panel to release its report have signaled they will continue that push, which could...
President-elect Trump announced that Charles Kushner, the father of his son-in-law, would serve as the U.S. Ambassador to France. “I am pleased to nominate Charles Kushner, of New Jersey, to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to France. He is a tremendous business leader, philanthropist, & dealmaker, who will be a strong advocate representing our Country...
President-elect Trump’s transition is slowly beginning, as the incoming president has announced more appointees for his upcoming second administration in the past week. In the Middle East, the White House and France brokered a ceasefire between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, but the temporary armistice is off to a rocky start as each...
Bluesky, a new social platform garnering millions of users, is now competing with top networks like X and Truth Social. Jack Dorsey, a former CEO at Twitter, created the site in 2019 to be “a protocol for public conversation.” Its features are modeled after Twitter and include the option to message other users in addition to...
Donald Trump's proposed Europe policy may prove self-defeating, as it risks leaving the continent more vulnerable to Russian aggression and Chinese economic dominance, while also sowing divisions among allies and undermining the ability of EU member states to meet U.S. expectations.
President-elect Trump’s victory is expected to result in the U.S. exiting the Paris Agreement once again and more broadly disengaging from global climate efforts. Experts say they don’t expect this to derail international work to address global warming, but that it will cede U.S. leadership on climate issues and technology in a way that could make the country less...
Donald Trump's admiration for Winston Churchill was demonstrated by his display of a bust of the British Prime Minister in the Oval Office, while Churchill's commitment to democracy and the sovereignty of the ballot was well worth remembering.
Filmmaker Michael Moore weighed the U.S.'s ongoing support for Israel amid its war with Hamas in Gaza, suggesting that if Democrats continue to support the Jewish State, "more elections" will be lost. “Democratic senators should know better. And their behavior in supporting this aggression will only cost them more elections,” Moore wrote in his Substack...
President-elect Trump has big changes coming for the education world in his second administration. While Trump’s education plans have not been fully laid out, the issues he wants to tackle would fundamentally change how schools operate, from potentially abolishing the Department of Education to advancing a federal school choice program. Here are the top five...
