FBI Director Kash Patel is heading into an intense week on Capitol Hill on the heels of the Charlie Kirk assassination, with two congressional hearings set to place his leadership under the national spotlight amid reports that he could be facing internal friction, despite continued support from President Donald Trump. Criticism of Patel started last […]
President Donald Trump announced he is suing the New York Times for $15 billion, claiming the publication defamed him. The president’s lawsuit comes after he threatened to sue the newspaper last week for publishing articles about a note and drawing, supposedly by Trump, that was given to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein for his 50th birthday […]
Pressure is mounting from the White House on Senate Republicans to confirm Mike Waltz this week as United Nations ambassador, a long-stalled nominee who is among dozens that must be reconsidered by committees over a chamber rules snafu with Democrats. Amid a broader political fight with Republicans over changing Senate rules to fast-track President Donald […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the U.S. will start revoking visas of people who celebrated the assassination of Turning Point founder and conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Rubio announced the decision in a social media post on his X account late Monday night. “America will not host foreigners who celebrate the death of our fellow […]
The Trump administration added Colombia to a list of countries failing to cooperate in the war on drugs for the first time in nearly 30 years. The designation reflects the deteriorating relations between the United States and one of its closest Latin American allies. Trump’s vision has repeatedly clashed with that of the left-wing president, […]
Russia has sent tens of thousands of Ukrainian children, whom they have abducted, to more than 200 different facilities, where about a fifth of them have been given military training, according to a new report from a United States watchdog organization. It’s believed that Russian forces have taken more than 35,000 Ukrainian children from their homes, largely in […]
President Donald Trump said he wasn’t aware of Democratic Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman, who a gunman assassinated in June. Speaking with reporters in the Oval Office, Trump was asked by a reporter whether, in retrospect, he thinks it would have been fitting to lower the flag in honor of Hortman, given the tributes to the […]
An appeals court rejected President Donald Trump’s effort to remove Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook from her position. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled 2-1 against Trump’s bid for emergency relief to fire Cook before the two-day Fed meeting on Tuesday. The court ruled that she will stay in […]
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) held a memorial Monday night to honor the life of conservative activist Charlie Kirk after he was assassinated last week in Utah. Johnson, along with House leadership and other members of Congress, gathered to deliver remarks and prayers on the “life and legacy” of Kirk. The Majority of the Republican […]
The Washington Post fired a longtime staff member and columnist after she posted a fake Charlie Kirk quote and other inflammatory rhetoric just hours after the conservative activist’s assassination. On Monday, columnist Karen Attiah revealed that she had been fired by the Washington Post the week before. In a Substack post, she claimed she was […]
