White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday that President Donald Trump told Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney that the United States should “own at least half” of the Gordie Howe International Bridge. Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday that he would block the opening of the project, a half-mile-long cable-stayed bridge connecting Detroit, Michigan, […]
Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison is once again putting full confidence behind his company’s hostile takeover bid to buy Warner Bros. Discovery by sweetening the deal with what he calls “additional benefits.” The added guarantees announced on Tuesday include a “ticking fee” that pays Warner Bros. shareholders 25 cents per share if Paramount’s deal doesn’t […]
President Donald Trump’s administration is defending Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick against bipartisan calls for the Cabinet secretary to resign due to his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The latest trove of Epstein files released by the Justice Department showed that Lutnick planned to visit Epstein’s island in the U.S. Virgin Islands in December 2012 after claiming […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Tuesday that President Donald Trump raised the idea of renaming New York’s Penn Station and Virginia’s Washington Dulles International Airport after himself in a conversation with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). During the White House press briefing, Leavitt was asked about allegations Schumer has made that […]
President Donald Trump’s complicated relationship with NATO will shape how far Russia goes to further fracture those ties, according to a new report from Harvard University’s Belfer Center. Trump has pressured America’s NATO allies to increase their own defense spending and capabilities to reduce their reliance on U.S. support since returning to office, raising concerns […]
The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement refused to defend Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem when asked if she should resign during a heated House hearing where Democrats intensified calls for Noem to step down. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons was asked by Rep. Tim Kennedy (D-NY) during the House Homeland Security Committee’s first oversight […]
Survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein rebuked the partial release of the Epstein files calling it “indefensible” in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi. The letter, obtained by CBS News, comes a day before the House Judiciary Committee’s is set to hold an oversight hearing with Bondi. The attorney general is facing criticism […]
Kid Rock admitted that his performance for Turning Point USA’s rival Super Bowl halftime show was prerecorded, following speculations that he was lip-syncing. TPUSA announced that it would put on an alternative show during Apple Music’s Super Bowl halftime show, as conservatives criticized the NFL for selecting Bad Bunny as the performer. Bad Bunny, whose legal name […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D-NY) lieutenant governor, Antonio Delgado, on Tuesday announced he was dropping his challenge to his boss. After launching his campaign for Hochul’s spot last June, Delgado failed to make much of a dent in Hochul’s commanding lead. Facing dismal polling numbers, the lieutenant governor ended his bid on Tuesday. “After much consideration, I’ve concluded […]
The comprehensive electoral victory of Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi over the weekend secured the Liberal Democratic Party a two-thirds majority in the Japanese Diet, a broad and inarguable mandate for her proposed nationalist revival. Following her victory, Takaichi was not coy about her policy ambitions — stating firmly on Monday that her goal is to […]
