President Trump declared communism the greatest threat facing the USA and vowed the country would never become a communist nation in his Mount Rushmore speech.
President Trump on Friday issued a “fierce rebuke” of communism as part of his Independence Day kickoff speech, injecting partisan rancor into remarks commemorating America’s 250th birthday with Mount Rushmore as the backdrop. Speaking in Keystone, South Dakota, Trump declared that “such doctrines can be given no quarter,” issuing a thinly-veiled dark threat against less...
Ahead of America’s 250th anniversary on Saturday, almost half of Americans do not know what the day celebrates, according to a new survey released on Thursday. A nation-wide poll conducted by the libertarian think tank Cato Institute found that only 53 percent of respondents could correctly identify the adoption of the Declaration of Independence as...
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce officially tied the knot in a long-awaited wedding celebration on Friday evening, a representative for the singer confirmed. The star-studded event was held in Madison Square Garden (MSG) in New York City in front of around 1,000 guests. Purple screens outside of the iconic event venue displayed the words “JUST&T MARRIED”...
Two chemicals commonly used to make plastics more flexible are connected to newborn deaths and premature births, according to a study released Monday. According to the study, published in the journal eClinicalMedicine, two chemicals, di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) and diisononyl phthalate (DINP), were notably linked to newborn deaths and premature births. The study looked at data...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday announced that the Army crew that flew two AH‑64 Apache helicopters near singer Kid Rock’s Nashville, Tenn., estate over the weekend will not face disciplinary measures or an investigation. The military personnel had been suspended for their actions, a spokesperson confirmed to The Hill on Tuesday, but that suspension...
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that President Trump will address the nation on the ongoing conflict with Iran on Thursday night. “TUNE IN: Tomorrow night at 9PM ET, President Trump will give an Address to the Nation to provide an important update on Iran,” Leavitt said in a Wednesday evening post on...
President Trump is mulling a deployment of U.S. troops on the ground in Iran to remove the country’s highly enriched uranium, a complex and dangerous operation that could take days to complete. The mission, which would likely involve elite special operations teams to extract radioactive material, would place U.S. personnel deep inside Iran, exposing them to the...
Rock legend Bruce Springsteen is kicking off the American leg of what he called a “political and very topical” tour on Tuesday in Minneapolis, Minn. “The tour is going to be political and very topical about what’s going on in the country,” Springsteen said last Monday, according to The Minnesota Star Tribune, describing his “Land...
A bipartisan group of senators unveiled legislation Tuesday aimed at making it easier for people living in rural areas to buy homes, as affordability remains top of mind for lawmakers and voters heading into the midterms. The legislation, first reported by NBC News, would help nearly 30 million homebuyers qualify for rural housing assistance...
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President Trump looks to be edging toward ending the war on Iran, which is now in its fifth week. “We’ll be leaving very soon,” the president told reporters in the Oval Office late Tuesday afternoon. But it will be hard even for someone with Trump’s penchant for self-praise to claim victory unless some fundamental realities...
President Trump is escalating his feud with longtime U.S. allies over not helping secure the Strait of Hormuz as a part of his pressure campaign to enlist other countries to take responsibility for the critical shipping lane. Trump singled out the U.K. in a Truth Social post Tuesday directed at countries unable to get to...
President Trump said Tuesday that the United States will leave Iran within two to three weeks, a longer deadline than the four to six weeks the administration has been saying. “I would say within two weeks, maybe three,” Trump said in the Oval Office during an executive order signing. “We’re hitting them very hard. Last...
A group of people who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, sued the federal government on Friday, alleging that police officers used excessive force to crack down on the riot. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in the Middle District of Florida’s Ocala Division, alleges that Capitol Police and Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) officers...
A U.S. Marine was detained at Palm Springs International Airport on Monday after authorities said airport security personnel discovered a live explosive round in his checked baggage. The ordnance, later confirmed to be a live 25 mm explosive round, was found by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel in the individual’s checked baggage during the screening...
