President Donald Trump pushed back hard this week after New York Magazine and The New York Times questioned parts of his account about being near Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks. He posted a long rebuttal on his platform, attached archival video, and accused reporters of lying. That public salvo is the latest twist in More
U.S. forces recently struck and disabled five crude-oil tankers linked to Iran after Iran’s Revolutionary Guard twice tried to target an American warship. At the same time, Iran-backed Houthi rebels hit Saudi energy facilities. The twin moves sent Brent crude back above $100 a barrel and pushed pump prices higher. Translation: Washington’s tension with Tehran More
At the Seoul Defense Dialogue this week, Philippines Secretary of National Defense Gilberto C. Teodoro Jr. did something most leaders only dream of: he turned a petty diplomatic shove into a spotlight that exposed Beijing’s bullying. Someone handed him a handwritten note while he was answering a question. He read it aloud. Then he called More
Hunter Biden just launched a meme token called LAPTOP on the Base blockchain, and the whole thing blew up faster than a cheap firework. The token spiked to eye‑popping quoted prices and then crashed almost immediately, leaving small investors nursing heavy losses and asking the same question: was this a clever launch or a classic More
President Donald Trump has one message for Republicans ahead of the Republican National Committee’s unusual midterm convention in Dallas: keep fighting. The RNC has staged a two‑day, primetime program built around his brand and his record, and Trump is using the platform to try to turn presidential‑year energy into midterm turnout. If you like big More
President Donald Trump picked up the phone and talked to President Vladimir Putin for about an hour. According to the Kremlin’s account, Mr. Trump told Mr. Putin that a swift end to the war in Ukraine could open the door to a full restoration of U.S.–Russia ties — trade, diplomacy and all. That short sentence More