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Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Dan Cain testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, May 12. Hegseth and Caine are there to discuss the proposed budget for the Department of War but will undoubtedly face questions over the conflict in Iran. President Donald Trump on Monday called Iran’s latest proposal in negotiations “garbage” and “totally unacceptable” while warning the existing ceasefire was on “life support.” Read the full article here

Consumer prices rose sharply in April, driven by rising energy prices and increases in prices for housing, furniture, airfare, and clothing. The consumer price index rose 0.6 percent in April, the Department of Labor said Tuesday. Compared with a year ago, prices are up 3.8 percent. This matched expectations. Core prices, a measure that excludes volatile food and energy prices, rose 0.4 percent compared with the previous month. For the year, core prices are up 2.8 percent. That compares with expectations of 0.3 percent for the month and 2.7 percent for the year. The month-to-month increase showed inflation slowing from…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Monday hosted the Indiana University Hoosiers football team at the White House to celebrate their College Football Playoff championship from January. Head Coach Curt Cignetti and dozens of players joined Trump for the South Lawn celebration. About 15 players from the 2026 team, including star quarterback Fernando Mendoza, were absent because they were attending training camp after being drafted by National Football League (NFL) teams, Cignetti noted. Trump said Mendoza called him. “He was so nice. He called… Actually, JD, he’s a big fan of ours,” Trump told Vice President JD Vance, who sat in…

Democrats are hammering Rep. Jen Kiggans after the vulnerable Virginia Republican concurred with a Richmond radio host saying Hakeem Jeffries should get his “cotton-picking hands” off Virginia politics. “Ditto, yes, yes to that,” Kiggans responded. Christie Stephenson, a spokesperson for Jeffries, called the moment a “stunning failure of judgement for a so-called moderate Member of Congress representing a large, vibrant African American community in Virginia.” “Extremists who endorse disgusting, vile and racist language are pathetic,” she said in a Tuesday statement. “Jen Kiggans has no interest in our nation’s progress toward a multi-racial democracy and apparently craves a return to…

Moscow has slammed Ukraine’s use of long-range unmanned aerial vehicles to target civilians Germany and Ukraine will jointly develop long-range drones, German Defense Minister Boris Pistiorius has said during an unannounced visit to Kiev. The Ukrainian military has routinely used unmanned aerial vehicles for attacks deep inside Russia that target civilians and critical infrastructure.Moscow has accused Kiev of “terrorism” over the strikes. Last week, one attack killed five civilians in Crimea.Berlin has emerged as Kiev’s largest single military donor after the US switched from donating weapons directly to Ukraine to selling it to Kiev’s other NATO backers which hand them…

Nigel Farage’s insurgent Reform UK party has seen its support among British voters surge higher after it thrashed both Westminster establishment parties in last week’s local elections. The latest Westminster voting intention survey from YouGov, conducted on Sunday and Monday in the wake of last week’s results for the English council elections, the Scottish Holyrood parliament, and the Welsh Senedd, has shown a noticeable bump for Farage’s Reform UK. The populist party, which dominated the council elections, picked up over 1,450 council seats, including in traditional Labour and Conservative heartlands such as the ‘Red Wall’ seats in the north and Tory…

Chinese regime newspaper the Global Times touted the partnership between British actor Daniel Craig and the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) brand BYD this weekend, scolding Europeans questioning his promotion of a Chinese competitor for European EV brands as “contradictory” and retrograde. BYD is the world’s largest EV manufacturer, announcing that it had surpassed Chinese ally Elon Musk’s Tesla in January 2026. A combination of reliable vehicles — unlike Tesla — and steeply discounted prices have made BYD dominant in international markets, particularly in the United Kingdom, which has not used tariffs to protect its domestic market. The Chinese car manufacturer has faced accusations of enslaving…

Democrats in Virginia are requesting the Supreme Court’s intervention after the Virginia Supreme Court killed a gerrymander scheme that would have redrawn the state’s congressional map in the Democrats’ favor, prior to the midterm elections. In an emergency application for a stay filed on Monday, officials such as Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones (D) and Virginia Solicitor General Tillman Breckenbridge argued that the Virginia Supreme Court’s ruling “overrode the will of the people” who voted in favor of the redistricting referendum, Fox5DC News reported. In the filing, the officials said the court had found “a procedural flaw in the amendment’s…

Trump has declared Tehran’s recent peace proposal a “piece of garbage” as he reportedly mulls new strikes The US and Iran remain miles apart on a potential peace deal, with a tentative month-old ceasefire teetering on the brink amid recurring naval skirmishes and President Donald Trump’s blockade of Iranian ports.The continued standoff has triggered fears that Washington and Tehran could return to full-blown hostilities, exacerbating the oil shock and pressure on the global economy.Ceasefire on ‘life support’On Monday, Trump provided a glimpse into the dire state of diplomacy between the US and Iran, saying that “the ceasefire is on massive…

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) has filed a lawsuit against streaming giant Netflix alleging that the service is not only programed to be “addictive” to users, but is also “spying” on its customers. Paxton filed the lawsuit under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act., and alleges that Netflix is “spying on Texans, including children, and collecting users’ data without their knowledge or consent,” according to Variety. Paxton also alleges that the streamer’s content algorithm is created to make addicts of customers with an autoplay function that “creates a continuous stream of content intended to keep users, including children, watching…