Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday he ordered a fourth strike on a small boat in the waters off Venezuela, according to a social media post. “Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike,” which “was conducted in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela while the vessel was transporting substantial…
U.S. President Donald Trump‘s approval rating is underwater in all seven swing states, according to aggregated polling data. According to analysis by data journalist G. Elliott Morris posted in his Substack blog Strength In Numbers, the president’s approval rating has sunk in Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Nevada, North Carolina and Arizona, all states he won…
Published on: Oct 03, 2025 01:57 pm IST The apps were used to anonymously report the movements of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents, and had become increasingly popular. Apple removed on Thursday several apps used to anonymously report the movements of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents from its app store, reportedly…
Ever since Newt Gingrich brought the federal government to a halt for three weeks in 1995, “birthing a new era of American gridlock,” as NPR later put it, the shutdown has been one of the capital’s recurring set pieces. Republicans, as the official anti-government party going back to the Reagan era, have usually been blamed….
Beijing’s top diplomat in Hong Kong has warned the city’s new U.S. Consul General not to interfere in the territory’s internal affairs, underscoring persistent tensions between China and Washington. Cui Jianchun, commissioner of the Chinese Foreign Ministry’s office in Hong Kong, met Tuesday with Consul General Julie Eadeh to voice “serious concerns” about her conduct,…
Video has surfaced of a recent meeting between European leaders during which they joked about President Donald Trump’s verbal slip when discussing peace deals he’d brokered, naming one between Albania and Azerbaijan – a war that never happened. Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama jokingly scolds his colleague French President Emmanuel Macron that he didn’t congratulate…
Charlie Kirk’s death in the United States was a major political shock. But what followed was more revealing: employees disciplined for social media posts, celebrities facing backlash for controversial remarks and businesses scrambling to distance themselves from the fallout. The controversy highlighted a broader truth of the digital age: a single comment, whether in jest…
HE DID. TONIGHT, KAI MORE THAN $370 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING EACH WEEK. THAT’S HOW MUCH MONEY GOVERNOR WES MOORE SAYS THE STATE OF MARYLAND RELIES ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR TO RUN THINGS LIKE HEALTH CARE, FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. THEY WERE THINGS THAT HE ADDRESSED TONIGHT DURING THAT SPEECH TO THE STATE. THINGS THAT…
Washington — The Trump administration announced Wednesday that it would be canceling $8 billion in climate-related projects in 16 states, the latest funding cut by the administration after the federal government plunged into a shutdown overnight. Russ Vought, head of the Office of Management and Budget, announced the cancellations on social media and said additional…
Could this meeting have been an email? Last week, when news broke that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth had ordered hundreds of generals from around the world to gather at the Marine base in Quantico, Virginia, this week, it set off fevered speculation about the possible reason for the unprecedented gathering. After the meeting, it’s…