Russia is offering notes on peace plans with Ukraine before U.S. officials have even laid out their proposal. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday that U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and national security adviser Mike Waltz are expected “to inform [the Kremlin] through various channels about the details of the negotiations and the […]
The first hearing for Columbia University graduate student Mahmoud Khalil is taking place Wednesday in New York as the Trump administration and Khalil’s lawyers fight for the case to be heard in their preferred jurisdictions. The White House attempted to deport Khalil, a pro-Palestinian activist who grew up in Syria, for allegedly being a pro-Hamas […]
Shark Tank investor Kevin O’Leary defended the Department of Government Efficiency and recommended it cut even more than it already has. O’Leary’s recommendation comes as the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced it was cutting $660 million for the Local Food for Schools program and $420 million for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement. USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins […]
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) assured that Congress is “fully in support” of Education Secretary Linda McMahon‘s efforts to eliminate her department at the request of President Donald Trump. Johnson is fresh from a successful vote in the House to fund the government to avoid a shutdown. The Senate will vote on that […]
The pro-independence liberal Demokraatit Party pulled off an upset victory in Greenland’s election. The party has been critical of President Donald Trump’s desire to take over the territory. The Demokraatit Party, which favors a slow pace of independence, won the highest share of votes of the five major parties, claiming 30% of the vote compared […]
Grammy Award-nominated rapper Lil Yachty is going viral after slamming Black Lives Matter as a “scam.” The artist, born Miles McCollum, criticized the organization behind the movement on Quenlin Blackwell’s “FEEDING STARVING CELEBRITIES” YouTube series after he was asked, while making pancakes, how much he has donated to charitable causes, including Black Lives Matter. “BLM […]
Republican lawmakers are calling on the International Olympic Committee to adopt the Trump administration’s policy that bars biological men from competing in women’s sports. Sen. Jim Risch (R-ID) and Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT), along with more than a dozen other Republicans, signed off on the letter to the IOC. “Future Olympians are counting on the […]
Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) was the lone Democrat to vote for the continuing resolution to fund the government Tuesday. He blasted his own party for creating “unnecessary fear” with its claims about the bill. The stopgap measure passed the House, 217-213, with only one House Democrat, Golden, voting in favor of it and only one […]
Canada announced a slew of new tariffs on U.S. imports Wednesday amid an escalating trade war with President Donald Trump. Trump’s 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican goods went into effect last week, causing significant stock market pain, though the president eventually exempted all United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement-compliant products, which include roughly 38% and 50% of […]
Comedian and television producer Rosie O’Donnell said on Tuesday she fled to Ireland just before President Donald Trump’s inauguration and will not return to the United States until it’s “safe.” “I’m here in Ireland, and it’s beautiful and warm, not physically, it’s quite cold,” O’Donnell announced on TikTok. “The people are so loving and so kind, so […]
