Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is under investigation for sharing details of a Yemen military operation on a private Signal chat with his wife, brother, and lawyer. The chat, initially intended for scheduling, reportedly included flight plans for F/A-18 Hornets involved in the attack. This follows an earlier incident...
Donald Trump's 2024 inauguration fundraising exceeded $239 million, a record-breaking amount. Major US companies across various sectors, including tech giants like Apple, Google, and Meta, contributed significantly. Billionaire CEOs and prominent individuals also made substantial donations, with Pilgrim's Pride Corp leading with a $5 million contribution. This surpasses...
President Trump's second term has seen aggressive legal actions, including targeting law firms, threatening Harvard's tax status, and deportations. The Supreme Court halted some deportations, citing potential violations. Critics call these actions unconstitutional overreaches of executive power, while the White House defends them as restoring the rule of law....
The Trump administration plans to withhold an additional $1 billion in federal funding from Harvard University, escalating a dispute over institutional oversight and independence. This follows an earlier freeze of $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts after Harvard refused to comply with administration demands outlined in...
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele proposed a prisoner exchange with Venezuela. He offered to repatriate 252 Venezuelans deported from the US in exchange for the release of 252 Venezuelan political prisoners. The proposal, made via X (formerly Twitter), follows the US's deportation of Venezuelans accused of gang affiliation...
Reports from Ukrainian soldiers indicate a lull in Russian activity in Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv, with fewer attacks and artillery strikes. However, President Zelenskyy, citing Ukraine's commander-in-chief, noted continued Russian shelling and heavy weapons use, contradicting Putin's unilateral Easter ceasefire announcement, which was widely violated. Zelenskyy called for a...
President Trump's inaugural committee raised a record-breaking $239 million, more than double the previous record. The massive sum, disclosed in a Federal Election Commission filing, came from approximately 140 individuals and corporations, including major companies like JPMorgan Chase, Delta Air Lines, and Target. Many donations, exceeding $1 million...
A leaked draft executive order aimed at restructuring the State Department, potentially eliminating the career diplomatic corps and drastically reducing embassy staffing, has been dismissed as "fake news" by Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The document, reportedly originating from a former official, proposed sweeping changes including new hiring criteria...
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele proposed a prisoner exchange with Venezuela: 252 Venezuelan deportees from the US held in El Salvador for 252 Venezuelan political prisoners. Bukele, via X, offered this humanitarian agreement to President Nicolás Maduro, also including other nationalities. The US deported these Venezuelans, allegedly gang...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is under fire for creating a second Signal chat group, including his wife and brother, to discuss details of a Yemen airstrike, mirroring information shared with top Trump administration officials in a separate group. The White House calls the reports a "non-story," while Senate Democrats...
