Hemp farmers are taking a shot in the dark as they start preparing their farms for the 2026 planting season. If Congress does not take any action to reverse the hemp ban passed as part of the funding legislation to end the November 2025 government shutdown, the hemp industry as it is today will become […]
Republicans are betting that a shift back to economic messaging after weeks of war in Iran will help reset the political landscape ahead of the midterm elections. President Donald Trump is set to travel to Arizona and Nevada next week to promote the GOP’s sweeping tax bill, dubbed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The […]
Congressional and campaign staffers for Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) have condemned the recent sexual assault allegations against their embattled boss, urging the public to support the four accusers. “As leaders of teams working for Eric Swalwell, we’re horrified by the recent reporting in the San Francisco Chronicle and by CNN,” more than a dozen staffers said in […]
The United States and Iran have failed to strike a peace deal to end the now six-week war, Vice President JD Vance announced early on Sunday in Pakistan. “The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement,” Vance said at a press conference following the peace talks. “And I think that’s bad news […]
The United Kingdom has shelved a bill that would have handed its sovereignty over the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, a decision that comes after President Donald Trump lambasted the idea as an “act of great stupidity.” The U.K. had moved to cede control over the archipelago to Mauritius, drafting legislation due to be taken up […]
An appeals court has ruled that construction for the White House ballroom can resume, granting President Donald Trump a legal win as he races to finish one of the biggest infrastructure projects of his second term. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, in a 2-1 ruling, granted the Trump administration a temporary […]
The United Arab Emirates‘s aggressive stance against Iran was the culmination of a 15-year process that saw the transformation of the Gulf state from a minor Middle East player into a major military and geopolitical force. In the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, the UAE unexpectedly found itself bearing the brunt of retaliatory assaults, being targeted […]
The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, led by Trump foe Alvin Bragg, has opened an investigation into Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) over sexual assault allegations made by one of his former staffers. Swalwell was accused of having sex with an ex-staffer in his hotel bed while she was intoxicated, preventing her from giving consent. The alleged […]
Pope Leo XIV issued his harshest condemnation of the Iran war yet, indirectly slamming the United States as a perpetrator of the “demonic cycle of evil” that is fueling the conflict. His critical remarks came during an evening prayer service in St. Peter’s Basilica on Saturday at the same time that U.S. negotiators, led by […]
Comedian and late-night talk show host Bill Maher warned about the rise of antisemitism and how groups with otherwise fundamentally opposing views are united on the issue. “It’s pretty scary when those two groups are somehow aligned on this issue and no other issue,” Maher said on Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday. Maher […]
