News

Trump taps Detroit entrepreneur Mark Savaya, who boosted Muslim turnout, as special envoy to Iraq

President Donald Trump announced on Sunday that he was naming Detroit-area entrepreneur Mark Savaya, who helped boost Muslim American turnout for his campaign, as special envoy to Iraq.

Ex-Rep. George Santos says fellow inmates informed him of Trump commutation

Former Rep. George Santos said Sunday that he first learned about President Trump's commutation of his prison sentence from fellow inmates who saw the news on television.

Trump says he is cutting aid to Colombia, accuses President Gustavo Petro of drug trafficking

President Trump announced Sunday that the United States will halt financial aid to Colombia and accused President Gustavo Petro of enabling drug production.

Speaker Johnson rips ‘No Kings’ rallies: if Trump were a king, things would be different

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday dismissed the nationwide "No Kings" protests against President Trump as a politically motivated spectacle, accusing Democratic leaders of using the demonstrations to shield themselves from pressure from their party's left flank.

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Trump’s commutation of Santos’ sentence: ‘We believe in redemption’

House Speaker Mike Johnson is defending President Trump's decision to grant former Rep. George Santos clemency after he was sentenced to prison for wire fraud and identity theft.

‘Dead’ California mother is very much alive, family says

The stroke survivor has been listed as deceased by the Social Security Administration, and has since been purged from Medicare.

‘His disability did not kill him’: Attorneys, family of man who died at Epic Universe push for video, examination of ride

The family of Kevin Rodrigues Zavala, the Epic Universe park visitor who died after riding the Stardust Racers roller coaster, is seeking answers.

Palestinian president says Hamas will have no role in governing postwar Gaza

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that Hamas will have no role in governing a postwar Gaza Strip, virtually addressing the United Nations General Assembly after the Trump administration blocked visas for the Palestinian delegation.  Abbas further rejected Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack against Israel, while condemning Israel’s continued war in Gaza and policies...

Patel says Dallas shooter wrote ‘hopefully this will give ICE agents real terror’

FBI Director Kash Patel said the gunman in the fatal shooting at a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility wrote a note that said "hopefully this will give ICE agents real terror” before opening fire.  Patel, in a post Thursday on social platform X, unveiled evidence the FBI and its Dallas office compiled from...

Live updates: Democrats say they won’t be intimidated by shutdown layoff threats; Trump meets Erdoğan

President Trump raised the stakes on Capitol Hill after the White House budget office directed federal agencies to plan for mass layoffs, rather than traditional workforce furloughs, if Democrats don't agree to a short-term stopgap funding measure ahead of next week’s shutdown deadline. A memo from the Office of Management and Budget reviewed by The...

Texas leaders react to deadly shooting at Dallas ICE facility

Two detainees are dead, and another was critically injured early Wednesday morning outside of an Immigration, Customs and Enforcement (ICE) facility in Dallas. The shooter died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Dallas police.

Nicolas Maduro is on the path to annihilation

Maduro is running short of options and running out of time.

Motive sought in Dallas ICE facility shooting

Federal and local authorities are still working to determine a motive after a gunman opened fire on an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Dallas on Wednesday. One detainee was killed and two others were critically injured in the incident. The suspected shooter, identified as 29-year-old Joshua Jahn, died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound....

Schumer: Trump’s proposed shutdown layoffs are an ‘attempt at intimidation’

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) says a new memo from the White House budget office warning that mass firings could be on the table if there’s a government shutdown is “an attempt at intimidation.” Schumer, who was scheduled to meet with Trump at the White House Thursday to discuss a funding deal before Trump...

The most important court case you’ve (probably) never heard of

With Planned Parenthood's future hanging in the balance, this case will not stay under the radar for much longer.   

How Europe’s cybersecurity rules made your Audi unsafe

Every new Audi sold in the U.S. auto-unlocks all four doors when you shift into park. Owners cannot turn this off. 

ICE shooting renews political violence fears

The shooting has added to fears of politically motivated attacks even as key details have yet to emerge.

Putin’s brain is back in the USSR

Putin has miscalculated.

Texas A&M controversy puts state at the center of fight over LGBTQ teachings

The firing of a Texas professor and subsequent resignation of the university's president are illustrating a statewide battle on when and how LGBTQ topics are discussed on college campuses. State lawmakers say what the Texas A&M lecturer did was illegal, opponents say academics are losing their free speech rights and at least one other...

- A word from our sponsors -

spot_img
HomeNews