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Canadian news outlets and politicians quarreled over the style and substance of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on Tuesday. Some were optimistic that Carney seemed to get along well with Trump, possibly signaling a reset in U.S.-Canadian relations, while others were disappointed that Carney delivered something far less than the pugnacious cage-fighter performance he promised during last month’s election campaign. Most observers agreed Carney’s meeting with Trump was more genial than expected given that Trump’s tariffs and comments about annexing Canada purportedly enraged the electorate enough to revive the moribund Liberal Party,…

Bernie Sanders / Fox News Senator Bernie Sanders is making no excuses for his use of private jets. Lastm onth, it was reported that he had spent over $200,000 on private jets to travel to events during his anti-Trump “FIght Oligarchy” tour. In an interview with Fox News host Bret Baier, Sanders defended his use of these aircraft, saying he can’t be expected to wait in line at airpots. Here is a transcript of the exchange: BAIER: Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), she said you shouldn’t be using oligarch, it’s over people’s head. You’ve gotten criticized from other people, the Free…

Topline The Federal Reserve said Wednesday afternoon it won’t move interest rates, matching expectations from economists and investors for the central bank, despite repeated, loud requests from the Oval Office to slash rates. Fed Chairman Jerome Powell will talk to reporters Wednesday as Trump deems him a “major loser” and a … More “total stiff.”Getty Images Key Facts The Fed’s rate-setting Federal Open Market Committee released its decision to hold rates steady at 4.25% to 4.5% at 2 p.m. EDT Wednesday following its two-day monetary policy meeting. “The risks of higher unemployment and higher inflation have risen,” the committee said…

The GOP student loan plan being proposed has income-driven repayment income tiers that could cause … MoreGetty Images How A Small Raise Could Spike Your Student Loan Payments Imagine getting a $1 raise only to see your student loan payments jump by more than $1,000 a year. That’s the cliff effect buried inside the GOP’s proposed student loan overhaul, the Repayment Assistance Plan. For millions of future borrowers, even a modest salary bump could lead to a dramatically higher monthly payment. In some scenarios, that raise could actually leave you worse off financially. ForbesRepayment Assistance Plan Explained: Huge Update For…

Former President Joe Biden told the far-left BBC waiting to drop out of the 2024 presidential race until just a few months before Election Day made no difference to the outcome. “I don’t think it would’ve mattered,” Biden answered when asked if he’d waited too long to withdraw. “We left at a time when [trails off] we had a good candidate. She was fully funded. And what happened was, I had become—what we had set out to do, no one told me to do, we’d become so successful, our agenda was hard to say ‘I wanna stop now.’” He rambled…

President Donald Trump once again took aim at Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday, apparently unhappy with the central bank’s decision Wednesday to hold its interest rate benchmark steady. “‘Too Late’ Jerome Powell is a FOOL, who doesn’t have a clue. Other than that, I like him very much! Oil and Energy way down, almost all costs (groceries and “eggs”) down, virtually NO INFLATION, Tariff Money Pouring Into the U.S. — THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF “TOO LATE!” ENJOY!” Trump posted on Truth Social. The Fed said on Wednesday that it was leaving the target range for the federal funds…

Kilmar Abrego Garcia, an illegal alien who was deported to his native El Salvador by the Trump administration, is being investigated by the Department of Justice (DOJ) after a convicted human smuggler told Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents that he hired Abrego Garcia to smuggle illegal aliens into the United States, a new report reveals. As Breitbart News has chronicled, House and Senate Democrats are demanding that President Donald Trump fly Abrego Garcia back to the U.S. from El Salvador after he was deported alongside other suspected gang members under a deal with President Nayib Bukele. Abrego Garcia has…

The two most powerful Republicans projected total confidence Wednesday as they try to get the GOP megabill moving through the House: President Donald Trump proclaimed “great progress” after a meeting of top leaders, and Speaker Mike Johnson said key committee markups would “100 percent” take place next week. There was one undeniable point of progress: House Agriculture has scheduled its markup for Tuesday. The committee will convene after House votes that evening and break around midnight, then reconvene at 10 a.m. Wednesday to discuss Democratic amendments to the bill. But clashes within the House GOP have left the two most…

The two countries bear a “special responsibility” before the international community, the Chinese president has said Beijing and Moscow have a duty to oppose unilateralism and coercion on the world stage, Chinese President Xi Jinping has said during a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.Xi has arrived in Moscow to take part in festivities dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany on May 9.Before the start of the talks on Thursday, Xi praised close bilateral relations, stating that “China is ready to jointly bear a special responsibility with Russia, as major world powers and…

Judge Paula Xinis/ Wikimedia Commons The Trump Administration on Wednesday invoked the state secrets privilege to block the attempt to return MS-13 gang member and wife beater Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the Unites States. The Trump DOJ invoked the State Secrets Privilege in response to a federal judge’s order demanding details on Abrego Garcia’s incarceration at El Salvador’s CECOT prison. US District Judge Paula Xinis, an Obama appointee, responded to the Trump Administration’s invocation of the state secrets privilege and ordered a formal briefing. Both parties must submit briefs by Monday. “The Court requires formal briefing of the Defendants’ invocations…