The childhood home of Pope Leo, the first American pontiff, will be sold in an online auction next month. The three-bedroom home in the South Side Chicago suburb of Dolton, Illinois, was originally on the market for $199,000. However, when Leo, born Robert Francis Prevost, was chosen as pope in the Vatican last week, the […]
President Donald Trump condemned former FBI Director James Comey for a controversial social media post, arguing that Comey was calling for his assassination. In a Friday interview with Fox News, Trump dismissed Comey’s apology and claim that he didn’t know what seashells organized to read “8647” meant. He argued that Comey was openly calling for […]
The Turkish foreign ministry confirmed that peace talks between Ukraine and Russia ended after just under two hours. Pope Leo offered to act as a mediator between Ukraine and Russia to arrange for peace in Ukraine, according to Italian media outlet RAI. Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin said on Friday that the pope could […]
The military parade to honor the Army‘s 250th anniversary has ballooned in cost from anywhere between $25 million and $45 million. The parade in Washington, D.C., is scheduled for June 14, the Army’s semiquincentennial and President Donald Trump‘s birthday. Details about the parade began to surface earlier this year, with the Washington Post reporting the […]
The Trump administration fired around 600 employees at Voice of America, approximately one-third of its staff. The layoffs targeted contracted journalists and some administrative employees. Voice of America is a news network funded by the federal government that provides reporting to countries that have limited press freedom. Voice of America indicated that the Trump administration […]
Five elite universities that have publicly criticized President Donald Trump are paying top-tier MAGA-friendly lobbyists to butter up the White House privately, federal lobbying disclosures show. Johns Hopkins University, Cornell University, Northwestern University, the University of Michigan, and Harvard University have all entered into lobbying contracts with Ballard Partners or Miller Strategies, two firms with […]
EXCLUSIVE — Myriad conservative groups are calling on Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr to reform the agency’s “antiquated and harmful” rules governing local TV and radio broadcasters. The letter, led by Heritage Action, is signed by leaders from the National Taxpayers Union, Americans for Tax Reform, Bull Moose Project, the James Madison Institute, and […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Thursday night about President Donald Trump’s trip to the Middle East. One of the main topics the pair discussed was Iran. Trump has teased on multiple occasions during the trip that he is cautiously close to making a deal with Iran regarding […]
Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) is bridging a messaging divide with the House as Senate Democrats ratchet up their opposition to President Donald Trump. Booker, the communications chairman for Senate Democrats, invited his House counterparts to speak at Thursday’s caucus lunch, where members of the Democratic Policy and Communications Committee gave a briefing on their voter […]
President Donald Trump is right that Americans pay too high a price for many pharmaceuticals. In a May 12 speech and signing of an executive order aimed at rectifying the problem, Trump correctly diagnosed the reasons for high prescription drug costs. However, Trump’s legally unenforceable executive order slapping effective price controls on medicines is the […]
