Secretary of Education Linda McMahon celebrated the settlement between a third university and the Trump administration. Brown University announced Thursday it would pay the state of Rhode Island $50 million in what McMahon characterized as a “fine,” rather than lose $110 million for anti-Israel protests on its campus last year. The university also agreed to […]
All was initially well for Catholics at Sunday night’s mass at the Parish of Blessed Anuarite in Komanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo. They reportedly gathered to engage in festivities celebrating the Catholic Church’s silver jubilee, but many of them would never get that opportunity. In an instant, radical Islamic terrorists from the ISIS-backed Allied […]
Nebraska’s Democratic Party chairwoman backed independent Senate candidate Dan Osborn on Wednesday in the state’s 2026 Senate race, signaling the party’s candidate preference against Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-NE). “We are supporting Dan Osborn,” Chairwoman Jane Fleming Kleeb said on X after being asked which Democrat was running against Osborn. “We believe a coalition of Dems, […]
Republicans are laying the groundwork for a change in Senate rules that could expedite hundreds of President Donald Trump‘s nominees, but negotiating the terms could require Democratic support. Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) told reporters Thursday that Republicans are talking through multiple ways to avoid months of gridlock on the Senate floor as Democrats […]
Sports commentator Shannon Sharpe spoke about his termination from ESPN as something he was “at peace with.” Sharpe, 57, signed a multi-year contract with ESPN last year, but hadn’t appeared on the network since April as he faced a lawsuit accusing him of rape. Tony Buzbee, attorney for Sharpe’s anonymous accuser, announced earlier this month […]
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee will join U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff to inspect the food distribution centers operated by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, a joint venture between the United States and Israel. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced at a Thursday press conference that the diplomats will enter the Gaza Strip on […]
President Donald Trump on Thursday demanded that the chief executives of 17 pharmaceutical companies lower their drug prices for U.S. consumers or else face “every tool in our arsenal.” Trump issued the threat in 17 separate letters posted on Truth Social. Among the recipients were CEOs Albert Bourla of Pfizer, Robert Davis of Merck, Joaquin […]
The New York City area and New Jersey declared states of emergency Thursday as heavy rain with the potential for flash floods approached the region. Weather is expected to dump several inches of rain in the New York-New Jersey areas as residents make their evening commutes home. “I will be declaring a State of Emergency […]
A federal appeals court appeared skeptical of President Donald Trump‘s sweeping tariff policy on Thursday, grilling the Justice Department on whether the president implemented the key part of his trade policy lawfully. The 11-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit heard arguments in a legal challenge to the bulk of […]
President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order Thursday afternoon that reinstates the Presidential Fitness Test for public schools nationwide. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the order is aligned with the “Make America Healthy Again” movement, spearheaded by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Created in 1966, the […]
