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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized European leaders Thursday for spending too much time trying to appease President Trump and failing to take responsibility for their own security.  Zelensky made the remarks to the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, and said Europe needs its own military force, reprimanding European leaders for relying too much on…

President Trump’s recent threats to take over Greenland have renewed interest in the international agreement brokered more than 50 years ago that provides the U.S. with military access to the island.  The Defense of Greenland Agreement was signed by the U.S. and Denmark during the Cold War. The agreement gives the U.S. government the authority…

Attorney General Pam Bondi announced Thursday that an alleged leader of a recent disruption in a Minnesota church has been arrested. Bondi wrote online that federal agents arrested Nekima Levy Armstrong, a protestor “who allegedly played a key role in organizing the coordinated attack on Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota.” “We will share more…

When Trump and Miller ask by what right Denmark controls Greenland, the answer is straightforward

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), a potential 2028 presidential candidate, on Thursday blamed the Trump administration for canceling his appearance at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, a day earlier.  “I was going to speak last night. It was [a] well-established event at the USA House. Simple conversation, discussion after Trump’s speech,” Newsom said in an interview Thursday with the…

Congress is considering a bipartisan bill to ban stock trading by members, their spouses and dependent children, and to divest all current stock holdings within 180 days, in response to public concern about the perception that Congress’s members are insider-trading on the stock market.

More state legislative chambers are competitive at this point in the midterms compared with the 2022 and 2024 cycles, according to new analysis from a top election handicapper.  Sabato’s Crystal Ball, a product of the Center for Politics at the University of Virginia, found 15 state legislative chambers in competitive territory at this point in…

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on Thursday defended several of his Senate GOP colleagues who are staring down potentially tricky reelection fights after President Trump indicated he will not support them this year. Trump over the weekend announced he will back Rep. Julia Letlow’s (R-La.) primary bid to unseat Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), a move that…

Former special counsel Jack Smith explained the actions that led him to bring criminal charges against President Donald Trump for mishandling classified documents and attempting to overthrow the 2020 presidential election.

Housing experts are skeptical limiting institutional investors will meaningfully improve affordability nationwide.

A Cuban immigrant’s death in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Texas has been ruled a homicide, according to The Associated Press. ICE said in a press release earlier this month that on Jan. 3, a Cuban migrant named Geraldo Lunas Campos had died while in custody. The agency said Lunas Campos,…

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers are asserting broad authority to enter people’s homes without first obtaining a warrant from a judge, according to an internal memo. The memo signed by the acting ICE director Todd Lyons, and obtained by The Associated Press, authorizes immigration officers to forcibly enter someone’s home and arrest immigrants using just a signed administrative warrant, known as…

The conservative anchor spewed the stunning take right from the start.

Former special counsel Jack Smith will stand by his decision to bring charges against President Trump and push back on “false” narratives around that decision during his public testimony before the House Judiciary Committee on Thursday. “Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in criminal activity,” Smith will say in…

The Fox News host shared a questionable theory about the president’s detractors.

Vice President Vance is in Ohio on Thursday morning to sell President Trump’s economic agenda, as the 2026 midterm elections inch closer. In his visit to Toledo, Ohio, Vance is expected to tour an industrial shipping facility and deliver remarks on how the Trump administration’s policies impact the Midwest. Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy…

President Trump said the Republican Party has “a good bench” of potential candidates to run for the White House in 2028, but he declined to name an early favorite to run as his successor.  In an interview that aired Wednesday evening on NewsNation’s “Katie Pavlich Tonight,” Trump was asked whether he thinks there’s a likely GOP candidate who could carry on his…

Former special counsel Jack Smith will testify Thursday morning before the House Judiciary Committee about his investigations of President Trump during the Biden administration. The public hearing comes after Smith sat for a more than seven-hour closed door deposition with the panel last month, when he asserted that he would still choose to bring charges against Trump…

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said early Thursday that the military alliance will need to increase its security in the Arctic under President Trump’s plan for Greenland.  “When it comes to the protection of the Arctic, with a priority on Greenland, we have to spend more energy, more time, more focus on this because we know the…

Big questions remain about what the eventual board will look like.

President Trump is in Davos, Switzerland, where he is meeting with world leaders and unveiled his new Board of Peace in Gaza. Earlier Thursday, the president participated in a signing ceremony for his peace board initiative alongside a handful of world leaders. No major European allies attended the Thursday signing ceremony, however, as tensions flare…

President Trump said he has confidence in the Secret Service’s protection regarding his safety after surviving two assassination attempts before his return to the White House last year. The president was asked by NewsNation’s Katie Pavlich on “Katie Pavlich Tonight” if he is ever afraid about his safety given threats that loom, to which he…

Circulation is key to the body’s healing process, according to a doctor.

Some Republican House members gathered at Kennedy Center for a slice of idiocy.

Democrats are ahead of Republicans by 6 percentage points on a generic congressional ballot, according to a new poll. In the poll from Emerson College, 48.1 percent of respondents backed a Democratic candidate in a hypothetical 2026 matchup. The Republican candidate garnered 41.7 percent backing in the hypothetical matchup and 10.2 percent were undecided. The…