The White House budget office announced Friday that mass layoffs of federal employees have begun, as US President Donald Trump’s administration increases pressure on Democrats amid a government shutdown entering its 10th day.Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought confirmed on X that “RIFs have begun,” referring to reduction-in-force plans to shrink the federal […]
US President Donald Trump on Friday expressed optimism for the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and said that after the hostage release, Gaza will be rebuilt, citing anticipated financing from wealthy Arab neighbors, and will set a board of peace.Answering the question over the Israel-Hamas deal, where key members signed the “first phase” on Wednesday, Trump said that […]
Did Marco Rubio betray Trump in nominating Machado for Nobel Peace Prize? A letter signed by Donald Trump’s close allies, like Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Florida Republican leaders Rick Scott, nominating Maria Corina Machado for the Nobel Peace Prize, surfaced the day the prize was announced and Trump lost despite pushing hard on the […]
Trump didn’t treat peace as a process — he treated it as a PR stunt. Donald Trump has spent years chasing a prize he will almost certainly never hold. To him, the Nobel Peace Prize isn’t just a medal — it’s the final validation of his legacy, the cinematic closing scene where history applauds and […]
Melania Trump announced she opened a channel of talk with Putin and the efforts led by her office secured the release of eight Ukrainian children. First Lady Melania Trump Friday made a rare announcement in which she said she opened a private channel of communication with Russian President Vladimir Putin since she wrote him a […]
The Nobel Committee has made its choice — and it wasn’t Donald Trump. In Oslo, the 2025 Peace Prize was awarded to María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader who has spent decades fighting for democracy under one of Latin America’s most entrenched authoritarian regimes. Forced into hiding, barred from elections, and threatened with imprisonment, […]
HOPE REKINDLED: People celebrate Israel-Hamas deal announcement in Tel Aviv and (R) in Gaza Strip’s Khan Younis US President Trump said on Thursday the Gaza hostages should be released on Monday or Tuesday and that he hopes to attend a signing ceremony in Egypt and address the Israeli Knesset.Trump opened a White House cabinet meeting […]
Donald Trump (left), Letitia James (AP) The US department of justice under President Donald Trump on Thursday secured a federal grand jury indictment against New York attorney general Letitia James, charging her with bank fraud and making false statements to a financial institution in connection with a 2023 mortgage, reported CNN.The indictment, handed down in […]
US secretary of state Marco Rubio (AP) WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump was holding a roundtable event with conservative influencers about antifa Wednesday when secretary of state Marco Rubio, standing in the back corner of the White House’s Blue Room, caught his eye. He had news for Trump, he said, but it would have to wait […]
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu (AP) Israeli parliament’s (Knesset) speaker Amir Ohana has invited US PresidentDonald Trump to deliver an address before the Knesset, calling him “the greatest friend and ally of the Jewish people in modern history.”In a post on X on Friday, Ohana shared a letter sent to the White House inviting Trump […]
