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HuffPost UKWest Refuses To 'Recognise 1 Truth' About Russia Which Means Europe Has 'No Chance' Against Putin
Ukraine's Volodymyr Zelenskyy issued a dire warning to his allies today.
- HuffPost
Coca-Cola’s Donald Trump Honor Leaves Critics Bubbling With Outrage
Anger fizzed over the corporation's tribute to the president-elect.
- HuffPost
Trump's Biggest Flip-Flop Leads To A Fact-Check For The Ages From Jordan Klepper
The president-elect has done a complete about-face since his first term in office on a law that could take effect as soon as this weekend.
- CNN
Jill Biden expresses disappointment with Pelosi: ‘We were friends for 50 years’
First lady Jill Biden expressed her disappointment with former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a new interview with The Washington Post, providing rare public comments about the fractured relationship between her husband, Joe Biden, and Pelosi following the president’s departure from the 2024 race.
- Evening Standard
Nato jets scrambled as Russia launches massive aerial strike on Ukraine
Putin’s air force pounded critical infrastructure facilities close to the Polish border
- HuffPost
Paul Krugman Issues Dire Warning On How ‘A Lot’ Of Trump Voters Will Be ‘Brutally Scammed’
The economist also slammed one of the president-elect’s policies as “terrible.”
- The Daily Beast
Trump Makes Mike Johnson Fire Republican ‘Deep-Stater’: Sources
Former House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) told his colleagues Donald Trump ordered Speaker Mike Johnson to remove the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee from his powerful role in an act of personal revenge, sources told the Daily Beast Wednesday. Mike Turner, whose committee oversees the CIA and the FBI, told his colleagues that the speaker said the order came from President-elect Trump, a senior GOP lawmaker told the Daily Beast. His departure was first reported
- The Independent
Trump takes full credit for ‘EPIC’ ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas
Ceasefire expected to be formally announced later today
- The Daily Beast
RFK Jr. Admits He Didn’t Come Clean on Anti-Vax Fortune
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. failed to disclose hundreds of thousands of dollars he made from his anti-vax crusade, Donald Trump’s transition team has admitted to the Daily Beast. Trump’s pick for health secretary previously said his career as the founder, chairman, and general counsel of the nonprofit Children’s Health Defense was “unpaid” and “the opposite of a profit motive.” In personal financial disclosure forms required for all presidential candidates, Kennedy initially reported that he had earne
- NY Daily News
Michelle Obama doesn’t want to ‘pretend’ at Trump inauguration: report
After Michelle Obama’s office confirmed that the former First Lady will not be present at Donald Trump’s inauguration, many people have speculated about the reason for her absence. A source close to the “Becoming” author says she simply does not want to be “pretend” with someone she feels is a threat to American democracy. “There’s no overstating her feelings about Trump. She’s not one to ...
- HuffPost
Ana Navarro Smacks Down Kevin O'Leary's Biden 'History' Question With A Blunt Look At Trump
The CNN commentator reminded the "Shark Tank" investor about his ties to the president-elect in a tense on-air exchange.
- BuzzFeed
These Jokes About A Republican Senator's Misspelled Sign Are Very Funny
"People so concerned about DEIs they forget about their ABCs."
- The Daily Beast
‘11th Hour Conversion’: Female Senators Line Up to Savage Hegseth’s ‘Brutal’ Take on Women in Combat
Pete Hegseth was grilled during his Senate confirmation hearing over his comments about women not belonging in certain battlefield roles. New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen sarcastically thanked the defense secretary hopeful for his “11th-hour conversion” after he told the Democrat he would be “honored” to serve alongside her and other women in the military. Shaheen said Hegseth’s previous comments against women serving were “surprising” from someone who hopes to lead the U.S. Military and the hu
- The Independent
Trump-Vance official portraits released as president-elect names blacklist of old allies banned from White House jobs: Live
President-elect says estranged first-term veterans like Mike Pence, John Bolton, and Nikki Haley will not be welcome in White House
- BBC
Why India is reaching out to the Taliban now
Last week, India’s top diplomat met a senior Taliban minister, the highest-level engagement since Kabul's fall.
- The Daily Beast
Joe Biden Torches Trump’s Tech Bros ‘Oligarchy’ in Farewell Address
President Joe Biden, in his farewell address Wednesday night from the Oval Office, pointed the finger at a “very few, ultra-wealthy people” as he warned about the spread of misinformation and disinformation on social media and the abuse of artificial intelligence—each consequences of a “tech-industrial complex” that could grow even more powerful in the next Trump administration. Though he didn’t say his name, Biden alluded to his successor’s self-identified “first buddy,” Elon Musk, the billiona
- The Hill
Puerto Rico asks Trump for help after Venezuela’s Maduro threatens invasion
Puerto Rico’s new Republican governor is drawing attention to Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro’s military threats against the U.S. island in the wake of President-elect Trump’s calls for U.S. territorial expansion. In a letter to Trump dated Monday, Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón said Maduro’s plea for Latin American troops to invade Puerto Rico “is an open threat to…
- BuzzFeed
Michelle Obama Will Not Attend Trump's Inauguration, And The Internet Is Here For It
"Michelle Obama is all of us."
- Evening Standard
Putin army explosives factory attacked deep inside Russia, says Ukraine
The armament plant is in the Tambov region hundreds of miles from the border with Ukraine
- The Independent
Puerto Rico calls on Trump to respond after Venezuelan President Maduro threatens to invade
Maduro said he wants to ‘achieve’ Puerto Rico’s ‘liberty’ with military force