The Walt DisneyCompany, it seems to many conservatives, goes out of its way to provoke Donald Trump and his MAGA followers. Its ABC TV network is home to The View, arguably the most anti-Trump show on the small screen. ABC News—which Trump has repeatedly labeled a “fake news” outlet— came under fire from Republicans for being unfair and hostile to […]
In the wake of President-elect Donald Trump’s electoral victory, Planned Parenthood reports that vasectomies have spiked by 1,200% and IUD implants have risen by 760%, while Wisp reports emergency contraception sales have increased by 1,000%. The spike comes after numerous left-leaning public figures stoked fear Trump would ban abortion, something he doesn’t have the power to do and something he […]
College professor and MSNBC contributor Jason Johnson warned that President-Elect Donald Trump’s new pick to lead the Justice Department should spark “fear” among the left because she could actually execute his agenda. Trump announced Thursday evening that he’s nominating former attorney general of Florida Pam Bondi as the next attorney general of the United States. […]
China issued a warning to the United States after President Joe Biden authorized long-range targeting inside Russia with ATACMS rockets capable of hitting positions up to 190 miles away. Liu Pengyu, spokesperson for the Chinese embassy in the U.S., told Newsweek: “Realizing an early ceasefire and striving for political settlement serves the interests of all […]
The sentencing of President-elect Donald Trump in New York for his criminal conviction for falsifying business records to conceal a hush money payment was indefinitely postponed by a judge Friday. Trump was convicted by a Manhattan jury in May on 34 felony counts related to falsifying business records to conceal a hush money payment to […]
The Democratic chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee blasted the heads of the FBI and Department of Homeland Security on Thursday, issuing a rare but sharp rebuke of the two officials for failing to appear for a public hearing. Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) said both Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher […]
Three years after he was convicted of staging an attack against himself in downtown Chicago, the ruling against Jussie Smollett has been overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court. Smollett was convicted on five counts of felony disorderly conduct and acquitted on a sixth for filing a false police report. The Empire actor claimed in 2019 […]
Matt Gaetz, the former Florida representative and Trump nominee for Attorney General, announced Thursday that he is withdrawing as Trump’s pick for the top prosecutor, citing what he described as the “distraction” his nomination had caused due to a swirl of allegations about paying underage women for sex. “While the momentum was strong, it is […]
A rare 17th Century coin sold at auction for a record-breaking $2.52 million eight years after it was found in an old cabinet in Amsterdam. The 1652 New England threepence, which is about the size of a nickel, was struck in Boston and found over three centuries later, inside an old cabinet in Amsterdam around […]
Vice President Kamala Harris has retreated from the public spotlight since her resounding loss to President-elect Donald Trump two weeks ago. As Democrats reel from a Republican takeover of Washington, Harris traveled to Kalaoa, Hawaii, on Tuesday evening, capping a postelection period in which she has shifted back into the background of the Biden administration. […]
Vivek Ramaswamy and Elon Musk’s new effort to increase government efficiency could initially target the nearly two-thirds of federal workers who are still approved to work from home 18 months after the pandemic ended. Vacant federal office space in downtown Washington is costly to maintain and a deep source of frustration to Mayor Muriel Bowser. […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a revised nuclear doctrine on Tuesday stating that any attack on Russia supported by a country with nuclear power could be grounds for a nuclear response. Putin signed the new policy on the 1,000th day of the war with Ukraine and the day after President Biden authorized Ukraine to use […]