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Trump says Venezuela has begun releasing political prisoners ‘in a BIG WAY’

Trump says Venezuela releasing political prisoners 'in a BIG WAY' after U.S. military operation captured Maduro with least 18 freed so far from detention.

Michael Goodwin: NYC is in grave danger with Mayor Mamdani’s anti-policing policies

Though he’s been in office less than two weeks, Mayor Zohran Mamdani's Socialist-echoing choices...

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani hands out free theater tickets to residents in partnership with festival

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani partnered with an ongoing theater festival to hand out free tickets to city residents.

Minnesota Democrats denied entry to ICE detention facility

Three Minnesota House representatives said that they were denied entry to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement processing center in Minneapolis Saturday morning.

Trump says he hopes released Venezuelan prisoners ‘remember how lucky they got’

President Trump on Saturday said he hopes political prisoners released in Venezuela "remember how lucky they got" in the week after U.S. strikes ousted President Nicolás Maduro and brought him to the U.S. to face charges. "Venezuela has started the process, in a BIG WAY, of releasing their political prisoners," Trump wrote on Truth Social....

The SpaceX IPO, space-based AI and dreams of Mars

The opening of space to human commercial activity is a prospect to be welcomed eagerly.

The shortest day of the year has arrived. Here’s what to know

Yes the darkest day of the year is here, but that means brighter days are ahead.

Why ‘very large’ tax refunds are coming in 2026, according to officials

Thanks to a number of changes to the tax code under the One Big Beautiful Bill, Trump administration officials are projecting Americans will enjoy the largest tax refund ever in 2026.

White House threatens to withhold Smithsonian funds amid review

The White House threatened to withhold federal funding to the Smithsonian if the prestigious museum system does not submit additional documentation for the Trump administration’s sweeping content review. In a Thursday letter to Smithsonian Institution Secretary Lonnie Bunch, Domestic Policy Council director Vince Haley and White House budget director Russell Vought outlined the material they said...

The Trump administration deserves a solid F-minus for transparency 

Last month, a message on the White House website declared that “the Trump Administration has been the most transparent and accessible administration in modern American history ... ensuring the American people are constantly in touch with what their government is doing.”  But if an administration is defined by what it does, this White House has been anything but transparent and accessible. In...

US, Russia peace talks ‘are proceeding constructively:’ Kremlin envoy

Russian envoy Kirill Dmitriev told reporters that this weekend’s ongoing peace talks in Florida are constructive, amid the Trump administration’s latest push to strike a deal to end the war with Ukraine. “The discussions are proceeding constructively. They began earlier and will continue today, and will also continue tomorrow,” Dmitriev said Saturday in Miami. Dmitriev...

Trump’s push to make Maduro ‘cry uncle’ ramps up, but endgame murky

President Trump’s pressure campaign against Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro continues to ramp up, with his threat this past week to impose a blockade on sanctioned oil tankers, but the administration’s messaging on its endgame has only become more muddled.  Trump has not ruled out war with Venezuela, warning Tuesday that the U.S. military presence in...

Democrats second-guess DNC decision to end autopsy of losses to Trump, GOP

Democrats say they've finally found their footing. And the Democratic National Committee (DNC) says it agrees. Democrats are winning again.  So why would they put out an autopsy report that talks about how they lost? The party, says DNC Chair Ken Martin, needs to move forward, not look back. That's the position Democrats find themselves in...

Jesse Watters: Trump compared Twitter account to Gettysburg Address

Fox News host Jesse Watters on Saturday said President Trump once compared his Twitter account to former President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Watters spoke at Turning Point USA’s annual AmericaFest conference in Phoenix when he recalled a visit to the White House during Trump's first term. Trump went with Watters to the Lincoln Bedroom, where...

‘Funeral’ held for the penny at Lincoln Memorial after US Mint discontinues coin

The penny received a "funeral" on Saturday, attended by mourners and Abraham Lincoln impersonators outside the Lincoln Memorial, after the U.S. Mint discontinued the coin last month. Hundreds attended the event, many dressed in black or wearing Victorian-style attire. Mourners placed pennies into either caskets on display or made a wish as they threw pennies...

Hegseth hails new seizure of Venezuelan oil tanker

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth on Saturday evening hailed the seizure by the U.S. Coast Guard of a second oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. The U.S. Navy assisted in the seizure, which took place on international waters, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem announced.  Hegseth made clear that the Trump administration intended to put...

16 Epstein files, including photo of Trump, disappear from DOJ website: Report

At least 16 files on the Justice Department's (DOJ) webpage containing files on Jeffrey Epstein, including a photo featuring two pictures of President Trump, were found to have disappeared from the department's website as of Saturday, The Associated Press reported. DOJ has not said why these files were removed from its website. The Hill has...

Most Americans say Trump’s Rob Reiner comments were ‘inappropriate’: Poll

Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe President Trump's social media post and subsequent comments about the killing of actor-director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were "inappropriate," according to a new YouGov poll released Friday. "YouGov showed Americans Trump's post — as well as social media posts about Reiner by several other politicians from...

Trump endorses GOP’s Blakeman for New York governor a day after Stefanik exits race

President Trump on Saturday evening endorsed Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman for governor of New York, one day after Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) surprisingly exited the race and announced she would not seek reelection to Congress. Trump did not mention Stefanik in his Saturday post on Truth Social endorsing Blakeman. "Bruce is MAGA all the...

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