Trump Excluded Two Dems from Invites to White House Governor's Breakfast
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US Budget Deficit Keeps Growing Under Trump Policies
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Cambodia Shut Down 200 Scam Centers, Deported Over 11,000
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Indictment Rejected of Dem Lawmakers Urging Soldiers to Ignore Unlawful Orders
The grand jury's decision kills Trump's effort to prosecute lawmakers on treason charges for urging US military members to disregard unlawful orders.
3 GOP Reps Join Dems to Block House Bill to Ban Tariff Challenges
A bill to ban challenges against Trump tariffs was shot down by a vote of 217-214 ahead of an upcoming Democratic bill to undo tariffs ...
Pentagon Ordered by Trump to Buy Coal Energy to Keep Industry Alive
Deep affection for the most polluting of energy sources seems behind a White House directive that effectively subsidizes an industry facing natural extinction.
Carney Sets Trump Straight on Gordie Howe Int'l Bridge
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney pointed out the bridge is jointly owned and operated though Canada paid for its construction after Trump threatened to block ...
Lutnick Pushes Back Against Calls for Resignation on Epstein Ties
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sought to distance himself from Epstein after the latest document tranche suggested otherwise.
Buddhist Monks Arrive in DC After 2,300-Mile Walk for Peace
The walk by two dozen monks began in Dayton, Texas drawing support from local residents along a route that stopped in 8 states, reached Washing ...
China to Deploy AI to Detect Corruption in Bidding on Public Projects
Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign is adding AI with "human-like reasoning capabilities" to flag possible backroom deals and bid-rigging on public projects.
Trump Threatens to Block Windsor-Detroit Bridge Unless Canada Accepts Talks
Belief in US entitlement to control Canadian trade with other nations appears to underpin Trump's bullying tactics.
Trump To Deem Emissions Not Harmful to Human Health
A key Obama-era scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger human health will be repealed as part of Trump's rollback of greenhouse gas regulations.
UN Seeks Payment Plan for US Past-Due Dues
Despite last week's statement by Ambassador Mike Waltz that the US will catch up on its obligations, the UN seeks a timetable as it faces ...
Dreame Blows $10 Million on Super Bowl Ad for EV Supercar
A Chinese maker of robot vacuum cleaners and lawn mowers used a costly Super Bowl commercial to plug its Cosmaire Nubula, an electric supercar to ...
SpaceX Backburners Mars Expedition for Self-Growing Moon City
Elon Musk declared that SpaceX would lay the foundation for a self-growing city on the lunar surface within a decade.
Hong Kong Sentences Jimmy Lai to 20 Years
The publisher of Apple Daily was sentenced on two national security charges of conspiring with foreign forces and one of publishing seditious materials.
Sanae Takaichi's Convincing Win Ends LDP's Long Grip on Power
The snap elections called by Japan's woman Prime Minister delivered a resounding defeat for the backward-looking Liberal Democratic Party.
China Launches Reusable Spacecraft for 4th Time
China had succeeded in getting its reusable spacecraft to return to designated landing sites on 3 prior occasions beginning in 2020.
Biggest UN Deadbeat to Begin Installment Payments
The nearly $5 billion in US arrears accounts for 95% of all UN delinquencies.
Say What? The Art of Repeating False Assertions
In recent speeches Trump has asserted 20 times that inflation has been beat while it has risen to 3% and prices of consumer goods have ...
$16 Billion for Hudson River Rail Tunnel Unfrozen by Federal Judge
Work on the project would have been forced to halt Friday as apportioned funds had been frozen by Trump after Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor ...
Warning Issued to World Cup Visitors of Florida Detention Risk
A coalition of rights groups issued a travel alert for those considering a visit to Florida for this year's World Cup tournament co-hosted by the ...
Video of Chicago Woman Shot Multiple Times by ICE Ordered Released
A federal district court judge has lifted a protective order that had been keeping the lid on the bodycam video footage of the multiple shootings ...
Trump Shares Video Depicting Obamas as Apes
Yet another social media post shows a racist and revenge-fixated psyche that seems unbefitting a President of the United States.
Starbucks Wins Dismissal of Lawsuit Against Its DEI Policies
Federal District Court Judge John Ross dismissed a suit brought by Missouri's Republican attorney general alleging Starbucks' DEI policies discriminate based on race, gender and ...
What's in a Name? The $16 Billion Held Hostage by Trump.
The President offered to unfreeze the $16 billion earmarked for the Gateway tunnel project Dulles International Airport and Penn Station were renamed after him.
US Envoy in Snit Over Polish Parliament Head's Take on Trump
Ambassador Tom Rose acts as a Trump watchdog by cutting ties with the speaker of the Polish parliament for voicing his views on Trump's "policy ...
Trump Attacked Pillars of Democracy Says Human Rights Watch
The quality of US democracy has fallen quickly as Trump has embraced racist tropes and white nationalist ideology, according to the annual report released Wednesday ...
Dem-Favoring California Redistricting Map Allowed by SCOTUS
The one-sentence order follows a similar approval in December of a GOP-favoring Texas redistricting.
700 ICE Agents to Be Pulled from Minnesota
Trump agreed to draw down the ICE presence in Minneapolis after the shooting deaths of two protesters ignited a wave of national anti-ICE and anti-Trump ...
Xi Holds Call with Trump Hours After Call with Putin
During a call in which Putin accepted an invitation to visit China, Xi advised Putin of his upcoming call with Trump who, too, will be ...
Albert Cheng Leads Amazon Push to Use AI for Movies, TV Shows
The online retailer is aggressively pushing AI adoption across every area of its retail, media and tech empire, adding to fears to massive job losses.
China Warns Panama of Heavy Price for Cancelling Canal Contract
A Panamanian court ruling that annulled a contract under which Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison operates two Panama Canal ports is seen as a win for ...
Trump Says $1 Billion in Damages Sought from Harvard
The peevish post comes after a New York Times article stated the US had dropped its demand for a cash payment to settle with Harvard.
US Olympics "ICE House" Hospitality Space Renamed for Obvious Reasons
The new name for the hospitality space for US athletes will be Winter House, after Minneapolis incidents gave "ice" a bad association.
China's Lunar New Year Travel Season Kicks Off Early
An extended 9-day Year of the Horse holiday period is producing an earlier-than normal travel rush that will see a record 9.5 billion passenger trips.
China Relishes Native Black Pigs, Surfeited by Western White Pigs
Chinese consumers yearn nostalgically for fatty, tender pork from black pigs after years of accepting low-cost pork from herds of fast-growing imported white pigs.
Dems Flip Texas House Seat in Special Election
The result will narrow the GOP's House majority in yet another sign that Trump's policies are losing favor.
Speaker Johnson Claims Votes for Tuesday End to Partial Government Shutdown
A shutdown engineered by a bipartisan effort to curb abusive ICE tactics gives way to a compromise to separate the budgets of other government agencies ...
Jensen Huang Schmoozes, Cajoles Taiwan Suppliers
Nvidia's CEO schmoozed representatives of TSMC and other suppliers at a "trillion-dollar dinner", crediting them with making Nvidia's success possible while asking for more production ...
Anti-Ice Protests Spread from Minneapolis to Campuses Nationwide
The two fatal ICE shootings is shifting public sentiment farther away from Trump's mass deportation push.
Final Epstein Files Published with Heavy Redactions
The release contains over three million pages, 2,000 videos and 180,000 images from the estate of the late financier and sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Suit Challenges ICE Policy of Entering Homes Without Warrant
A recently exposed ICE policy of invading homes of suspected illegal migrants without a federal judicial warrant prompts suit in the US District Court in ...
Don Lemon Arrested for Covering Minnesota Anti-ICE Protest
In yet another instance of the Trump administration's use of federal authorities to stifle opposing media views, Lemon was arrested on trumped-up charges of violating ...
Deal Reached to Avert Shutdown but Talks Continue
A bipartisan deal was reached in the Senate to avert another government shutdown but negotiations continue to place controls over ICE agent activities.
Bezos Pays Tribute with Lavish Melania Film
Amazon paid $40 million to license the rights to create a $75-million film about the life of First Lady Melania Trump.
Bruce Springsteen Releases ICE Protest Song
"Streets of Minneapolis" was written Saturday after Springsteen learned that Alex Pretti had been shot by ICE agents.
US Exports Anti-ICE Anger to Italy for Olympics
The violent image gained by ICE domestically has made the decision to use agents at the Winter Olympics appear an affront to Italians.
Trump Excluded Two Dems from Invites to White House Governor's Breakfast
Trump expressly excluded Wes Moore of Maryland and Jared Polis of Colorado from a traditional breakfast for governors based on personal animosity.
US House Blocks Trump Tariffs on Canada
The House vote, in the face of Trump threats to lawmakers, reflects a rising awareness that US businesses and consumers are harmed by abuse of ...
Bondi Accused of Covering Up Identities of Epstein Associates
Rep. Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, accused the Justice Department of violating a law passed by Congress requiring Epstein files to be turned over ...
US Budget Deficit Keeps Growing Under Trump Policies
The anticipated $1.853 trillion fiscal 2026 budget deficit reflects slower economic growth under Trump tariffs and deportations, requiring more borrowing to fund the federal government.
Cambodia Shut Down 200 Scam Centers, Deported Over 11,000
A short-handed regional police force arrested 173 senior crime figures as part of a crackdown that began after the US indicted and China extradited a ...
Indictment Rejected of Dem Lawmakers Urging Soldiers to Ignore Unlawful Orders
The grand jury's decision kills Trump's effort to prosecute lawmakers on treason charges for urging US military members to disregard unlawful orders.
3 GOP Reps Join Dems to Block House Bill to Ban Tariff Challenges
A bill to ban challenges against Trump tariffs was shot down by a vote of 217-214 ahead of an upcoming Democratic bill to undo tariffs ...
Pentagon Ordered by Trump to Buy Coal Energy to Keep Industry Alive
Deep affection for the most polluting of energy sources seems behind a White House directive that effectively subsidizes an industry facing natural extinction.
Carney Sets Trump Straight on Gordie Howe Int'l Bridge
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney pointed out the bridge is jointly owned and operated though Canada paid for its construction after Trump threatened to block ...
Lutnick Pushes Back Against Calls for Resignation on Epstein Ties
US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick sought to distance himself from Epstein after the latest document tranche suggested otherwise.
Buddhist Monks Arrive in DC After 2,300-Mile Walk for Peace
The walk by two dozen monks began in Dayton, Texas drawing support from local residents along a route that stopped in 8 states, reached Washing ...
China to Deploy AI to Detect Corruption in Bidding on Public Projects
Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign is adding AI with "human-like reasoning capabilities" to flag possible backroom deals and bid-rigging on public projects.
Trump Threatens to Block Windsor-Detroit Bridge Unless Canada Accepts Talks
Belief in US entitlement to control Canadian trade with other nations appears to underpin Trump's bullying tactics.
Trump To Deem Emissions Not Harmful to Human Health
A key Obama-era scientific finding that greenhouse gases endanger human health will be repealed as part of Trump's rollback of greenhouse gas regulations.
UN Seeks Payment Plan for US Past-Due Dues
Despite last week's statement by Ambassador Mike Waltz that the US will catch up on its obligations, the UN seeks a timetable as it faces ...
Dreame Blows $10 Million on Super Bowl Ad for EV Supercar
A Chinese maker of robot vacuum cleaners and lawn mowers used a costly Super Bowl commercial to plug its Cosmaire Nubula, an electric supercar to ...
SpaceX Backburners Mars Expedition for Self-Growing Moon City
Elon Musk declared that SpaceX would lay the foundation for a self-growing city on the lunar surface within a decade.
Hong Kong Sentences Jimmy Lai to 20 Years
The publisher of Apple Daily was sentenced on two national security charges of conspiring with foreign forces and one of publishing seditious materials.
Sanae Takaichi's Convincing Win Ends LDP's Long Grip on Power
The snap elections called by Japan's woman Prime Minister delivered a resounding defeat for the backward-looking Liberal Democratic Party.
China Launches Reusable Spacecraft for 4th Time
China had succeeded in getting its reusable spacecraft to return to designated landing sites on 3 prior occasions beginning in 2020.
Biggest UN Deadbeat to Begin Installment Payments
The nearly $5 billion in US arrears accounts for 95% of all UN delinquencies.
Say What? The Art of Repeating False Assertions
In recent speeches Trump has asserted 20 times that inflation has been beat while it has risen to 3% and prices of consumer goods have ...
$16 Billion for Hudson River Rail Tunnel Unfrozen by Federal Judge
Work on the project would have been forced to halt Friday as apportioned funds had been frozen by Trump after Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor ...
Warning Issued to World Cup Visitors of Florida Detention Risk
A coalition of rights groups issued a travel alert for those considering a visit to Florida for this year's World Cup tournament co-hosted by the ...
Video of Chicago Woman Shot Multiple Times by ICE Ordered Released
A federal district court judge has lifted a protective order that had been keeping the lid on the bodycam video footage of the multiple shootings ...
Trump Shares Video Depicting Obamas as Apes
Yet another social media post shows a racist and revenge-fixated psyche that seems unbefitting a President of the United States.
Starbucks Wins Dismissal of Lawsuit Against Its DEI Policies
Federal District Court Judge John Ross dismissed a suit brought by Missouri's Republican attorney general alleging Starbucks' DEI policies discriminate based on race, gender and ...
What's in a Name? The $16 Billion Held Hostage by Trump.
The President offered to unfreeze the $16 billion earmarked for the Gateway tunnel project Dulles International Airport and Penn Station were renamed after him.
US Envoy in Snit Over Polish Parliament Head's Take on Trump
Ambassador Tom Rose acts as a Trump watchdog by cutting ties with the speaker of the Polish parliament for voicing his views on Trump's "policy ...
Trump Attacked Pillars of Democracy Says Human Rights Watch
The quality of US democracy has fallen quickly as Trump has embraced racist tropes and white nationalist ideology, according to the annual report released Wednesday ...
Dem-Favoring California Redistricting Map Allowed by SCOTUS
The one-sentence order follows a similar approval in December of a GOP-favoring Texas redistricting.
700 ICE Agents to Be Pulled from Minnesota
Trump agreed to draw down the ICE presence in Minneapolis after the shooting deaths of two protesters ignited a wave of national anti-ICE and anti-Trump ...
Xi Holds Call with Trump Hours After Call with Putin
During a call in which Putin accepted an invitation to visit China, Xi advised Putin of his upcoming call with Trump who, too, will be ...
Albert Cheng Leads Amazon Push to Use AI for Movies, TV Shows
The online retailer is aggressively pushing AI adoption across every area of its retail, media and tech empire, adding to fears to massive job losses.
China Warns Panama of Heavy Price for Cancelling Canal Contract
A Panamanian court ruling that annulled a contract under which Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison operates two Panama Canal ports is seen as a win for ...
Trump Says $1 Billion in Damages Sought from Harvard
The peevish post comes after a New York Times article stated the US had dropped its demand for a cash payment to settle with Harvard.
US Olympics "ICE House" Hospitality Space Renamed for Obvious Reasons
The new name for the hospitality space for US athletes will be Winter House, after Minneapolis incidents gave "ice" a bad association.
China's Lunar New Year Travel Season Kicks Off Early
An extended 9-day Year of the Horse holiday period is producing an earlier-than normal travel rush that will see a record 9.5 billion passenger trips.
China Relishes Native Black Pigs, Surfeited by Western White Pigs
Chinese consumers yearn nostalgically for fatty, tender pork from black pigs after years of accepting low-cost pork from herds of fast-growing imported white pigs.
Dems Flip Texas House Seat in Special Election
The result will narrow the GOP's House majority in yet another sign that Trump's policies are losing favor.
Speaker Johnson Claims Votes for Tuesday End to Partial Government Shutdown
A shutdown engineered by a bipartisan effort to curb abusive ICE tactics gives way to a compromise to separate the budgets of other government agencies ...
Jensen Huang Schmoozes, Cajoles Taiwan Suppliers
Nvidia's CEO schmoozed representatives of TSMC and other suppliers at a "trillion-dollar dinner", crediting them with making Nvidia's success possible while asking for more production ...
Anti-Ice Protests Spread from Minneapolis to Campuses Nationwide
The two fatal ICE shootings is shifting public sentiment farther away from Trump's mass deportation push.
Final Epstein Files Published with Heavy Redactions
The release contains over three million pages, 2,000 videos and 180,000 images from the estate of the late financier and sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein.
Suit Challenges ICE Policy of Entering Homes Without Warrant
A recently exposed ICE policy of invading homes of suspected illegal migrants without a federal judicial warrant prompts suit in the US District Court in ...
Don Lemon Arrested for Covering Minnesota Anti-ICE Protest
In yet another instance of the Trump administration's use of federal authorities to stifle opposing media views, Lemon was arrested on trumped-up charges of violating ...
Deal Reached to Avert Shutdown but Talks Continue
A bipartisan deal was reached in the Senate to avert another government shutdown but negotiations continue to place controls over ICE agent activities.
Bezos Pays Tribute with Lavish Melania Film
Amazon paid $40 million to license the rights to create a $75-million film about the life of First Lady Melania Trump.
Bruce Springsteen Releases ICE Protest Song
"Streets of Minneapolis" was written Saturday after Springsteen learned that Alex Pretti had been shot by ICE agents.
US Exports Anti-ICE Anger to Italy for Olympics
The violent image gained by ICE domestically has made the decision to use agents at the Winter Olympics appear an affront to Italians.
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