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President Trump will ask countries that want to join his “Board of Peace” to oversee Gaza to pay $1 billion for membership, according to reporting from Bloomberg and The Atlantic on Saturday. A draft charter seen by both outlets showed that Trump will serve as the executive board’s inaugural chairman, who will approve which member…

European leaders on Saturday said the trade deal with the U.S. and the European Union is on hold after President Trump announced new 10 percent tariffs on Denmark and other European countries over his growing rhetoric to acquire Greenland. President of the European People’s Party (EPP) Manfred Weber said that while there is approval over…

The U.S. military conducted a strike in northwest Syria on Friday that killed an Al-Qaeda leader with ties to an alleged ISIS gunman who killed three Americans in an ambush last month, according to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). CENTCOM on Saturday identified the deceased leader as Bilal Hasan al-Jasim, an “experienced terrorist leader” with “direct…

Some in the crowd tossed water balloons that soaked the right-wing demonstrators as temperatures hit -4 degrees Fahrenheit with the wind chill.

President Trump is facing scrutiny over his increasing demands for the U.S. to acquire Greenland, facing pushback from Danish and Greenlandic leaders, some Republican lawmakers and a majority of Americans. The president has frequently said the U.S. needs the island territory for national security purposes, citing the threat of Russia and China having access to…

President Trump’s power over the Federal Reserve will be front and center at the Supreme Court next week. The justices on Wednesday will hear arguments on whether Trump can fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook over accusations of mortgage fraud.  Looming over it all is the Justice Department’s criminal investigation into Jerome Powell, the Fed’s chair,…

President Trump has invited the presidents of Egypt, Turkey and Argentina to join his newly created “Gaza Board of Peace.”  The White House announced the board’s creation on Friday as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to advance its 20-point peace plan for the region.  Argentinian President Javier Milei announced that he’d accepted his position…

Sens. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Saturday slammed President Trump’s new 10 percent tariffs on Denmark and European allies, saying the tariffs will hurt the U.S. and divide NATO if the president takes Greenland by military force. “This response to our own allies for sending a small number of troops to Greenland…

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville predicted Saturday that the 2026 midterm elections will be a “wipeout” for Republicans, with Democrats picking up 25 seats “at a minimum.” “Frankly, it’s going to be a wipeout,” Carville told host Kayleigh McEnany on Fox News’s “Saturday in America.”  “Your viewers need to know that the Democrats are going…

CNN analyst Elie Honig blasted the Trump administration Friday evening after the Justice Department (DOJ) moved to subpoena Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey over the unrest following protests over immigration enforcement in the state. Honig, a former federal and state prosecutor, cast doubt on the strength of the department’s accusations that…

A federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from withholding tens of millions of dollars in funding for Minnesota’s food stamp program amid widespread claims of fraud. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins directed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) in a letter last month to recertify the eligibility of nearly 100,000 households in four counties…

The committee announced by the White House on Friday includes no Israeli official but has an Israeli businessman, billionaire Yakir Gabay.

He also immediately began talking about himself in the third person.

Denmark leaders are refusing to “back down” to the Trump administration after President Trump announced plans Saturday to impose new tariffs on the country and seven of its allies next month amid his push to acquire Greenland. Danish lawmaker Pelle Dragsted, in a translated post on social platform X, urged European leaders to demonstrate “solidarity…

The White House deputy chief of staff argued that America has a right to Greenland because “tiny” Denmark can’t defend its territory against U.S. military force.

“It’s gotten worse in the last week or two before he was doing tawdry, petty, nasty personal recrimination,” said former federal prosecutor Harry Litman on MS Now.

President Trump on Saturday said it’s “time to look for new leadership” in Iran, after the nation’s leader lashed out at the president for supporting anti-government protesters and blamed the U.S. for the regime’s deadly crackdown. In an interview with Politico, Trump doubled down on his criticism of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and Tehran’s “use of violence”…

President Trump announced Saturday that he will implement a 10 percent tariff on Denmark and its European allies starting next month, ratcheting up the pressure in his bid to acquire Greenland.  “We have subsidized Denmark, and all of the Countries of the European Union, and others, for many years by not charging them Tariffs, or…

Words matter. Matthews, as the consummate political insider, knows that better than most.

In his first year back in office, President Trump has completely shifted the U.S. approach to immigration, launching the most visible enforcement effort seen in history while closing the door to many legal pathways for entering the U.S. Trump promised to plug the border and crack down hard on those living in the country illegally,…

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei acknowledged Saturday that “several thousands” of people have been killed amid the mass of anti-government protests, casting blame on the U.S. and critics for the casualties.  “In this revolt, the U.S. president made remarks in person, encouraged seditious people to go ahead and said: ‘We do not support you,…

“This Tariff will be due and payable until such time as a Deal is reached for the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller on Friday doubled down on the Trump administration’s argument that acquiring Greenland is “essential” for U.S. national security. “The new domain of international competition is going to be polar competition,” Miller told Fox News’s Sean Hannity, seeking to justify President Trump’s proposal to take over the Arctic…

Nearly 60 percent of Americans have a negative view of the economy under President Trump, according to a new survey. The Wall Street Journal poll, released earlier this week, found that 57 percent of respondents described the strength of the U.S. economy as “not so good” or “poor.” Only 9 percent of respondents said the…

The reversal comes as the White House seeks Senate confirmation for Robert Cekada, the ATF’s deputy director, to serve as permanent director.