The widow of Jamal Khashoggi on Friday joined Democratic members of Congress in urging President Donald Trump to release the transcript of a phone conversation between the US leader and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman following the journalist's 2018 kidnapping and gruesome murder by Saudi operatives. read more
For years, Jewish Republicans often denied that the right had a serious problem with antisemitism, pointing instead to anti-Jewish bigotry on the left and celebrating President Trump's support for Israel. But now that problem is staring them directly in the face. Tensions over antisemitism in the party, free speech and Israel have burst to the forefront of G.O.P. politics, and show signs of becoming a fierce point of contention in 2026 primary races and beyond. Some Republicans are now finding themselves in the extraordinary position of clarifying what long seemed obvious: Nazis are evil. "It's something that we all should know, but the fact of the matter is, it had to be said," said Representative David Kustoff of Tennessee, explaining why he felt the need to denounce Nazis and antisemitism at a recent gathering of the Republican Jewish Coalition.
Elon Musk's social media site X has rolled out a new feature in an effort to increase transparency"and unwittingly revealed that many of the site's top MAGA influencers are actually foreign actors. The new "About This Account" feature, which became available to X users on Friday, allows others to see where an account is based, when they joined the platform, how often they have changed their username, and how they downloaded the X app. Dozens of major accounts masquerading as "America First" or "MAGA" proponents have been identified as originating in places such as Russia, India, and Nigeria. In one example, the account MAGANationX"with nearly 400,000 followers and a bio reading "Patriot Voice for We The People""is actually based in Eastern Europe. With many of the MAGA influencer accounts revealed to originate in Eastern Europe or Russia, users are questioning the ongoing interference in American politics by foreign adversaries.
The scorned ex-fianc of Robert F. Kennedy Jr's alleged former lover has spilled the tea on the Health and Human Services secretary's penchant for self-penned erotic poetry. "Yr open mouth awaiting my harvest," the scion of the Kennedy clan is alleged to have written to former New York magazine star reporter Olivia Nuzzi, according to a new Substack article on the salacious saga published Saturday by Nuzzi's ex, Ryan Lizza, himself a journalist formerly at Politico. "Drink from me Love," Kennedy is understood to have gone on in his poem to Nuzzi. "I mean to squeeze your cheeks to force open your mouth. I'll hold your nose as you look up at me to encourage you to swallow. Dont spill a drop'. I am a river You are my canyon. I mean to flow through you. I mean to subdue and tame you. My Love."
The math on President Trump's tariff strategy just changed dramatically. What looked like a $4 trillion windfall has shrunk to $3 trillion, leaving budget planners scrambling to adjust their calculations and raising fresh questions about ambitious promises tied to that revenue.
In the war between Ukraine and Russia, the first to surrender was America.
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