Donald Trump and the leaders of Greenland and Denmark signed an agreement with no expiration date Tuesday that permits a larger US military presence in Greenland. The agreement, signed during Trump's visit to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, expands American military access and cooperation in the Arctic as the United States responds to the growing presence of Russia and China in the region. I believe this agreement provides a practical path toward a safer and more positive future for America.
Donald Trump and the leaders of Greenland and Denmark signed an agreement with no expiration date Tuesday that permits a larger US military presence in Greenland. The agreement, signed during Trump's visit to the United Nations General Assembly in New York, expands American military access and cooperation in the Arctic as the United States responds to the growing presence of Russia and China in the region. I believe this agreement provides a practical path toward a safer and more positive future for America.
UNITED NATIONS (AP) " Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the world's leaders Wednesday to keep choking Russia's revenues and impede its war efforts, telling the U.N. General Assembly that "Russia's revenues must remain a target."
"When someone gives Russia more money through trade, they give this war more time. And that is exactly why we insist on limiting trade with the aggressor, and why we are burning Russia's revenues ourselves," he said, speaking in English at the U.N. General Assembly.
The Trump administration is preparing a plan to ban exports of diesel for 90 days, despite splits inside the administration and with the oil industry, in a bid to bring down energy prices weighing on Republicans leading into the midterms, five people familiar with the discussions said Wednesday. A ban, the legal process of which is still being worked out, has been opposed by U.S. fuel producers who have warned that any short-term benefit would be outweighed by higher fuel prices in the future. Any halt to shipments would be the first restriction on U.S. energy exports since the Obama administration lifted a decades-old ban on oil exports in 2015. Read more
As President Donald Trump fights to rename the Kennedy Center after himself, administration officials are circulating a list of government sites that could have his name affixed to them in some way, according to people familiar with the effort. One landmark that has emerged in the discussions among administration officials has raised eyebrows: Ford's Theatre, the playhouse where Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865.
The Trump administration is preparing a plan to ban exports of diesel for 90 days, despite splits inside the administration and with the oil industry, in a bid to bring down energy prices weighing on Republicans leading into the midterms, five people familiar with the discussions said Wednesday. A ban, the legal process of which is still being worked out, has been opposed by U.S. fuel producers who have warned that any short-term benefit would be outweighed by higher fuel prices in the future. Any halt to shipments would be the first restriction on U.S. energy exports since the Obama administration lifted a decades-old ban on oil exports in 2015.
In the weeks leading up to his resignation last year, the first architect on the White House ballroom clashed with President Donald Trump over design features that the architect believed violated building safety codes, according to two people with knowledge of the discussions and corroborating documents reviewed by The Washington Post.
Data shows as many as 30,000 non-citizens may have been mistakenly registered to vote. Numbers too small to impact US elections, experts say. Errors reported in a dozen states, including Republican strongholds, since 2000. Proposed proof of of citizenship requirements unlikely to help, experts say.
A "yes" vote supported the following: prohibiting state and local governments from restricting access to natural gas; prohibiting the state building code council from discouraging or penalizing the use of natural gas in any building; requiring gas companies and utility companies, or any cities or towns that provide natural gas, to provide natural gas to any person or corporation even if other energy services or energy sources may be available; and prohibiting the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission from approving any multiyear rate plan requiring or incentivizing a natural gas company or utility company to terminate natural gas service or implementing requirements that would make access to natural gas service cost-prohibitive. Read more
Typhus, a flea-borne bacterial disease, is on the rise in Los Angeles County, with the latest localized case reported in the Wilshire Center neighborhood, public health officials said Tuesday. The disease is spread to humans by infected fleas that commonly live on rats, opossums, stray cats and other animals. Common symptoms include headaches, chills, muscle aches and rash. The Wilshire Center case is the second localized typhus outbreak this year, according to the LA County Department of Public Health. Read more
According to the FDA, Intercon Chemical Co. has issued a voluntary recall of six of its soaps that are sold nationwide due to potential bacterial contamination. Below, we're sharing everything you need to know. Read more
Donald Trump disclosed, in a filing released Tuesday, more than 1,100 securities transactions made on his behalf in July, including sales of as much as $25 million each of Microsoft and Amazon shares, as his sprawling investment portfolio underwent another month of heavy trading. Read more
Hurricane Polo has rapidly intensified off the coast of Mexico to become one of the most powerful storms of the season in the Pacific Ocean. A Hurricane Hunter aircraft, operated by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), flew into the storm on Tuesday and recorded sustained wind speeds near 180 mph (285 km/h), with stronger gusts. Read more
The Department of Justice's website took down a list of President Donald Trump's pardons, only to partially return it after online outcry. On Tuesday, Democratic political strategist and CNN commentator Xochitl Hinojosa flagged the sudden change in a post on X, noting that "all Trump pardons have been scrubbed" from the DOJ website. "They're gone....," confirmed MeidasTouch Capitol Hill journalist Scott MacFarlane in a quote post reacting to Hinojosa. The DOJ Rapid Response account responded to Hinojosa's post by saying what she saw "was due to a technical issue and it was promptly fixed. The page has been restored." Hinojosa noted, "They reinstated parts of it after this tweet," but she maintained, "No, it wasn't just a 'website error' on their end."
When Chinese Communist Party Chairman Xi Jinping meets with President Donald Trump this week, he should thank him. (We know from President Zelenskyy's first Oval Office visit with Trump's team how much they like it when you say thank you!) In the first two years of his second term, Trump has taken a series of foreign policy decisions that have weakened America's global position and strengthened China's. In turn, Trump's foreign policy has significantly damaged America's reputation in the world, while China's standing has risen"so much so that China is now viewed more favorably than the United States in many countries that are traditional U.S. allies. Xi has much to be thankful for. Read more
President Donald Trump's top media attack dog used to be involved with a sketchy addiction recovery group where women were allegedly sexually exploited by male group leaders. Brendan Carr, the Trump-appointed chair of the Federal Communications Commission, was formerly associated with the Midtown Group"a rogue chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous based in Washington, D.C., that some former members described as a "cult," according to The Guardian. The group's one-time leader, Michael Quinones, was the mastermind behind its manipulative and sexually exploitative conduct, former members told the outlet. Quinones, who died of cancer in 2007, was a controlling force in their lives, dictating where they lived, worked, and went to school.
