A federal judge on Friday awarded Hunter Biden nearly $2 million in punitive damages in a case surrounding allegations that he sought an $800 million bribe from Iran. The order from U.S. District Judge Stephen Wilson, a Reagan appointee, means Biden is set to receive $1.7 million after he filed a defamation dispute against former […]
Michigan gubernatorial candidate John James on Friday denounced his rival for the Republican nomination for claiming he is weaponizing race in the contest. James, a U.S. representative since 2023 who is black and endorsed by President Donald Trump, appears to be the GOP’s frontrunner in the increasingly combative campaign to succeed Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D-MI), […]
The leaders of Western Europe’s three biggest economies — France, the United Kingdom, and Germany — all hold the records for the most unpopular leaders in modern history. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz holds the unambiguous record for the most unpopular chancellor in Germany’s history, with his approval rating hitting 16% in May, according to a […]
Polling Graham Platner’s team conducted on the Maine Senate race before he suspended his campaign indicates there is a clear Democratic front-runner in the bid to oust Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME). Platner dropped out of the race on Wednesday after his ex-girlfriend claimed he raped her. Before he made the announcement public, the embattled Democrat […]
President Donald Trump on Friday evening announced that he has preemptively given orders for Iran’s complete decimation should the country follow through on threats to assassinate him. Trump previously told the New York Post that he has left “instructions…to just literally bomb them at levels that they’ve never seen before,” if Iran kills him. The […]
The Trump administration on Friday issued subpoenas to several New York Times reporters after they wrote that President Donald Trump’s new Air Force One was not retrofitted with sufficient security measures, according to the outlet. The reporters published an article on Wednesday speculating on why Trump departed the NATO summit in Turkey this week aboard […]
The August 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients in 20 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month. If the first day falls on a weekend or federal holiday, the payment is sent on the last business day of the previous month […]
While watching the ostentatiously trashy new movie Supergirl, I could not help but think how the mighty have fallen. Or should I say, how the mediocre have fallen? Not being a reader of any iteration of the Supergirl comic books published by DC Comics, I cannot comment on their quality as compared to the subsequent screen adaptations, but […]
The 2026 FIFA World Cup stands as the largest edition in the tournament’s history, featuring 48 teams and 104 matches across 16 venues in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It opened on June 11 against the backdrop of America’s 250th anniversary celebrations, a milestone that President Donald Trump has explicitly linked to the event […]
The weeklong preliminary hearing ahead of Tyler Robinson’s trial for his alleged killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk offered key insights into how the forthcoming trial will likely unfold, as new evidence presented undermined conspiracy theories around Kirk’s 2025 assassination. Beginning Monday and concluding Friday, Utah prosecutors and lawyers for Robinson presented arguments and evidence […]
