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US President Donald Trump handed Russian President Vladimir Putin a public relations victory during their one-on-one summit in Alaska last month, Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky claimed.Trump met with Putin on August 15 as part of efforts to mediate a peace deal between Moscow and Kiev. Although the meeting produced no breakthroughs, both sides described it as a positive step.“It’s a pity that Ukraine was not there, because I think that President Trump gave Putin what he wanted,” Zelensky told ABC News’ Martha Raddatz in an interview aired on Sunday.“He wanted very much to meet with President Trump, with the president…

Speaker Mike Johnson appeared to walk back his statements on Trump working as an FBI informant in the Epstein case. Last week CNN reporter Manu Raju asked Speaker Johnson why President Trump keeps calling the Epstein case a hoax. “What he’s talking about is the Democrats who are doing this with impure motives. If they cared so much about this, why didn’t they do something during the four years of the Biden administration when the Biden DOJ had all the records,” Johnson said to reporters on Thursday. Johnson: What Trump is referring to is the hoax that the Democrats are…

U.S. officials will quietly deport the 300 South Korean migrants who were working illegally at a taxpayer-funded construction site in Georgia, muffling a diplomatic spat between the two governments. The arrests caused a ruckus in Korea and are also being used by U.S. pro-migration groups to argue against the arrest of migrants working in jobs that would otherwise be held by Americans. But administration officials are promising more sweeps in worksites and in the expanding archipelago of Indian, Chinese, Mexican, Sikh, and Korean economic enclaves throughout the United States. “These companies that hire illegal aliens, they undercut the competition of…

President Trump attended the US Open on Sunday and received a warm welcome with plenty of fans to whom he was seen tossing signed MAGA hats and US Open hats.  This may come as a surprise to some, given that the event was in New York City and did not have a particularly Trump-friendly group of fans. This was Trump’s first appearance at the US Open since 2015. The liberal attendees booed then-candidate Trump heavily at that match. But Trump was seen at the stadium this time around, signing hats for supporters, and many were seen enthusiastically photographing the President.…

The 82nd Venice Film Festival may be over, but the conversations on the films that premiered, the things people said, the clothes they wore, and how it affects the Oscar race are still going. Here’s a rundown of the big moments and takeaways from this year’s edition. What won big at the Venice Film Festival? Jim Jarmusch’s quiet film “Father Mother Sister Brother” took the top prize, the Golden Lion. It was a surprise to many who expected that honor to go to “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” which ended up with the runner up award, or “No Other Choice.”…

The US Secret Service spent $11 million of taxpayer money on Hunter Biden’s security detail, including on luxury travel, hotels, golf carts, and real estate. Hunter received a robust security detail while RFK Jr. and others were denied Secret Service protection. “Due to reports that Hunter Biden was playing a senior role in advising his father within the White House in 2024, CASA filed a FOIA request for information related to the taxpayer resources being spent to protect him,” CASA Director James Fitzpatrick told The Center Square in an exclusive interview, according to Just The News. “What we found is…

Palestine 36, a film about the self-destructive Arab Revolt of the 1930s in Palestine under the British Mandate, received a rapturous welcome Saturday at the antisemitism-plagued Toronto International Film Festival. The film’s stars and crew brought props with them to the red carpet, including a Palestinian keffiyeh dipped in fake blood, and signs that read “Stop the Genocide [sic] in Gaza.” None called for the release of Israeli hostages. The Arab Revolt was an armed rebellion by Palestinian Arabs against British rule, which often took the form of pogroms against Jewish communities in the Land of Israel. The revolt, which was…

During an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Briefing,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) talked about coordination and communication with the federal government on possible federal operations in the state and said that “There are a lot of patriotic Americans who work in the administration or work at the departments or in the military who have let us know things without having permission to do so.” Host Jen Psaki asked, “There’s also — what seems — one of the challenges also seems like there [are] multiple operations they seem to be preparing, at least from what they’re saying…

Government lawyers reportedly believed the ex-president failed to properly vet the criminals whose sentences he commuted Former US President Joe Biden’s own officials objected to how his team handled the sweeping pardons issued shortly before he left office, Axios reported on Sunday, citing internal emails and people familiar with the matter.Biden faced widespread criticism for granting clemency to his son Hunter, despite pledging not to do so. Hunter Biden had previously pleaded guilty to tax evasion and gun violations.“There was a mad dash to find groups of people that he could then pardon – and they largely didn’t run it…

Senate Majority Leader John Thune may invoke the ‘nuclear option’ to break Democrat Senator Chuck Schumer’s block on President Trump’s judicial nominees. As previously reported, after blocking President Trump’s recess appointments, Senate Majority Leader John Thune last Tuesday said the Senate may change the rules to confirm the backlog of President Trump’s judicial nominees. In July President Trump called on Thune to cancel August recess to get his judicial nominees confirmed. “Hopefully the very talented John Thune, fresh off our many victories over the past two weeks and, indeed, 6 months, will cancel August recess (and long weekends!), in order to get…