Author: Press Room

Fertilizer shipments rose by nearly a quarter in the first half of 2026, according to Moscow’s Export Center The US has stepped up purchases of Russian fertilizers despite broader Western restrictions on Moscow, with shipments rising by nearly a quarter in the first half of 2026, according to the Russia’s Export Center.Veronika Nikishina, the center’s head, told RIA Novosti on Monday that the overall distribution of fertilizer exports had changed little since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022. The US now ranks third among destinations for Russian supplies, she said, while Western Europe remains a larger market despite…

Legendary singer Lionel Richie was hospitalized in the intensive care unit after he fell ill following a performance in St. Louis, Missouri. This is the second time that Richie, 77, has been hospitalized this summer. TMZ reported: Lionel Richie is hospitalized in the intensive care unit in St. Louis after performing in the city over the weekend … TMZ has learned. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Lionel checked himself into a local hospital after his Saturday night performance at The Muny in Forest Park to have some tests run. We’re told Lionel is being cautious and doctors are…

Country music hitmakers Big & Rich debuted their new song, “Hello, AI,” to “launch a conversation” and confront the growing influence of artificial intelligence (AI) and to defend human creators from the negative affects it will have on intellectual property, artistic integrity, and the value of human expression. The multi-platinum duo’s song sounds the alarm just as “The American songwriter is now faced with an apocalyptic event, where machines rip and plagiarize our original music into endless derivatives that eventually can never be traced back to the original author,” John Rich says. “Monetizing AI music is tantamount to spending a counterfeit…

Israel and Greece sealed a historic $3.5 billion defense agreement Monday that will see Jerusalem build Athens a complete multi-layered air defense network, significantly expanding the two countries’ strategic partnership amid growing security challenges in the Eastern Mediterranean. The roughly €3 billion government-to-government agreement, known in Greece as “Achilles Shield,” is the largest defense export deal in the history of Israeli-Greek relations and one of the largest ever signed by Israel, according to the Israeli Defense Ministry. The agreement also marks the first time Israel will supply another country with an entire integrated defense architecture capable of countering threats ranging…

Failed 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s search for an intern has drawn criticism because she wants someone who can keep their mouth shut. The intern, who will not be paid, will work for Clinton’s office in New York City, the New York Post reported Sunday. The Daybook posting said, “The Office of Hillary Rodham Clinton is seeking Fall Interns from September 9, 2026 — November 13, 2026.” “Interns will provide support to our staff, assisting on a wide range of projects,” it continued. Most notably, the posting said the office is looking for someone who has a “high level of professionalism and discretion.” Clinton’s…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries blasted Republicans Monday for being “pro-data center without any restraints,” making his strongest rebuke yet of the tech industry’s massive infrastructure buildout as it becomes a key issue in midterm campaigns.“Donald Trump and Republicans are divorced from reality,” Jeffries said at a Capitol Hill news conference. “They think that the affordability crisis is a hoax. Donald Trump and Republicans have made clear they love inflation. Donald Trump and Republicans have told the American people directly, ‘We don’t think about your personal financial situation.’”“So the Republicans — it should come as no surprise — are pro-data…

Sen. Cory Booker on Monday slammed his Republican opponent for “bigotry” and “vile” remarks after saying Islam “doesn’t seem to be able to cohabitate with other religions” while citing debunked or exaggerated anecdotes about Muslims in Europe. Justin Murphy, who’s little known and virtually unfunded, is the longest of long shots to defeat Booker in November. But his words could be a headache for down-ballot Republicans in competitive races throughout New Jersey, a diverse state with one of the largest Muslim populations in the country, and where Republicans made surprising inroads with the Muslim community in 2024. And as the…

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed President Trump to proceed with White House Ballroom construction in a 5-4 vote. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts dissented. The liberal justices joined Roberts’ dissent. After a fierce legal battle with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Trump DOJ asked the US Supreme Court earlier this month to intervene. DOJ Solicitor General John Sauer argued that the White House Ballroom acts as a military asset because it has a subterranean bunker and rooftop drone port. Last week, Chief Justice Roberts allowed construction work on Trump’s White House Ballroom to continue… temporarily. Roberts…

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent met with Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov Monday at the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in Asheville, North Carolina. A Treasury spokesman told Breitbart News the meeting was about President Trump’s peace deal between Russia and Ukraine. The meeting comes just a week after CIA Director John Ratcliffe met with Russian intelligence officials in Moscow. Both the Kremlin and U.S. officials said little about the discussions. It was the first publicly-known visit to Moscow by the head of the CIA since 2021. An Axios report said that Ratcliffe floated a trilateral meeting between President Trump, Russian President Putin,…

President Donald Trump on Sunday threatened a prominent NBC broadcast journalist with possible punishment by US media regulators as the Republican expressed disappointment with coverage of his candidate endorsements ahead of November’s midterm elections. Trump took to his Truth Social platform to attack Kristen Welker as the “unpopular ‘hostess’ of the once great Meet the Press” talk show. He objected to her having said the president had had “mixed results” on his endorsement of political candidates in party primaries, insisting the races had gone his way 98 percent to 100 percent of the time. Welker, speaking early Sunday to a…