Author: Press Room
On paper, Democrats are locked out of legislative power in the majority-rules House. In practice over the past several months, they have been a swaggering force. Time and again this year, Democrats under Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries have maneuvered to successfully undercut the GOP agenda and put its leaders on the back foot. From a daily drumbeat on health care to the long-running saga over the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to a new focus on the rising cost of living, they believe they’re succeeding by making the party in power talk about Democratic priorities, not its own. Their success…
President Donald Trump delivers a prime time address to the American people from the White House on Wednesday, December 17. Trump Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday gave some hints as to what the president will speak about Wednesday evening: “He’s going to talk a lot about the accomplishments over the past 11 months, all that he’s done to bring our country back to greatness, and all he continues to plan to do to to continue delivering for the American people over the next three years,” she added. She also told Fox News’ America Reports that Americans can expect Trump to “tease some policy…
The $6 billion deal bets on AI-driven power demand and plans to build the world’s first utility-scale fusion plant US President Donald Trump is moving into the fusion power sector through a $6 billion merger between his social media company and Google-backed TAE Technologies.Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG), owner of the US president’s Truth Social platform, unveiled an unusual all-stock tie-up with the fusion firm on Thursday. The deal is a wager on surging electricity demand from the artificial intelligence boom and adds to the Trump family’s expanding slate of ventures spanning cryptocurrency, real estate, and mobile services.TAE Chief…
Azerbaijani prosecutors have charged Ruben Vardanyan with grave crimes tied to the now-defunct Nagorno-Karabakh Republic An Azerbaijani state prosecutor has requested a life sentence for Ruben Vardanyan, a billionaire and former Russian citizen standing trial in Baku on multiple charges, as reported by local media.The Armenian-born businessman gave up his Russian citizenship after relocating to the Nagorno-Karabakh region in 2022, which had long been at the center of a dispute between Azerbaijan and Armenia. He went on to serve in the administration of a self-proclaimed Nagorno-Karabakh Republic. Baku restored control over the territory through military action in 2023, after which…
The Australian government is touting tougher hate speech laws in the wake of the terrorist shooting rampage at Bondi Beach in Sydney last weekend, including higher penalties for promoting violence and plans for a watchlist of organizations that “promote violence or racial hatred.” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government is working on legislation to crack down on groups and individuals who “spread hate, division, and radicalization.” “We have seen a series of appalling attacks targeting Australia’s Jewish community. That culminated, on Sunday, in one of the worst acts of mass murder that this country has ever seen. It is…
Wednesday on MS NOW’s “The Briefing,” Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) said President Donald Trump’s address to the nation sounded “desperate and defensive.” Host Jen Psaki said, “Joining me now after an unhinged, fact free, very speedily delivered speech from the President of the United States, very loudly, too, is somebody who is full of facts and definitely not unhinged. Democratic Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona. Thank you for being here. Your notes look like my notes from that speech. It was like trying to write very quickly. So there’s a lot to get to, including this likely illegal war and…
It is not Moscow, but rather the Kiev regime and its backers who are using children as “pawns of war” It’s not clear if the Trump administration wants to genuinely resolve the proxy war with Russia, or if it is merely trying to extricate itself from the mess Washington helped instigate. But one thing is clear: the major Western European capitals are desperate to keep the war going.Various pretexts are being used to frustrate a diplomatic process. NATO-like security guarantees to Ukraine pushed by Berlin, London, and Paris are likely to be a non-starter for Moscow. So too are moves by the…
On Wednesday, on CNN’s “The Source,” political commentator Van Jones said President Donald Trump sounded “scared” during his address to the nation, which was great for Democrats. Jones said, “I am not scared of that guy. I’m not. This is the first time I’ve seen a Donald Trump. I’m not afraid of. He is exaggerating how bad things were. That’s OK. He’s exaggerating how good things are. That is great for us. That is fantastic. His big threat to Democrats is he was more in touch with ordinary people and everybody else. He had the Democratic elite sitting up here…
The US Senate has confirmed Jared Isaacman, a billionaire private astronaut and close associate of SpaceX founder Elon Musk, as the new head of NASA. The measure passed by a wide margin on Wednesday.Isaacman, 42, financed and took part in two civilian crewed SpaceX flights, one of which featured a spacewalk. His close ties to Musk’s company come as NASA increasingly relies on SpaceX for a range of missions. Isaacman built his fortune by founding Shift4, a payment processing company that now handles billions of transactions each year.His path to becoming NASA administrator has not been straightforward. US President Donald…
NATO Member Estonia has accused the Russian Federation of briefly infiltrating a small group of security agents under its border force into its territory, the latest in a series of incidents that have riled the Western alliance. The Estonian government cited security camera footage showing a group of three Russian border guards, an agency under the Russian Federation’s Federal Security Service (FSB), the inheritor agency of the KGB and others, illegally crossing into its territory on Wednesday. According to their telling of events, three Russians crossed the Narva River on the Estonia-Russia border while riding on a hovercraft and disembarked onto…