Addressing the Munich Security Conference on Friday, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested that “a deep divide has opened between Europe and the United States.” While Merz called for both American and European actions to “repair” the trans-Atlantic alliance, his speech was notably critical of the Trump administration. The blame for the current malaise in trans-Atlantic […]

Despite the constant and steep vicissitudes throughout his first year back in the Oval Office, President Donald Trump has ended it with a Goldilocks economy. After four years of former President Joe Biden’s unprecedented fiscal expansion stoked the worst inflationary crisis in 40 years, annual consumer price index inflation fell from 3% to 2.4% in […]

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Friday said that "unconditional" U.S. aid to Israel in its war with Hamas "enabled a genocide in Gaza," criticism that implicates the Biden administration's Middle East policy. Ocasio-Cortez was answering a question from a Haaretz reporter while attending the annual Munich Security Conference regarding whether a presidential candidate in 2028...

President Trump on Friday indicated he will issue an executive order seeking to require voters to present proof of citizenship if the Senate does not pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, which passed in the House this week. "There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or...

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story Crypto industry wades into midterm elections The cryptocurrency industry is ramping up its spending ahead of the midterm elections after accumulating a massive war chest in the wake of several key wins in 2024. © Andrew Harnik, Associated Press The industry’s leading super PAC network, Fairshake, had more...

The NAACP on Friday threatened to sue Elon Musk's AI company xAI, claiming that gas turbines powering a company data center are polluting communities in Mississippi and Tennessee. "Our communities are not playgrounds for corporations who are chasing profit over people. xAI’s first data center is already creating pollution for Mississippi’s neighbors in Memphis —...

A new report from House Democrats concludes that President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was “nothing short of a catastrophe.” The 47-page report, published Thursday by Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, argues that DOGE’s interest was to serve Trump’s wealthy allies rather than to reduce costs for the federal government...

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Democratic Gov. Abigail Spanberger is being mocked for a photo of her grilling, with many on social media expressing alarm and disgust over the meat over the fire.

Marco Rubio attends Munich Security Conference following Vice President JD Vance's controversial 2025 speech that stunned European leaders and criticized democratic values.