Ukraine and the U.S. are finalizing a deal for Kyiv to secure 25 Patriot air defense systems, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday, a push that would boost the Ukrainian military’s ability to defend against Russian aerial attacks. “The difficulty lies in the production queue — a line of countries that have signed relevant…
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The former FBI director said he is being unfairly targeted because of President Donald Trump’s “personal spite” against him.
Former FBI Director James Comey urged a federal judge Monday to dismiss his criminal charges without a trial, asserting he is being unconstitutionally prosecuted because of President Trump’s personal animus. In a 51-page motion filed Monday, Comey said the Constitution entitles individuals to speak out against the government and bars the government from retaliating. “But that…
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Conservative attorney George Conway on Sunday brushed off the possibility of being next on an “enemies list” for President Trump. During an interview on MSNBC’s “The Weekend: Primetime,” Conway and others discussed a federal grand jury recently indicting former national security adviser John Bolton. “Yes or no answer, are you worried that you’re next? On…
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President Donald Trump is “the most effective person to ever use social media,” one supporter says.
More than 2,500 “No Kings” protests happened over the weekend, and Republicans aren’t happy about it.
The singer said that nobody from the Trump administration asked his permission to use his ’80s rock hit.
A federal appeals court on Monday said President Trump may deploy the National Guard across Oregon for now, a boon to his efforts to send troops into several Democratic-led cities. The 2-1 ruling from a three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit lifts a lower court order halting Trump’s deployment of National…
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Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.), the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, called for a hearing on the Trump administration’s deadly strikes against alleged drug-trafficking boats off the coast of Venezuela. Smith accused the administration of refusing to answer questions regarding President Trump’s directives to strike vessels — which the administration argues are smuggling…
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Leave it up to a comedian like Natasha Rothwell to truly understand the power of an ongoing joke.
The White House previously accused “Newscum” of “lying” about safety concerns.
Cheryl Hines, the wife of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., said her husband suggested they fake separating during his 2024 presidential campaign. “Some people were very upset that I was even married to Bobby,” Hines told Fox News, in an interview published Monday. “They were vocally coming at me because…
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Israel killed at least 28 Palestinians after accusing Hamas of targeting soldiers, which the group denied, saying Israel has repeatedly violated the week-old deal.
The press secretary still didn’t answer the question we asked her, either.
Portland’s inflatable frog protests sparked a nationwide movement — and now you can join in.
Actor Robert De Niro went after President Trump in an MSNBC interview Sunday, saying that the president “has no empathy.” “Trump does not understand anything about humanity, people,” De Niro said on MSNBC’s “The Weekend.” “He has no empathy. I don’t know where — what he is, but he’s an alien, and he wants to…
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Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky was in Washington, D.C., on Friday, but came away empty-handed, as President Donald Trump declined to promise that the U.S. would supply Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles. And let’s be clear: Trump was absolutely right to do so. While Russian President Vladimir Putin is exhibiting concerning signs that he will not agree…
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President Trump signed an agreement Monday to heighten cooperation with Australia on rare earth materials and critical minerals. Trump signed the agreement alongside Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who visited the White House. “We are discussing critical minerals and rare earths, and we’re going to be signing an agreement that’s been negotiated over a period…
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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday dismissed an AI-generated video President Trump posted, showing him wearing a crown in a fighter jet and dropping brown sludge on “No Kings” protesters, as “satire,” asserting that some of the protesters at Saturday’s rallies were “trying to incite violence.” “You say that Democrats had a ‘hate America’ rally.…
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Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) on Monday floated the use of the “nuclear option” to end the shutdown and get around Senate filibuster rules that require a 60-vote majority to reopen the government. “We need to be taking a look at the 60 vote threshold. We really do,” Roy told reporters Monday. Senate rules that require…
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(NEXSTAR) – Kenny Loggins isn’t a fan of President Donald Trump’s latest AI video. Loggins, a musician well known for songs including “I’m Alright,” “This Is It” and “Footloose,” issued a public response on Monday after Trump posted an AI-generated video that used snippets of his hit song “Danger Zone.” Politicians react to ‘No Kings’…
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Colombia has recalled its ambassador to the U.S. in the wake of recent tensions between the two countries. “The Ambassador of Colombia to the United States, Daniel García-Peña, has been recalled to Bogotá for consultations by President Gustavo Petro Urrego,” Colombian Foreign Minister Rosa Yolanda Villavicencio Mapy said in a statement posted to the social…
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The House speaker praised Trump’s social media savvy after the president posted a video depicting protesters drenched in liquid excrement.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Monday countered President Trump’s claims that a U.S. strike in June destroyed Iranian nuclear facilities. “The US President boasts that they’ve bombed and destroyed Iran’s nuclear industry. Very well, in your dreams!” Khamenei said in a post on social platform X. Posts on Khamenei’s account also criticized Trump’s…
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President Trump denied discussing Ukraine surrendering the eastern region to Russia during a closed-door meeting Friday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, following reports of a tense White House encounter in which Trump pushed Moscow’s maximalist demands. “No, we never discussed it. We think that what they should do is just stop at the lines where…
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