The Pentagon removed the portrait of Mark Milley, the retired Army general and former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, within two hours of President Donald Trump's inauguration. Read more
According to Israel National News, Trump plans to introduce sweeping sanctions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) in bid to get the court to cancel arrest warrants against Netanyahu and others. The sanctions will target both ICC personnel, including judges and prosecutors, as well as the institution itself. Read more
President Donald Trump on Monday pardoned more than 1,000 people charged in the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol, and commuted the sentences of leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers.
"These are the hostages," Trump said from the Oval Office, referring to the convicted and charged defendants. "Approximately 1,500 for a pardon " full pardon." Read more
When Pres. Biden tried to stop the indiscriminate IDF attacks on Palestinians in Gaza, Netanyahu lectured him that the US shouldn't be policing other nations' warfare strategies in light of America's long trail of devastation. Read more
We need a new phrase to identify these oligarchs who are reaching out to seize control of our government, our economy, and our culture... Read more
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency ahead of this week's hazardous winter weather that's expected to bring snow to the Florida Panhandle. Sleet, snow and freezing rain are expected in North Florida in the counties along the Interstate 10 corridor. Weather experts say it has the potential to be one of the worst storms in Gulf Coast history. The order, following President Trump's inaugural remarks, also refers to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. State offices in 34 counties, including those in Tallahassee, will be closed Wednesday. "Hazardous driving conditions will exist Tuesday afternoon into Wednesday, especially over bridges, overpasses, and elevated surfaces, leading to possible roadway and bridge closures across North Florida," the executive order says. Read more
Neo-Nazis are celebrating Elon Musk making two Nazi-like salutes during a speech to tens of thousands of President Donald Trump supporters on Monday. "Elections come and go, some elections are important, some are not, but this one really mattered," Musk said during his address inside the Capital One Arena in Washington DC, hours after Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the United States. "And I just want to say thank you for making it happen. Thank you." The response from the neo-Nazi community across the globe was instant and unanimous. "Incredible things are happening already," Andrew Torba, the founder of Gab, a social media platform popular with antisemites and white supremacists, wrote over a picture of Musk giving the salute.
The wealth of each of the richest ten men has grown by almost US$100 million a day in 2024 on average. Even if you saved $1,000 daily since the first humans 315,000 years ago, you still would not have as much money as one of the richest ten billionaires. If any of the richest ten billionaires lost 99% of their wealth, they'd still be a billionaire. Read more
Rachel Vindman said she was "hurt" by the snub from President Joe Biden when he did not pardon her family for their role in Donald Trump's first impeachment. Vindman is the wife of Trump's impeachment witness and retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who was born in Ukraine but immigrated to the United States decades ago. He served under Trump as his director for European Affairs for the U.S. National Security Council from 2018 to 2020 and testified about Trump's Ukraine scandal in 2019. "Whatever happens to my family, know this: No pardons were offered or discussed," Rachel Vindman wrote on Bluesky. "I cannot begin to describe the level of betrayal and hurt I feel." Whatever happens to my family, know this: No pardons were offered or discussed. I cannot begin to describe the level of betrayal and hurt I feel.
"And I just wanna say, 'thank you, thank you for making it happen. Thank you," he said, before slapping his chest with his palm, grunting, and raising his hand in a gesture that some netizens have compared to a Nazi salute. Read more
President-elect Trump won't impose broad tariffs on Day 1 of his presidency, and instead will order reviews of trade and currency imbalances, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Read more
Biden, in final act in office, issues pardons to his family members, due to 'unrelenting attacks' from Trump and allies.
Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated President-elect Trump ahead of his inauguration on Monday and said Moscow is open to dialogue with the new administration. Speaking during a video call with Russia's Security Council before Trump's swearing in, Putin said he took note of Trump's statements about restoring dialogue with Russia and blamed the outgoing Biden administration for harming the relationship with Moscow.
A co-leader of Germany's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) will attend the inauguration of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Jan. 20 just a month before a federal election in Germany, the party said on Thursday. The invitation to Tino Chrupalla follows an endorsement of the AfD by Trump ally Elon Musk and a discussion with co-leader Alice Weidel on social media platform X which fed concern about the U.S. billionaire's ambition to influence European politics.
The U.S. is set to mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the federal holiday set aside to honor the life of the civil rights icon. But in Alabama and Mississippi, Monday is also Robert E. Lee Day in honor of the Confederate general. The two states recognize King and Lee on the third Monday in January. Their state governments created holidays more than a century ago to honor Lee and later combined the day with the federal holiday established in the 1980s to honor King. The strange juxtaposition of honoring men from vastly different legacies has persisted for decades.
And we're back, after a brief hiatus. Doctor Who was the longest running sci-fi series, running from 1963-2017 and currently has a reboot streaming on Disney+. Read more
