Month: January,2025

Trump strikes back with retaliatory measures against Colombia for rejecting deportation flights

Trump strikes back with retaliatory measures against Colombia for rejecting deportation flights


January 27, 2025
President Donald Trump pushed back on Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Sunday after Petro’s regime refused to allow U.S. deportation flights to land in his country. The U.S. had sent two flights of Colombian illegal aliens from the U.S. this weekend as part of Trump’s burgeoning deportation program. Petro argued on X that the U.S. […]
After raucous first week in office, Donald Trump to keep his foot on the gas

After raucous first week in office, Donald Trump to keep his foot on the gas


January 27, 2025
Following a torrid first week in office, President Donald Trump does not have a very busy public schedule on Monday. That does not mean there won’t be plenty of action. The 47th president is known to spring major actions and announcements without much notice. The president starts off the week by attending a House GOP […]
Rubio pauses foreign aid from State Department and USAID to ensure it puts ‘America First’

Rubio pauses foreign aid from State Department and USAID to ensure it puts ‘America First’


January 27, 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio paused all U.S. foreign assistance funded by or through the State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to allow the Trump administration to review if the money puts ‘America First.’ On Sunday, the State Department released a statement about falling in step with President Donald Trump’s executive order […]
Trump’s most vulnerable nominees RFK Jr, Tulsi Gabbard get back-to-back hearings

Trump’s most vulnerable nominees RFK Jr, Tulsi Gabbard get back-to-back hearings


January 27, 2025
Two of President Donald Trump’s most vulnerable administration picks will get back-to-back confirmation hearings in the Senate this week.  Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who Trump nominated to be Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), and former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, whom he selected to be Director of National Intelligence (DNI), will have committee confirmation […]
House Republicans fly down to Trump’s backyard for annual working retreat

House Republicans fly down to Trump’s backyard for annual working retreat


January 27, 2025
House Republicans are flying down to South Florida this week for their annual issues conference, where President Donald Trump is expected to speak with lawmakers hashing out the GOP agenda for the next two years. It’s another sign of the House GOP conference’s push for unity with Trump that the conference is being held at […]
Hamas and Israel trade blame over deal violations. Will the fragile ceasefire and hostage agreement hold?

Hamas and Israel trade blame over deal violations. Will the fragile ceasefire and hostage agreement hold?


January 26, 2025
The fragility of the truce between Israel and Hamas was laid bare on Saturday, after Israel accused Hamas of withholding a hostage, prompting a halt in the movement of Gazan civilians back to their homes in the north. The ceasefire deal was already a brittle agreement, with Israeli statements often calling it a “framework” as […]
Six peacekeepers killed fighting rebels in eastern Congo, officials say, as rebels close in on Goma

Six peacekeepers killed fighting rebels in eastern Congo, officials say, as rebels close in on Goma


January 26, 2025
Fighting with M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo left six United Nations peacekeepers dead, UN officials said Saturday. Two South African peacekeepers were killed Friday, while a Uruguayan Blue Helmet was killed Saturday, a UN official told The Associated Press. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to speak […]
Australia is grappling with a rise in antisemitic attacks. Police are investigating links to paid criminals

Australia is grappling with a rise in antisemitic attacks. Police are investigating links to paid criminals


January 26, 2025
Sydney restaurateur Judith Lewis couldn’t save the mezuzah, a framed parchment inked with Hebrew prayers, that was hanging in her family’s café when arsonists set it alight in the early hours one Sunday in late October. The symbol of Jewish faith was badly damaged in the blaze that destroyed Lewis’ Continental Kitchen, which had served […]
Elon Musk speaks at Germany’s AfD campaign launch as thousands protest the far-right party

Elon Musk speaks at Germany’s AfD campaign launch as thousands protest the far-right party


January 26, 2025
American tech billionaire Elon Musk made a surprise address at the campaign launch for Germany’s Alternative for Germany (AfD) party as thousands of people gathered across the country to protest the rise of the far-right party. Musk, who spoke to the crowd in a live video, was met with huge cheers by the roughly 4,500 […]
Oświęcim’s sole Jewish resident reflects on modern antisemitism on 80th anniversary of Auschwitz camp’s liberation

Oświęcim’s sole Jewish resident reflects on modern antisemitism on 80th anniversary of Auschwitz camp’s liberation


January 26, 2025
Among 34,000 people in the town of Oświęcim is just one Jew – a young Israeli named Hila Weisz-Gut. It’s an interesting choice of residence, given the most famous feature of the town is its proximity to the Nazi concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz – where at least 1.1 million people, mainly Jews, died between […]
Putin lauds the strength of Russia’s war economy. Others see a mirage

Putin lauds the strength of Russia’s war economy. Others see a mirage


January 26, 2025
Since Moscow’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russia’s economy has surpassed expectations. Its figures are, if not rosy, not ruinous either. Last year, the war economy likely grew faster than the United States and all major European economies. Unemployment is at a record low. And if the ballooning defense budget has cramped other spending, […]
Belarus president set to extend 30-year rule as critics slam ‘sham’ election

Belarus president set to extend 30-year rule as critics slam ‘sham’ election


January 26, 2025
Belarusians are voting in a closely managed presidential election that is all but certain to extend the rule of Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994 and Europe’s longest-serving leader. The last time Belarus held a presidential election in 2020, Lukashenko claimed a landslide victory with more than 80% of the vote. The opposition cried foul, […]
Three killed as residents of southern Lebanon defy Israeli orders not to return home

Three killed as residents of southern Lebanon defy Israeli orders not to return home


January 26, 2025
Three people were killed and 31 others injured by Israeli forces in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese government said, as residents of villages near the border defied orders by Israel’s military not to return to their homes. “One citizen was martyred in Houla, and nine others were injured and transferred to the Tebnine Governmental Hospital, where […]
South Korea’s president charged with insurrection over declaration of martial law

South Korea’s president charged with insurrection over declaration of martial law


January 26, 2025
South Korean prosecutors have indicted the impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on insurrection charges over his brief declaration of martial law, making him the first sitting president in the country’s history to be indicted. President Yoon attempted to impose martial law in early December, a move that plunged the country into political turmoil and was […]
Airstrike kills at least 70 seeking care at last functioning hospital in North Darfur capital as Sudan’s civil war rages

Airstrike kills at least 70 seeking care at last functioning hospital in North Darfur capital as Sudan’s civil war rages


January 26, 2025
At least 70 people were killed after a drone strike targeted the last functioning hospital in the besieged capital of Sudan’s North Darfur state late Friday, according to local officials and the World Health Organization. At the time of the attack, the hospital was “packed with patients receiving care,” WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said […]