Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry (R) said Wednesday that Louisiana State University (LSU) athletics director Scott Woodward will not be involved in choosing the university’s next football coach. “I can tell you right now, Scott Woodward is not selecting the next coach,” Landry said at a news conference. “Hey, I’ll let them choose this before I…
Democratic Senator Ed Markey (Mass.) on Monday called on the Trump administration to discuss denuclearization with Russia, arguing that it is “our only real path to avoid nuclear devastation.” Citing the recent film “A House of Dynamite”, which details the government’s response to an imminent nuclear attack, Markey argues that “long-range missile defense will not…
President Trump said on Wednesday that South Korea will pay US$350 billion in exchange for reduced tariffs as part of a recently announced trade deal between the two countries. In a Truth Social post detailing the deal, the president also said South Korea has agreed to buy “large quantities” of American oil and gas. Trump…
The government shutdown left many federal employees furloughed, flights delayed across the country, small businesses unable to get loans and nonprofit services in jeopardy. There is a possibility of it getting worse. As Congress remains deadlocked over passing a stopgap measure to reopen the government, thousands of Americans are at risk of losing benefits from…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) suggested Wednesday that Maryland state lawmakers will act soon to redraw the state’s House map as part of Democrats’ effort to neutralize the Republican redistricting campaign being run by President Trump. That option appeared to be fading after Maryland Senate Democratic President Bill Ferguson issued a letter this week…
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) attacked The Washington Post over a report about footage of immigration operations, which the outlet said was misleading. The Post reported on an August DHS post on Wednesday, in which a department employee says the federal the agents were at work “Working day and night to arrest, detain and…
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) to speak to reporters Wednesday afternoon as lawmakers feel the pressure reopen the government, Democrats, who have been heavy on their demand for health care concessions in the stopgap funding bill, have blocked GOP-backed continuing resolution (CR) from crossing the finish line by more than a dozen votes. Jeffries…
Young Americans are less concerned about this than their older counterparts possibility of political violence According to a survey released on Wednesday, in the country. Overall, nearly 4 in 10 Americans are worried political violence – Includes 44 percent who are concerned about attacks made on conservative political figures or groups and 41 percent who…
Lebanon today stands at a turning point in its history. After years of economic collapse, political paralysis and the corrosive dominance of the Iranian-backed party and armed paramilitary group Hezbollah, the country faces a stark choice: seize the chance to reclaim its sovereignty and democratic promise or remain hostage to Hezbollah’s weapons and Iran’s influence….
The United States may have committed war crimes by attacking a prison in Yemen in the spring, human rights group Amnesty International said Wednesday. The group claimed on Wednesday that its own investigation found that “the US airstrike on a migrant detention center in Saada, northwestern Yemen, on April 28, 2025, which killed and wounded…
