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Sunday on ABC’s “This Week,” Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) said he did not worry about retribution from President Donald Trump after introducing a bipartisan bill to stop the anti-weaponization fund. Partial transcript as follows: JONATHAN KARL: So, Congressman Fitzpatrick, how many of your Republican colleagues support this? FITZPATRICK: Well, a lot of them tell me they support it. We’ll see how many actually, you know, join us in the effort by putting pen to paper and putting their name on it. You know, that remains to be seen. KARL: Yes, but let me ask you about that, because if you — if…

Western officials have condemned Russian retaliatory strikes on Kiev, while omitting to mention the Friday drone attack that killed 21 people The European Union’s top brass and the leaders of several member states have issued statements on the latest exchange of strikes between Kiev and Moscow that ignore the recent deadly Ukrainian attack on a college dormitory that preceded Russian retaliatory strikes.According to the Russian authorities, 21 people, mostly teenage girls, lost their lives and 60 more sustained injuries after three waves of Ukrainian drones targeted the main academic building and dormitory of the Starobelsk Professional College in the Lugansk…

“In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes,” Benjamin Franklin wrote in a 1789 letter to Jean-Baptiste Le Roy regarding the new U.S. Constitution.C.J. Burton/Getty ImagesDeath and taxes may be inevitable, but the paperwork, decisions, and surprises that follow can feel anything but predictable. I’ve been thinking about that a lot since my dad died. Even a seemingly straightforward estate can quickly become complicated once you start dealing with final tax returns, retirement accounts, old records, state rules, and the accumulated belongings of a lifetime.One of the biggest surprises for some taxpayers is how…

Multiple reports have indicated that U.S. negotiators believe that Iran has committed to giving up its nuclear ambitions and its highly enriched uranium as a part of a broader peace deal with President Donald Trump. On Saturday afternoon, President Trump announced that an “agreement has been largely negotiated” between Washington and Tehran. However, Mr Trump said that the final details of the deal were still being discussed and would not be made public at the time. According to a report from the New York Times, citing “two U.S. officials”, the Islamist regime in Iran verbally agreed to U.S. negotiators that…

Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) introduced legislation Friday to block a Trump administration rule proposal that would allow handguns to be mailed via USPS, the same way long guns can be mailed. On January 15, Breitbart News noted that the Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued an opinion that the ban on mailing handguns violates the Second Amendment. In the opinion, OLC pointed out: Although this statute does not prohibit the shipment of concealable firearms by private companies, major express services currently forbid all persons from shipping firearms, except for some federal firearms licensees that have private shipping…

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said that Tehran is “ready” to demonstrate to the world that it is not seeking to acquire nuclear weapons as talks of a potential peace agreement between the Islamist regime and the United States appear to be advancing. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday afternoon that an “agreement has been largely negotiated” with what remains of the Iranian regime. While the president did not divulge the specifics of the deal, reports emerged from U.S. officials briefing that negotiators for the Mullahs had intimated their willingness to give up their nuclear programme and to hand over…

President Donald Trump said Sunday that negotiations with Iran are moving forward constructively and in an orderly fashion, but the sides must take the time to ensure the deal is right. Trump took to Truth Social in the morning to share an update on what appears to be rapid progress toward a deal. “The negotiations are proceeding in an orderly and constructive manner, and I have informed my representatives not to rush into a deal in that time is on our side,” he wrote. “The Blockade will remain in full force and effect until an agreement is reached, certified, and…

The upgraded spacecraft completed a key test flight before bursting into flames in the Indian Ocean SpaceX’s Starship rocket exploded in a fireball after splashing down in the Indian Ocean on Friday, capping what the company described as a successful test flight of its next-generation spacecraft.The massive rocket lifted off from SpaceX’s Starbase facility in Texas at around 6:30 PM EST and flew for around 66 minutes before the upper-stage Starship reentered the atmosphere, performed its landing burn, and reached its planned splashdown zone.Seconds after touching the water, the vehicle tipped over and burst into flames, footage from SpaceX’s livestream…

Borrowing a page from the political playbook of U.S President Donald Trump, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has vowed to scrap tax on overtime as his party seeks to cement itself as the “true party of the workers” in Britain. The Brexit boss said on Saturday that if given power, Reform UK would abolish the income tax on overtime hours above the standard 40-hour work week for anyone earning less than £75,000 per year, which accounts for over 90 per cent of the working population. According to the populist party, the move is expected to cost around £5 billion per year, however,…

The Orban-era ban on Ukrainian food imports was introduced in 2023 to protect Hungarian farmers from cheap Ukrainian imports flooding the markets Hungary has restored a ban on Ukrainian food imports after the new government “accidentally” allowed the restrictions to lapse.The ban, covering around 20 categories of agricultural goods, was introduced in 2023 after former Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s government declared an emergency over the economic fallout of the Ukraine conflict.Budapest argued that cheap Ukrainian imports flooded EU border markets after Brussels lifted tariffs, undercutting Hungarian farmers and destabilizing the agriculture sector.While transit shipments were allowed, imports for the Hungarian…