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U.S. Embassy in London, United Kingdom (L. Toshio Kishiyama/Getty Images) (LONDON) — A suspicious package was discovered outside the United States embassy in London on Friday morning, police said. The London Metropolitan Police immediately closed Ponton Road outside of the embassy in “an abundance of caution,” according to their statement, before they destroyed it in […]
(NEW YORK) — On the same day that former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew himself from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general, Trump announced that former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is his second choice to fill that role in his administration. Bondi, 59, has remained in Trump’s inner circle for years and has continued […]
(STARR COUNTY, Texas) — Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham is offering the incoming Trump administration 1,402 acres the state purchased along the Texas-Mexico border to be used in a mass deportation operation. In a letter to President-elect Donald Trump, Buckingham said she’s offering the land “to be used to construct deportation facilities.” The Texas General […]
Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Pharrell is gearing for the 2025 release of a film he’s co-producing titled Golden. Directed by Michel Gondry, it’s a coming-of-age story starring Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Halle Bailey that is set in his native Virginia. But it’s not to be confused with his recent Lego-animated biopic. “Piece By Piece is about my life, whereas Golden […]
(WASHINGTON) — Vice President-elect JD Vance returned to Capitol Hill Thursday to accompany President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial pick to be secretary of the Department of Defense, Pete Hegseth, where they met with Republican senators in hopes of helping his nomination process amid new details about a 2017 sexual assault claim against him. Hegseth met with […]
Andrew Leyden/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Top officials from the FBI and Department of Homeland Security on Thursday drew bipartisan fire for declining to testify in public at a Senate hearing on “worldwide threats” and instead offering to testify in a classified setting. Both Democrats and Republicans on the Senate Homeland Security Committee expressed […]
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — On the same day that former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general, Trump announced that he will pick former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi to fill that role in his administration. Bondi, 59, has remained in Trump’s inner circle for years and has […]
(NEW YORK) — E-cigarettes in kid-friendly flavors are driving retail sales and contain more addictive nicotine than ever, according to a new report from the nonprofit CDC Foundation and advocacy group Truth Initiative. The report showed a 47% increase in e-cigarette sales at U.S. retail outlets between 2019 and 2023, with flavors like fruit, candy, mint, menthol […]
(WASHINGTON) — South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds introduced the “Returning Education Back to Our States Act” on Thursday, signaling a commitment to deliver on President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to dismantle the Department of Education. In the conservative movement to return education back to local control, Rounds said the legislation would “eliminate” the department while redistributing […]
(STARR COUNTY, Texas) — A Texas official, who this week offered the incoming Trump administration a 1,402-acre plot of land to build “deportation facilities,” says other parts of Texas near the border could be offered up in a similar fashion. “Absolutely — I have 13 million acres, if any of them can be of help […]
