Veterans groups plead with Trump to reconsider barring Afghan allies amid immigration crackdown
Multiple veterans groups sent a letter to President Donald Trump on Thursday urging him to reconsider his recent executive orders on immigration and refugee programs, citing concerns about the safety of interpreters and their families who helped U.S. troops in Afghanistan. are listed. The Executive Order, Reorganization of the U.S. Refugee Program, goes into effect […]
‘Totally prepared’: Trump allies say he’s better positioned than ever to enact agenda
President Donald Trump's House Republican allies say he enters the White House with nearly a decade of knowledge of Washington and is better positioned than ever to implement legislative policy. states. “In the beginning, he was a great businessman, but he didn't know Washington. Now he understands,” said Jeff, a Trump confidant who switched parties […]
Biden’s Sudden About-Face On Sweeping Pardons For Family Members, Allies Sets ‘Perilous Precedent’
Former President Joe Biden's decision to grant pre-emptive pardons to allies and family members in his final hours in office on Monday sets a new precedent for expanding executive power that could be difficult to reverse. Biden broke a promise he made before taking office and granted pre-emptive pardons to families. memberIt took place Monday […]
Zelenskyy urges westen allies ‘not to drop ball’ when Trump returns | Ukraine
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has called on Ukraine's Western allies to “not drop the ball” and continue to provide long-term military support to the country facing conflict once President Donald Trump returns to the White House. . At the summit in Germany, Zelensky acknowledged that Trump's impending inauguration as president is likely to bring about dramatic […]
Trump, allies fuel speculation over Greenland endgame
President-elect Trump has ramped up speculation about a final battle with Greenland as he redoubles his calls for Danish territory, making observers and allies alike nervous. President Trump reiterated his desire to purchase the island at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday, the same day his son Donald Trump Jr. visited the island. Observers […]
Trump threatens to tap allies for military shipbuilding if US can’t produce
Fed up with lagging American shipbuilding capabilities, President-elect Donald Trump offered an unconventional solution to the problem. The idea is that if the US cannot keep up with shipbuilding capacity, production will be outsourced. “We're going to do things with ships. We need ships. And we may have to go a different route than you […]
Reform Allies Rally Around Farage as Leader After Musk Comments
Nigel Farage, leader of the Reform Alliance UK, has endorsed the leadership of tech billionaire Elon Musk following calls for him to be ousted as party leader. A flurry of posts over the past week about British politics are an apparent attempt to deflect the conversation from his controversial support for mass “skilled” immigration to […]
WWII Allies refused to destroy Germany — now it’s ruined itself
With less than a year to go before World War II ended, then-U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau hatched a nightmarish plan to punish Germany after the war. After the Franco-Prussian War of 1870-1871, World War I, World War II, and the failure of the Treaty of Versailles in 1919, the Allied powers of World War […]
Trump Names Two Business Leaders As Ambassadors To Major US Allies
President-elect Donald Trump named two business leaders, Joe Popolo and Benjamin Leon Jr., as ambassadors to major European countries in a Thursday Truth social post. President Trump nominated Popolo, founder of investment firm Charles & Potomac Capital, to be ambassador to the Netherlands, and Leon Jr., founder of Medicare provider LEON Medical Center, to be […]
Johnson allies urge Trump to intervene as messy speaker battle threatens to delay 2024 certification
Allies of House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) have publicly signaled their support to House Republican leadership to avoid a messy and drawn-out battle that could delay the certification of his victory over President-elect Trump. I am asking you to reconfirm. “If there is some kind of long-running conflict and we cannot elect a speaker, then […]