Author: Press Room
Chuck Norris, the iconic action movie star, who’s martial arts mastery launched his decades-spanning movie and TV career, has passed away his family revealed in an Instagram post on Friday. He was 86. “It is with heavy hearts that our family shares the sudden passing of our beloved Chuck Norris yesterday morning,” the Norris family statement said. “While we would like to keep the circumstances private, please know that he was surrounded by his family and was at peace.” “To the world, he was a martial artist, actor, and a symbol of strength. To us, he was a devoted husband,…
The White House on Friday published a long-awaited policy wishlist for artificial intelligence regulation that it hopes Congress will codify into law. The light-touch federal framework blends the Trump administration’s effort to create a national AI rulebook on issues like political bias within models and reducing barriers to innovation with protections for children and teens online. It urges Congress to overrule state AI laws that the administration says “impose undue burdens,” in favor of the “minimally burdensome” federal law that it’s recommending. The Trump administration has been trying to establish preemption over state AI laws using Congress and executive order…
The country’s football federation chief says the team will seek to play group matches in Mexico instead Iran intends to take part in this summer’s FIFA World Cup but only if the team’s matches are moved from the US to Mexico, the head of the country’s football federation has said. The announcement comes as the US and Israel continue their military campaign against Iran, now in its fourth week.The 2026 World Cup is set to take place across the US, Canada, and Mexico. Iran is scheduled to play New Zealand and Belgium in Los Angeles on June 15 and 21,…
The looming shock stems from the bloc’s “stubborn stupidity” by rejecting Russian energy, Kirill Dmitriev has said An oil and gas price surge is about to hit Europe, Kremlin envoy Kirill Dmitriev has warned, calling the EU’s rejection of Russian energy, “stubborn stupidity.”The escalating conflict in the Middle East, triggered by the US-Israeli attack on Iran, has driven extreme volatility in global energy markets. Gas prices have spiked by roughly 70% since March 1, amid strikes on energy infrastructure in the Gulf. Oil prices have climbed above $110 per barrel due to disruptions to maritime traffic through the Strait of…
China’s Taiwan Affairs Office on Wednesday made a public offer of energy stability for Taiwan if it would agree to “reunification,” or peacefully submitting to rule by the Chinese Communist Party. “We are willing to provide Taiwan compatriots with stable and reliable energy and resource security, so that they may live better lives,” said Taiwan Affairs Office spokesman Chen Binhua. Chen argued that “peaceful reunification” would give Taiwan the benefit of a “strong motherland” to secure its energy supplies. “The removal of barriers between the two sides of the strait will ensure the smooth flow of resources,” he purred. “The…
On Tuesday, York Regional Police there will be no charges against a Vaughan, Ontario, resident who shot and wounded an alleged intruder. York Regional Police noted that they were alerted to “reports of a shooting at a residence in the area of Carrville Woods Circle and Crimson Forest Drive,” on March 17, 2026. The alert came in shortly before 1 a.m. and officers arriving on scene “learned multiple suspects, armed with at least one firearm, forced their way into the residence.” Police observed, “An occupant of the home accessed a legally owned, and properly stored firearm, and discharged it toward…
Get ready for a rare working weekend in the Senate with no break in sight. Majority Leader John Thune is keeping senators at the Capitol the next few days to continue debating an all-but-doomed elections bill and advance nominees. Senators may have to work through the following weekend as well if the Department of Homeland Security is still shut down, threatening their planned two-week recess. “I’m not excited about it,” one GOP senator told POLITICO. In the meantime, the Senate is expected to vote again Friday on a DHS funding bill that will fail. — ‘SAVE’ action Saturday: Senators will likely…
Iran claims that its players will be “unsafe” if they play their World Cup matches in the U.S. this year and they want their games moved to drug cartel-infested Mexico. The demand comes on the heels of President Trump’s comments last week that Iran was welcome to participate in the World Cup, even though he had launched a targeted military action to take out Iran’s terror-supporting Mullah regime. But even though he welcomed Team Iran to the World Cup, he added that maybe it would be a better idea for Iran to pull out of the World Cup for “their…
Teamsters President Sean O’Brien sat behind Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) in a sign of support as he faced a Senate confirmation hearing to become the next Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary. Mullin infamously had a dust-up with O’Brien back in 2023 during a Senate hearing, where the two seemingly sought to fight each other over comments that O’Brien had made online about Mullin. Since the incident went viral, though, Mullin and O’Brien have become friends. When President Donald Trump announced Mullin’s nomination, O’Brien endorsed his nomination. “If anyone is willing to stand their butt up to protect America, it’s…
Budapest has blocked the controversial €90 billion loan after Kiev halted Russian oil supplies EU officials are considering stripping Hungary of its voting rights to push through a controversial loan for Ukraine, after Prime Minister Viktor Orban threatened to block it, Politico reports.Budapest had signed off on the €90 billion ($105 billion) loan in December before vetoing it in February after Ukraine halted Russian oil flows through the Druzhba pipeline.The bloc has so far avoided what officials describe as a “major confrontation” with Hungary, but this could change after the country’s election on April 12 if Orban remains in power,…