Donald Trump’s demolition of the White House East Wing to build a ballroom has entangled media companies whose owners donated to the project while their newsrooms report on it. Comcast and Amazon are among donors; MSNBC hosts denounced such checks, and NBC noted Comcast’s role on air, with no evidence...
Zohran Mamdani’s surge to front-runner has energized New York City’s mayoral race, but voters remain split on whether the 34-year-old assemblyman is ready to run a $112 billion city government. Supporters tout free buses, a rent freeze, and his pledge to hire seasoned hands, backed by Gov. Kathy Hochul. Skeptics...
China’s Xi Jinping and South Korea’s President Lee Jae Myung shared a rare public joke about spying after Xi gifted two Xiaomi phones in Gyeongju, quipping that Lee could check for a backdoor. A Seoul historian said the exchange nodded to surveillance concerns even as both leaders seek closer economic...
Democrats Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey and Abigail Spanberger in Virginia are centering their governor bids on opposing President Trump, reviving the strategy that vaulted them to Congress in 2018. Sherrill, who blasted the halted Hudson River rail tunnel and labels GOP rival Jack Ciattarelli the Trump of Trenton, and...
Two weeks into a federal shutdown, Donald Trump feted nearly 130 donors at the White House with a gold-laden 15 October dinner to fund a $300m ballroom, even as food aid and services face strain. He demolished the East Wing without seeking approval from the National Capital Planning Commission and...
At the Republican Jewish Coalition’s Las Vegas conference, jubilation over a fragile Middle East ceasefire gave way to alarm about antisemitism simmering on the right. After Heritage Foundation leader Kevin Roberts defended Tucker Carlson’s podcast appearance by Nick Fuentes, speakers repeatedly urged the GOP to root out anti-Jewish voices. RJC...
As the shutdown entered week five, Vice President JD Vance said the White House had little power to help even as it held billions that could sustain SNAP. After a federal judge intervened, President Trump signaled he could use those funds, yet timing for benefits remains unclear. The administration has...
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, disgraced brother of King Charles III, has been told to leave his 30-room Royal Lodge for the king’s private Sandringham estate, part of an effort to insulate the monarchy from fallout over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. The 65-year-old denies allegations, including those by Virginia Roberts Giuffre....
Barack Obama and Kamala Harris held separate Saturday rallies urging Democrats to vote in Virginia and New Jersey governor contests and on a California measure to redraw the congressional map. In Norfolk and later Newark, Obama criticized Donald Trump’s record, promoted Abigail Spanberger and Mikie Sherrill, and linked their opponents...
Two-thirds of Americans say the country is on the wrong track, an ABC News/Washington Post/Ipsos poll finds, though that share is down from 75% in November 2024. A slim majority says the economy has worsened since President Donald Trump took office, and 59% disapprove of his job performance; majorities fault...
