New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani visited the White House for a routine meeting with President Donald Trump in November 2025. While awaiting the session, Mamdani noticed an item that struck him as unexpected for the executive residence: a coffee-table book titled ‘UFC at the White House’ plac
Trump did not invent misogyny, but he elevated it into a political branding tactic that has traveled far beyond the United States. Helena Bedwell’s essay traces how this approach has resonated with a new generation of leaders who project strength through hostility toward women, and how that hostilit
In a late-night disposition of health-policy questions, President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he did not press for a two-year extension of Obamacare subsidies. He described Obamacare as a disaster and said he would prefer not to extend the subsidies, though he acknowledged
Restaurant workers in Alicante, Spain, say they watched the same scene unfold again and again. A 50 year old customer finished his meal, stood up, clutched his chest, and dramatically collapsed. Staff rushed to help, only to later learn it was an act to avoid paying the bill. Local media identified
A leaked telephone call between Washington and Moscow reveals Steve Witkoff, Trumps special envoy to Vladimir Putin, coaching Yuri Ushakov on how to pitch a Ukraine peace plan to President Trump. The disclosure, tied to a Kremlin-endorsed 28-point proposal, raises fresh questions about how diplomac
Former President Donald Trump is backing Matt Van Epps, the Republican candidate in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, as the Dec. 2 special election approaches. Van Epps also has the support of Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, creating a high-profile endorsement in a closely watched race. The endo
In Tokyo, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said that U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with her shortly after his conversation with China’s Xi Jinping, and that the two leaders emphasized the strength of the Japan–U.S. alliance as tensions over Taiwan intensify. The White House confirmed that Trump spo
Late November 2025, President Donald Trump and his economic team publicly defended a narrative that affordability is improving even as many households report higher costs. Officials cited tariff revenues and selective relief on groceries, framing recent data as evidence that the economy is turning a
President Donald Trump has touted a $21 trillion wave of new U.S. investments, part of a broader case for a new ‘Golden Age’ of growth. However, a Bloomberg analysis reviewed by other fact-checkers finds that most of that total does not correspond to actual investments on the ground. Bloomberg’s aud
In a federal courtroom in South Carolina, Judge Cameron Currie ruled that the government’s case against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James could not stand. The indictments were dismissed after prosecutors acknowledged that Lindsey Halligan, appointed by Presi
A 19 year old woman from Mineiros, in the state of Goiás, Brazil, discovered her newborn twins had two different biological fathers. The case became public after she said she decided to take a paternity test to confirm who the father was. The teen, who requested anonymity, told local media she initi
On board Air Force One, President Donald Trump publicly pushed back on a report that he was weighing the ouster of FBI Director Kash Patel. Trump said Patel is doing a great job and described the report as completely made up, remarks that were reported as he addressed reporters during travel aboard
Rush Hour 4 is reportedly back in development at Paramount Skydance, with veteran director Brett Ratner slated to return behind the camera and the franchise’s two leads, Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker, potentially reuniting for a fourth installment. The reports claim that former U.S. president Donald
In a bid to end the long-running war in Ukraine, President Donald Trump has dispatched his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, to Moscow to press for a final version of a US-backed peace plan. Witkoff is slated to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in the coming days as Washington seeks to bridge remai
In late November 2025, a phony post purporting to show Donald Trump calling himself a monarch circulated on Facebook, with copies appearing on Threads and Instagram. The post used a doctored image and monarch imagery to feed into ongoing political narratives about the president and the media. The ho
In a CNN segment on The Source, CNN Senior Legal Analyst Elie Honig pushed back against Donald Trump’s claim that Democratic lawmakers conspired to commit sedition, saying the accusation is not even close to a crime. The commentary followed a video released last week in which six Democratic lawmaker
At the White House in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump pardoned two Thanksgiving turkeys, Gobble and Waddle, on November 25, 2025, continuing a tradition that dates back to 1989. The ceremony, held in the ceremonial East Room, capped a year in which the pardons have taken on a more overt pol
Amid paused-but-persistent diplomacy, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy signaled willingness to push a US-backed peace plan and to discuss its disputed points with U.S. President Donald Trump. Officials in Kyiv and Washington have described the talks as a stepping-stone toward ending the war w
A viral Romeo Santos kiss at a concert reportedly led to the end of a woman’s 10 year marriage.
In the coming week, Steve Witkoff—designated by President Donald Trump as a special envoy—will travel to Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin and press for movement on the US-backed framework for ending the Ukraine war. The talks, hosted in the Russian capital, are part of an ongoing effort to advance dipl
On Nov. 17, 2025, around 9:30 p.m. local time, a violent attack occurred on a CTA Blue Line train near Clark and Lake in The Loop, Chicago. A 26-year-old woman, Bethany MaGee, was doused with an ignitable liquid and set on fire, leaving her with severe burns. She was transported to Stroger Hospital
At the White House Thanksgiving ceremony in the Rose Garden, President Donald J. Trump unexpectedly pivoted from the traditional pardoning of two turkeys to a pointed critique of Democratic leaders. The remarks, delivered amid the backdrop of a holiday event, drew immediate attention for targeting G
President Donald Trump renewed his criticism of Chicago’s crime policies after a violent subway attack left a woman critically burned. The victim, identified by friends as 26 year old Bethany MaGee, was doused in gasoline and set on fire while riding a CTA train in downtown Chicago, according to pol
Galápagos tortoise Gramma, a beloved 141 year old zoo resident, has died after more than a century under human care.
