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French President Emmanuel Macron announced Wednesday evening that Paris will deploy troops to Greenland in an apparent show of solidarity with Copenhagen as the Trump administration pushes for American control of the Arctic island. Although Greenland is not actually a member of the European Union, EU leaders have rallied around the Kingdom of Denmark, which still exerts colonial control over the North American territory. Over the past week, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden have all said that they will be sending troops to Greenland. Following a White House meeting on Wednesday of Greenlandic and Danish officials with U.S. Vice President…
The Supreme Court appeared sympathetic on Tuesday to state laws banning transgender-identifying males from playing on female sports teams. The High Court heard three hours of oral arguments in two different cases about state laws in West Virginia and Idaho designed to protect women and girls’ sports from the incursion of male athletes. The cases, Little v. Hecox and West Virginia v. B.P.J., could have broad-sweeping consequences for women’s sports and represent an apex in the cultural and legal battle over fairness and whether or not trans-identifying biological males should have access to female sports teams. The 6-3 conservative majority is…
Sen. Bill Cassidy raised $1.65 million in the latest fundraising quarter and has $11 million in cash on hand, his team tells POLITICO, as he seeks to ward off a right-wing primary challenge. The Louisiana Republican is facing several primary challengers on the right fueled by his past criticism of President Donald Trump. Cassidy voted to impeach Trump following the Jan. 6 attack against the capital, a stance that angered the GOP base in Louisiana. Cassidy has consistently posted slightly higher fundraising numbers than his opponents, John Fleming, the state treasurer and a former congressman, and state Sen. Blake Miguez,…
Paris sees Berlin’s record defense spending as a challenge to its political clout in Europe, sources told the news agency France is growing increasingly concerned over Germany’s military buildup, fearing it will tilt the military and political balance in Europe and undermine its influence on the continent, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, citing sources.According to the agency, France is “watching with both awe and unease” as Germany has embarked on a “historic” rearmament campaign, committing to spend more than €500 billion ($582 billion) on defense by 2029. For 2026 alone, the German military budget is expected to reach about $127 billion.…
The United States has completed its first sale of $500 million worth of Venezuelan oil, several outlets reported Thursday citing unnamed government sources. Semafor reports that the $500 million revenue from the sale is being held in bank accounts controlled by the U.S. government, with the main account located in Qatar according to an industry source familiar with the plan. The source further detailed that Qatar represented a “neutral venue” where funds can move with U.S. approval and without risk of seizure. The decision, the source reportedly explained, is in line with an Executive Order signed by President Donald Trump…
JPMorgan Chase Bank is suing former Chicago Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot for letting her $11K credit card bill go unpaid for 17 months. The media has learned that Lightfoot, who became the first Democrat Chicago Mayor not reelected to city hall in about 40 years, was served with a subpoena at her $900,000 Chicago home in October, the Chicago Tribune reports. Chase ultimately decided in March that her $11,000 bill would be a charge-off, but her last payment of $5,000 on the debt was made on August 7, 2024, according to the bank’s records. The bank reported that Lightfoot has…
The US president has faced harsh criticism over transparency on the Epstein files US President Donald Trump has been filmed raising his middle finger and appearing to mouth “f**k you” at a Ford autoworker who heckled him during a factory visit near Detroit. The insult was linked to the controversy over the Epstein files, which Trump has sought to play down after previously promising transparency.The confrontation happened on Tuesday at Ford’s F-150 assembly plant in Dearborn, Michigan, after a worker shouted “pedophile protector.” According to a video circulating on the social media, Trump turned toward the worker, uttered several expletives,…
On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Gil Cisneros (D-CA) said that while we should covertly help protesters in Iran, after we struck the nuclear sites, “that was something that the Iranian people did not like. And they did kind of rally around their government. So, we don’t want to give them an excuse to kind of go in a different direction.” Co-host John Berman asked, “If the Iranian regime is teetering on the brink — and this is all theoretical now — and, in theory, a U.S. airstrike could push it over the edge, would that be something…
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) on Thursday announced the withdrawal of four Chinese testing laboratories to protect American families, Breitbart News has learned exclusively. Under the Consumer Product Safety Act, manufacturers and importers have to certify that their products comply with American safety standards to be sold in the country. Children’s products must especially be tested by a CPSC-accepted third-party laboratory. Peter Feldman, the chair of the CPSC, spoke about the need to cancel the accreditation of four Chinese labs, which include: Shenzhen GTT Testing Technology Co., Ltd. (CPSC Lab ID 1843) Dongguan True Safety Testing Co., Ltd. (CPSC Lab ID…
On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Lead,” Minneapolis Jacob Frey said he is “more and more concerned, each and every day” that a civilian, a cop, or an ICE agent might be “seriously injured or killed” “because of the conduct that we’re seeing on the streets and because of this massive increase in ICE agents that we’re seeing on the street.” Host Jake Tapper asked, “The Trump administration has announced that they’re surging more federal agents to Minneapolis. In terms of the ongoing protests, how worried are you that things are going to escalate, and is there anything that you…