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 My son has narrated the last book I wrote. Please consider listening to it and encouraging others to do so too. (Click HERE) World & Nation Trump Told Maduro to Leave: Save Yourself, Your Family  President Donald Trump confirmed his call with Venezuela's Nicolás Maduro on Sunday night, but declined to provide details amid a report that he warned the dictator to leave to protect himself and his family. The report comes from sources who told The Miami Herald that Trump warned: You can save yourself and those closest to you, but you must leave the country now. "I don't want to comment on it. The answer is yes," Trump told reporters Sunday aboard Air Force One when asked whether he had spoken with Maduro. Trump reportedly delivered a stark message to Maduro during the high-stakes phone call last week: He, his wife Cilia Flores, and his son would be granted safe passage out of Venezuela — but only if they left immediately, the Herald reported.
Trump Knows His Pick; Hassett 'Shadow Fed Chair' for 5 Months?  President Donald Trump signaled he has settled on his choice to lead the Federal Reserve, telling reporters aboard Air Force One that he knows who he will nominate. "I know who I am going to pick, yeah," Trump told reporters. "We'll be announcing it," Trump said while traveling from Florida to Joint Base Andrews. When asked directly if White House adviser Kevin Hassett is the pick, he smiled: "I'm not telling you, we'll be announcing it."
Putin mouthpiece issues threatening 4-word response to Ukraine peace deal  Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov scored Europe for its previous role in devising and mitigating peace between Russia and Ukraine, declaring "You had your chance," on Tuesday. Lavrov made the cutting remarks during a joint press conference with Kremlin-friendly Belarusian Foreign Minister Maxim Ryzhenkov following back-to-back meetings that United States officials held respectively with Ukrainian officials in Geneva and Russian officials in Abu Dhabi to make a peace deal. During the conference, Lavrov criticized Europe for failing to uphold past truces, including the 2014 Minsk Agreement, and interfering with recent peace proposals connected to the war that broke out in February 2024 following Russia's full-scale invasion. He pointed to the examples as reasons why Europe is being cut out of current negotiations, which have been U.S.-led. Portland sparks outrage for city’s woke ‘tree’ lighting ceremony: ‘They can’t even say Christmas tree’  Portland has sparked outrage after stripping its Christmas tree of its name, referring to it only as “the tree” during its lighting ceremony. As thousands gathered in Pioneer Courthouse Square for the Oregon city’s 41st annual tree-lighting on Friday night, leaders and speakers avoided mentioning “Christmas” at any point — including in the ceremony itself and the event’s ads. The festive occasion was kicked off with a woman from the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs thanking everyone in the crowd for coming out on Native American Heritage Day. She introduced two younger members of the tribe, who referred to the celebration only as “the tree lighting,” before handing the microphone to another featured speaker. Trump hit with setback as court rules Alina Habba unlawfully served as top federal prosecutor in New Jersey The decision comes as President Donald Trump has fought to keep his preferred US attorney nominees in charge in blue states  An appellate court found on Monday that Alina Habba is unlawfully serving as the top prosecutor in New Jersey, delivering a blow to President Donald Trump as he fights to keep his preferred nominees in charge of U.S. attorneys' offices in blue states. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit said in a unanimous 3-0 order that a lower court was correct to disqualify Habba, a fiery Trump loyalist who previously served as the president's personal defense lawyer. The Trump administration could ask for a full panel of 3rd Circuit judges to reconsider the decision, or it could turn to the Supreme Court to weigh in. Fox News Digital reached out to the Department of Justice and a Habba spokesperson for comment. Music City Miracle: A look at an unusually contentious election in the Volunteer State A Democratic upset in this ruby-red central Tennessee district would send shockwaves through Washington  We’ll know Wednesday morning if a special election in Tennessee is truly a referendum on country music, pedal taverns and bachelorettes. Democrat Aftyn Behn is trying to tip the scales in favor of her party in a district which President Trump carried by about 20 points and former Rep. Mark Green, R-Tenn., won by a similar percentage last fall. Behn faces GOPer Matt Van Epps. It’s a Republican district. But political observers are watching the race to gauge potential weakness by President Trump, a softness in the Trump coalition, issues with the Republican brand or early indications of a possible blue wave in the 2026 midterms. It was Behn who proclaimed that she abhorred Nashville several years ago. "I hate the bachelorettes, I hate the pedal taverns, I hate country music. I hate all the things that make Nashville apparently an ‘it city,’" complained Behn. Trump defends Hegseth over reports of a second strike on alleged drug boat Tells people not to 'read anything into' his push to close Venezuelan airspace  President Trump on Sunday downplayed reports that his defense secretary ordered military members to strike a suspected drug boat a second time after an initial strike failed to kill two crewmen. Mr. Trump, speaking to reporters on Air Force One, defended Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as congressional lawmakers in both parties demand a full accounting of the incident. “I don’t know anything about it. He said he did not say that, and I believe him,” Mr. Trump said. “We’ll look into it.” Mr. Trump said he “wouldn’t have wanted” the military to issue a second strike against survivors of an initial strike. Critics of the president said the incident, if what was reported is true, would amount to a war crime. Trump defends asylum freeze, claims Biden and Harris screwed US  After ordering a sweeping freeze on asylum processing, US President Donald Trump on Sunday defended the move after the arrest of an Afghan immigrant accused of killing a National Guard member near the White House, saying the United States "has enough problems" and may bar asylum for some nations "for a long time". The president's comments marks latest escalation in his immigration stance following Wednesday's attack that killed Specialist Sarah Beckstrom and critically wounded Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe -- an incident now driving one of the most aggressive tightening of vetting rules since Trump returned to office. "No time limit, but it could be a long time," he said, when asked how long the United States might pause asylum admissions for certain nations. Major Supreme Court disputes await rulings on tariffs, National Guard and gerrymandered maps  It’s still early in the term, but the Supreme Court has several significant legal battles teed up for rulings that could shape President Trump’s presidency, and they could be handed down any day now. The justices are poised to deliver a decision imminently on Mr. Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago and whether he acted within the law when he federalized the soldiers. The court is also under pressure to decide whether to allow Texas to use its new, more Republican-friendly congressional map in elections next year. Army announces next steps on Janus Program for next-generation nuclear energy  As part of next steps for the Janus Program, the Department of the Army has selected nine installations for consideration in which to site microreactor power plants, and the Defense Innovation Unit released an Area of Interest to solicit commercial solutions for advanced nuclear power technologies. The Janus Program, the Army’s next-generation nuclear power program, aims to deliver secure, resilient, and reliable energy to support national defense installations and critical missions in accordance with EO 14299 Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security. In partnership with the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), the program will build commercial microreactors through a milestone-based contracting model to accelerate delivery of advanced energy solutions to the warfighters. The Army identified nine sites through comprehensive analysis and on-site assessment to identify optimal locations for initial deployment. The process evaluated mission critical installations, energy requirements and resiliency gaps, power infrastructure, environmental and technical considerations. These sites mark the first step in expanding national energy resilience through next-generation nuclear technology. Listed in alphabetical order, the selected sites are: Venezuela and the world will be far better off with the Maduro regime GONE Exactly what Team Trump intends to do with (or to) Venezuela is far from clear, but it clearly wants the Maduro regime gone ASAP, and with excellent reason. Operation Southern Spear has sunk roughly two dozen drug-cartel boats in recent weeks, while the Pentagon has now built up the largest US military presence in the region in more than three decades — with Marines as well as Navy and Air Force assets deployed not just to US territory in the region, but in allied nations such as the Dominican Republic as well as Trinidad and Tobago. President Donald Trump even warned Saturday on Truth Social that airlines and criminals should “consider” Venezuelan airspace “closed,” though he evidently hasn’t ordered US forces to make that happen, since flights continued through at least Sunday afternoon. Americans are rightly waking up — much of higher education is now a scam More Americans are wising up to the fact that higher education has become a raw deal for all too many young people. A new NBC News poll finds that a full 63% of voters believe a four-year college degree now isn’t worth it, since many students graduate with “a large amount of debt” but no “specific job skills.” That’s up markedly from 2013, when a majority took the opposite view, as 53% called a degree “worth the cost because people have a better chance to get a good job and earn more money over their lifetime.” That was the case for generations of Americans, who saw college as a key step to higher-paying jobs and a better life: “Upwardly mobile” was almost entirely synonymous with “college-educated.” But over the last few decades, the dynamic has shifted: Far too many college degrees guarantee nothing … except onerous debt. |
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