Donald Trump reacted strongly to Super Bowl 60, calling for immediate change after what he described as a damaging moment for the NFL. After the game, the former US President focused his criticism on the halftime show and quickly expanded his comments to include league politics. Donald Trump unloads on the Super Bowl 60 halftime … Read more
By James Pomfret and Jessie Pang HONG KONG, Feb 9 (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s most prominent media tycoon, Jimmy Lai, was sentenced on Monday to a total of 20 years in prison on national security charges that include two counts of conspiring to collude with foreign forces and one count of publishing seditious materials. The … Read more
The Honorable James Comer President Committee for Oversight and Government Reform US House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Chairman Comer, I understand that Ms. Ghislaine Maxwell intends to invoke her Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination and refuse to answer all substantive questions in her upcoming deposition before the House Oversight Committee. This position seems … Read more
Green Day was never part of MAGA’s agenda. The California rock band has called out Donald Trump and his administration at many of their concerts, and it doesn’t look like they’re stopping anytime soon. In recent years, the band—consisting of members Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tré Cool—has replaced the lyrics to their iconic … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Since a racist video was posted on President Donald Trump’s social media account, the White House has offered varying responses. She first dismissed it as a “fake outrage,” then deleted the post and blamed a staff member. Trump later told reporters on Friday that “I didn’t make a mistake.” The Republican President … Read more
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie said that while many Republicans praise President Donald Trump in public, some of those same figures criticize him in private, citing Trump ally Sen. Lindsey Graham, RS.C., as one example. During an appearance on “Overtime,” the online segment of “Real Time with Bill Maher,” Friday, Christie was asked by … Read more
By Dave Sherwood HAVANA, Feb 6 (Reuters) – Cuba detailed a broad plan on Friday to protect essential services and fuel rations as the Communist-run government dug in its heels in defiance of a U.S. effort to cut off oil supplies to the Caribbean island. The rationing measures are the first to be announced since … Read more
President Donald Trump refused to apologize for a video he shared on Truth Social — and later deleted — on Friday that included a racist image depicting former President Barack Obama and former First Lady Michelle Obama as monkeys. During a press briefing Friday night outside the White House before Trump boarded Air Force One, … Read more
UPDATED: While Democrats condemned Donald Trump’s Truth Social post of a video showing a racist AI depiction of Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, one of the President’s strident defenders called it out as well. Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC), who is chairing the GOP’s Senate campaign efforts this year, wrote on X, “The prayer that … Read more
President Donald Trump told Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer last month that he was finally ready to lift his freeze on billions of dollars in funding for a major New York infrastructure project. But there was a condition: In exchange for the money, Schumer had to agree to rename New York’s Penn Station and Washington’s … Read more