Author: Press Room
Democrats are weighing how to target corporations that have courted President Donald Trump’s approval if they retake the House after the midterm elections. Semafor reported that, given Democrats’ chances of retaking the House, top Democrats are now devising how to focus on alleged corruption in the Trump administration amongst other issues in their investigative agenda. “There’s opportunities to look at not just corporations that we think are enabling some of Trump’s corruption, but certainly corporations that are not supporting American families and not really focusing on affordability,” Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), the ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, said.…
‘Shock and awe’ was the term used to describe the US operation against Iraq in spring 2003. In hindsight, it marked a turning point. The rapid defeat of the Ba’athist regime and the overthrow of Saddam Hussein created the impression that the US had acquired the ability to reshape entire regions at will.Reality turned out differently. The war did bring change, but not the kind its architects envisaged. The old order in the Middle East collapsed, replaced not by stability but by a chain of crises that demanded enormous resources to contain, with limited success. The blow to America’s global…
On CNN on Saturday, Rep. Warren Davidson (R-OH) said that President Donald Trump “really hasn’t communicated well with the American people” on the Iran operation, and Congress needs to vote on what Trump himself characterized as a war. Davidson said, “He did brief the Gang of Eight, but he didn’t brief Congress, and he really hasn’t communicated well with the American people. So, there are people that are simultaneously saying this is a war, as the President himself referred to it as a war, and, in particular, a regime change war. And then there are people that are saying it’s…
Democrats are erupting in alarm with streaming giant Netflix bowing out of its deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery leaving Paramount Skydance standing as the studio’s top bidder. Democrats including New Jersey Senator Cory Booker, Mass. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Calif. Sen. Adam Schiff, and a raft of state candidates and officials are red faced over the deal and many are fearful that President Trump will have influence over both Paramount and Warners if the former buys the latter. Massachusetts Democrat Elizabeth Warren is calling the potential Paramount-Warners deal an “antitrust disaster.” “A Paramount Skydance-Warner Bros. merger is an antitrust disaster…
Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif earlier declared his country was in “open war” with its western neighbor Afghan forces have suffered nearly 1,000 casualties in the latest cross-border escalation with Pakistan, officials in Islamabad have claimed.Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said at least 415 Taliban fighters and allied militants had been killed and more than 580 wounded in airstrikes and clashes since Thursday. He shared the figures in a post on X on Saturday.The minister also claimed 182 Afghan checkpoints had been destroyed, along with 185 tanks, armored vehicles and artillery pieces, with airstrikes targeting 46 locations across the country.Kabul has…
Saturday, during an appearance on Fox News Channel, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), a longtime proponent of U.S. intervention in the Middle East, applauded the Trump administration’s decision to take military action against Iran. The South Carolina Republican called the toppling of the Iranian regime “the biggest change in a thousand years.” He also called President Donald Trump the “gold standard” for Republican foreign policy. “My feeling today is I’m glad President Trump won and Kamala Harris lost,” he declared. “I don’t try to be political in moments like this. But I am responding to the senator from Arizona who took…
A fire station in Rapid City, South Dakota, has opened the state’s first Safe Haven Baby Box. Communities in South Dakota have discussed bringing baby boxes to the state for years — a push that increased after the body of baby Gabriel was found at a Sioux Falls recycling center in 2024, KELO reported. “That same week after baby Gabriel was found there was another phone call that came into Safe Haven looking for a box in South Dakota. So, there was a second baby where the mother was looking to surrender the baby and there was no box for…
President Donald Trump said Saturday night he knows “exactly who” could replace Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei following his elimination in a joint U.S.-Israeli strike, asserting the removal of Tehran’s longtime ruler has materially shifted the diplomatic landscape. Asked by CBS News whether he had a successor in mind, Trump responded that there were “some good candidates,” adding, “I know exactly who they are, but I can’t tell you.” The president further indicated that he is aware of who is currently exercising decision-making authority inside Iran in the aftermath of Khamenei’s death. Turning to the prospects for diplomacy, Trump argued…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) charged roughly 30 more people who were involved in storming a Minnesota church in January, adding that 25 of them had already been arrested. Attorney General Pam Bondi revealed in a post on X, that the DOJ had “unsealed an indictment charging 30 more people who took part” in the storming of Cities Church in St. Paul. Bondi warned that if people “attack a house of worship” the DOJ will find them and prosecute them. “Today, @thejusticedept unsealed an indictment charging 30 more people who took part in the attack on Cities Church in Minnesota,”…
The shipment was ordered by President Vladimir Putin to address shortages caused by cyclones Russia has delivered critical humanitarian aid to Madagascar, including around 60 tons of food, to support relief efforts after two consecutive cyclones, the Russian Embassy in the island nation has reported.Last month, Madagascar was struck by two powerful tropical systems, Gezani and Fytia, in quick succession. Fytia hit on January 31, causing severe flooding in the northwest and central highlands, killing at least 14 and displacing over 31,000.Gezani struck the eastern coast near Toamasina, the country’s main port, on February 10, devastating nearly 90% of infrastructure,…