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Kiev requires another €19 billion to cover its budget needs in 2027, diplomats have told the outlet The EU will have to provide more money to Ukraine next year on top of the newly approved €90 billion ($105 billion), the Wall Street Journal has reported, citing diplomatic sources.On Thursday, Brussels announced that the interest-free loan to Kiev has been finalized and that it will begin disbursements “as soon as possible” in the second quarter of 2026. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen hailed the development as “a good day for Ukraine and Europe.”The approval came less than two weeks…

FORT WORTH, TEXAS — A long-time cattle rancher said Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration understands his industry and what it needs to continue producing quality beef for the American people. Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) Director Steve Sikes told Breitbart News that under past administrations, ranchers were pressured by rules that made their work more difficult, but things have since changed. “We’ve got the EPA that is run pretty well, and in the past that was always a deterrent for ranchers because they were putting in rules that were almost impossible to cope with. They had a…

A suspected remotely detonated explosive device ripped open vehicles on the Pan-American Highway in Cauca A massive roadside blast tore through a bus and other vehicles on Colombia’s Pan-American Highway on Saturday, killing at least 12 people and leaving more than a dozen others wounded in what authorities called a terrorist attack.The explosion struck the El Tunel sector in Cajibio, Cauca, blowing a huge crater into one of the country’s most important transport corridors and scattering wreckage across the road.Videos from the scene show a bus completely torn apart, with its engine propelled with such force that it landed on…

Eric Swalwell’s lavish spending habits with donors’ campaign cash continue to surface, the most recent a whopping $40,000 to a Los Angeles attorney to defend him on television against sexual assault charges. Swalwell tapped cash from his ill-fated campaign for California governor to pay the five-figure sum to attorney Sara Azari, who says she specializes in “allegations of sexual misconduct in a post-#MeToo landscape,” according a report by the California Post. Azari came to his defense in an interview with NewsNation, infamously saying “regret is not rape” as she claimed Swalwell’s alleged victims were simply ashamed of consensual sexual activity with…

The annual dinner, held at the Washington Hilton, had just begun when the disruption unfolded President Donald Trump was abruptly evacuated from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton in Washington on Saturday night after what authorities described as an unspecified security threat.The Secret Service and other law enforcement personnel rushed into the ballroom as guests ducked under tables, according to footage from the scene. There were no immediate reports of injuries.DETAILS TO FOLLOWThe annual dinner, held by the White House Correspondents’ Association, had just begun when the disruption unfolded. Trump and other top US officials were escorted…

Hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin is reportedly considering backing out of a $6 billion project in New York City, as NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani mentioned Griffin’s penthouse in a tax the rich video. Gerald Beeson, who serves as the chief operating officer for Griffin’s company, Citadel LLC, explained to the Daily Mail that it was “shameful” that Mamdani used Griffin’s name in his video. Beeson’s statement comes as the company is set to start a project called “redevelopment of 350 Park Avenue.” “It is shameful that he used Ken’s name as the example of those who supposedly aren’t carrying their fair…

Embattled former Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL) resigned from office this week but is still registered to run for reelection, the news coming after she was accused of stealing $5 million in FEMA disaster relief funds. The Democrat submitted a notice of her candidacy to the Florida Department of State on April 17 but resigned from office on April 21, Fox News reported Friday. “The filing raises questions about whether Cherfilus-McCormick believes she can still pursue political office despite facing intense scrutiny at the moment,” the outlet said. She resigned from Congress moments before the House Ethics Committee was going to consider…

Two police officers were shot Saturday at the Swedish Hospital in Chicago’s Ravenswood neighborhood. Details of what led to the shooting are not known, but ABC 7 reported that it occurred around 11:00 a.m. NBC 5 noted that police took a suspect to the hospital “to be checked out before going to jail for a separate offense before the shooting broke out.” The suspect then fled the scene and was apprehended about an hour later. The New York Post pointed out that the wounded officers are in critical condition. (NBC 5’s reporting differs from other outlets’ by saying that one of the…

Psychological prohibitions against endangering civilian reactors and other infrastructure are becoming dangerously thin Four decades after a failed experiment in Soviet Ukraine led to a world-shaking radiation disaster and made Chernobyl infamous, the psychological safeguards protecting nuclear facilities from military action are weaker than ever.In March and April of 2026, bombs landed near the Busher Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Iran. Russia’s Zaporozye NPP was deliberately firebombed by Ukrainian troops in 2024, as part of Kiev’s attempts to prevent Moscow from operating the contested facility. The Chernobyl wreck itself was targeted by a mystery projectile on the eve of a…

President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he has canceled a planned trip by U.S. representatives, including Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and adviser Jared Kushner, to Pakistan for talks with Iranian officials, citing time wasted on traveling and work and describing what he called “infighting” and “confusion” within Iran’s so-called “leadership.” In a post on Truth Social, Donald Trump stated: “I just cancelled the trip of my representatives going is Islamabad, Pakistan, to meet with the Iranians. Too much time wasted on traveling, too much work! Besides which, there is tremendous infighting and confusion within their ‘leadership.’ Nobody knows who is…