Month: January 2026

President Trump, in an interview with The New York Times, said the U.S. could be in control of Venezuela for years.  “I would say much longer,” Trump told The Times in a two-hour interview published Thursday, when asked if the U.S. would oversee Venezuela for months, a year or longer.  He added, “Only time will tell.”…

House Republicans, in a rare show of defiance on Thursday, will take up votes on measures openly challenging President Trump and conference leaders. The lower chamber will weigh a move to override Trump’s veto of two bipartisan, uncontroversial bills caught in political crosshairs. It will also vote to extend the expired Obamacare subsidies, an effort…

The Minneapolis woman fatally shot by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer on Wednesday was a mother and new to the city, The Associated Press reported. Renee Nicole Macklin Good, whose death has sparked widespread outrage in the last 24 hours, was 37 years old and had three children. Originally from Colorado, her move…

The country’s crude oil is heavy, too thick to flow through a pipeline without dilution, and is filled with corrosive chemicals that can destroy refineries.

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) says that a U.S. military invasion of Greenland would be “weapons-grade stupid” and he doesn’t think that President Trump or Secretary of State Marco Rubio will attempt such a move despite tough talk from some White House officials. “Let me give you my perspective. Even a modestly intelligent ninth grader knows…

In unusually strong remarks, former foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said global democracy was being attacked as never before.

President Trump is targeting a number of blue states amid the fraud scandal plaguing Minnesota, raising questions about the motivation behind the move. On Tuesday, the administration announced it was freezing more than $10 billion in child care funds to California, Colorado, New York, Illinois, and Minnesota — all states that voted in favor of…

The House will attempt to override President Trump’s vetoes of two GOP-backed bills Thursday, a move that could showcase GOP division. Veto override votes are standard procedure, and a matter of high privilege in the House that forces the vote. A White House official said that the votes do not indicate any disunity with the…

“The only place they should be talking like that is on their ‘Call of Duty’ headsets,” the “Late Night” host zinged.

The “Late Show” host suggested “the only way this could sound more illegal.”

The withdrawals come as the Trump White House launches military efforts and issues threats that have rattled allies and adversaries alike.

The renowned economist explained why the president’s dream doesn’t add up.

Donald Trump’s press secretary sparked comparisons to an authoritarian mouthpiece.

Kimmel showed his support for Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey with a custom-made takedown.

Ronny Chieng mocked the Trump administration for not getting out of Venezuela following the deadly U.S. military raid.

Demonstrators convened in Minneapolis, New York City and Chicago to speak out against the violence by ICE on Wednesday.

Americans are divided on the Trump administration’s operation on Saturday that captured Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, according to a new CBS News/YouGov poll released Monday. Pollsters found that 36 percent of Americans “strongly or somewhat support” Maduro’s ousting, while 39 percent “strongly or somewhat oppose” it. Twenty-five percent said they were not sure. Democrats were…

Trump said in the wake of the U.S. operation to oust Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro over the weekend that “Colombia is very sick too.”

President Trump on Wednesday spoke on the phone with Colombian President Gustavo Petro, days after issuing threats toward the South American country in the wake of U.S. strikes on Venezuela that ended with the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. A White House official confirmed the call with White House correspondent Kellie Meyer at NewsNation….

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who shot and killed a Minneapolis woman was hit by her car in the episode. “The officer was hit by the vehicle. She hit him,” Noem said. “He went to the hospital. A doctor did treat him. He has been released,…

Conservative commentator Scott Jennings on Tuesday disagreed with President Trump and the White House’s assessment of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack, which the commentator said was a moment that “should never happen again.” “Look, I have a point of view on this that’s somewhat different than the president’s and, look, I also don’t treat…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday slammed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer in Minneapolis. “There’s no evidence that has been presented to justify the shooting of an unarmed woman in Minneapolis. The so-called Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi…

“The worry that we all have … is the president, the man himself, who is sinking deeper into a dementia of some sort,” said a former senior CIA executive.

The State Department announced on Wednesday that it has paused all U.S. assistance to the Somali government, citing an alleged incident where officials in the country destroyed a World Food Programme (WFP) warehouse and seized 76 metric tons of food aid meant for vulnerable Somalis. “The Trump Administration has a zero-tolerance policy for waste, theft,…

Video of the deadly Minneapolis shooting does not align with the president’s claims.