President Trump insisted that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and close Trump adviser Elon Musk have a "great relationship" following an explosive report that the two clashed during a contentious Cabinet meeting on Thursday. The secretary of state and tech billionaire reportedly got into a heated argument about workforce cuts, with Musk telling Rubio that...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is using polygraph tests to figure out who could be leaking information to news outlets, with some agency officials contending the disclosed information has hampered immigration enforcement efforts, multiple outlets reported. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem ordered in an internal directive, first reported by Bloomberg Government last month, that every...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected President Trump’s push for nuclear deal talks between the two nations, arguing the initiative is only a gateway for Washington to impose new demands and limit Tehran’s military capabilities. “Some coercive governments insist on negotiations. Such negotiations aren’t aimed at solving issues. Their aim is to exert their...
Democratic governors are diverging in their approaches to President Trump amid mounting speculation that some of them are gunning for the White House in 2028. Some are digging their heels into resistance efforts, as in Illinois, where Gov. JB Pritzker (D) this week trolled Trump’s plan to rename the Gulf of Mexico. Others are taking a...
Donald Trump's approval ratings have declined significantly in the first three weeks of his second presidency, with his personal ratings also declining among people under 30. Trump has failed to address high inflationary prices, and his fights with institutions are unpopular among Americans.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) slammed President Trump and elected Republicans on Sunday for appearing not to prioritize lowering costs for Americans, arguing it was a core campaign promise. “Donald Trump and Republicans consistently promised that they were going to lower the high cost of living, and they’ve done the exact opposite. They’ve shown...
President Trump said Wednesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to begin negotiations immediately, with plans to meet in Saudi Arabia, which has unsettled some Republican Senators who want to see the Kremlin leader punished for directing his military to invade Kyiv in 2022. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Vice President Vance on Friday after which...
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) said on Sunday that New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) has become the Trump administration’s “own political pawn.” “They have literally taken the mayor of New York City, who was facing and is facing serious charges of bribery, which were going to be expanded, and they have turned him into...
While the left cries about unelected officials like Elon Musk and his team who are uncovering waste, fraud and abuse, perhaps they should first take a look at the unelected officials that have run USAID and spent taxpayer dollars to further their own pet projects.
President Trump’s “border czar” Tom Homan on Sunday pushed back on the idea that prosecutors were ordered to dismiss charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) by the Department of Justice in exchange for access to Rikers Island. “It sounds like the DOJ dropped the case against Adams, [and in] exchange, he let you into...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country has intelligence that Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to target Belarus and warned against the weakening of NATO. In an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,” Zelensky said his country has intelligence that Putin is planning to conduct a military training operation with 150,000 people, “mostly on...
The story of VIPER, with its twists and turns, proves the wisdom of NASA’s turn to the commercial sector for partnerships that started during the George W. Bush administration.
The foreign minister of Poland, Radosław Sikorski, said that a united European army “will not happen.” “If you understand by … the unification of national armies, it will not happen,” Sikorski said. “But I have been an advocate for Europe, for the European Union, to develop its own defense capabilities.” “And we are actually in...
European leaders have planned an emergency summit on Ukraine, according to multiple outlets. The summit has been referred to as a “once in a generation” national security moment by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, CNN reported The BBC reported that French President Emmanuel Macron will pull together the Monday summit, which will happen in Paris....
As demonstrated by the Trump administration’s takedown of USAID, disinformation, amplified by social media, poses an even greater threat to democracy than ignorance does.
