President Donald Trump gave out medals to five new Kennedy Center honorees in a ceremony at the Oval Office on Saturday evening. Trump presented the prestigious award, which recognizes contributions to American culture and the arts, to actor Sylvester Stallone, singers Gloria Gaynor and George Strait, the rock band Kiss, and actor-singer Michael Crawford, all […]

The National Park Service updated its free-admission calendar, adding free entry for President Donald Trump’s birthday but removing Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth from the list.  The Department of the Interior announced last month the new free-entry days at national parks, designating them as “resident-only patriotic fee-free days.” Under the Biden administration, NPS […]

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that negotiations with the United States to end the Russia-Ukraine war are moving on to the “next steps” following a flurry of meetings between the two sides in Florida this week. U.S. and Ukrainian delegations held peace talks in Miami throughout the week after Middle East special envoy Steve Witkoff […]

State Sen. Jim Abeler (R-MN) wrote a letter to President Donald Trump praising the Somali community and asking him not to call them “garbage.”  Trump called Somali immigrants “garbage” that he does not want in the United States, during a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday. Abeler wrote that he was “surprised” over the president’s comments.  “The […]