Team Trump fires back at Taylor Swift after "August" audio vanishes from TikTok
The @TeamTrump TikTok account used Taylor Swift's song "August" in a video celebrating President Trump, and when the audio was stripped over copyright, the account responded with a second video mocking the pop star's catalog. The original clip showed Trump and First Lady Melania Trump standing on a balcony watching fireworks, overlaid with the text […]
Resurfaced 2016 clip draws conservative fire over Mamdani's shifting accent
A nine-year-old radio interview in which New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks in what critics call a fabricated Ugandan accent has resurfaced online, fueling fresh questions about the mayor's authenticity. The clip, originally recorded in October 2016 on South Africa's Kaya 959 radio station, shows Mamdani promoting the Disney film Queen of Katwe, directed […]
Pentagon strips former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall's security clearance over Air Force One leak
The Defense Department revoked former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall's access to classified information after accusing him of disclosing sensitive details about Air Force One's capabilities to reporters, a swift consequence that underscores the administration's zero-tolerance stance on leaks. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell announced the action on X, declaring that Kendall's eligibility for classified access […]
Trump withholds endorsement of Thune for second term as Senate Republican leader
President Trump declined to back Senate Majority Leader John Thune for another term atop the Republican conference, a pointed signal that the South Dakota senator's grip on the leadership post depends on delivering results he has so far failed to produce. In an interview with Punchbowl News that aired Friday, Trump sidestepped a direct question […]
Fifteen elephants dead from suspected cyanide poisoning near Kenya's Amboseli National Park
Fifteen elephants died over the span of a month in Kenya's Amboseli ecosystem after eating tomatoes believed to have been laced with cyanide, and investigators still cannot say where the poison came from. Kenya Wildlife Service confirmed the mass die-off after preliminary laboratory tests detected cyanide in the stomach contents of the dead animals. Postmortem […]
Trump backs Hegseth after reported Camp David confrontation over munitions shortage
President Trump took to Truth Social to publicly defend Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after the two reportedly clashed at Camp David over depleted U.S. munitions stockpiles five months into the Iran war. The Washington Post reported early Thursday that Trump demanded answers from Hegseth about why he had been misled regarding the extent of the […]
Federal judge concedes Supreme Court cleared the way for Trump to end Haiti TPS
A federal judge has acknowledged that her injunction blocking the Trump administration from terminating Temporary Protected Status for an estimated 330,000 to 350,000 Haitians is no longer in effect, a significant legal victory for the president's immigration agenda. U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes issued a written order Wednesday confirming that her earlier stay of the […]
