President Donald Trump speaks at the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) dinner at the National Building Museum in Washington, Tuesday, April 8, 2025. (Pool via AP) At a National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) fundraising event, Donald Trump once again took aim at his favourite target: Joe Biden. Standing before a crowd of GOP loyalists and […]
In The Tao of Physics, perhaps the finest popular novel on parallels between modern physics and “Eastern mysticism”, author Michiko Kaku sums up the dichotomy by stating: “Socrates in Greece made the famous statement ‘I know that I know nothing,’ and Lao Tzu in China said, ‘Not knowing that one knows is best.’” The two […]
US president Donald Trump on Monday declared full support for the Senate’s newly approved budget plan.Posting on Truth Social, Trump wrote that the bill includes “all the elements we need”—from permanent tax cuts to major spending reductions and border security. “The budget plan just passed by the United States Senate has my complete and total […]
Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman is pleading with President Trump to hit the brakes on sweeping new tariffs, warning that the global economy is teetering on the edge of a “self-induced economic nuclear winter.”In a lengthy post on X Sunday night, Ackman—once a vocal Trump backer—urged the president to call a temporary timeout.“The President […]
On April 5, Saturday Night Live opened with James Austin Johnson’s Donald Trump standing at a podium, selling the American public on his latest economic strategy: tariffs, or as he calls them, “short for terrific idea.” The sketch was inspired by Trump’s real-life April 2 press conference, where he used a baffling chart to explain […]
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.”No one lived that paradox quite like Elon Musk. For the better part of a year, Musk couldn’t stop winning. He helped install a president, muscled his way into the Cabinet via a meme-laced department called DOGE, bought Twitter just to torch it […]
Once upon a time, in a galaxy not so far away, an orange-tinted Palpatine stood in a rose garden and declared economic war on half the planet. On April 2, 2025, Donald Trump emerged from political semi-retirement to announce a sweeping new tariff regime. The internet’s response? Memes. Glorious memes. The Senate Would Revoke Their […]
Ronin, African giant pouched rat, sets Guinness World Record for detecting most landmines, saving lives in Cambodia (Image credit: Belgian organisation APOPO website) A rat trained to detect landmines in Cambodia has established a new global record by discovering more than 100 explosive devices and unexploded munitions, announced a charity organisation on Friday.Since beginning work […]
Don Patel, the Conservative Party’s candidate for Etobicoke North, was removed from the 2025 federal election campaign after endorsing a controversial social media post that called for the deportation of certain individuals to India. The post — vague in its language but widely interpreted as referring to Khalistani supporters — read: “Should be stop these […]
FILE – New York City Mayor Eric Adams appears before a House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing with Sanctuary City Mayors on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, March 5, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr., file) New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced on Thursday that he will not seek reelection through the Democratic […]
