Oxford University Press has selected “rage bait’’ as its 2025 Word of the Year, highlighting how easily outrage can be engineered online in an era dominated by viral controversies and emotional manipulation. The publisher noted that the term had surged in use over the past year and best captured the “internet zeitgeist of 2025.” Oxford […]

U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Tuesday in a meeting that dragged on for nearly five hours. Following the marathon meeting, Putin adviser Kirill Dmitriev posted to social media the single word “productive” with an emoji of a dove. […]

President Donald Trump honored Texas billionaires Michael and Susan Dell at the White House on Tuesday on the heels of their donation of $6.25 billion toward 25 million “Trump Accounts”, an initiative aimed at increasing the nation’s low birth and marriage rates.  The Dell donations will put $250 toward accounts for children ages 10 and […]

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins warned 21 Democrat-led states on Tuesday that she would withhold funding from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program beginning next week if they do not provide recipient data. Rollins issued the warning during Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting after the 21 states and the District of Columbia refused to hand over data she requested […]