Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth shared and endorsed a video featuring Pastor Doug Wilson, who advocates against women's suffrage and holds controversial views on slavery and homosexuality. Wilson, whose church promotes household-unit voting with the husband deciding, is affiliated with Hegseth's church. A Pentagon spokesman confirmed Hegseth's appreciation for...
The Trump administration threatened to seize Harvard University's patents due to alleged breaches of federally funded research agreements. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick demanded a patent inventory and details on licensing, potentially initiating a process to claim ownership. Simultaneously, other news includes Trump's nomination of Tammy Bruce as US deputy...
IRS Commissioner Billy Long was fired after only two months, reportedly due to his refusal to share confidential taxpayer data with DHS to identify undocumented immigrants. The White House, seeking to locate millions of unauthorized individuals, clashed with the IRS over data sharing, citing a prior agreement. Long's...
President Trump fired the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) after a negative jobs report. He and economist Stephen Moore subsequently used BLS data to claim the Biden administration overestimated job creation by 1.5 million jobs. However, this argument relies on downward revisions to existing data,...
Vice President JD Vance participated in high-stakes diplomatic talks in the UK on Saturday, yielding significant progress towards ending the Ukraine war. These talks, involving European allies and Ukrainian officials, occurred ahead of a planned summit between President Trump and Russian President Putin on August 15th in Alaska. ...
Donald Trump announced the nomination of Tammy Bruce, current State Department spokesperson, as the next US deputy representative to the UN. Bruce, a former Fox News commentator and bestselling author, has no prior foreign policy experience. Trump praised her as a "Great Patriot." Her nomination is notable given...
Despite President Trump declaring D.C. crime 'totally out of control', the administration plans to cut the city's security funding by $20 million, reducing FEMA's urban security grant to $25.2 million. This represents a 44% reduction, the largest cut among recipients. The Department of Homeland Security justifies the cuts...
Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego rallied hundreds in Iowa, criticizing the Republican tax bill as harmful. This event contrasted sharply with a Nebraska town hall where Rep. Mike Flood faced jeers over the same bill. Democrats are using the bill's unpopularity, particularly its Medicaid cuts, to energize their base...
Multiple individuals who investigated Donald Trump during his presidency are now facing their own legal scrutiny. These include figures involved in the Russia investigation (Obama administration officials, James Comey, John Brennan), the January 6th inquiry (Adam Schiff, Liz Cheney), the Ukraine impeachment (Vindman brothers), and Trump's personal legal battles...
US Vice President JD Vance is vacationing at an $11,000-a-week manor in the Cotswolds, UK, sparking local outrage. His stay, marked by heavy security and a temporary helipad, follows his past criticisms of the UK. Despite a seemingly amicable meeting with UK Foreign Minister David Lammy, protests have...
