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President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded Senate Republicans fire the nonpartisan Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, after she ruled this weekend that Republicans could not include funding for the White House ballroom in an immigration enforcement bill. Trump accused MacDonough of thwarting his agenda and urged Republicans to “get smart and tough,” escalating his long-running attacks on procedural hurdles inside Congress. “Shockingly, Republicans have kept the very important position of ‘Parliamentarian’ in the hands of a woman, Elizabeth MacDonough, who was appointed, long ago, by Barack Hussein Obama and a vicious Lunatic known as Senator Harry Reid, who ran the Senate…
The indictment marks a dramatic escalation in Washington’s pressure campaign against Havana Former Cuban President Raul Castro has been indicted by the US Justice Department. The indictment came months after US President Donald Trump warned that Cuba would be “next” after Venezuela was targeted for regime change.Handed down on Wednesday, the widely-expected indictment accuses Castro of ordering the shootdown of two American planes operated by anti-communist Cuban exiles off the island’s coast in 1996. Cuba said at the time that the planes were connected to the US Air Force, and were warned to divert before they were fired upon.The indictment was…
The author of a nonfiction book examining artificial intelligence’s impact on truth has acknowledged that his work contains numerous fabricated or misattributed quotes created by AI. The New York Times reports that Steven Rosenbaum, author of The Future of Truth admitted this week that his book includes multiple fake or misattributed quotes generated by AI. The admission came after the Times identified the fake quotes and contacted Rosenbaum for comment over the weekend. In a statement released Monday night, Rosenbaum acknowledged that the book contained “a handful of improperly attributed or synthetic quotes” and said he had launched his own investigation…
Flags of the pre-revolutionary Iran will not be permitted at the upcoming World Cup this summer, with FIFA claiming they violate its code of conduct. While the pre-revolutionary Iran flag shares the same colors as the current flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran, the original flag, beloved by Iranian dissidents and refugees, prominently features a lion and sun in the center. Following the 1979 Iranian revolution, the new regime placed the Islamic emblem in the center, believing that the lion and sun represented the exiled Shah of Iran. According to The Athletic, a source close to FIFA confirmed that…
Former Democrat Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) has died at age 86 after a battle with congestive heart failure. Frank, perhaps best known for taking part in the Dodd-Frank Act (something he said he was “very proud” of) during the financial crisis, had been in hospice care for congestive heart failure since April. He served in Congress from 1981 to 2013 and led the House Financial Services Committee from 2007-2011. At the time he entered hospice care in his home in Ogunquit, Maine, he said he felt “very good — no pain, no discomfort.” “At 86, I’ve made it longer than I…
Vice President JD Vance speaks with reporters at the White House on Tuesday, May 19. The vice president will brief the media as White House Press Secretary is on maternity leave. Secretary of State Marco Rubio filled in for Leavitt previously for the White House briefing: Read the full article here
Republicans are preparing to remove Secret Service funding from their party-line immigration enforcement bill, according to two people granted anonymity to disclose private discussions. Both people stressed that the decision isn’t final — and Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Wednesday morning that talks are still ongoing. But the expected decision comes as the Trump administration has struggled to sell GOP senators on the money, part of which would go toward President Donald Trump’s ballroom project. Senate Republicans plan to discuss the matter at a closed-door lunch Wednesday afternoon. Read the full article here
As Athens and Ankara clash over maritime claims, old island disputes and new maps risk turning the Aegean into a flashpoint inside the bloc In mid-May 2026, the dispute between Greece and Türkiye again moved from diplomacy into the more dangerous world of maps, laws, and military warnings.Turkish officials confirmed that work is continuing on a new law on maritime jurisdiction areas, while Greek officials immediately treated the initiative as an attempt to give legal form to Ankara’s Blue Homeland doctrine. The message from Athens was that a unilateral Turkish move concerning maritime zones in the Aegean would be rejected…
The inflation expectations of businesses continued to climb in May, adding to concerns that the recent energy shock-driven rise could prove more pervasive and persistent than hoped. The Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta’s monthly survey of businesses in the American southeast found that costs are expected to climb 2.4 percent over the next twelve months, up from 2.3 percent last month. This is the third consecutive monthly increase since expectations fell to just under two percent in February, the lowest since December 2020. Inflation expectations remain far below their December 2022 peak of 3.8 percent but are now once again…
President Donald Trump dismissed the establishment claims that MAGA is divided, asserting that it is actually “the strongest it’s ever been” and has “never been more together.” When asked by Breitbart News’s Nick Gilbertson why the establishment media is so desperately attempting to paint the false picture that MAGA is divided, the commander-in-chief said the movement is strong and provided a few examples: “I think it’s the strongest it’s ever been. You know, you take a look at what happened in Louisiana two nights ago, and a certain senator that was very disloyal to me and to the Republican Party, and…