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Former President Joe Biden’s (D) lawyers may try to block the U.S. Department of Justice’s (DOJ) release of his 2017 interactions with the ghostwriter who helped him produce the book in which he talked about the death of his son, Beau. Fox News on Sunday cited a court filing wherein Assistant Attorney General Civil Division Brett Shumate wrote that the former president via his counsel advised DOJ officials he “intends to seek to intervene to prevent any such disclosures. The Department does not oppose intervention.” The news surrounds redacted written transcripts and 70 hours of audio which the Heritage Foundation’s Mike Howell…
ToplineA three-day ceasefire agreement has been reached between Ukraine and Russia, President Donald Trump announced Friday, potentially marking progress between the two nations that have been at war since 2022 and accused each other of breaking previous ceasefires.Trump announced the ceasefire Friday afternoon. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesKey FactsTrump said he requested the ceasefire, which will begin May 9 and “include a suspension of all kinetic activity” the president added.One thousand prisoners from each country will be swapped as part of the ceasefire, according to Trump.Ukraine and Russia have reached multiple temporary truces or ceasefire agreements as they have warred,…
They aren’t telling you the truth about what is coming. Even if the Strait of Hormuz reopens tomorrow, and there is no way that is going to happen, oil production will not return to pre-war levels for years. In other words, we are facing an extended global energy crisis no matter what happens now. Of course if the fighting resumes and more oil and gas infrastructure is destroyed, the consequences that we will experience will be even worse. We are already witnessing rationing and shortages in some parts of Asia because they are more dependent on energy from the Middle…
China’s Ministry of Civil Affairs released a dismaying report Saturday on marriage registrations, finding them down by 6.2 percent year-on-year for the first quarter of 2026 – and down by almost 50 percent compared to a decade ago. The first-quarter report was particularly gloomy because January through March is usually the busiest time of the year for weddings in China, thanks to the Lunar New Year and Spring Festival holidays that bring families together. The marriage bust was the latest bit of bad demographic news for China, which has experienced record-low birthrates and population decline for the past four years.…
Warsh Moving Closer to Confirmation—But Rate Cuts Will Have to Wait Kevin Warsh’s nomination to head up the Federal Reserve looked set to move one step closer to confirmation on Monday, with the Senate scheduled to vote on cloture at 5:30 p.m. By the time you are reading this, it’s likely the Senate will have approved cloture. Warsh will actually get two cloture votes and, eventually, two votes on his nomination. That’s because Warsh is actually nominated to two positions: Fed governor and Fed chairman. The chair of the Fed is required to be a governor, so the Senate gets…
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…