Author: Press Room
President Donald Trump laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery to commemorate Memorial Day and honored America’s fallen in remarks thereafter. Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth stood with the president during the ceremony. The Star Spangled Banner and Taps preceded and followed the president’s laying of the wreath. Trump, Vance, Hegseth, and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, then delivered remarks in the amphitheater. “With reverent hearts, we honor those who fell so that our republic might stand, those who died so…
The spacecraft with three astronauts aboard has successfully reached the Tiangong space station China has successfully launched the Shenzhou-23 spacecraft, sending three astronauts to its Tiangong space station on a regular crew rotation mission. The crew will relieve their colleagues currently in orbit and continue long duration experiments aboard the country’s permanent outpost. RT correspondent Konstantin Rozhkov reported from the Jiuquan launch site in the Gobi Desert, where a Long March-2F rocket carried the spacecraft into orbit. He noted the parallels between China’s crewed program and Russia’s long track record with Soyuz flights, as well as the two countries’ enduring cooperation…
During an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “Sunday Morning Futures,” Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) pledged his support for the so-called anti-weaponization fund, part of a settlement reached between President Donald Trump and the Internal Revenue Service in a $10 billion lawsuit over the leak of his tax returns. Johnson called the timing unfortunate but said the fund was needed because of the government’s weaponization against citizens. “You know, the timing of the weaponization fund was unfortunate, but I completely support it,” Johnson said. “Under the Biden administration, there was a massive amount of weaponization of government against ordinary citizens. For example,…
Metropolitan bishop Hilarion has been held in the Czech Republic after “a white substance” was allegedly found in his car Moscow has demanded the Czech Republic immediately release Metropolitan Bishop Hilarion detained in the country, branding the incident a “fabricated persecution” of the senior Russian Christian Orthodox hierarch.The bishop was detained by Czech police on Sunday while traveling in a car from his parish church of Saint Peter and Paul in the resort town of Karlovy Vary. According to Hilarion’s press service, the law enforcement did not provide any solid reasoning behind the traffic stop, proceeding to search the car…
U.S. military forces successfully conducted a rapid response drill in Caracas, Venezuela, over the weekend — an unprecedented military activity that comes nearly five months after American forces arrested socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro in the Venezuelan capital. The military drill, carried out on Saturday, saw two U.S. Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey aircraft fly over the Venezuelan capital, landing in the parking lot of the recently-reopened U.S. Embassy located in Caracas’s Colinas de Valle Arriba neighborhood. “A U.S. military response exercise is currently underway at the U.S. Embassy in Caracas,” the U.S. embassy wrote in a Spanish-language social media post alongside footage of one…
Republican lawmakers are lining up behind President Donald Trump’s administration as it pursues a possible Iran agreement involving nuclear limits, regional security, the Strait of Hormuz, and expanded Abraham Accords participation. President Donald Trump said Sunday that negotiations with Iran were proceeding in an “orderly and constructive manner,” but said he had told his representatives not to rush because “time is on our side.” He said the blockade would remain until an agreement is “reached, certified, and signed,” stressed that Iran cannot “develop or procure a Nuclear Weapon or Bomb,” described the transaction currently being negotiated as “THE EXACT OPPOSITE”…
US fighter jets have struck Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) speedboats as explosions were heard near the port of Bandar Abbas.The attack occurred on Monday as US and Iranian negotiators arrived in Qatar in hopes of advancing stalled talks.According to SNN, the attack on the Iranian vessels took place south of Larak Island, in the narrowest section of the Strait of Hormuz, which remains under a dual US-Iranian blockade. At least three Iranian sailors were killed, SNN said.Media outlets also reported a series of explosions in Bandar Abbas, home to an Iranian naval base. Al Jazeera journalist Ali Hashem cited…
On Monday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) argued that it’s “utter nonsense” to argue that there has been a war between the U.S. and Iran for 47 years, and the war is “something that the president went into with Mr. Netanyahu’s ambitions at the forefront, not America’s.” Dean began by saying she is “hopeful” and “optimistic” at the prospects of a peace deal and “a return to where we were before, which was keeping their nuclear ambitions in strategic check.” But “In terms of the negotiations, it’s hard to say. I’m happy to hear the president…
Israel marked Memorial Day on Monday with a video message honoring fallen American troops and emphasizing the solidarity between the United States and the Jewish state. “Today, on U.S. Memorial Day, Israel stands with America,” Israel’s Foreign Ministry wrote in a post accompanying the video. “We honor the brave men and women who gave their lives defending liberty and protecting the values shared by our free nations.” The video, published across official Israeli government social media accounts, paid tribute to fallen American service members while emphasizing the close alliance between the United States and Israel. “Today, on the U.S. Memorial…
Democrats in several states have been airing ads linking Republican rivals to the late sex offender Several Democratic candidates vying for seats in the US Congress have accused their Republican rivals of protecting the wealthy and politically connected associates of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, referring to them as the “Epstein class.”The party has sought to use the controversy as part of a broader push to regain control of Congress from the GOP.While President Donald Trump has long accused the Democrats of having ties to Epstein, his administration has come under mounting criticism from both Democrats and some Republicans over…