Author: Press Room

Republicans solved an immediate crisis Tuesday, clearing for President Donald Trump’s signature a party-line bill to fund immigration enforcement agencies into 2029. But that hardly improves the chances of avoiding a shutdown for the rest of the government. Members of both parties say the odds of another federal funding lapse are unimproved, if not heightened, by the GOP’s choice to fund ICE and Border Patrol for three years without buy-in from Democrats — even though they no longer have to fight about one of the thorniest policy issues confronting Congress. As Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) put it, the GOP’s move…

The live-fire drill comes as Taipei is expanding its missile arsenal despite repeated warnings from Beijing Taiwan has launched approximately 36 US-supplied missiles into the water off the coast of mainland China, in a first-of-its-kind live-fire drill on the self-governing island’s west coast.The exercise comes amid mounting tensions between Taipei and Beijing, which considers Taiwan sovereign Chinese territory.The drills took place on Wednesday and involved the firing of reduced-range training rockets from US-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) into the Taiwan Strait.According to Taipei, the exercise was meant to simulate an attack on an invading Chinese force and demonstrate HIMARS’ ability…

Former Vice President Kamala Harris appearing in the upcoming Netflix documentary The American Experiment has prompted chatter of another run for president. Netflix released the trailer for the documentary this week, which featured prominent Democrats as well as Republicans talking about the American founding; Kamala Harris being chief among them. Take a look: The documentary, which asks, “can this experiment endure,” will release on June 24. “As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, the new five-part documentary series The American Experiment reexamines the improbable achievement that was the nation’s founding, and the radical question at the center of the…

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius lamented the failure of the joint 100 billion euro France-Germany project to build a next-generation European fighter jet — noting his disappointment at an outcome that “hurts a lot.” Pistorius affirmed that Berlin is assessing alternate options and paths for a new fighter jet following the troubled project’s outcome — cancelled nine years after it was launched in 2017. The two countries confirmed on Monday that their ambitious yet troubled Future Combat Air System (FCAS) next-gen fighter jet was scrapped over disagreements between France’s Dassault Aviation and Airbus over which side should lead the project. Pistorius, speaking…

President Donald Trump took a flamethrower to ESPN talker Stephen A. Smith’s aspirations to run for president, saying Smith has neither the IQ nor the aptitude to be president of the United States. Ahead of Trump’s attendance at Game 3 of the NBA Finals in New York City on Monday, Smith hammered Trump as a “narcissist” for attending the game and ripped Trump for causing a traffic nightmare for New Yorkers because roads would have to be shut down while the president traveled to and from the game. “This president has no business showing up in New York City. I…

What did you know? What did you see? What did you do? These are just some of the questions Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates will likely face Wednesday when he fronts U.S. lawmakers over his relationship with late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Gates, one of the world’s richest men and a leading philanthropist, is set to appear before the House Oversight Committee for a transcribed interview about the disgraced financier, who died in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges involving underage girls. He will be following other powerful figures who have already testified, like…

During Monday’s broadcast of FNC’s “Hannity,” Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, pledged “real accountability” on allegations of fraud committed in Minnesota with federal government resources.HANNITY: All right. Chairman, where are you going with this? COMER: Well, I’m really excited, Sean. We put a lot of time into this report. I want to brag on the committee and the committee staff, but the heroes of this report are the whistleblowers in Minnesota. We had nine whistleblowers who are career government employees in Minnesota who did the right thing. They saw fraud and they did exactly what…

The White House has said the surcharge was meant to curb abuse of the program and protect American jobs A US federal judge has struck down President Donald Trump’s $100,000 fee on new skilled-worker visas, ruling that the White House could not impose the charge without approval from Congress.The fee applied to new H-1B visa petitions filed on behalf of foreign workers outside the US. The program allows American employers to hire specialists from abroad for up to six years, and is capped at 65,000 new visas a year, with another 20,000 available for applicants with advanced degrees. It is…

The Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Victim Of Immigration Crime Engagement (VOICE) office has received nearly 900 calls from victims, Angel Families, or concerned citizens to seek help with cases where illegal aliens have victimized Americans. The report, reviewed by Breitbart News, shows that almost 600 calls were made to VOICE by American victims of illegal aliens, while another 185 were made by the victims’ family members. Dozens more calls were made by concerned citizens, victims’ friends, an anonymous caller, or members of a non-governmental organization (NGO). Most crimes detailed by callers involve assault, rape, or murder. “President Trump has…

The sanctions imposed on the island nation by Washington are incompatible with international human rights law, according to Volker Turk Children in Cuba are dying amid acute shortages of essential medical supplies caused by US-imposed economic sanctions, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has said.The island nation has endured daily blackouts and severe fuel deficits in recent months after Venezuela, once Havana’s main oil supplier, stopped crude shipments under pressure from the US in early 2026. This was preceded by the abduction of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro by American commandos in January.US President Donald Trump has since…