Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday opted for a reassuring, though prodding, stance toward NATO partners at the Munich Security Conference, signaling the United States still views Europe as an essential ally. The U.S. and Europe “belong together,” Rubio said in a highly anticipated keynote address, adding that the fate of Europe will “never […]
A SWAT team flocked to the area surrounding Nancy Guthrie’s Arizona home Friday night, suggesting the investigation into the elderly woman’s mysterious disappearance may have taken a turn. DNA that does not belong to Nancy Guthrie was found on her property on Friday and is being tested, along with gloves found in the surrounding area, […]
The second round of February Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued in four days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born between the 11th and 20th of a month will receive this payment on Feb. 18. The first round went out to recipients born on or before the 10th of […]
Several Latin American countries have taken steps to curb their international support for Cuba, yielding to the policy priorities of President Donald Trump as his administration increases its pressure on the island’s communist regime. Following the Trump administration’s January ouster of former Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela, Cuba’s largest oil supplier, cut off shipments to […]
The March 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in 13 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month, but March’s payment will go out on Feb. 27, since March 1 falls on a Sunday this year. When the first of the month […]
Democrats are experimenting with a new message casting President Donald Trump’s Cabinet and wealthy allies as the “Epstein class,” an attempt to channel anti-elite anger and recast the president’s inner circle as the very establishment he once ran against. The phrase has quickly spread among Democratic lawmakers, with Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) amplifying it at […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio may be the highest-ranking administration official representing President Donald Trump at this year’s Munich Security Conference, but European counterparts are not sighing with relief, at least not yet. Vice President JD Vance roiled Europe last year with his remarks to the conference when he told the continent it was its […]
The United States’s efforts to permanently neutralize the Iranian threat are getting tangled by disagreements between allies who, theoretically, should be cheering on the regime’s collapse. President Donald Trump has ordered a second aircraft carrier to join military patrols in the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. envoys are meeting with increasingly desperate Iranian counterparts with the […]
The federal government entered a partial shutdown early Saturday with no end in sight after Congress failed to fund the Department of Homeland Security over stalled negotiations on immigration enforcement. Without an immediate off-ramp and lawmakers now on recess until the last week of February, the DHS and its umbrella agencies could be shuttered for […]
One of Cuba’s key oil refineries was engulfed in flames on Friday, worsening an already crippling oil crisis. Videos posted on social media showed massive plumes of black smoke rising from Havana Harbor’s Ñico López oil refinery on Friday. The fire began in a warehouse storing oil products, but was soon contained by firefighters. “A […]
