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The $100 million worth of gold the United States brought back from Venezuela a few weeks ago was the first shipment in quite some time, U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Doug Burgum said Wednesday. Burgum made his comments on the shipment during a gathering of energy executives at S&P Global’s CERAWeek conference in Houston, Texas, CNBC reported. “There hadn’t been a shipment of precious metals between Venezuela and America in over 20 years,” he said, referring to a recent trip to Venezuela where he met with interim President Delcy Rodriguez. Following their meeting, Burgum said America would be working with…

Left-wing rocker Bruce Springsteen is reportedly set to perform at an anti-Trump “No Kings” rally in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on Saturday. Springsteen told the Minnesota Star Tribune that he will sing his 2026 protest song, “Streets of Minneapolis” — which he wrote after the fatal shootings of ICE agitators Renee Good and Alex Pretti — at the No Kings rally. The anti-Trump event will also reportedly feature Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and actress and left-wing activist Jane Fonda, among others. “Having Joan there, what can you say about her? She’s lived a life,” Springsteen told the newspaper of Fonda, who was dubbed “Hanoi…

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he wants to clinch a bipartisan Department of Homeland Security funding agreement Thursday. “I think the Dems are now in possession of what I think is our last and final” offer, Thune told reporters. “So let’s hope this gets it done.” “We’re going to know soon,” he added. The South Dakota Republican declined to discuss details of the offer but suggested it was similar to where the discussions were headed over the weekend. GOP senators then were looking at a bipartisan deal that would fund most of DHS but leave out funding for ICE’s…

The meeting includes both Republicans and Democrats, as well as representatives of several Russian parties, Boris Chernyshov has said Talks between a Russian parliamentary delegation and members of the US Congress have begun in Washington, senior Russian lawmaker Boris Chernyshov has said.The meeting will involve both Republicans and Democrats, as well as representatives of several Russian parliamentary parties, Chernyshov, a member of the LDPR Party, who is also taking part in the meeting, said in a message published on Telegram on Thursday.The lawmakers plan to present Moscow’s position to their American counterparts and “create the basis for future dialogue,” the…

Apple has announced a significant expansion of its American Manufacturing Program on Thursday, bringing four new partners into its domestic supply chain as part of a broader push to strengthen U.S. manufacturing capabilities. CNBC reports that Apple will invest $400 million through 2030 in new programs with Bosch, Cirrus Logic, TDK, and Qnity Electronics to manufacture essential materials and components in the United States. The companies will produce parts for Apple products that will be sold worldwide, marking a major expansion of the tech giant’s commitment to domestic manufacturing. CEO Tim Cook characterized the partnerships as evidence of the potential of…

There are up to a thousand “no-go zones” across Europe and thousands more “sensitive” neighbourhoods as a result of decades of mass migration policies and the failures of multiculturalism to integrate disparate groups of foreigners into Western society, a report has found. The report, “No-Go Zones, Immigration and the Rise of Parallel Societies,” from the conservative New Direction Foundation for European Reform think tank, estimated that there are between 900 and 1,000 urban areas that could be deemed as “no-go zones”, in which there are elevated levels of crime, social fragmentation, and weakened state authority. Authored by Maxime Hemery-Aymar, of…

Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte referred New York Attorney General Letitia James to federal prosecutors in Miami and Chicago for two cases of possible homeowner’s insurance fraud, according to CBS News. Pulte said in a letter on Wednesday to prosecutors in Florida that James have made made false statements on her homeowner’s insurance application to a Fort Lauderdale-based company, Universal Property Insurance. President Donald Trump on Wednesday night shared an article about how James has been referred once again for criminal prosecution. CBS News wrote: Pulte sent one of Wednesday’s referrals to Jason Reding Quiñones, the U.S.…

Actor Jerry O’Connell said his wife actress Rebecca Romijn and their two daughters “became physical” with him after he made a joke about former Vice President Kamala Harris losing the 2024 election. “They were filled with rage,” he said. A source, however, later claimed “No such thing happened.” “The night of the election, this third one, third election. Everyone knows what I’m talking about here,” O’Connell said during his appearance on Monday’s episode of the Club Random with Bill Maher podcast, adding, “I’ll be honest with you, I didn’t think Trump was going to win.” Watch Below: “I live in California. I…

As House Republicans start to dream big about another party-line bill, one key member who voted down the last GOP reconciliation bill is warning his colleagues not to count on his support. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) referenced his vote last summer against the “big, beautiful bill” in an interview Thursday and suggested he was prepared to oppose another GOP-only bill if it, too, includes spending cuts he opposes to social programs. “You saw what I did on the first reconciliation bill,” Fitzpatrick said. Fitzpatrick and just one more House Republican could be enough to tank a party-line package given Speaker…

A Republican-led initiative to repeal an anti-gerrymandering law in Utah will fail to make November’s ballot, despite garnering support from President Donald Trump, Turning Point Action and a host of other GOP influencers and organizations. The ballot initiative, which attempted to repeal a 2018 law that created an independent redistricting commission in the state, dipped below the requisite signature threshold after a coordinated signature removal campaign, according to data released Thursday by the state election office. The initiative’s failure, first reported by the Deseret News, is a major blow to Republicans in the deep-red state, who attempted to overturn a…