Fox News host Brian Kilmeade warned Russian President Vladimir Putin is risking angering President Trump with his refusal to stop bombing in Ukraine as the U.S. works to broker an end to the ongoing war between the two countries. “Vladimir Putin, I think to a degree, is embarrassing President Trump when he bombed Kyiv in […]

The president said he would be “leading the pack” against Iran if it did not agree to a nuclear deal, but he said he was open to meeting Iranian leaders.

Former CNN anchor Jim Acosta on a recent addition of his podcast bemoaned President Trump’s intimidation of news organizations he feels are not covering him fairly. “It seems to me Trump has figured out how– he’s figured out how to crack the code of, of how to hurt the press, how to hit the media […]

California has become the world’s fourth-largest economy — bested only by the full U.S., China and Germany — Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) office announced this week, citing new data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). “California isn’t just keeping pace with the world — we’re setting the […]

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is calling for an end to the remaining state lawsuits that target the company’s staking services, arguing the holdouts need to “catch up” with the approach at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Coinbase, in a blog post first reported by The Hill Friday, claimed residents in five U.S. states are missing […]

Israelis have been stunned by an explosive document that Ronen Bar — the beleaguered head of Shin Bet, the country’s domestic security agency — released earlier this week. Bar published an eight-page unclassified affidavit that he submitted to Israel’s High Court of Justice on April 22 to counter Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’ attempt to fire […]

China is about to hand President Trump his head.  Trump’s efforts to bully China into submission via tariffs has already gone spectacularly wrong. Far from being intimidated, China has been invigorated with a new sense of national purpose. To anyone who had the slightest understanding of Chinese history, this was all perfectly predictable. The First […]

St. Peter’s Basilica extended its hours again Thursday to accommodate the tens of thousands of people lined up to pay their respects to the late Pope Francis. The basilica remained open until 2:30 a.m. local time on Friday morning and reopened at 5:40 a.m., signaling a bustling start to the final day for public goodbyes […]

President Trump said in an interview published Friday that he would “absolutely” sign legislation to ban congressional stock trading if it reached his desk. “Well, I watched Nancy Pelosi get rich through insider information, and I would be okay with it. If they send that to me, I would do it,” Trump told Time Magazine […]

Swiss Confederation President Karin Keller-Sutter on Thursday said the U.S. is planning what she called “privileged” trade negotiations with 15 countries, as President Trump’s tariff agenda threatens to rattle the global marketplace. Keller-Sutter, during her visit to Washington on Thursday, told reporters that Switzerland is one of those countries that the Trump administration is looking […]

Ukraine’s officials say three people were killed by a Russian drone attack early Friday, less than a day after President Trump urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to “STOP” the assaults and focus on peace negotiations.  The drone hit an apartment building in the southeastern city of Pavlohrad, killing three people and injuring at least 14, […]

President Trump blamed Ukraine for initiating the war with Russia by eying a NATO membership, adding that he thinks Crimea will stay under Moscow’s control as part of a deal to end the war. In an interview with Time magazine published on Friday, Trump expressed optimism that Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a peace deal […]

President Trump in an interview published Friday was adamant that he was serious about his talk of adding Canada as the 51st state, something Canadian leaders have outright rejected. The president sat down for an interview with Time Magazine, where a reporter suggested Trump may have been “trolling a little bit” with his repeated comments […]

If he continues his current negotiating approach with Iran, President Trump risks being the second coming of Barack Obama. Thanks to fantastic Israeli military achievements, Trump inherited unprecedented leverage to drive a hard bargain with Iran over its nuclear program. Instead, he appears on the cusp of repeating Obama’s fatal mistake by cutting a weak […]

The phone number used in the Signal chat could also be found in a variety of places, including on social media and a fantasy sports site.

Faculty and classmates are stepping up to protect the close to 1,400 foreign students who have had their names taken off the international tracking system by the Trump administration, including new safety measures on campus as well as coordinated legal efforts. Campus communities have created buddy systems for international students, started GoFundMe pages for those […]

When former Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) was getting to know Nayib Bukele, the young Salvadoran president foreshadowed an offer that has since become central to the Trump presidency: “When you need security, call the experts,” the lawmaker recalled him saying with a wry smile. The country is now holding in one of its most notorious […]

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Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here’s an offering of the best […]

An updated lawsuit filed in Washington was the latest in a flurry of suits challenging the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act to send migrants to a prison in El Salvador.