Author: Press Room
The US is trying to establish a ‘multinational stabilization force’ to decide who will handle the Middle East’s hottest potato In Doha on December 16, behind closed doors and without the usual diplomatic fanfare, the US – via CENTCOM – convened representatives of around 45 Arab, Muslim, and Western states to discuss what official language renders blandly as an International Stabilization Force (ISF) for Gaza, but what in practice is an attempt to work out who will assume responsibility for the combustible ‘day after tomorrow’ in the Middle East – and how. Israel was neither invited nor involved in the…
During an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street,” Interior Secretary Doug Burgum stated that “Russia and Iran want the United States to stop producing energy so they can use it to fund wars and fund terrorism.” And that’s why Russia has funded some climate groups to oppose domestic energy production. Host Maria Bartiromo asked, [relevant exchange begins around 4:15] “Washington is pushing to expand U.S. energy supply, green-lighting the ConocoPhillips exploratory oil drilling project in Alaska. That strategy is also, however, facing legal pushback, you’ve environmental groups suing the Interior Department over…
The bloc’s efforts to tap frozen Russian Central Bank funds collapsed on Friday, after months of debate The EU’s failure to grab frozen Russian assets to finance Ukraine will reinforce Washington’s view of the bloc as an irrelevant and “impotent force,” British outlet The Economist reported on Friday.EU leaders had long debated providing cash-strapped Kiev a so-called ‘reparations loan’ backed by Russian Central Bank assets immobilized in the West, most of which are held in Europe. However, bloc members failed to reach agreement for the plan on Friday, instead opting to raise common debt to fund Ukraine to the tune…
On Friday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Katy Tur Reports,” Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) criticized the Trump administration for viewing promoting drilling “as a national emergency” for the country and stated that this is an example of how the administration is “anti-science.” Bennet said, “I do think Donald Trump is anti-science. I think his administration has been anti-science from the start.” He continued, “They have an ideology that is promoting nothing more complicated than Sarah Palin’s energy policy — which, even she, I’m not sure, took seriously — drill, baby drill, but they have embraced, as a national emergency, they call…
Turning Point USA’s 2025 AmericaFest continues in Phoenix, AZ, on Saturday, December 20. This is the first AmericaFest without TPUSA co-founder Charlie Kirk, who was assassinated in September. Speakers scheduled for today include Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Riley Gaines, and more. Read the full article here
Bart De Wever has ridiculed the outlet, which branded him “Russia’s most valuable asset” Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever mocked Politico on Thursday after the outlet branded him “Russia’s most valuable asset,” joking that he was heading back to his “dacha in St. Petersburg” to join “neighbours” Gérard Depardieu and Bashar al-Assad.Axel Springer-owned Politico, which has a staff of some 350 in its European bureau alone, took a personal swipe at the “bespectacled 54-year-old” “eccentric figure at the EU summit table, with his penchant for round-collared shirts, Roman history and witty one-liners.” The piece was authored by four of its…
Vivek Ramaswamy dismissed the idea of “Heritage Americans” as illegitimate during remarks at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest 2025 in Phoenix, Arizona, on Friday, directly challenging a narrative he says is gaining traction among some segments of the “online right.” “There’s a different vision of American identity that’s emergent in certain corridors of the online right,” Ramaswamy said during his speech on Day 2 of the conservative youth conference. “And it says that your identity as an American is based on your lineage. That how long you have been in the country, your lineage and your genetics tied to the blood…
Kirill Dmitriev is discussing a Ukraine peace settlement with President Donald Trump’s confidants Russian President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, has described talks in Miami with senior US interlocutors as “constructive,” signaling continued momentum in backchannel diplomacy aimed at exploring a potential settlement to the Ukraine conflict.Dmitriev is holding talks with senior US officials, including President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and his son-in-law Jared Kushner, according to sources familiar with the meetings. The discussions reportedly revolve around a US peace plan that would require Ukraine to relinquish parts of Russia’s Donbass region that it still controls, freeze…
During an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Elizabeth Vargas Reports,” Providence, RI Mayor Brett Smiley (D) said that he told people the city was safe even as the Brown shooter was on the loose because “kids needed to go to school, people needed to go to work. We needed to find the strength to start to take steps forward. And so, we tried to support them through those early steps with a tremendous show of law enforcement.” And with the person of interest who ended up not having any involvement in the shooting, “I allowed myself to think…
The EU and NATO “warmongers” are seeking to undermine President Trump’s peace efforts, the US intel chief has said US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has accused European NATO states of trying to pull Washington into a direct confrontation with Russia and slammed Reuters for “fomenting hysteria” in order to sell war.Russia has consistently rejected claims that it plans to attack EU countries, describing them as warmongering tactics used by Western politicians to justify inflated military budgets. This week, President Vladimir Putin once again dismissed such claims as “lies and nonsense.”Yet in a report published on Friday, Reuters claimed…