By AFP Staff Writers SpaceWar Chinese security officials said Tuesday they had implicated three U.S. “secret agents” in cyberattacks during February’s Asian Winter Games in the northeastern city of Harbin, offering a reward for information on the alleged spies. Harbin police released a statement on Weibo accusing three U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) agents of […]
This Easter, Pope Francis is delivering a quiet yet unmistakable message to the world — and particularly to America’s political elite. Skipping his usual Good Friday procession at the Colosseum, the aging pontiff stayed home, reportedly in a bid to conserve his strength. But the move also allowed Francis to redirect attention to the increasingly […]
By AFP Staff Writers Space War U.S. President Donald Trump scuppered an Israeli plan to strike Iranian nuclear sites, The New York Times reported on Wednesday, as Washington attempts to reach a deal to curb Tehran’s weapons program. The United States and Iran, which have not had diplomatic relations for more than 40 years, are […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin has announced a temporary “Easter truce” in Ukraine, declaring a unilateral ceasefire from Saturday evening through midnight Sunday, April 20. The Kremlin said Russian forces will pause military operations during Orthodox Easter celebrations, expressing hope that Ukraine would follow suit. However, Putin also ordered troops to remain prepared to respond to […]
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced an ambitious and fast-moving initiative to investigate the root causes of autism, promising a transparent process and actionable findings within a year. In an interview Thursday night with Fox News’s Sean Hannity, Kennedy emphasized that the research effort would be conducted openly, with rigorous […]
In one of the most dramatic downsizing efforts in modern U.S. bureaucratic history, over 22,000 Internal Revenue Service (IRS) employees have accepted a voluntary resignation offer from the Trump administration, agency sources confirmed Tuesday. The mass departure — part of what’s been dubbed a “deferred resignation program” — allows employees to continue receiving full pay […]
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he plans to offer financial assistance and airfare to illegal immigrants who voluntarily leave the United States under a new “self-deportation” initiative — and pledged to help some return legally if they’re good candidates. Speaking in a taped interview with Fox Noticias that aired Tuesday, Trump said the federal government […]
As trade talks between the United States and the United Kingdom intensify, Vice President JD Vance has reportedly made free speech—and more specifically, the repeal of British hate speech laws—a key sticking point in securing a long-awaited transatlantic trade agreement. According to a senior Washington source speaking to The Independent, Vance is insistent that the UK […]
Love might be blind, but in the nation’s capital, it’s definitely not bipartisan. According to local matchmakers and dating app data, political polarization has reached new heights — or lows — with many singles refusing to date not just across the aisle, but across automotive preferences as well. “Four years ago, five years ago, I […]
We must move fast to regain deterrence. In a sobering, but much needed frank assessment, Gen. Dan ‘Razin’ Caine, President Trump’s newly confirmed chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, America’s top military officer, warns that the U.S. military has lost its ability to deter its primary enemies, including communist China. As reported by The Washington […]
On Thursday, Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the shooting death of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan, was indicted in federal court on a charge of murder, which could permit him to face the death penalty. Attorney General Pam Bondi said earlier this month that the Department of Justice would seek the death penalty for Mangione. (RELATED: Prosecutors […]
PolitiFact Fails: How PolitiFact’s Semantics Censor Conservative Truths
The distinction between error and deceit is not always clear, particularly when the latter wears the garb of the former. This is the conundrum we face when assessing the work of PolitiFact, a so-called fact-checking organization that has functioned not as a neutral arbiter of truth, but as a partisan instrument of semantic obfuscation. Nowhere […]