Chinese, Russian, and Iranian officials met on Friday and called for an end to U.S. sanctions on Tehran’s nuclear program and for a resumption of multinational talks on their program. The trio of countries “emphasized the necessity of terminating all unlawful unilateral sanctions,” Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Ma Zhaoxu read from a joint statement with […]
Shockwaves from the layoffs at various government agencies are expected to continue into the foreseeable future, and a host of government buildings could soon be sold as well. The Trump administration and the Department of Government Efficiency have already sent thousands of workers packing or off to new things via deferred resignations, but President Donald […]
Senate Democrats failed to block a GOP spending bill on Friday, all but guaranteeing President Donald Trump a victory in a days-long shutdown fight. The U.S. Senate narrowly voted 62-38 to advance the six-month government funding bill, clearing the way for a final vote later Friday to prevent a shutdown at midnight, when current spending legislation expires. […]
BAY CITY, Michigan — Vice President JD Vance traveled to central Michigan Friday to deliver a speech extolling the benefits of President Donald Trump’s tariff agenda. The area Vance visited could be a vital county in determining the 2026 midterm elections and the 2028 general elections. Trump carried Bay County in 2016, 2020, and 2024, but […]
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that the Department of Justice had opened an investigation into multiple acts of vandalism against Tesla dealerships, vehicles, and charging stations. For nearly two months, Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company has been targeted by violent demonstrators outraged over the work he is doing as leader of the Department of Government […]
A U.N. judge from Uganda was convicted by a British jury of forcing a woman to work as a slave. Lydia Mugambe, who was appointed as a U.N. judge of the mechanism in 2023, allegedly tricked another Ugandan woman to come to the United Kingdom and work for her as a maid and child care […]
A Finnish court found a Russian mercenary guilty on Friday of committing war crimes in Ukraine in 2014, sentencing him to life in prison. Voislav Torden, a Russian citizen known as Yan Petrovsky, was found guilty on four of five charges related to the ambush, murder, and mutilation of Ukrainian soldiers and distributing denigrating photos […]
As House Republicans dodged holding town halls across the country in fear of Democrat-organized protests, Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) saw the consequences of not heeding House Speaker Mike Johnson’s advice to avoid holding them. Edwards said he didn’t want to “shy away” from speaking to his constituents, who then showed up in force at his […]
Democrats found themselves in the middle of an all-out civil war on Friday as the Senate prepared to advance a six-month government funding bill to avert a shutdown set for midnight. The Republican-crafted legislation dramatically split Democrats, revealing deep divisions within the party that left many questioning Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) ability to […]
Senate Republicans handed President Donald Trump a victory in the administration’s fight against the fentanyl epidemic with the passage of legislation that imposes steep penalties on smugglers caught moving fentanyl analogs into or throughout the United States. The Senate passed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act 84-16 on Friday afternoon. Sens. Bill Cassidy […]
