Category: Uncategorised

Officials in the Dominican Republic said they confiscated approximately 1,000 kilograms of suspected cocaine from a speedboat targeted recently in a U.S. airstrike in the southern Caribbean. At a press conference, local officials said the National Drug Control Directorate (DNCD) and the Dominican Republic Navy seized 377 packages of suspected cocaine from the boat about…
Read more

It’s “the only phrase that can genuinely make a weak bully go away,” the “Last Week Tonight” host said in a direct address to Bob Iger.

Congress is cruising at a steady clip toward a government shutdown at the end of the month, with both parties — and both chambers — pointing fingers at the other while refusing to blink.  Lawmakers from both chambers are in their home states this week after the House passed a GOP-crafted government funding bill that…
Read more

“Thank god they are focused on the priorities of all Americans,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom snarked at the renderings.

“Here’s what I actually said,” the journalist captioned his post.

Ty Cobb also invoked unsettling echoes of the past.

“This is the first time in history that the United States and the Dominican Republic carry out a joint operation against narco terrorism in the Caribbean,” authorities said.

Both were transported to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The president unabashedly said that he views his opponents very differently from how the conservative activist did.

The Trump administration has terminated an annual government hunger report, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) said Saturday. “The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the termination of future Household Food Security Reports. These redundant, costly, politicized, and extraneous studies do nothing more than fear monger,” the USDA said Saturday in a press release. “For 30…
Read more

President Trump said on Saturday he will award Ben Carson, his first-term Housing and Urban Development (HUD) secretary, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. “We are going to be presenting Dr. Ben Carson with the highest civilian award and honor in our country. It’s the civilian version of the Medal of…
Read more

FBI Director Kash Patel said Sunday that his agency is “meticulously investigating theories and questions” in the investigation into conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s shooting. “The full weight of America’s law enforcement agencies are actively following the evidence that has emerged, but our efforts extend beyond initial findings. We are examining every facet of this assassination,”…
Read more

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) praised the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk for his dedication to free speech and open debate, saying communities around the country “need more of” that approach.   “I see him as someone who was devoted to speech and debate,” Shapiro said in an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press,”…
Read more

Estonia said Sunday that the United Nations (UN) Security Council is going to meet after three Russian fighter jets flew into Estonian airspace late this week. “In response to Russia’s blatant, reckless, and flagrant violation of @NATO airspace over Estonia on Friday—when armed MiG-31 fighter jets intruded into our territory for 12 minutes—the @UN Security…
Read more

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) believes President Trump “wants to be a prosecutor in every district where he has an enemy.” “Donald Trump’s not content just being president,” Christie said on ABC’s This Week. “He wants to be a prosecutor in every district where he has an enemy, so that he can make…
Read more

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said it was “absolutely inappropriate” for Federal Communications Chair (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr to threaten to “take action” against ABC over comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s joke about Charlie Kirk’s assassin. “Absolutely inappropriate. Brendan Carr has got no business weighing in on this,” Paul said in an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the…
Read more

Donald Trump has mentioned that billionaires like Rupert Murdoch and Michael Dell could be part of deal in which the U.S. will take control of TikTok.

A number of personalities from media, sports and entertainment are launching bids for political office, underscoring the ways in which the different worlds are converging more and more. In recent months, several reality TV stars have launched campaigns for office. Other media and entertainment personalities have also launched bids, as well as a number of…
Read more

The president complained about Pam Bondi in a Saturday night Truth Social post before doubling down to the press hours later.

Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) defended her vote against a resolution to honor the life and legacy of conservative activist Charlie Kirk and lamented that more Democrats did not join the 58 “no” votes in the House. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Crockett said it “honestly hurts my heart” that all but…
Read more

After the controversial firing of Erika McEntarfer, who served as commissioner at the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the release of the August jobs report was hotly anticipated. With that data now in hand, it certainly seems like the commissioner was not the reason for the weak labor market. The report brought even more bad news…
Read more

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said on Sunday he does not share Sen. Ted Cruz’s (R-Texas) concern over free speech after FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened to “take action” against ABC if it did not address comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s joke about Charlie Kirk’s assassin. In an interview on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Mullin was asked…
Read more

Homeland security communications show officials wanted to move operations after a protest in which demonstrators said they were hit with tear gas.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Sunday slammed Republicans’ “totally partisan” funding bill and reiterated his push to meet with President Trump as “the only way” to avoid a shutdown. “What we are asking very simply is what has always been done in these kinds of budget negotiations: a bipartisan negotiation. The Republican bill…
Read more

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) slammed President Trump for pressuring his Justice Department to investigate his political enemies, calling the move a “real threat” to the country’s democratic system. “I think it’s a real threat to democracy,” Schumer said on CNN’s “State of the Union” on Sunday. “The Justice Department has always been a…
Read more