President Donald Trump's approval rating hit a new low of 32% on Wednesday, according to a new poll released by Quinnipiac, just hours after a CNN poll measured his approval rating at 34%"matching a low the network recorded after the Jan. 6 Capitol riots in 2021.
Brian Sutton, accused of masterminding one of the largest fraud schemes to ever be unraveled in the United States, is living freely in Russia. Among his acquisitions there is a fleet of luxury cars, an elite villa near Moscow, and a stake in an MMA club tied to a member of the Russian parliament. Read more
President Donald Trump said he will ask the US Supreme Court to revive his failed lawsuit accusing Hillary Clinton, the Democratic National Committee and others of conspiring to tarnish his 2016 campaign with bogus claims of collusion with Russia.
Chinese vessels seen exempt from proposed charges. Iran discussed Bab el-Mandeb fees with Houthis. Red Sea route disruption raises energy shortage fears. Yemen's Houthi group is considering imposing fees on commercial ships sailing through the southern Red Sea, a week after declaring a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia, regional sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The Iran-aligned Houthis on July 20 declared a maritime embargo against Saudi Arabia, opening a new front against the U.S. and its allies in the Iran war and expanding attacks on tankers carrying global energy and other supplies to waters beyond the Gulf.
Son of Cuban immigrants USSECSTATE Marco Rubio is making plans to deport Cuban migrants from the US to faraway Uruguay to burden that country's fairly robust social safety net.
USSECSTATE Marco Rubio Official Portrait at Foggy Bottom
A defense filing has revealed that the only witness called in the federal felony case brought against former Olympian Davey Hearn for causing more than $1000 in damage to the reflecting pool could not identify any repair cost that resulted from Hearn's alleged action. The filing states that the the witness testified that the liner was already damaged and that the same repair the government is blaming on Hearn was already needed.
Childhood vaccines are at the center of a potential showdown between President Donald Trump and Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. According to a new report from the Wall Street Journal, Trump has grown irate with Kennedy and is pushing him to move faster to change the nation's childhood vaccine schedule. The report said Trump has personally pressed Kennedy to take more action and reshape federal vaccine policy.
Hundreds of former Israeli military, diplomatic, and intelligence officials are urging Dummkopf Trumpf to compel ICC-indicted Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to curb "Settler terror" in the occupied West Bank.
But the Gaza Strip will be emptied of Palestinians to make way for Settlers, luxury beach resorts, and Israeli access to natural gas deposits off shore under the seabed of the Mediterranean Sea
Trump telling all of you that the covid vaccine was a SPECTACULAR SUCCESS.
Federal prosecutors have brought a felony obstruction charge against US citizen Samuel Tunick for allegedly erasing his Smartphone when USCBP officers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Intl Airport pulled him over for secondary inspection. Unbeknownst to Mr Tunick, federal authorities had put him on a terrorism watchlist because of his alleged association with Samaritans opposed to the fascist militarization of American police departments.
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NEW ORLEANS " A Louisiana company accuses Tulane University of its funding application due to its owner's race. Plaintiff Revier Technologies Inc. filed its lawsuit in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The named defendants are Tulane University, Tulane Ventures GP LLC, Tulane Innovation Fund, the Louisiana Economic Development Corp., and Susan Bourgeois, secretary of Louisiana Economic Development. According to its website, the LED is the state agency responsible for "cultivating jobs and expanding economic opportunity for the people of Louisiana." Revier, located in Thibodaux, Louisiana, is owned by Matthew Schultheis, who is white. "By denying Revier Technologies's application to the Fund because its owner, Mr. Schultheis, is the wrong race, the Tulane Defendants engaged in unlawful racial discrimination in violation of Title VI and Section 1981, and the LEDC violated Title VI and the Fourteenth Amendment," the 17-page complaint states.
Dr. Anthony Fauci on Wednesday during a Senate hearing on COVID-19 invoked his constitutional right not to answer questions. "On the advice of counsel, I respectfully decline to answer, based upon my rights under the Fifth Amendment of the constitution," Fauci repeatedly said to questions posed by Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman Sen. Rand Paul. Paul, a doctor and Kentucky Republican, continued undeterred, continuing to ask Fauci such questions about so-called gain-of-function research, which helps scientists learn about the direction of a pathogen but also brings a high risk of it becoming widespread.
A Guatemalan man who was deported from the United States and his wife, who later left the country voluntarily to join him, were found dead in a sugarcane field in southwestern Guatemala, authorities said Tuesday. Their 1-year-old daughter was found alive beside their bodies. Nixon Giovanni Perez, 43, and Glendy Marisol Gonzalez, 25, were discovered with their hands tied behind their backs in a field outside Retalhuleu, a city about 112 miles (180 kilometers) west of Guatemala City, according to photos reviewed by Reuters.
Senator Lindsey Graham credited himself with persuading United States President Donald Trump to join Israel in going to war against Iran, "almost cried" with joy when the conflict began, and offered to lobby Trump on behalf of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to attack Lebanon too, newly released footage has shown. Graham, who died on July 11 aged 71, was a close confidant of Trump and Netanyahu, both of whom are attending his funeral on Tuesday. Graham, laughing and clearly delighted, exclaimed: "How long have we been pushing this?" "Look what we've done here. I almost cried," Graham said. "I talked to Trump this morning. Oh, he's jacked! He said best thing I've ever done'. He loves blowing stuff up."
President Donald Trump and the Department of Justice on Tuesday separately asked the Supreme Court to overturn a civil court verdict that ordered him to pay the writer E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million for defaming her while denying her claim that he sexually assaulted her in a New York department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. "This is the first case in our Nation's history in which a court has imposed damages liability on a President for his conduct in office," the petition to the Supreme Court by Trump's lawyers says.
The Trump administration will end a subsidy program, meant to keep premiums stable for Medicare prescription drug plans, after 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services said on Tuesday. The agency said its review of 2027 bids showed insurers have gained enough experience with Medicare Part D to accurately price their plans without support from the program. "We are stabilizing the market so this bailout is no longer needed. Premiums will go up by less than $10 for most Medicare recipients, with many even seeing lower premiums," CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz said in a post on X.
