Author: Press Room

During the most recent episode of HBO’s Real Time, host Bill Maher targeted the left for pivoting from supporting gun control to supporting Luigi Mangione and other alleged assassins. He began this portion of his monologue by saying, “And finally, Luigi Mangione, Cole Tomas Allen, Tyler Robinson, and the ghost of Thomas Crooks must form a boy band called ‘New Kids on the Glock.’” Mangione allegedly shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Dec. 4, 2024, Cole Tomas Allen allegedly attacked the April 25, 2026, White House Correspondents Dinner while armed with a shotgun and a handgun, Tyler Robinson allegedly assassinated Turning…

President Donald Trump and his deputies have a major sales job ahead of them on Capitol Hill as multiple GOP lawmakers questioned a proposed $1 billion in Secret Service security spending that could be used at least in part for Trump’s controversial White House ballroom project. The provision, which gives $1 billion to the Secret Service for “security adjustments and upgrades,” has threatened to overshadow what Republicans wanted to make the main focus of the package — tens of billions of dollars in new immigration enforcement funding. But the White House and many lawmakers argue the funding is necessary after…

The phaseout would deepen the bloc’s dependence on more expensive US gas, the Slovak prime minister has warned The EU plan to phase out Russia as an energy supplier will end in the US reselling Russian oil and gas to Europe at far higher prices, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has warned.Speaking in Bratislava on Sunday, Fico said Washington has “a huge interest in buying all transit infrastructures” across the European continent.“So the Russians will supply the Americans with gas and oil at standard prices, and the Americans will sell it to us with an American high-margin surcharge. Are we…

ESSENTIALSFirm Name: Desai Chia ArchitecturePrincipals: Katherine Chia, Arjun DesaiHeadquarters: New York, NYAccolades: Forbes Architecture’s “America’s Top 200 Residential Architects,” 2025; Forbes Architecture’s “America’s Best-in-State Residential Architects,” 2025House Name: Osprey HouseLocation: Shelter Island, New YorkSite Specifics: Just under an acre of waterfront property bordering a nature preserveArea & Layout: 3,400 square feet, 4 BR, 4 BA Architectural Photographer: Paul Warchol (warcholphotography.com), Jake Balston (jakebalston.com) Is it a house or is it an observatory? The distinctions tend to blur when you’re talking about homes designed by Desai Chia Architecture. Blessed with walls of glass and broad, outstretched roofs, they offer sanctuary from…

The Canvas hack left students scrambling to study for finals.GettyLast Thursday, as students at the University of Maryland prepared for finals week, many logged onto Canvas expecting to review lecture slides, study materials and assignments. Instead, they found themselves locked out.“At first, a few people who tried thought it was just a glitch or that their Canvas [account] specifically wasn’t working,” recalls Andreas Burstein, a junior double majoring in economics and finance at Maryland. “And then everyone was like, ‘Oh yeah, it’s not working.’”The timing was brutal. Finals began Monday, May 11 at Maryland, and many students had planned to…

Eileen Wang, the former Mayor of Arcadia, admitted to acting as a spy on behalf of the People’s Republic of China in a federal plea deal. Unsealed on Monday, the federal plea deal showed that Wang “agreed with prosecutors that she worked with the People’s Republic of China to boost propaganda with a fake news website on US soil between 2020 and 2022. She was elected to Arcadia City Council in November 2022,” per the New York Post: Wang worked with her then fiancé, Yaoning “Mike” Sun, on a web site called “U.S. News Center,” which claimed to be news source for…

Breitbart News’s “Harnessing American Power” event with Interior Secretary and National Energy Dominance Council Chairman Doug Burgum featured a wide-ranging policy discussion on the Trump administration’s energy agenda, including how royalties from production on federal lands help support conservation, wildlife, and national parks. During the discussion, Washington Bureau Chief Matthew Boyle asked Burgum to provide an update on the administration’s energy agenda since President Donald Trump returned to the White House, referring to what he called the “four babies” needed for energy dominance: “drill, baby, drill,” “map, baby, map,” “mine, baby, mine,” and “build, baby, build.” “Well, on the drill,…

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on Monday issued a proposal that would clarify permitting requirements to make it far easier to begin construction and facilitate reshoring of manufacturing, Breitbart News has learned exclusively. “Today’s proposal works to provide solutions to issues that have held up critical American infrastructure and advance the next great technological forefront,” Zeldin said in written statement. “Through commonsense permitting reform, the Trump EPA is fixing the broken system of government interference, while continuing to uphold our core mission to protect human health and the environment.” Zeldin issued a proposal that would clarify preconstruction permits and allow for…

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer is requesting that Jes Staley, a former JPMorgan executive and Barclays CEO, speak with congressional investigators about his relationship with the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “Due to public reporting, documents released by the Department of Justice, and documents obtained by the Committee, the Committee believes you have information that will assist in its investigation,” Comer, a Kentucky Republican, said in a letter asking Staley to appear before the panel in July. Staley’s close relationship with Epstein has long been the subject of scrutiny, including by Manhattan federal prosecutors investigating the…

The UK Prime Minister has acknowledged catastrophic losses in last week’s local election, but vowed to stay in office At least 70 Labour MPs are demanding that Prime Minister Keir Starmer resign, Sky News reported on Monday. This comes after the party came out as the biggest loser in last week’s local elections, relinquishing more than 1,300 council seats across the country.In addition to dozens of lawmakers calling for Starmer to go, at least three junior members of his government have so far resigned from their positions, Sky News reported.Under Labour rules, a formal leadership challenge would require backing by…