56+ min ago (747+ words) HALLANDALE BEACH, Fla. " Top Trump administration officials met with Ukrainian negotiators in Florida on Sunday, pushing to broker an end to Russia's war in Ukraine and setting the stage for key talks planned this week in Moscow with Russian leader Vladimir Putin. Diplomats have been focused on revisions to a proposed 28-point plan developed in negotiations between Washington and Moscow. That plan has been criticized as being too weighted toward Russian demands. As the meeting began Sunday, Rubio focused on reassuring Ukraine. "The end goal is, obviously, not just the end of the war," Rubio said in brief remarks. "But it's also about securing an end to the war that leaves Ukraine sovereign and independent and with an opportunity at real prosperity." "This is not just about peace deals," the top American diplomat said as the teams sat down at…...

22+ hour, 8+ min ago (258+ words) Donald Trump loves to golf and that does not come cheap for the American people. In fact, according to a recent analysis by HuffPost, the president has spent nearly $71 million of taxpayer money hitting the links this year. And, per the report, that puts him on pace to shell out a whopping $300 million on golf during his second term in office. To put that in perspective, Trump spent an estimated $151.5 million golfing during his first term, so he is on pace to double that figure. "I really wish I could tell you that it would make anyone in America change their mind about him, but the corruption is so backed in, so endemic, and so ludicrous that it feels like the collective reaction will be a shrug," Republican consultant Rick Wilson said per HuffPost. "It's one more example of Trump…...

1+ day, 18+ hour ago (907+ words) By COLLIN BINKLEY and BEN FINLEY Associated Press The director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Joseph Edlow, said in a post on the social platform X that this will be paused "until we can ensure that every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible." Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24 were hospitalized in critical condition after the Wednesday afternoon shooting near the White House. Trump announced Thursday evening that Beckstrom had died. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office said the charges against Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national who worked with the CIA during the Afghanistan War, now include one count of first-degree murder and two counts of assault with intent to kill while armed. Beckstrom and Wolfe were deployed with the West Virginia National Guard as part of President Donald Trump's crime-fighting mission that federalized the…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago (488+ words) WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. " President Donald Trump said Friday that he will be pardoning former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who in 2024 was convicted for drug trafficking and weapons charges and sentenced to 45 years in prison. The president explained his decision on social media by posting that "according to many people that I greatly respect," Hernandez was "treated very harshly and unfairly." In March of last year, Hernandez was convicted in U.S. court of conspiring to import cocaine into the U.S.A. He had served served two terms as the leader of the Central American nation of roughly 10 million people. Hernandez has been appealing his conviction and serving time at the U.S. Penitentiary, Hazelton in West Virginia. A lawyer for Hernandez, Renato C. Stabile, expressed gratitude for Trump's actions. "A great injustice has been righted and we are so hopeful for the future partnership of…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago (307+ words) When Donald Trump won the presidency, a new regime had to be assembled. The Cabinet'one of the most consequential bodies in American governance'was filled not with independent thinkers or seasoned public servants, but with loyalists molded in his image. In my view, they are clones of Trump: echoing his bravado, his disdain for truth, and his appetite for spectacle over substance. Authenticity has vanished. In its place, we see bullying, bragging, and gaslighting'because that's what Trump rewards. And most of them are all in. They lie, even when the truth is obvious. They lie because it's easier. They lie because it's expected. And they lie because they know there will be no consequences. What's most disturbing is the arrogance'an arrogance not earned through knowledge, experience, or competence, but through proximity to power. When asked a legitimate question about their responsibilities,…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago (252+ words) Pennsylvania billionaire Jeffrey Yass was among those who contributed to President Donald Trump's $14 million transition fund. Yass, who is the state's richest resident, was one of 46 individuals who helped back Trump's transition, according to a report in the New York Times. Publication of the list " which includes other billionaires and individuals who are now part of Trump's administration " on Wednesday came a year after Trump publicly promised to disclose the donors. Yass, of Bala Cynwyd, has risen to prominence as a major Republican campaign donor in recent election cycles. In 2024 he was the sixth biggest campaign mega-donor nationally, contributing $100 million to candidates up and down the ballot, according to the news organization Notus. Yass is co-founder of the Susquehanna International Group and a major investor in Chinese-owned internet technology company ByteDance, of which TikTok is a subsidiary. Yass also contributed…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago (971+ words) Author: Gregory A. Daddis,Texas A&M University In an unprecedented step, the Department of Defenseannounced onlineon Nov. 24, 2025, that it was reviewing statements byU.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, a Democrat, who is a retired Navy captain, decorated combat veteran and former NASA astronaut. President Donald Trump called the video "seditious behavior, punishable by death." This threat to punish Kelly is just the latest move by the Trump administration against perceived enemies at home. By branding critics and opponents as disloyal, traitorous or worse, Trump and his supporters are resurrecting a playbook that hearkens back toSen. Joseph McCarthy's crusadeagainst people he portrayed as domestic threats to the U.S. in the 1950s. As a historian who studiesnational security and the Cold War era, I know that McCarthyism wroughtdevastating social and cultural harmacross our nation. In my view, repeating what I believe constitutes social and political fratricide…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago (400+ words) In issuing a permanent injunction in a lawsuit filed in June, Raleigh County Circuit Judge Michael Froble on Wednesday said children of families who object to the state's compulsory vaccination law on religious grounds will be allowed to attend school and participate in extracurricular sports. Froble ruled that a state policy barring parents from seeking religious exemptions violates the'Equal Protection for Religion Act'signed into law in 2023 by then-Republican Gov. Jim Justice. West Virginia was among just a handful of states that granted only medical exemptions from school vaccinations when Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey'issued an executive order in January'allowing religious exemptions. But the state Board of Education voted in June to direct public schools to ignore the executive order and instead follow long-standing school vaccine requirements laid out in state law. After Wednesday's ruling, the board said it "hereby suspends the…...

3+ day, 22+ hour ago (328+ words) The home improvement chain Home Depot has found itself responding to recent calls for customers to boycott its stores. They boycott is primarily coming from a campaign called We Aint Buying It. The self-described "economic action and solidarity" campaign is calling for a boycott of the chain due to it "allowing and colluding with ICE to kidnap our neighbors on their properties." In an effort to dispel the issue, a Home Depot spokesperson reached out to Newsweek, saying, "We aren't coordinating with ICE or Border Patrol." But don't think Home Depot is the only big business facing a boycott. Since President Donald Trump's second administration took over, calls for boycotts of multiple American companies have been running rampant online. Activist groups have been calling for corporations to take accountability, and also restore diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs. As a…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago (276+ words) The Georgia congresswoman's shift toward defending social programs signals a growing willingness among some GOP members to challenge a president they see as abandoning working Americans. Marjorie Taylor Greene's surprising turn reveals cracks in Trump's Republican wall | PennLive letters Finally we have some Republicans in Congress who have the courage to disagree with Donald Trump and fight for the needs and desires of their constituents. U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Mo.) was always a strong supporter of Trump, but now she is fighting for affordable health care and SNAP benefits for her constituents. Whereas Trump's focus is tax breaks for his wealthy friends, reductions to Medicaid, deportations of hard-working law-abiding undocumented individuals without due process, roll back protections of endangered species, reduce food and medical help to those in need worldwide, respecting dictators and finding fault with democratic leaders, pardoning criminals…...