A statue of US President Donald Trump was put on exhibit in the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, France. The 2.5-meter satirical statue, by Danish artist Jens Galschiot, is called "Orange Plague," and it shows the US leader naked, holding a long gold club and sitting on the shoulders of a smaller man. The artist said it is coated with 23-karat gold. The statue is also known by the name "King of Injustice." Next to the statue are cards explaining that the "King of Injustice" is "sitting on the back of a man" who is sinking under the burden.
President Donald Trump is eyeing a new presidential retreat la Camp David.
The location? His golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida.
The golf-obsessed president pitched designating a portion of his Trump International Golf Club for use by "all past, current, and future United States Presidents and visiting foreign heads of state," his attorney Harvey Oyer wrote in a letter to Palm Beach County commissioners last month.
The proposed retreat, which does not have a name yet but would sit close to an airport and a boulevard bearing the president's name, was first reported by The Palm Beach Post and highlighted in The Washington Post on Wednesday.
Oyer " who compared the proposed retreat to the likes of Camp David, Windsor Castle and the lyse Palace in his letter " requested that the county give a portion of land to the federal government and claimed Trump would foot the bill to construct any lodging/facilities, The Washington Post noted.
Four weeks before the November 3 US midterm elections, Republicans trail Democrats by 9.6 points on the generic ballot in analyst Nate Silver's midterm forecast model.
Democrats led by 9.1 points in my September 25 article. They remain clear favourites to gain control of the Senate and overwhelming favourites in the House of Representatives.
If disruption caused by the Iran war continues until the midterm elections, with increased petrol prices and inflation, Republicans are likely to lose control of both the House and the Senate, perhaps with huge losses.
More than 80 U.S. military aircraft have been destroyed or damaged in the war with Iran, which is now in its eighth month, according to a new report from the Congressional Research Service. That indicates that military losses under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth are reaching new heights which have been kept hidden from the public. "At least 81 US military aircraft have been lost or damaged during operations against Iran since late February," the nonpartisan CRS, which provides information to Congress, wrote in a report updated Oct. 5. That's up from 42 in its May tally.
Democrats will block Trump's Supreme Court nominees if the Senate flips.
The Democratic Party will refuse to approve any of President Trump's Supreme Court nominations in the event it takes back control of the Senate, drawing perhaps the strongest line in the sand against the White House to date.
"The bottom line is: One of the reasons we want to do everything we can to take back the Senate is to not let Trump put such horrible justices " MAGA justices " on the Supreme Court and the lower courts," Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told NBC News in a Monday report.
The rest of the ranks echoed the sentiment.
Titled "The Orange Plague," a gold-coated statue presents Donald Trump sitting on a smaller man's back.
A statue of US President Donald Trump was put on exhibit in the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, France.
The 2.5-meter satirical statue, by Danish artist Jens Galschiot, is called "Orange Plague," and it shows the US leader naked, holding a long gold club and sitting on the shoulders of a smaller man.
The artist said it is coated with 23-karat gold. The statue is also known by the name "King of Injustice."
Next to the statue are cards explaining that the "King of Injustice" is "sitting on the back of a man" who is sinking under the burden.
"I would do anything to help him. Except stepping down from his back," the card continues, with the artist blaming Trump for hindering attempts to confront climate change.
A phone company launched by President Donald Trump's sons was hacked, and the hackers say they released customer data because the company told them it had "no team to handle this." A new criminal group called BYOD posted the records of 3,615 Trump Mobile customers on its dark web leak site last week, Straight Arrow News reported Monday. The files include names, email addresses, phone numbers, home addresses, and order details, the outlet reported. The list included a Trump adviser, Trump executives, and even a Republican lawmaker. Conspicuously missing was any member of the president's family.
President Donald Trump announced a $6.6 billion investment with AI defense company Anduril Industries on Tuesday -- the most recent government funding agreement into a company with investment ties to the president's sons. The Trump administration announced the Navy will support $2.9 billion of the total cost to help create a new facility in Baltimore County, Maryland, that will manufacture critical parts for the Virginia-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine. 1789 Capital -- a venture capital firm that lists Donald Trump Jr. as one of six partners along with three founders -- claimed a major stake in Anduril in June 2025 from a $2.5 billion investment into the company. Read more
Andrew Tate allegedly had some seriously disturbing material on his devices ... including extreme porn depicting sex acts with a horse and an eel ... according to newly filed court docs obtained by TMZ. The allegations are laid out in a massive filing connected to the UK's effort to extradite Tate from the U.S. ... and things get pretty dark. British authorities allege Tate possessed explicit images depicting people having sex with live animals -- specifically a horse and an eel -- along with other extreme porn showing acts likely to cause serious genital injuries. And that's nowhere near the end of it ... the docs also accuse Tate of making and possessing scores of indecent images and videos of a minor.
The civil rights unit has recruited people whose questionable work histories and dearth of education and experience might have disqualified them in the past, former officials said.
"Just two guys, mad at themselves, mad at the world," Mr. Jedlinsky said. "They both wanted to just yell at someone, and they ran into the perfect storm, where there's somebody yelling back."
Tropical Depression Nine has formed in the southwestern Gulf and is forecast to become a hurricane, potentially bringing significant flooding rain and strong winds to parts of the northern Gulf Coast and South late this week. The system is expected to become Tropical Storm Isaias soon and strengthen into a hurricane on Thursday. That will make Isaias the first hurricane of an Atlantic season squashed by El Nio.
... On Thursday Gov. Kathy Hochul announced that she was appointing Letitia James as a special prosecutor to investigate the alleged 2024 gang rape at Cornell University. In her statement announcing the appointment, Ms. Hochul said that she had "lost faith in the Tompkins County DA's ability to fairly oversee" the case and that "the young woman at the center of this case deserves to know that every fact will be examined and justice pursued." The signal she is sending couldn't be clearer and goes well beyond the usual efforts of a politician to please her constituents: There is only one acceptable outcome here, and I expect Attorney General James to find it
The Trump administration says none of this is happening. "DHS is NOT arresting U.S. citizens by mistake." "There are no indiscriminate' stops." Allegations of "racial profiling are disgusting, reckless and categorically FALSE." "The pattern is NOT of law enforcement using force." "ICE does not zip tie or restrain children." But that is precisely what is happening, and at a far larger scale than previously reported. We know because we have once again done what the government hasn't: We have tallied and cataloged every case we can find of an immigration agent holding a citizen during the current administration. More than 500 cases.
A Chicago teacher who was shot five times by an immigration agent last year is suing the federal government for damages. The federal government had originally charged Marimar Martinez with assault after she was shot by Border Patrol agent Charles Exum in October, saying she was a "domestic terrorist" who "ambushed" law enforcement agents and rammed them with her vehicle.
For the first time in 74 years, CBC did not broadcast NHL hockey on Saturday night, instead filling its traditional Hockey Night in Canada window with cricket. The change follows the end of CBC's agreement with Sportsnet, with the two sides unable to reach a new deal after Rogers secured a new 12-year, $11-billion NHL rights agreement. CBC says it will continue broadcasting hockey, including women's PWHL games, but the end of Saturday-night NHL coverage marks a major break from one of the broadcaster's most iconic traditions. Read more
