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British Prime Minister immediately offered Volodymyr Zelensky affirmation over his democratic status after President Trump blasted Ukraine for cancelling its elections and enforcing martial law on its citizens. Sir Keir Starmer spoke to Ukrainian President Zelensky overnight, with his Downing Street office revealing the Prime Minister had told the Ukrainian he is not a dictator and that it had been “perfectly reasonable” to suspend democracy because of the Russian invasion. The comments follow Donald Trump airing his views on the state of Ukrainian democracy, saying if Ukraine’s leadership wants a seat at the table, the Ukrainian people should be consulted on…
Grammy-nominated rapper Kodak Black was seen visiting the White House for President Donald Trump’s Black History Month event on Thursday. “Kodak in the People’s House,” the White House wrote in a Thursday social media post, sharing photos of the rapper in the executive house. This comes after Kodak Black and fellow rappers Boosie Badazz and Rod Wave were said to be invited to the White House’s event for Black History Month, according to multiple reports. President Trump also invited Martin Luther King Jr.’s niece, Alveda King, NFL star and former Georgia candidate for U.S. Senate Herschel Walker, and former NFL player Jack Brewer, according to Associated Press.…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday condemned Hamas for failing to hand over the remains of Shiri Bibas, a mother of two taken hostage by militants, despite a promise to do so, and said the body released was that of a Gaza resident.Hamas turned over the bodies of the 32-year-old German-Israeli woman’s sons, Ariel and Kfir — who were just 4 years old and 9 months old when they were abducted — along with another deceased captive, 84-year-old peace activist Oded Lifshitz, on Thursday.However, in a grotesque twist, Israeli forensic experts later determined that the remains in a fourth…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Gen. CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, is visiting troops along the U.S.-Mexico border Friday to assess the military’s progress in fortifying sections of the wall, coming as the Pentagon rapidly expands its border mission in line with President Donald Trump’s efforts to combat illegal immigration.The military in the past month has quickly surged troops and equipment to the border, is seeking expanded authority for cooperation with Mexican forces, has conducted scores of deportation flights and is readying the detention facilities at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to possibly house as many as 30,000 migrants.About 9,200…
Have you gotten your tickets yet? Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot stands at $165 million with a $75.1 million cash option.Here’s what to know about the Mega Millions:Latest Mega Millions winning numbersFriday’s winning numbers will be drawn at around 11 p.m. ET.Tuesday’s winning numbers were 1-20-25-58-61 and the Megaball was 22. The Megaplier was 2x.Did anyone win the last Mega Millions drawing?There were no jackpot winners in Tuesday’s Mega Millions drawing.How many Mega Millions winning numbers do you need to match to win a prize?You only need to match one number in Mega Millions to win a prize. However, that number…
Elon Musk and Donald Trump in the Oval Office with Elon’s son X. Credit: The White House So far, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has made significant cuts and taxpayer savings, including over $1 billion in diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) contracts, $6.5 billion in reductions from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), $502 million from the Education Department, and savings across several other departments such as Social Security, Agriculture, and Health and Human Services. Additionally, DOGE has laid off thousands of federal employees, terminated over 1,100 contracts, and restructured various government programs. And now, DOGE is considering…
Taylor Swift ties Elvis Presley’s record for the most No. 1 albums in U.K. history among foreign … [+] artists, as Lover (Live In Paris) becomes her thirteenth champion. TOPSHOT – American singer and songwriter Taylor Swift performs on stage as part of her Eras Tour in Lisbon on May 24, 2024. (Photo by ANDRE DIAS NOBRE / AFP) (Photo by ANDRE DIAS NOBRE/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty Images Taylor Swift earns a new No. 1 album in the United Kingdom this week. Her Lover (Live from Paris) reappears on the list of the most-consumed albums in the country…
Black manager present process for racial equity values aligned Roth IRA nvestments getty Recently many people have been concerned about boycotting based on racial equality but have not thought of aligning that to their Roth IRA investments. While this article highlights Roth IRA investing this could be applied to all investing. I am only applying this values alignment idea to the pursuit of retirement, through the Roth IRAs tax deferral and tax free withdrawals benefits. This is intended to show that aligning racial equality values with retirement is not a short-term fringe investing idea, but a long-term core strategy. While…
Luis Rubiales, the former head of Spain’s national soccer team, was found guilty on Thursday of forcibly kissing female soccer star Jenni Hermoso. Rubiales, 47, was accused of sexual assault and coercion for delivering a very public kiss on Hermos’s lips in 2023 after Spain’s win at the women’s World Cup in Australia. Prosecutors also claimed that he tried to hush other players from talking about the incident. Hermos, 34, maintained that she did not want to kiss Rubiales and accused him of assaulting her. The trial ended on February 14, and the BBC reported that the verdict had been…
The Trump administration is launching an audit of California’s high-speed rail project, which is a decade late and is expected to run $100 billion over budget without connecting San Francisco and Los Angeles, as originally intended. As Breitbart News has reported, President Donald Trump warned that the federal government could claw back over $4 billion in spending on the project, just as he blocked $1 billion for the ailing project during his first administration. The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy drew protesters in an appearance in Los Angeles to announce the audit: U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean…