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Trump’s shadow hangs over the Winter Olympics

President Donald Trump won’t be representing the U.S. at the opening ceremony of the Italian Olympic Games in Milan’s famous San Siro Stadium. But his shadow will surely loom...

Feds shift to targeted immigration enforcement in Minneapolis under Homan

The Trump administration shifts immigration enforcement in Minnesota after protests, sending border czar Tom Homan to manage operations and a drawdown.

Trump calls for nuclear experts to work on ‘new, improved, and modernized treaty’

President Donald Trump called for U.S. nuclear experts to create a new modernized treaty to replace the New START nuclear arms agreement with Russia via Truth Social.

Businessman Rick Caruso considers running for LA mayor in wake of Palisades Fire report

Rick Caruso indicated that he is reconsidering his decision to not run for office due to a report regarding Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and the Palisades Fire.

Trump claims DNI Tulsi Gabbard was at Georgia election hub search because AG Pam Bondi wanted her there

President Donald Trump defends DNI Tulsi Gabbard's controversial presence at the FBI search of a Fulton County election facility, citing Attorney General Bondi's request.

Johnson to address UK Parliament to mark America’s 250th birthday

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is scheduled to address the United Kingdom Parliament later this month in honor of America’s 250th birthday.  Johnson will be the first Speaker of the House to address the foreign legislative body on Jan. 20 in London. “As our nation commemorates the 250th anniversary of American Independence, I am honored and...

Béla Fleck cancels Kennedy Center show

Grammy Award-winning banjo player Béla Fleck has pulled out of an upcoming show at The Kennedy Center, joining a growing group of artists refusing to play the venue following President Trump’s takeover of the arts and culture institution. Fleck announced in a Tuesday Instagram post that he withdrew from his performance with the National Symphony...

Live updates: US forcefully boards Russian-flagged Venezuela oil tanker; White House holds briefing

Days after a daring military operation to seize its leader, President Trump's gambit for Venezuela's massive oil reserves is coming into focus. That, and the future of Venezuela, are raising questions on Capitol Hill. The U.S. on Wednesday also seized two Venezuela-linked oil tankers in the North Atlantic. One vessel was flying a Russian flag....

Electricity costs are rising rapidly — there is a solution, but Trump keeps blocking it

Voters angry about Trump’s “pain at the plug” policies are already punishing Republicans.

George Conway: Trump ‘running the United States government like a mob operation’

George Conway, the pundit and Trump critic now running as a Democrat for Congress, on Wednesday criticized the new administration, saying it is being run like a “mob operation.” “You would have thought that January 6 would have been the height of his criminality, but it's worse now he is running the United States government...

Aldrich Ames, CIA agent who sold secrets to the Soviets, dies in prison

Aldrich Ames, the CIA agent who sold American secrets to the Soviets, has died at the age of 84.  The former case officer died in custody on Monday, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate database. He had been serving out a life sentence without parole in a Maryland prison since 1994 after he...

Trump touts US support for NATO amid ambitions to acquire Greenland

President Trump touted US support for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) on Wednesday amid concerns from member countries over his administration’s ambitions to acquire Greenland. “We will always be there for NATO, even if they won’t be there for us. The only Nation that China and Russia fear and respect is the DJT REBUILT U.S.A.,” Trump said in a TruthSocial post. In the...

Maduro’s immunity defense in question

Nicolás Maduro says he’s Venezuela’s president. The United States contests that. The disagreement could become central to his drug trafficking case, as the toppled leader seeks to persuade a U.S. judge that he’s immune from criminal prosecution as a sovereign head of state. At Maduro’s first court appearance this week, he sought from the start to stop the Justice Department’s prosecution in its tracks. “I am...

Conversion therapy kills — put a stop to it, once and for all

The discredited and harmful practice is on the rise in the U.S., despite clear evidence of the damage they cause and opposition from every major medical association.

Denmark, Greenland seek Rubio meeting after Trump remarks

Officials in Denmark and Greenland are requesting a meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio after President Trump renewed his focus on acquiring the Arctic island, days after ousting Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. The White House on Tuesday reiterated Trump's call for the U.S. to take over the Danish territory for national security reasons and...

Western assumptions about Syria’s new leader are being tested

An explosion tore through a mosque in the Syrian city of Homs Dec. 26, killing and wounding worshippers in a neighborhood associated with the country’s Alawite Muslim community. Syrian authorities said an investigation was underway; a little-known terrorist group later claimed responsibility. Whatever the final attribution, the attack was a reminder of a basic reality in post-Assad...

Inside the women’s prison where violent male inmates have their way

A civilized society protects women and children from men who seek to harm them. Yet under the banner of progress, child rapists, serial sex-offenders, and wife-killers can now secure access to one of our most vulnerable populations — female prisoners — by uttering five magic words: “I identify as a woman.” This is not hyperbole....

Trump escalates aggressive posture on Greenland

Trump's calls are taking on a new level of seriousness after the Venezuela operation.

Alaska Airlines pilot sues Boeing for $10 million, claims he was blamed for door-plug blowout

The pilot who landed the Boeing 737 MAX-9 aircraft that lost its door plug soon after takeoff is suing the aircraft manufacturer.

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