[ad_1] Oregon democrat Senator Jeff Merkley delivered a nearly 23-hour marathon speech on the Senate floor from Tuesday into late Wednesday, one of the longest recorded in recent years. He used the speech to criticise US President Donald Trump‘s policies, calling him an authoritarian for using the military in Merkley’s hometown of Portland and prosecuting […]
[ad_1] At some point in late July, Barack Obama picked up the phone and decided to do the very thing Barack Obama once promised never to do. According to a report in Washington Post, the former president called Eric Holder. They’d been pacing in moral circles for days, torn between the democracy they’d idealised and […]
[ad_1] European nations are reportedly collaborating with Ukraine on a 12-point plan to end Russia’s war along existing front lines, rejecting Vladimir Putin’s renewed demands for Kyiv to cede territory in exchange for peace. A peace board chaired by US President Donald Trump would oversee the plan’s implementation, as per sources cited by Bloomberg. The […]
[ad_1] Donald Trump celebrating Diwali at White House (AP image) US President Donald Trump on Tuesday extended Diwali greetings to attendees at the White House. The celebrations were marked by his familiar struggle with pronouncing several Indian-American leaders’ names, adding to a long history of amusing mispronunciations.He initially struggled to pronounce ‘Diwali’ but later pronounced […]
[ad_1] President Donald Trump speaks during a Diwali celebration in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, in Washington. At left is Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) For decades, Dinesh D’Souza was the brown face MAGA could point to when accused of racism. A bestselling author, […]
[ad_1] President Donald Trump greeted Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House (AP photo) During a recent meeting in Washington, US President Donald Trump reportedly pushed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to consider relinquishing the eastern Donbas region in exchange for peace, according to a senior Ukrainian official speaking to AFP. The discussions, described as […]
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that his Justice Department might owe $230 million — and he’d be the one to decide whether to cut himself a check.Trump is seeking $230 million as compensation for past investigations into him, though he professed to have little knowledge of the specifics and said he would […]
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said that he did not want a “wasted meeting” with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin, expressing his frustration with previous fruitless attempts at resolving the Ukraine war.Reacting to his Budapest summit with Putin being shelved, he said, “I don’t want to have a wasted meeting. I don’t want to […]
[ad_1] A man from New York, who was pardoned by US President Donald Trump for his role in the January 6 Capitol attack, has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, New York State Police said.34-year-old Christopher Moynihan was taken into custody on Saturday and charged with making terrorist like […]
[ad_1] Former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton denounced President Donald Trump’s plan to build a private ballroom at the White House.In a post on X, the Democratic leader said, “It’s not his house. It’s your house. And he’s destroying it.”The White House began tearing down part of the East Wing on Monday to make way for […]
