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‘Money isn’t enough’: ‘America Party’ crashes before takeoff; Americans want alternative but don’t see Musk’s party as option

Elon Musk launched the America Party on July 5 Elon Musk’s plans to launch a new political party appear doomed before they’ve even begun, with multiple polls showing overwhelming public opposition and record-low favourability ratings for the billionaire entrepreneur.The so-called “America Party,” which Musk teased after a fallout with former buddy and US President Donald […]

‘Prayed for this day’: 10 Americans freed from Venezuelan prison in prisoner exchange programme; El Salvador releases over 200 Venezuelans

Ten Americans are on their way back to the US following a prisoner exchange involving the United States, El Salvador, and Venezuela, US secretary of state Marco Rubio announced Friday.As part of the prisoner exchange, more than 200 Venezuelan migrants, who were deported to a mega-prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration have left […]

‘Take it down’: Zohran Mamdani draws flak as old post on Columbus goes viral; Italian Americans criticize

New York City’s mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on Monday again found himself embroiled in a controversy after an old social media post of him flipping the bird at a statue of Christopher Columbus and calling for its removal started doing the rounds. In a June 2020 tweet, the socialist Mamdani is pictured flipping the middle […]

Donald Trump’s approval rating after dropping bombs on Iran: 47% Americans approve of Operation Midnight Hammer

Trump’s approval rating got a short-term boost because of Operation Midnight Hammer. A Quantus survey has revealed that 47 per cent of Americans approve of the US’s Operation Midnight Hammer on Iran while 36 per cent disapprove, with approval strongest among Republicans and disapproval among Democrats. But the strike has impacted Donald Trump’s approval rating […]

‘No Americans, Qataris harmed, hardly any damage done’; Trump calls Iran’s response weak; says ‘its time for peace!’

Donald Trump says Iran’s retaliation that they informed US beforehand was weak. President Donald Trump reacted to Iran’s attack on US airbase in Qatar and made it clear that it was a coordinated attack about which the US had enough intel in advance. In his Truth Social post, Trump also indicated that there should be […]

Middle East crisis: US shuts Jerusalem embassy; no evacuation for Americans announced

The United States will shut its embassy in Jerusalem from Wednesday through Friday as the conflict between Israel and Iran intensifies, the State Department announced on Tuesday.“Given the security situation and in compliance with Israel Home Front Command guidance, the US Embassy in Jerusalem will be closed tomorrow (Wednesday, June 18) through Friday (June 20). […]

‘Keeping Americans safe’: Why US is pulling staff from the Middle East as nuclear talks with Iran stall

The United States is reducing its diplomatic and military footprint in parts of the Middle East amid rising tensions with Iran, as nuclear negotiations appear to stall and regional instability looms. The State Department on Wednesday ordered the departure of all nonessential staff from the US Embassy in Baghdad, citing a commitment “to keeping Americans […]

MAGA vs Walmart: Heiress Christy Walton asks Americans to attend ‘No Kings day’ protest on Trump’s birthday

Walmart heiress gives advertisement on NYT to mobilize protest on No Kings Day on June 14 which is also Donald Trump’s birthday. MAGA activists gave a boycott call for Walmart after Walmart heiress Christy Walton, the daughter-in-law of Walmart founder Sam Walton, gave a full-page ad in the New York Times urging Americans to attend […]

Trump ropes in Palantir to compile data on Americans

US President Donald Trump WASHINGTON: In March, President Donald Trump signed an executive order calling for the federal govt to share data across agencies, raising questions over whether he might compile a master list of personal information on Americans that could give him untold surveillance power.Trump has not publicly talked about the effort since. But […]

New Orleans holds burial of repatriated African Americans whose skulls were used in racist research | World News

New Orleans holds burial of repatriated African Americans whose skulls were used in racist research (AP) NEW ORLEANS: New Orleans celebrated the return and burial of the remains of 19 African American people whose skulls had been sent to Germany for racist research practices in the 19th century. On Saturday, a multifaith memorial service including […]