Belgium held the line at an EU summit, stalling a plan to fund a €140 billion “Reparations Loan” to Ukraine with cash balances generated by immobilised Russian central bank assets at Euroclear. Prime Minister Bart De Wever demanded full risk-sharing and firm guarantees from all members, warning of retaliation if...
President Donald Trump resisted declaring war against Venezuelan drug cartels targeted by U.S. strikes, telling reporters Thursday, “we’re gonna kill them,” as questions mount over the legality of operations not approved by Congress. He said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will go to Congress to discuss actions against alleged smugglers, asserting...
MSNBC reports that Maryland U.S. Attorney Kelly Hayes recently told Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche she sees insufficient evidence to charge Sen. Adam Schiff with mortgage fraud, even as a senior Justice Department official, Ed Martin, pushes to keep the probe alive. One source said the investigation continues. The DOJ...
For two months, the US has amassed warships, bombers, fighter jets and drones in the Caribbean—the region’s largest build-up in decades—while authorising CIA activity in Venezuela and carrying out lethal strikes on small boats it says carried narcotics, without offering evidence. Critics across the region question the legality and see...
President Trump said he would bypass Congress to continue and expand military strikes against drug cartels, shifting from sea operations to targets on land. Speaking at the White House, he promoted ongoing efforts as an operation that has included nine airstrikes at sea, resulting in 37 deaths, and vowed, “The...
European Union leaders failed to clinch a swift deal to fund Ukraine, deferring until December a proposal to use frozen Russian assets to back a €140 billion loan. Belgium, home to Euroclear where much of the money sits, balked at bearing disproportionate legal and financial risks, insisting they be shared....
Two jolting developments have reshaped Maine’s 2026 Democratic Senate primary: Gov. Janet Mills’ entry and a cascade of controversies around newcomer Graham Platner. Yet a University of New Hampshire poll shows Platner leading Mills 58% to 24%, with 14% undecided, surveyed Oct. 16–21 during the furor and before he said...
Democrats who castigated Pete Hegseth over crusader-themed tattoos are staying quiet as Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner faces backlash for a chest tattoo resembling the Nazi Totenkopf. Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Tammy Duckworth, who previously questioned Hegseth’s “Deus Vult” ink, did not respond to Fox News Digital’s inquiries about Platner....
As immigration enforcement intensified across Chicago, Democratic officials reported tense encounters with federal agents, including state Rep. Hoan Huynh, who says masked officers pointed a gun at him, tried to break his car window and photographed him after he honked to warn others. Ald. Mike Rodriguez said at least eight...
On the eve of missed paychecks for over a million workers, the Senate failed to advance dueling plans to pay federal employees during a 23‑day shutdown, the longest full shutdown. A GOP bill to pay “essential” staff fell short of 60 votes, while Republicans blocked a Democratic plan to pay...
