Senior House Appropriations Committee member Rep. Mike Simpson (R-ID) on Monday said he is against using defense spending to fund President Donald Trump’s planned triumphal arch, noting that other military needs should be prioritized. Trump said on Sunday that his planned arch will now be a military complex to house drones and snipers, which could […]

The White House is encouraging people to download its app to watch livestreams after members of the media pool announced a boycott in solidarity with banned outlets.  “Get real-time updates and live events streamed DIRECTLY to your phone,” the White House wrote on X. “No noise. Just the news that matters most – straight from […]

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s party dominated the weekend elections for the State Duma, with results that did not surprise observers familiar with the country’s tightly controlled election system, but outcomes on the fringes show Moscow might be losing its grip. United Russia, the country’s governing party, claimed a continued mandate to power on Monday, with […]

EXCLUSIVE — A Virginia mental hospital escapee blamed his past murder charge on Islam-inspired delusions that made him kill without “realizing what he was doing,” records obtained by the Washington Examiner show. Virginia officials said in 2025 that illegal immigrant Abdulloi Toshpulodzoda showed progress in overcoming “persecutory paranoia and hyper-religious thoughts” since the victim’s 2019 […]