Archives 05/03/25 through 05/10/25

Saturday, May 10, 2025

Trump says U.S. and China negotiated "total reset"

US-China tariff talks to continue Sunday | Major breakthrough unlikely, some hope for scaling back tariffs.

India, Pakistan accuse each other of 'violations' after ceasefire

Trump starting to gain steam as peacemaker president

Trump already obsessed with congressional midterms | Does this make Trump more likely to compromise on unpopular tariffs? My guess is no, he believes they will gain popularity as deals come through.

LGBTQ Nation lies, says Trump mocked Buttigieg's sexuality . . . here's the video, you decide

Can GOP woo Fetterman to switch parties?

Bold, innovative Hogg getting stonewalled at DNC

Catholic Steve Bannon: 'Shocking' they picked a pope with this 'Twitter feed' and political statements

The case for Trump having authority to suspend habeas corpus

White South African refugees arrive next week

Transgender issues are a strength for Trump

Woke military complains Hegseth being too partisan

Trump proposes housing homeless vets in West LA VA Med Center

Canadian PM Carney is incredibly dangerous | Cash is dead, speech scored and freedom is conditional.

Alberta separation picks up steam

Explosions heard in Kashmir hours after ceasefire

Trump is finally aligned with Europe on Ukraine, but does Putin care?

Brazile: Dems assumed phony convictions would stop Trump

CBS stars, Dems, demand Paramount not settle with Trump

Letitia James claims she’s being followed on Trump's orders 

Shedeur Sanders appreciated Trump's draft tweet

GOP rallies around embattled Dem Fetterman

Mexico sues Google over 'Gulf of America'

Medvedev on 30-day ceasefire: 'Shove these peace plans up your . . .'

European leaders join Zelensky, countering Russia's gathering, call for 30-day ceasefire

Hanson: Legacy media pollsters showing low Trump approval unpersuasive

Soviet spacecraft could hit earth tonight, may have already occurred

Trump: India, Pakistan agree to 'full and immediate ceasefire'

Rubio statement thanks PM Modi and Sharif

Pakistan Observer: ‘Imran Khan is safe and sound’: Trolls push fake news of death in jail

Former PM Imran Khan's life in danger

LIVE >>> India-Pakistan War News

Today, US and China meet

Trump has called Xi out, now we'll see who wins | China is dependent on exports to US and US is addicted to cheap imports. Something has to give.

China using rerouting hubs, illegal means, to avoid tariffs | Ignoring rerouting while taking a smaller deal is a way out for Trump. I doubt he takes that route. Trump will hit rerouters with higher tariffs.

China in distress thanks to tariffs

India offers major tariff cut

Karoline Leavitt: More deals are very close

Pakistan retaliates against India

Trump involved in talks of suspending habeas corpus | Unlikely Stephen Miller brings this up in the press without Trump's approval.

What would suspending habeas corpus mean?

Gulf diplomatic source: Trump to recognize Palestinian state | Seriously doubt this source's credibility.

District judge stops firings nationwide in 21 agencies for 14 days

Trump wants to raise taxes on the rich, GOP resists

Some on the left waking up on Kamala | She has a strong following among black women, the heart of the Democratic party. She's not going anywhere.

College endowment tax expansion possible

Friday, May 9, 2025

Warm welcome for new pope masks US church's deep divide

Pope Leo as Cardinal: Mass migration is a huge problem

Miller: May suspend habeas corpus if courts claim jurisdiction on immigration

Witkoff: Iran agreed, 'they don't want' a nuclear weapon

DOJ investigating proposed epic 'Sharia city' in Texas

Right wing US Catholics verses a liberal American pope | US Catholics are heavily influenced by their conservative evangelical counterparts. Adding a liberal American pope brings about a fascinating untested political dynamic.

Brown U. claims students violated trademark in paper's name in retaliation for news story

Newark, NJ mayor arrested for trespassing at ICE detention facility

US Attorney for NJ Alina Habba speaks out | Habba on Mark Levin

Europe, Ukraine want 'special tribunal' to prosecute Russia | So they want to prosecute before winning the war?

Sotomayor: 'Our job is to stand up for people who can't.' | Wrong, a judge's job is to apply the law blindly, not to favor the disadvantaged as that judge sees it.

Trump to build national center for homeless veterans

Hegseth's senior advisor, cut ties with 'woke' Scouting America

Why the left keeps losing

US, Europeans finalizing 30-day ceasefire proposal

Trump not meeting with Putin in Saudi Arabia

Abuse allegations cast shadow over Pope Leo XIV

Pelosi tries to enlist pope in fight against Trump deportations

Speaker drops tax cut from $4.5T to $4.0T

GOP holdouts threaten big beautiful bill over state and local tax deductions

Before China talks, Trumps says 80% tariff seems right

Pope Leo XIV, active Republican, voted in 2024 elections

Left: Pope sent unmistakable pro-'social justice' signal

Trump: Iran's centrifuges 'blow up nicely' in a deal or 'viciously' without one

NIH infectious disease researcher: End dangerous viral studies

Bernie proudly flying private on 'Fighting Oligarchy' tour

Unhinged Left: 80% want Musk in jail . . . woman spits on Ed Martin

Left's hostile rhetoric: Musk is 'killing the world’s poorest children'

Court: Alabama congressional map discriminated against blacks

Ohio Republican party endorses Vivek Ramaswamy 

Trump tightens control of agency overseeing nuclear safety

Ford raising prices on Mexican-made models citing tariffs

After German elections, AfD could still have last laugh

Inbox injustice: Why Republican emails keep vanishing

Trump ends 'woke' handout, $2.5B grant for Internet access

AP polls finds US disapproves of Trump's college treatment | This polls all adults, which cause results to lean left. Just poll voters AP.

China using gravity slingshot to save moon satellites

Neil deGrasse Tyson going MAGA?

David Souter, GOP appointee turned liberal, dies

Parents of 5yo called the n-word want charges

Canada's economy structurally tied to US, tries to reduce reliance

Inside China's decision to come to the table

EU publishes US product hit list, preps WTO action on Trump tariffs

UK-India trade pact contemplates immigration leniency

U.S.-U.K. deal a work in progress

VIDEO >>> Russia Victory Day parade

World leader guest list for Moscow's parade

King Charles calls for peace at London VE Day 80th anniversary concert

The unthinkable: An American pope

Pope Leo XIV's first mass

American pope will face a fractured American church

Pope's views mirror Francis, more serene temperament

Trump's reaction to new pope

LifeSite - 5 worrying things about Pope Leo XIV

Pope spent years reposting criticisms of Trump policies

LGBTQ+ Catholics alarmed at unearthed comments from pope

Opposed gender theory

Vance: US will 'walk away' if Russia negotiates in bad faith

Denmark warns Trump on Greenland spying

Pete Hegseth sets speedy timeline to jettison transgender troops

WH to bring first White Afrikaner refugees to US next week

Trump abruptly fires Librarian of Congress

Dems top target list in 2026

Border patrol posts before and after video

MA man charged in Trump Cabinet assassination attempt

SC firing squad ‘botched’ execution of cop killer Mikal Mahdi

Barkley goes scorched earth on trans athletes

Thursday, May 8, 2025

Les Mis cast members refuse to perform for Trump

Ukrainian parliament ratifies minerals deal

India eliminates terrorist who beheaded Daniel Pearl

Trump names Jeanine Pirro as DC US Attorney

Martin gets new gigs

Crypto bill fails key vote

1K trans troops moved out of military

AG Bondi recorded revealing stunning new Epstein facts, reveals to public 9 days later

Vatican gives unprecedented behind-the-scenes look

New pope has publicly criticized Trump immigration policies

What Pope Leo XIV has said about LGBTQ+ issues

Pope gets a thumbs up on pro-life issues

MAGA slams new pope as Marxist Never-Trumper

Left claims pope trolled Trump in first speech

Dr. Taylor Marshall 3 days ago : Prevost a 'worst-case scenario'

Trump still pushing to raise taxes on highest earners

Trump demands ‘30-day unconditional cease-fire’ 

Putin and Xi blast Trump’s proposed Golden Dome missile shield

Noem: Abrego Garcia will 'never return'

Jeanine Pirro for top prosecutor in DC?

Markets up after UK trade deal announced

Biden takes responsibility for Trump's win for first time

First American-born pope Cardinal Prevost, takes name Pope Leo XIV

College of Cardinals report on Prevost . . .

A progressive on many issues . . .

On blessing same sex couples, favored local bishops deciding on their own . . .

Opposed ordination of female deacons . . .

All eyes now on red-draped central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica

New pope chosen, as white smoke rises from Sistine Chapel

Trump pulls Ed Martin nomination for DC US Attorney

Trump announces trade deal with UK

Trump confirms major trade deal with UK

Trump electoral ‘kiss of death’ is just Dem wishful thinking | This trade deal proves it

FBI opens formal criminal probe into NY AG Letitia James

LIVE >>> Sistine Chapel chimney cam

China concerned about recent US-Russia friendlier relations

Is Ukraine actually holding the cards?

Private funding can offset Trumps proposed cuts to scientific research

Bill Gates to spend more as USAID cuts back

GOP struggling to find consensus on big beautiful bill

WSJ: Trump's drug price controls will inhibit new drug development

Trump will resettle white South Africans using emergency powers

Trump: Calls Powell a 'fool' for not lowering rates

Trump's first trade deal is with the UK | The first trade deal comes after Keir Starmer and King Charles literally rolled out the red carpet with an unprecedented second UK state visit invite. No doubt Nigel Farage's Reform party wins helped nudge this along.

Oval Office news conference, 10AM

Chief Justice Roberts: Judiciary is independent and co-equal to White House

WaPo fishing expedition: 'US pushes nations facing tariffs' to approve Starlink | Literally every nation faces tariffs. WaPo also admits, no explicit demand to accept Starlink for trade deal, just occasional mentions of Starlink.

Fetterman raises alarms with outburst at meeting

Captain Kirk would say this, do 'real estate deal', counter offer US as 11th province

Obama judge calls for 'legal and factual bases' for WH invoking state secrets privilege

FDA vaccines chief showed disinterest in vax injury

Finally, why the Epstein files aren't public

O'Keefe video: 'Prince Andrew was ****ing underage girls'

Trump may release Hur audio raising questions about Biden capacity

Denmark summons US ambassador over Greenland spying report

Tesla at 2-year low in UK, Germany

NYC removes Jefferson statue

Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Fed: Rising economic risks

Recession warnings are everywhere, except in the data

Speaker drops most aggressive Medicare cost cutting option

Buttigieg: Dems needs to fundamentally change (not clear how)

Voight: ‘He wants us to be the Hollywood of old’

Trump to pitch sweeping Medicare drug price plan

'Credible threat' causes GOP Rep to miss votes

Trump: 'I get along with both' India and Pakistan, I want to help

Ukraine considers shift from dollar to euro

Foreign leaders arrive in Russia for May 9th Victory Day parade | Ukraine won't give safety guarantee

DOJ to Google: Surrender ad dominance to restore competition

Student loan debt collections will hit women hardest

Senate Dems try to rally against crypto bill

Kari Lake announces OAN newsfeed, but she has no editorial control, stations choose content

Dr. Casey Means to step in as Surg Gen nominee, Nesheiwat withdrawn

Trump stokes a Vance-Rubio competition

No pope yet, black smoke

China tariff staying at 145% leading up to negotiations

No rate change, need more data

Farmer wins 31K refund 8 years after MA said he owed 300K

What to watch at May meeting

Merz first action, defy Trump's efforts to get peace

Vance: Russia wants too much to end Ukraine invasion

US intelligence wants more on Greenland

Stephen A. Smith: Dems fear monger black Americans

Pakistan: 26 killed by Indian strikes
   
  - Russia: De-escalate, find peace
  - China concerned, urges restraint
  - India vs. Pakistan pits US arms against Chinese arms
   

Kennedy: Wait China out, they're lying about growth

China may cave to Trump on tariffs soon

. . . US chip manufacturers also face big losses over tariffs, lost China trade

Bessent: We're negotiating with 17 of 18 major trade partners | China starts later this week

This conclave a referendum on Francis

With ceremony and secrecy, conclave begins

46 judicial vacancies to fill

Dems mistakenly put hope in Beshear | Teachers unions beat a tone deaf Matt Bevin and you can't explain Daniel Cameron's defeat without pointing to race.

Biden defends late withdrawal from race

On missing votes, historians will get to the truth eventually

Examiner sides with WSJ: Growth impossible where uncertainty exists, deregulation takes too long

UK reviving Cold War-era Russian attack contingency plans

Trump to rename Persian Gulf as the ‘Arabian Gulf’ in snub to Iran

Stunning hypocrisy: NPR objects to biased taxpayer funded news as Kari Lake reshapes VOA

Billionaire grad Ackman: Freeze Harvard's money until bloat eliminated

AI robot attacks worker in China

Brink of war . . . Pakistan claims five Indian fighter jets downed

First video: India downs Pakistani JF-17

China takes measures to rescue economy, plans US talks

Lutnick skeptical of cutting deal with Canada’s ‘socialist regime’

Judge: Courts are authorized to direct manner of removal . . . Alien Enemies Act: The President is authorized

Biden targeted conservatives' 'concerning non-criminal behavior'

Biden demands endless war, more pointless death

Bondi touts largest fentanyl seizure in US history, 6 cartel takedowns

Ireland downgrades growth prospects with tariffs

Uniparty hardliner George W. Bush will not attend WH event honoring his own mother

Fiscal corruption: 1/3 of Treasury payments are congressional orphans

Second US Navy jet is lost at sea

Trump softens tone on movie tariffs

Unashamed racist publicly embraces use of N-word. She does NOT represent conservative Americans | The left are correct to call this woman out. We should call out open racism on all sides.

Doesn't matter who is worse, they both suck

Clarity from Pete Hegseth

Blumenthal: Impeach Hegseth

Trump plans to announce the US will call the Persian Gulf the Arabian Gulf

Some GOP resistance to formalize 'Gulf of America'

Tuesday, May 6, 2025

Bessent: Trade talks with China in Switzerland this week

India has launched strikes on Pakistan

Supreme Ct: Pentagon can resume transgender military ban | Important factor in District Ct's granting injunction was plaintiff's likelihood of success. Supreme Ct may disagree.

Tillis opposes Martin . . . potentially allowing Boasberg to pick US Attorney

Biden judge orders Trump to resettle 12K refugees in US

Judge orders return of second El Salvadoran prisoner

Dems target Trump crypto empire

Trump's new message for Canada: We love you

Carney asked Trump to stop calling Canada 51st state

Guardian publishes rank speculation about GOP physically fearing MAGA | Alleging physical threatening requires evidence.

Govt to garnish wages of defaulted student loan borrowers

Trump-Carney Oval Office meeting
   
  - Trump announces Houthis capitulate
  - Trump teases a 'very, very big announcement'
  - Would love to see first trade deal with Canada
  - On Canada becoming 51st state, Trump acknowledges it takes two to tango, but still lists benefits to Canadian statehood
  - Carney, in a cordial way, states there are some places never for sale
  - Trump, I say, never say never
  - On Canadians possibly boycotting US products, Trump says we don't sell much to Canada, so it wouldn't matter
  - Trump: Gavin Newsom has eliminated himself from serious presidential contention
  - Trump: Right now US and Canada are dealing more in concepts on trade
  - Reporter: Is there anything he can say to stop tariffs on Canada? Trump: No
  - Trump: This is a very friendly conversation, but we don't want cars, steel, aluminum and various other things from Canada
  - Trump: We protect Canada militarily and always will
   
   

Trump: Houthis 'capitulated,' Yemen bombings to stop

MSNBC legal analyst: Due process is not required for deportation of aliens or alien enemies

Mertz squeaks by in second vote for chancellor, after historic defeat

AfD tells Merz to resign, call new election

Merz fails in embarrassing parliamentary defeat

Live >>> Trump, Carney meeting

Carney faces Oval Office test after tough talk on Trump

Trump on Carney visit, meh

Republicans like Trump’s Alcatraz idea

Anti-Israel protesters occupy UW building

Mass drone attack on Moscow

Putin cancels VE parade in Crimea after Moscow attack

Russia, Ukraine exchange POWs, 205 each

Trump's grand vision: Short-term sacrifice, long-term national strength

Trade slump widens to ‘nearly all U.S. exports’

Lady Gaga event suspected terrorist, an illegal just deported from US

Oct 7th Hamas platoon commander surrenders to IDF

NY Times labels controversial ideas it disagrees with 'conspiracy theories' | Also, mentioning flat eartherism in an article about Trump, although not linked to Trump, is below the belt.

Mystery on medieval cemetery deepens

Evidence of 5th-c continued Paganism in East Anglia

Michelle Obama admits she's in therapy

Alberta’s Premier: Let's vote on separation from Canada

Alberta Premier, Danielle Smith's, full speech
   
  - Why we are so frustrated with Canada's liberal government
  - PM Carney had some good things to say, but actions speak louder than words
  - Our govt will not put up a referendum on separation, but will include a citizen led referendum
  - Let's talk about the elephant in the room . . . many Albertans have lost hope . . . I support staying . . . but will accept what comes
   
   

Carney arrives in Washington to meet with Trump | Video

Carney once sought to punish Americans for 'sedition' over protests

For Trump, everything's riding on GOP delivering megabill

Conservative Catholics attempt to organize a network in Rome

Trump denies posting image of himself as pope

Pence: American dream requires cheap goods

Why aren't Dems benefiting from Trump's poll slump?

America First Legal sues Chief Justice Roberts

FCC Chair: 60 Minutes probe is a 'penalty,' not a 'threat'

Whitmer: Michigan roads suck, staying that way unless private sector ponies up

Tillis could allow Boasberg to choose US Attorney for DC

Tulsi Gabbard is a badass

Senate Dems invite Ezra Klein as special guest

NYP: Anne Hathaway, forever 21

Monday, May 5, 2025

All airports in Moscow shut after drone attack

Movie industry shocked, confused by tariffs on foreign made films

Trump blocks grant funding for Harvard

Maine Gov. Janet Mills gets school meal funds restored

MTG: GOP will suffer crushing 2026 defeat at this rate

Hegseth orders removal of 20% of (woke?) senior generals

Columnist actually says Trump sounds worse than Biden ever did | Trump is on camera constantly, Biden hid.

Army pausing helicopter flights near DC after close calls

Romania PM resigns after right wins first-round

Trump looks to supercharge deportations using local police

Boasberg keeps getting assigned Trump cases

60 Minutes invites Russia hoax architect Marc Elias to attack Trump

Alberta MP lets Pierre Poilievre run for seat

Ivanka Trump's jacked Secret Service agent removes curious man who touches him

States sue Trump over ‘existential threat’ to wind energy

Trump to Hollywood: Like the tariffs?

Student loans due again, record number of borrowers delinquent

Iran claims ability to strike US military bases, defeat air defense

Trump offers illegals $1K, free flight, to self-deport

Cities cancel Cinco de Mayo celebrations over deportation fears

Former defense officials raise concerns about drone attacks in US

Kamala's trip to ritzy bar flanked by taxpayer-funded cops

Bush official claims US built secret $21T underground ‘city’ for rich

Cahaly of Trafalgar: Media pushing fake polls to pressure Congress

84% want to keep 2017 Trump tax cuts

EU announces $565M package to woo scientists away from US

David Brooks with a straight face: 'Who's more straight down the line' than PBS?

Trump making deal with Rwanda to accept deportees

EU leaders asked Trump to call Putin, he ignores their calls

Simion’s Romanian win sparks right-wing jubilation around Europe

Sets stage for runoff thriller

Many of Simion's policies match Trump's MAGA movement

Navarro: UK is servant of communist China

Congress closer than ever to reining in the administrative state

The Republican red lines complicating passage of Trump's policies

Senate prepares to change Trump's big, beautiful bill

Fact Check: AP falsely claims few Americans believe in communism

AfD files lawsuit against 'extremist' classification

CDU politicians urge AfD ban

AfD: Attack on party 'clearly politically motivated'

Victory Day in Sevastopol canceled over security concerns

Trump: I'll call CEOs about business decisions

WA stripper bill of rights falls short

Foreign Policy: Trump should rein in Taiwan

Video >>> Trump talks to press on AF1 tonight

Trump: 'China oriented' Wall Street Journal has 'truly gone to hell. It's a rotten newspaper.'

Trump: Mexican prez so scared of cartels she can't think straight

Stephen Miller 'top of the totem pole' for NSA

Albertans rally to separate from Canada

Trump: Reopen Alcatraz for worst of the worst

60 Minutes goes after Trump | 60 Min gives minimal attention to corrupt practices of firms they defended, paid by tax dollars to destroy a political candidate. The lawfare aimed at Trump was a key issue in the election and voters sided with Trump.

Dershowitz: Trump convictions won't survive appeal

Axios: Trump wants to erase trans people

Sorry NYT, Trump clearly helped in UK and Romania

Biden deportation data inflated by 'turnarounds' at border

Putin apartment/chapel tour, admits he has urge to punch people

Trump puts 100% tariff on foreign-made movies

Senate may match House spending cuts

Caitlin Clark hits insane 36-foot 3-pointer in Iowa return

Caitlin Clark's new teammate gets taken out twice in her absence

Sunday, May 4, 2025

European left has crossed the Rubicon, blind to truth, drunk on its own power

Populist right may triumph in Romania after all, if govt allows it

Trump: We need Greenland, but Canada, don't see it

Trump demands 'total dismantlement' of Iran's nuclear program

Media blames Trump for conservative losses in Canada, Australia . . .

. . . but what about Reform wins in UK and Romanian right populist wins

Formula for WWIII? Xi to arrive in Moscow on May 7 for Victory Day events . . .

. . . but Ukraine won't ensure safety of Xi or other leaders in Moscow

Stephen A. Smith: Democrat party needs 'purged'

Appeals Ct win in VOA case is significant

Left triggered by WH's May the 4th message

PBS CEO: They're coming after us 'many different ways'

The cost of arrogance: NPR’s undoing a cautionary tale

The real insurrection, the recorded evidence

Left defines everything in terms of how it impacts LGBTQ

15K+ FDA employees accept voluntary resignation offer

MTG: Not happy with minerals deal, Iran

German states may ban AfD members from serving as police

Trump close on game-changing trade deals

Trump: 'I'll be an eight-year president'

Trump: Vance, may Rubio, could succeed me

Trump okays more air defense systems for Ukraine

Hegseth plans Israel visit

Whitmer’s hide-and-hug Trump approach signals Dem troubles

Trump rules out firing 'total stiff' Fed Chair Powell

Putin: Hopes nukes aren't necessary in Ukraine

AOC: Arrest me . . . Homan: Looking into it

Emma Watson thinks men can be women

Sean Penn: Trump 'might destroy the world'

Reform has dealt a body blow to the two-party system

US issues ‘do not travel’ warning for 21 countries 

Pence getting Profile in Courage award five years later

Woman missing 60 years found alive

DC Circuit: Stays lower court, VOA employees stay fired for now

Vance, Second Lady, attend USMC evening parade

Germany: 'Right-wing extremism' must be stopped, left-wing extremism okay

Germany: Must stop the exclusion of groups by excluding AfD

UK arrests 5 for suspected terror plot

Labour: 'We will lose next election!'

Harry should have maintained a 'dignified silence':

‘It’s not that the King won’t talk to Prince Harry — he can’t’

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