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Cut green spending to make UK ready for war, Conservatives say
Becky MortonPolitical reporter The Conservatives have promised to cut funding for green energy projects to boost defence spending and…
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Oil rises as Trump’s Venezuela blockade takes edge off global crude surplus concerns
Oil prices rallied by more than 1 per cent on Wednesday after US President Donald Trump ordered a blockade of all oil tankers under…
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Trump Adds Lame Insults to Presidents’ Portraits in White House
Newhouse was also one of 35 Republicans who voted to establish the January 6 commission to investigate the Capitol insurrection, so it’s…
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Senate confirms Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator in do-over after Musk feud
The Senate on Wednesday confirmed billionaire entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to be NASA administrator on Wednesday, placing him atop the…
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Dan Bongino Is Clearing Out His FBI Office After Rocky Tenure
FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino, Kash Patel’s woefully underqualified No. 2, is finally headed for the exit. The former talk radio…
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Senate Democrats launch 2026 initiative to lower costs
Senate Democrats on Wednesday announced a 2026 initiative in which they'll push proposals to lower the costs of health care, energy,…
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Small talk, phone anxiety, and more: Gen Z sounds off on office fears
Gen Z is never beating the “unemployable” allegations. For Gen Z, a growing confidence crisis means common workplace interactions are now…
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Young Democrat launches House campaign against incumbent Bennie Thompson
A former counsel to two prominent U.S. senators announced Wednesday that he will challenge longtime Democratic Rep. Bennie Thompson of…
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Heavy rains compound dire conditions of displaced Gazans, UN warns
Heavy rains over the past week have compounded the already dire living conditions of the hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians…
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Hollywood stars launch Creators Coalition on AI
A group of entertainment industry workers launched a new coalition that aims to advocate for the rights of creators amid the growing AI…
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FCC Scrubs Its Website of Any Hint It’s an Independent Agency
The Federal Communications Commission website no longer reflects that the FCC is an “independent” agency after FCC Chair Brendan Carr…
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Rob Reiner Made a New Kind of Fairy Tale
On Sunday, when it was reported that the filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, had been stabbed to death at their home…
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Fact-Checking Trump’s Claim That Venezuela Stole Oil and Land from the U.S.
As is often the case, there is a kernel of a shade of truth in the president’s hyperbolic talk on social media. Source link
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New Jobs Data Blows Up One of Trump’s Main Talking Points
President Donald Trump wants to pretend like he’s not crippling the economy, but job growth in 2025 has dropped by more than half and it’s…
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Palestine Action: Two protesters awaiting trial end hunger strike
Two remand prisoners waiting to go on trial for alleged offences relating to Palestine Action have ended a hunger strike protest - but…
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Most Americans are fine with giving cash as holiday gifts, new poll finds
Welcome to exhausted America 2025: Most adults are more than a little fine with doling out cash as gifts, and many plan to be asleep…
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Trump's White House ballroom could now cost $400 million
President Trump said the price tag of his White House ballroom could reach $400 million, double the originally announced cost of $200…
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FCC Chair Admits He’ll Cave to Trump’s Worst Demands
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr admitted that he sees President Donald Trump as his boss during a congressional…
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Illinois Approves Significant Increases to State Production Tax Credits
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has signed SB 1911, which expands and enhances the Prairie State’s film production tax credit. The bill is…
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Police forces will make arrests over intifada chants
The Metropolitan and Greater Manchester police forces have said they will arrest people holding placards and chanting the phrase…
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Jack Smith defends secretly obtaining lawmakers' phone data
Former special counsel Jack Smith told House lawmakers he lawfully obtained their cellphone data as part of his investigation into…
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Jack Smith tells House Republicans that basis for Trump prosecution was grounded in facts, evidence
Former special counsel Jack Smith defended his prosecution of President Trump, saying in Wednesday's closed-door interview with House…
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China is exploiting US-funded research on nuclear technology
China is exploiting partnerships with U.S. researchers funded by the Department of Energy to provide the Chinese military with access to…
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Jack Smith Testifies That He’d Prosecute Trump All Over Again
“We kept yelling, ‘She is pregnant, she’s pregnant,’” resident Tonika Deutch told Murphy. “They put their knees on her. We kept telling…