President Donald Trump suggested on Sunday that the leaders in the Middle East “are on board” for a yet-to-be-released plan. “We have a real chance for GREATNESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. ALL ARE ON BOARD FOR SOMETHING SPECIAL, FIRST TIME EVER. WE WILL GET IT DONE!!!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. His statement comes after […]
Gov. Tina Kotek (D-OR) and Portland Mayor Keith Wilson became the latest blue state and city leaders to push back against President Donald Trump‘s federal troop city deployments Saturday. After Trump directed War Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday morning to direct “all necessary troops” to Portland, the Oregon officials banded together in a press conference […]
Russell M. Nelson, the oldest president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died Saturday at the age of 101. Nelson died in his home “peacefully,” according to a news release from the LDS Church, also known as the Mormon church. Funeral details have yet to be released. The LDS Church is a […]
MIAMI (AP) — A weather system that is forecast to become Tropical Storm Imelda later in the day before approaching the coast of South Carolina as a hurricane early next week was causing disruption in the Bahamas and nearby islands on Sunday. Meanwhile Hurricane Humberto weakened very slightly but remained a strong Category 4 storm […]
SOUTHPORT, North Carolina (AP) — Three people were killed and at least eight others wounded late Saturday when someone opened fire from a boat into a crowd gathered at a waterfront bar in a coastal town in North Carolina, authorities said. The shooting erupted about 9:30 p.m. near a popular stretch of bars and restaurants […]
President Donald Trump’s proposal to use tariff revenue to bail out farmers experiencing harm from his administration’s trade policies is putting Democrats in the crosshairs of a sticky policy fight: support relief for working-class voters or continue battling the Trump administration’s economic agenda that they say is harmful to those Americans. The president on Thursday […]
The School District of Philadelphia’s social studies curriculum contains no mention of Israel, a Palestinian state, or even the broader Middle East, but this hasn’t stopped a cohort of local educational professionals from inserting the topic into classrooms anyway. In June, the Free Press obtained a copy of Philadelphia’s history and social studies curriculum. While […]
Salvadoran national Kilmar Abrego Garcia, the 30-year-old man who was wrongfully deported from the United States to his native El Salvador during President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, has been transferred to a detention facility in central Pennsylvania. Abrego Garcia was moved to the Moshannon Valley Processing Center in Phillipsburg, PA, on Friday morning, according to court […]
The Obama Foundation has yet to fulfill its pledge to create a $470 million reserve fund meant to shield taxpayers if the Obama Presidential Center runs into trouble, according to recent tax filings, which show millions instead going to the Tides Foundation. When the 19.3-acre section of land in a public Chicago park was acquired […]
President Donald Trump will meet with Democratic and Republican congressional leaders on Monday, the Washington Examiner confirmed, ahead of a looming government shutdown on Oct. 1. Trump will meet with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), per […]
