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Vice President JD Vance gave glory to God for helping him “turn a new page in Washington, DC,” responded to Pope Francis’s critiques of the Trump administration’s immigration policy, and explained how the president’s foreign policy is “in accord with Christian social teaching” at the annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast (NCPB). While speaking at Friday’s twentieth annual NCPB in DC, Vance expressed humility and thanked God for helping him go from a junior senator from Ohio to the vice president of the United States in just a couple of years: “I came here last year as a very young senator,…
German police recorded the highest number of violent incidents among all of the country’s railway stations at Berlin’s central train station in 2024.There were 764 cases, up from 620 the previous year, according to a response seen by dpa from the federal government to a written enquiry by the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) parliamentary group.For Dortmund’s main station, the statistics indicate 735 incidents, Hanover’s main station 715, and Cologne’s main station 703.According to the statistics, the total number of violent incidents at German train stations rose from 25,640 in 2023 to 27,160 last year.The number of sexual offences increased…
David Weiss, the federal attorney who investigated and prosecuted Hunter Biden, quietly resigned in January, NBC News has learned.A spokesperson for the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Delaware and a spokesperson for the Justice Department confirmed that Weiss stepped down as both U.S. attorney and special counsel on Jan. 17 — three days before President Donald Trump began his second term.No statement or announcement was made at the time, and a copy of Weiss’ resignation letter has not been made public. By comparison, former special counsel Jack Smith’s resignation was included in a court filing shortly before Trump’s inauguration.Two sources familiar…
Unusually for him, Donald Trump made no great fuss as he signed one drily worded executive order last Tuesday.Public attention was distracted that day – by the headline-grabbing drama of Elon Musk bludgeoning his way through the federal bureaucracy, by immigrants deported to Guantánamo Bay, and by the torrent of other directives Trump has issued since his inauguration last month.But Trump’s 69th executive order of his second presidency, under the deceptive title of “Ensuring accountability for all agencies”, has been denounced as a “bald power grab” that advances a political doctrine intended to make a dictator of the president.The order,…
The US president is moving away from the “soft power” approach while attempting to trim costs, the outlet reports US President Donald Trump is planning an overhaul of the State Department, aiming to reduce the number of diplomats and embassies while focusing on Washington’s immediate interests, Politico reported on Thursday, citing sources and internal documents.According to the outlet, the Trump administration is aiming to prioritize transactional government agreements safeguarding US security and investment interests. This approach, however, involves scaling back on traditional “soft power” tools, including initiatives purportedly advancing democracy across the globe.The new strategy would reportedly involve staff cuts…
Ed Martin moves crooked Biden prosecutors to misdemeanor court. Reuters reported on Friday that interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin is transferring numerous Biden DOJ prosecutors to pursue misdemeanor offenses in the DC Superior Court. They should consider themselves lucky after what they did to innocent Americans! Politico posted a list of names of the demoted DOJ prosecutors who built phony cases against Trump supporters in an attempt to ruin their lives and spread fear of the regime across the nation. Those demoted include John Crabb and Elizabeth Aloi, who prosecuted contempt of Congress cases that sent Steve Bannon and Peter Navarro to jail for four…
Topline Inflation slowed to its lowest level in seven months in January, according to a key measure of price changes released Friday morning, though the Federal Reserve’s favored inflation metric remains stuck above policymakers’ goal. A shopper at a New York City location of Whole Foods earlier this month.Getty Images Key Facts The Commerce Department’s personal consumption expenditure index rose 2.5% from January 2024 to last month, matching consensus economist estimates of 2.5% PCE inflation. And core PCE, which excludes the often volatile price swings of the often volatile price swings of food and energy, rose 2.6% year-over-year, also meeting…
British golfer Dale Whitnell had himself a day as he recorded not one but two hole-in-ones during Friday’s round of the South African Open as part of the DP World Tour. Whitnell, 36, recorded the two improbable shots on the par-3 and the 12th at Durban Country Club. This is not to say that everything went great for Whitnell. He finished with 9-under, including a third eagle, seven birdies, two bogeys, and a double bogey. However, he made the cut. “I was struggling to make the cut, so I knew I needed to go out and play well and got…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) praised President Donald Trump for giving “a masterclass on how to stand up for America” after kicking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky out of the White House after he made several “disrespectful” comments. As Breitbart News’s Katherine Hamilton previously reported, Zelensky’s comments were made “in front of the media ahead of planned private talks and the expected signing of the much-discussed minerals deal.” After Zelensky was kicked out of the White House, the “White House confirmed” that Zelensky had not signed the minerals deal and Trump issued a statement in a post on Truth Social stating that…
Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in China’s capital market are projected to rebound this year from a 10-year low as the sudden rise of start-up DeepSeek propels more deals in the technology sector, bankers and analysts said.PwC said M&A could grow at a double-digit pace, while French investment bank Natixis said a 10 to 15 per cent increase would be a safe bet. The catalysts could come from demand for overseas investments by Chinese companies, exits by private equity funds and restructuring involving Chinese state-owned enterprises, they added.”DeepSeek has made a big impact not only in the technology area but also…