Author: Press Room
Pop star Billie Eilish made her Song of the Year acceptance speech purely about politics Sunday night at the Grammys, barely thanking anyone while saying “No one is illegal on stolen land.” Donning an anti-ICE “ICE Out” pin and standing next to her brother and songwriting producer partner Finneas, Eilish said “It’s really hard to know what to say and what to do right now. We need to keep speaking up and keep protesting. Our voices really do matter and the people matter.” “And fuck ICE. That’s all I’m going to say. Sorry. Thank you so much.” Her “Fuck ICE”…
Mediation efforts reportedly coincide with a pause in Washington’s military pressure on Tehran After weeks of ratcheting up pressure on Iran and openly floating the use of US military force, President Donald Trump has in recent days struck a more cautious tone, leaving the door open to diplomacy even as Washington continues to reinforce its military posture in the Middle East. Some media reports suggest that mediation efforts, including Moscow, are underway to bring Washington and Tehran back to the negotiating table. When asked about Tehran, Trump told reporters on Sunday: “Hopefully we’ll make a deal.” Unnamed American officials cited by…
Donald Trump threatened Monday to begin legal action against “loser” Trevor Noah after the comedian said the president visited convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s island and needs it again to “hang out” with Bill Clinton. The South African provided no evidence for the allegation which has been dismissed outright as a lie and fabrication by Trump. After congratulating Billie Eilish for winning the Grammy for Song of the Year for her track “Wildflower,” host Noah brought up his Trump and Epstein allegation. “Wow. That’s a Grammy that every artist wants — almost as much as Trump wants Greenland,” he quipped, referring…
The trains aren’t running on time Much of the country is dealing with severe cold and snow as I write this. In Virginia, we were hit with close to a foot or so of snow, but the sleet and freezing rain that fell for hours, and coated the top of it, really made things precarious. It’s like walking on a frozen pond, only every few steps your boot caves through to the ground. For the first thirty years or more of my life, I never worried much about the weather. As a kid, you hope for snow so you can…
Human rights organizations reacted with outrage and disgust in the past week following a friendly visit to China by the secretary-general of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), Hissein Brahim Taha, in which he declared that his group would “continue to firmly support China” in its genocide of Muslims in occupied East Turkistan. For decades, the Chinese Communist Party has oppressed the indigenous communities of East Turkistan, which it rebranded under the colonialist name “Xinjiang” as it attempted to contain the population. Since 2017, however, that oppression escalated dramatically into a full-scale genocide fueled by the imprisonment of as many…
President Donald Trump announced Monday that the United States and India have reached a trade agreement and that India has committed to stop buying Russian oil. Trump revealed the developments in a Truth Social post on Monday and called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi one of his “greatest friends” after speaking with him in the morning. “We spoke about many things, including Trade, and ending the War with Russia and Ukraine. He agreed to stop buying Russian Oil, and to buy much more from the United States and, potentially, Venezuela,” Trump wrote. “This will help END THE WAR in Ukraine, which is…
A burglar was hospitalized Friday morning after being confronted and shot by a 56-year-old Wichita, Kansas, homeowner. KWCH reported that officers responded to the scene about 4:45 a.m. Once there, they found a 40-year-old alleged burglar with a gunshot wound to his leg. Officers say the man allegedly entered the home to burglarize it. “He was a confrontation with the homeowner” and was then shot. The Wichita Eagle noted that the 40-year-old was transported to the hospital “in serious but stable condition.” Also on Friday morning, but in Texas, a female homeowner took away an alleged intruder’s gun and shot him with…
For the third time in less than a year, a spending deal brokered in the Senate has House Democrats feeling left out — and grumbling about their counterparts across the Capitol. This time, the agreement between President Donald Trump and Senate Democratic leaders would spare the vast majority of federal agencies from an extended shutdown — funding most of them through the end of the fiscal year in September while punting Homeland Security funding only through Feb. 13. But to Democrats up in arms over Trump’s immigration enforcement agenda, that’s still 10 days of DHS funding too many — assuming…
The Tesla and X owner reacted to a US jury verdict in favor of a woman who underwent a mastectomy at 16 US surgeons who perform ‘gender transition’ procedures on minors could face thousands of lawsuits, Elon Musk has said. He likened them to Nazi doctor Josef Mengele, who carried out sadistic medical experiments on prisoners at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp during the Second World War.The Tesla and X owner was reacting to news that Fox Varian, who had a double mastectomy at age 16, won what is described as the first detransitioner malpractice lawsuit in the United States.…
The Cambodian Interior Ministry announced that 2,044 foreigners were arrested on Saturday in a raid on a massive online fraud compound near the border with Vietnam — and 1,792 of them were Chinese nationals. The Interior Ministry said the other detainees included 179 people from Myanmar, 177 from Vietnam, and 5 from Taiwan. A smattering of people from other unnamed Southeast Asian countries were also taken into custody. The statement did not list the exact charges against the foreigners who were taken into custody, or if they would be extradited to their home countries. Cambodia’s General Department of Immigration (GDI)…