The Cuban government has refused a request by the U.S. Embassy in Havana to allow it to import diesel for its generators while the Trump administration continues to impose a fuel blockade on the island, two U.S. officials familiar with the matter said Friday.
Elon Musk offered to cover the salaries of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) personnel during the ongoing government funding standoff. "I would like to offer to pay the salaries of TSA personnel during this funding impasse that is negatively affecting the lives of so many Americans at airports throughout the country," Musk said in an X post on Saturday morning. Read more
Morale in the Defense Department's civilian workforce is collapsing following a year of cuts and a hiring freeze that has left many offices understaffed and employees in fear of further reductions in force. Just 9.1% of Dept of Army employees agreed that "Secretary of War Crimes Pete Hegseth's leadership generates high levels of motivation in the workforce." .
Pete Hegseth is not a good human being
Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) is under heavy fire from fellow Democrats for casting the deciding vote to advance Sen. Markwayne Mullin's (R-OK) nomination for DHS secretary, with some openly calling for his ouster. "Once again Sen Fetterman shows why he is Donald Trump's favorite Democrat. He needs to go," raged Rep. Brendan Boyle (D-PA).
John Fetterman Defends Donald Trump
The report, released annually around the United Nations' International Day of Happiness, ranks more than 140 countries based on how people evaluate their own lives to determine the happiest countries in the world.
The data comes primarily from the Gallup World Poll, with researchers also analyzing factors like social support, healthy life expectancy, freedom, generosity and perceptions of corruption.
Denmark dispatched soldiers and explosives to Greenland in January as part of a contingency plan to obliterate key runways if the United States attempted an invasion, the country's public broadcaster has reported. Read more
A U.S. federal jury found Elon Musk liable on Friday for claims he defrauded Twitter shareholders by trying to drive down the social media company's stock price so he could renegotiate or back out of a US$44 billion takeover in 2022. The verdict from a jury in San Francisco federal court came in a closely watched civil trial where Musk, the world's richest person, was accused of falsely claiming on social media that Twitter underreported how many fake and spam accounts, known as bots, were on its platform. Damages have yet to be calculated but Francis Bottini, a lawyer for the shareholders, estimated they could total about $2.5 billion. "Musk's status as the world's richest man is not a free pass," Bottini said in a statement. "If you're able to move markets with your tweets you're responsible for the harm you cause to investors."
he White House has denied that TV host and comedian Bill Maher will receive the prestigious Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, even though two sources close to the Kennedy Center told CNN he had been offered the honor. "This is fake news. Bill Maher will NOT be getting this award," White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt told CNN. Read more
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Chuck Norris, the martial arts champion who became an action star in the hit series Walker, Texas Ranger, has died. He was 86. His family released a statement on Friday, writing, "It is with heavy hearts that our family shares the sudden passing of our beloved Chuck Norris yesterday morning. While we would like to keep the circumstances private, please know that he was surrounded by his family and was at peace."
Mark Robinson, the former NC lieutenant governor who has stayed relatively quiet since his failed gubernatorial campaign in 2024, is back and ready to "tell the truth." In a new podcast episode titled "Mark Robinson Finally Admits It," Robinson admitted Thursday to an "obsession" with pornography and sex, and he acknowledged that he lied back in 2024 when a CNN report uncovered lewd and racist remarks he had previously made on a porn forum. He did so then, he said, in order to protect Trump's campaign. Even in his honesty, Robinson remained defensive, and he seemed to believe that he did something righteous by lying. Even though he wanted to own up to it, he said, other people would be affected, so it would be "selfish" to be truthful.
Nasa is rolling out its giant Moon rocket to the launch pad for a second time, ahead of a mission to send astronauts around the Moon " something not attempted in more than 50 years. The 98m tall Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion spacecraft are making the four mile journey from their assembly building to Pad 39B at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Read more
A Mexican teenager has died while in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody in South Florida, according to a statement from the agency. Royer Perez-Jimenez, a 19-year-old from Mexico, died on March 16 at the Glades County Detention Center " a county jail on the western shore of Lake Okeechobee that has long housed immigrant detainees and been the subject of allegations of abuse. According to ICE, Perez "died of a presumed suicide," although his official cause of death remains under investigation. He appears to be the youngest person to die in ICE custody since President Donald Trump took office again in January 2025, according to ICE records. According to ICE's statement, at around 2:30 a.m. on March 16, a Glades County detention officer found Perez "unconscious and unresponsive." Staff began CPR, and medical personnel arrived minutes later, determined he was without a pulse, and took over resuscitation efforts before requesting emergency medical services.
The seven-person panel on the Commission of Fine Arts requested that the US Mint create an enormous three-inch diameter 24-carat commemorative gold coin featuring Donald Trump.
The American President
Southern American English or Southern U.S. English is a regional dialect[1][2] or collection of dialects of American English spoken throughout the Southern United States, primarily by White Southerners and increasingly concentrated in more rural areas.[3]
"ICC-indicted war criminal Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claims Iran no longer has "the capacity to enrich uranium" or manufacture ballistic missiles nearly three weeks into the illegal US-Israeli war against the people of Iran, bleating that Israel is doing its best to "propagate" cracks in Iran's leadership."
Warmonger Benjamin Netanyahu Draining US Treasury
