Members of the European Parliament have joined Democratic representatives in scrutinizing the pending merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery. In a Thursday letter sent to Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, five lawmakers said the $111 billion deal is still subject to an antitrust review in Europe. The letter comes less than a month […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping has vowed not to offer Iran military assistance, according to President Donald Trump. Trump, who is halfway through a two-day bilateral summit with Xi in Beijing, sat for an interview with Fox News’ Sean Hannity during the trip. “They’re not fighting a war with us,” he told the Fox host when […]
Rep. Julia Letlow (R-LA), whom President Donald Trump endorsed in Louisiana’s Senate race, has missed every vote in the House this week. Letlow has missed 12 roll call votes since Tuesday, when the House returned from a one-week recess. The Louisiana Republican is running against Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and State Treasurer John Fleming in […]
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s office is pushing back on claims that the CIA “raided” ODNI headquarters and removed boxes of sensitive files related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the controversial MKUltra program, after comments from Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL) sparked a wave of online speculation and cable news […]
Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) is chiming back into the redistricting debate this week after his push to redraw the maps in the state’s last legislative session landed with a thud. Maryland’s Democratic leadership has been split over redistricting this past year, as state Senate President Bill Ferguson refused to take up the issue in the […]
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s former chief of staff was jailed Thursday on money laundering and fraud charges tied to a luxury real estate development near Kyiv. Andriy Yermak served as head of the Office of the President of Ukraine from 2020 until his resignation in November 2025 amid a widening corruption scandal. During his tenure, […]
Michael Banks, the national chief of the Border Patrol, announced in a letter to employees Thursday that he will retire from his post. His resignation comes after a Washington Examiner investigation into unethical behavior as a federal agent, according to three sources familiar with the matter. “After over 37 years in public service to the […]
Cuban officials said Wednesday that the island has completely run out of fuel needed to keep much of it running, blaming a monthslong U.S. sanctions campaign that has sharply restricted fuel imports and pushed the country deeper into an already severe energy crisis. Energy Minister Vicente de la O Levy said that the country has […]
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered that the Trump administration cannot penalize U.N. official Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on the Palestinian territories, who has accused Israel of war crimes and human rights abuses in Gaza. In July 2025, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the Treasury Department announced that the […]
A federal jury in Florida has convicted the founder of a healthcare software company for defrauding Medicare and other federal healthcare benefit programs out of more than $1 billion. HealthSplash CEO Brett Blackman, 42, of Kansas, was found guilty on Wednesday for his role in operating a platform that generated fictitious doctors’ notes and prescriptions […]
