Politics
India follows suit and imposes steel tax, who will be hurt more?
On April 21, India, the world’s second largest crude steel producer, did something “coincidental”. On the day when US Vice President Vance visited New Delhi, the Modi government suddenly announced a temporary tariff of 12% on some imported steel, which will be valid for 200 days. As soon as the news came out, the global…
Sarah Palin Loses Defamation Suit Retrial Against the New York Times
Former Republican Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has lost her defamation suit retrial against the New York Times. The federal jury ruled after just two hours of deliberation on Tuesday that the New York Times was not guilty of libel when it falsely linked her to a 2011 mass shooting in an editorial it published in 2017. Per Axios: Throughout this…
Sen. Van Hollen Pleads: Stop Talking About Abrega Garcia’s Crime Links
President Donald Trump’s deputies should stop talking about the apparent criminal record of the deported Salvadoran illegal migrant, says Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD). “Don’t put everything out on social media” about deported migrant Kilmar Abrega Garcia, Van Hollen told ABC’s This Week show on April 20. The issue should be decided by judges, he said, adding: The Trump administration is…
Auchincloss: Harvard ‘Has Been Captured’ by ‘Progressive Orthodoxies’, But Has Made Changes, Trump Approach Is Wrong
During an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-MA) said that Harvard “has to be free from the progressive orthodoxies of the left. And, in recent years, it has been captured by those.” But the Trump administration is attempting to make the school right-wing and shouldn’t go after funding for…
Mark Levin: The Atlantic’s Goldberg ‘Might Have Exposed Himself to Potential Criminal Liability’
During his show’s opening monologue on Saturday, Fox News host Mark Levin dismissed calls for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to resign for allegedly using an unauthorized app to communicate with other members of Trump’s national security team about an airstrike on the Houthis in Yemen. Levin argued the Signal conversation did not divulge “classified”…
Dem Rep. Min: Cities Shouldn’t Decide Voter ID, GOP Too Focused on Sanctuary Cities
On Wednesday’s “CNN This Morning,” Rep. Dave Min (D-CA) argued that cities shouldn’t be deciding voter ID laws and also criticized Republicans on the Oversight Committee for focusing on sanctuary city policies. Host Audie Cornish asked, “Donald Trump actually signed an executive order tasking DOGE to now look at state voter rolls. This, obviously, looking…
CDC turmoil in the United States: politicians’ contempt for science
On March 19, seven Democrats in the U.S. Senate jointly spoke out and made a strong request to Trump, hoping to restore all employees who have been fired by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) since Trump took office. Behind this request, there are two major events that have attracted widespread attention in…
Trump Declares ‘Secondary Tariff’ on Venezuelan Oil as More ‘Reciprocal Tariffs’ Loom
President Donald Trump on Monday announced a “Secondary Tariff” on Venezuela, declaring that any country that purchases oil or gas from them will be forced to pay an additional 25 percent on any trade they do with the U.S. Citing violent Venezuelan gangs like Tren de Aragua (TdA), Trump wrote on Truth Social that the…
‘We Will Escalate’: Houthi Chief Announces Terror Campaign Against U.S. Warships
The leader of Ansarullah, the jihadist terror organization commonly known as the Houthis, announced a new campaign “against American and Israeli oppression” in an unhinged speech on Sunday, threatening to “escalate” against American military assets in the Middle East. Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, the head of the Houthi terrorist organization governing most of Yemen, was responding to an…
Gavin Newsom to Charlie Kirk on Men in Women’s Sports: ‘Democratic Party Brand Has Just Been Crushed’
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) admitted to Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk that the Democrats have taken wildly unpopular positions on certain issues — such as men competing in women’s sports — but will continue maintaining such losing stances as a matter of “principle.” “I don’t mind losing. Sometimes you lose on principle,” the California governor…
