President Trump has dismissed the concerns presented to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth by Senator Richard Blumenthal over the extended deployment of Carrier Group aboard the U.S.S. Abraham Lincoln, saying the deployment "was not nearly long enough."
President Trump received a new set of demands from the Iranian government, indicating that the Strait of Hormuz, the critical seaway that ferries much of the worlds oil, will remain closed until the demands have been met.
President Trump has, once again, challenged Iranian leaders, with threats of severe escalation, as the widening Middle East conflict appears to enter into a new phase, and Americans are urged to ready regional U.S. Embassy's for departure.
President Trump returned to the annual White House Correspondents Dinner, and stunned the members of the media, with his profanity laced tirade against many members of the media, and other, leaving the tony Washington crowd stunned.
President Donald Trump, a ruthless strategist, has once again used his disinformation skills in an attempt to weaponize the nostalgia of his 2020 "Stop the Steal" campaign transforming it into big wins for the Republican Party in November.
President Trump, a building developer in his pre-presidency years, has once again become distracted with renovating Washington DC, as his newest planned development, a pillared arch along Memorial circle, was conceived over a century ago, but never realized.
The Trump Administration has pledged a whole of government response to the earthquake ravaged Venezuelan nation, but three days later the promised aid has not arrived proving Mr. Trump's assurances to the South American country are empty.
Nearly 60 people, 40 from drowning and 18 others, including two children, from heat stroke have died in France, as an early summer heat wave continues to drive temperatures to record numbers with no relief in sight.
President Trump attended the G7 Summit this week, and after heralding the administrations effort in securing an Iranian peace deal, explained to the global leaders that if Iran does not behave he would launch a massive attack.
Even as the United States and Iran peace agreement has been signed quickly, it cannot hide the geopolitical fiasco of a conflict with deleterious global consequences, zero gains, and only the Hormuz Strait reopening as a victory.
Multiple major media outlets have circled around an expected peace deal between the United States and Iran, with the probability of signage within 48 hours, even as the White House has issued similar statements in recent weeks.
Engaged in a more complex conflict than expected, the United States could question the relevance of its alliance with Israel. Without denouncing it, it appears that the weight of relations between the two nations tends to hinder Washington's short-term ambitions.
Embarked on a conflict closer to stalemate than to resolution, the United States is losing a little more of its credibility and its aura every day, which had nevertheless made its reputation as a libertarian nation, defender of international law.
President Trump has walked back his earlier statements indicating a peace deal with Iran was imminent and pounded the nation with airstrikes, even as the midterm elections, now six months out hang in the balance.
President Trump has announced that a peace deal with Iran is imminent and even has Israel has continued to pummel Lebanon with airstrikes, the U.S. involvement in the monthslong war may be coming to a peaceful ending.
The open crisis between the world of cinema and Canal +, the leading private financier of the French seventh art, raises questions about the growing hold of far-right business circles on the cultural world and freedom of expression.
President Trump and members of his cabinet met with Chinese President Xi-Jinping this week, in Beijing, as the two world leaders discussed a variety of issues including trade, the Hormuz Strait, and the continued disputed over Taiwan.
The multinational firm TotalEnergies, accused of advantageously leveraging the Middle East conflict linked to energy prices, finds itself trapped in a cabal that should be more about criticizing the economic system than profiting from the geopolitical crisis.
President Trump announced again this week the promising message that the war in Iran is nearing an end, when media reports Iran's oil supply will not be effected and the dictatorial regime could withstand a boycott for months.
The US-Iran conflict has awakened the urgency of initiating a process of massive electrification of contemporary economies to stop dependency on fossil fuels. A laudable and imperative idea that calls for heavy investments of time and resource.
President Donald Trump, who less than two years ago survived an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania Presidential rally, was targeted by a lone gunman brandishing an automatic weapon at the White House Press Corps gala event.
The United Nations Organization is confronting a trial of legitimacy with the Ukrainian and Iranian conflicts, as the global governing body seems outdated and incapable of influencing the current confrontations, as evidenced by the failures of UNIFIL.
President Trump, in an unusual move has signed an executive order to fast track the research into the effect of psychedelics including LSD, psilocybin, and Ibogaine, which are used by many veterans to treat post traumatic stress disorder.
President Trump, this week, released an AI generated image of himself, depicting him as Jesus Christ, using imagery often associated with Christian theology, and healing the sick, and wounded, creating a backlash of criticism across the nation.
China has emerged as a mediator in the US-Iran conflict capable of satisfying all parties. As a supporter of Iran, Beijing can push Tehran to negotiate, while inching closer to Russia and its vast supply of oil.
President Trump has sent Vice-President Vance to Islamabad to negotiate a fifteen point peace plan, along with his son in law Jared Kushner and Stephen Wycoff, both of whom were instrumental in securing the Israeli-Palestine cease fire.
The US-Iran conflict and its diplomatic consequences highlight the loss of influence of NATO, an organisation that is supposed to guarantee the security of its members in the event of aggression by one of them.
President Trump addressed the nation this week, hoping to assuage concerns over the continuing Iranian war, and assure voters that the United States is fully in control of the ever widening war, and expects a quick resolution.
President Trump, as the war continues to escalate, has repeatedly issued strong warnings to Iran, and what began as a joint operation, has become Trump's battle against a regime determined, at all costs, to fight on.
Subjected to daily fire from the Israeli-American coalition, the Islamic Republic of Iran shows no sign of weakness while deploying retaliatory capacities underestimated by Tel Aviv and Washington. And the possibility of a long and complex war looms.
President Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have drifted apart in what was once a united campaign, with Trump harshly rebuking the Israeli leader for its recent escalation resulting in the bombing of the South Pars oil field.
President Trump, even in the wake of revelations of responsibility in the Iranian school bombing and loss of American lives, remains committed to a complete dismantling of the Iranian regime until its military is destroyed and leadership surrenders.
The war in Iran, now thirteen days old with an equal number of U.S. soldiers killed, begs the question is the war an opportunity to flex, to settle old scores or respond to the human rights abuses.
President Trump has continued to order his Defense Department to dismantle the Iranian infrastructure, ordering the pro-terror regime to unconditional surrender, urging citizens to rise up and take your government, as the first American casualties return home.
The conflict unleashed by the United States and Israel against Iran is opening a period of uncertainties in which all Western and Gulf countries are plunged, while the question of the geopolitical recomposition is already being raised.
President Donald Trump, in the early morning hours, initiated a full scale attack on Iran, who has recently increased its global terror initiatives, rebuilt its nuclear arsenal and slaughtered tens of thousands of protesting citizens.
Jeffrey Epstein, who died in 2019, left a burdensome legacy that many are desperate to extricate themselves as the global elites caught up in the Epstein web find themselves confronted with their perversions that they never cease to denounce.
President Trump has ordered a buildup of military in the Middle East to convey to Iran his intent and ability to launch airstrikes should the Iranian regime fail to present a counter proposal that resolves the nuclear issue.
The process of annexation of the West Bank by Israel confirms the omnipotence of the Jewish state in the region and the culpable inertia of the international community with regard to the abandoned Palestinian people without resources.
Daily, the news is filled with the clashes between ultra-left and ultra-right groups confirming the growth of violent expressions of political antagonisms in a democracy itself plagued by multiple forms of violence, whether verbal, moral or psychological.
President Trump, along with captains of business and industry, as well as Royal Family members, are facing the fallout over their correspondence, association, and alleged involvement with convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his sex trafficking organization.
Marine Le Pen's potential ineligibility for the 2027 presidential election offers the far-right party the usual elements of a rhetoric of victimization while tacitly allowing Jordan Bardella to impose himself as the only valid candidate in the presidential election.
President Trump has softened his tone on immigration after the shooting of ICU Nurse Alex Pretti but has refused to temper his ICE efforts in Minneapolis, whose citizens are becoming a bellwether for protests around the country.
The growing tensions between civil society and the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agents in Minnesota illustrate the excesses of Donald Trump's immigration policy in defiance of the constitution in an atmosphere of potential latent civil war.
President Trump continued his boisterous efforts to verbally subdue any opposition as he amplifies his efforts to secure Greenland, an effort that began during his first term, as the nation is poised on a succession vote from governing Denmark.
Donald Trump's speech at the Davos Forum left little doubt about his intentions towards Greenland. Although the march towards annexation is arduous, the United States' attitude could nevertheless serve to invent a European diplomacy ready to impose itself.
With the countdown to the 2026 midterm elections beginning, President Trump, has begun to shuffle to options to ensure a Republican victory in order to maintain his control over the direction and agenda of the United States.
Iran is wavering and staggering under the blows of demonstrations violently repressed by a desperate supreme leader, but for all that, will the Islamic Republic of Iran, standing since 1979, fall under the blows of popular protest?
President Trump has initiated a long term strategy to reintegrate American oil companies into Venezuela, meeting with top oil executives at the White House this week, he presented his plan to stabilize the Caracas economy, and banking infrastructure.
The military operation and the kidnapping of Nicolàs Maduro led and organized by the United States, as illegal as they are, confirms Donald Trump's desire to impose his vision of the world and the interests of the United States.
President Trump announced, today, a midnight raid in the capital city of Caracas carried out by the U.S. Military, after months long build up, resulted in the arrest and capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
President Trump's return to the White House, the apocalyptic Los Angeles Fires, the heart wrenching Kerr County flood, peace plans, ISIS, and the Epstein files, are all part of the Beltway Insider's Year in Review.
While many of President Trump's limited victories in 2025 have been overshadowed by looming problems, plaguing the president for some time, a singular victory he can claim i bringing an end to the active Israeli-Palestine conflict.
The United Kingdom's return to the Erasmus+ student exchange programme heralds the possibility of rejoining with the European Union and hoping to break London's diplomatic and economic isolation while recognizing the failure of the populist experiment.
President Trump has once again become the center of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal as the House Oversight Committee released several pictures of the president, along with other well-known public figures, in the company of the convicted sex offender.
The National Assembly adopting the text on financing of Social Security marks a historic turning point in French politics: the acceptance of a compromise. The question now arises of the timing or a new recurrent political logic.
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear the Trump Administration's argument on the Birthright Citizenship ban, a key component at the center of his Immigration Policy and could ultimately decide who is considered an American citizen.
Pope Leo XIV's visit to Turkey reveals the growing weight of the former Ottoman Empire in international diplomacy because it is capable of addressing a number of actors. But this influence, recognized and proven, may be short lived.
President Donald Trump, in what appears to be retaliation for the targeted attacks on two National Guardsmen, posted in his annual Thanksgiving message including inflammatory anti-Somali messages, and personal attacks on Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.
The negotiations dedicated to a peace plan between Russians and Ukrainians under the aegis of the United States are proving to be a polite consultation of the Old Continent on an issue that concerns it but goes beyond it.
President Trump has opted to skip the Johannesburg G20 Summit and further chose not to send a U.S. delegation to the annual meeting of the 20 leading economies, effectively enforcing a boycott of the South African nation.
As Baby Boomers reach the ripe old age when Social Security, the monies contributed during their prime working years now supplement their non-working years, some countries are grappling with the financing of the pension budget.
President Trump signed the federal spending bill into law ending the 42-day shutdown, the longest in government history, and while both Democrats and Republicans claim victory, there is little to celebrate on either side.
The opening of United Nations Climate Change Conference or COP 30 still raises the question of the use of fossil fuels within a humanity that is still unable to generate another operating model detached from carbon. Explanations.
The Federal Aviation Administration, which oversees all civilian aviation, has been ordered by President Donald Trump to reduce flights, at the nation's busiest airports, by 10%, as the government shutdown continues into its second month.
The national representation, by passing the bill proposed by the National Rally, has presented the image of an assembly porous to far-right ideas, locked in passivity and concerned with sterile struggles for influence than the defense of republic's principles.
By still proclaiming his innocence in a well-honed and calculated victim rhetoric, Nicolas Sarkozy is blowing on the embers of a growing populism that is eating away at all strata of contemporary Western societies. Explanations.
President Trump, who has been lauded as the facilitator of the 20-point Israeli Gaza Peace Plan, has now turned his attention to the Ukraine Russian conflict and is again speaking with Putin to implement an armistice.
The instability of the Macron Government has again been highlighted by his reappointment of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu, who was appointed, then resigned and now reappointed, as calls for the French President’s resignation echo . . . loudly.
President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week presented Palestinian leaders with a 20-point peace plan that has widely been considered as the last peaceful effort to end the catastrophic bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
The resignation of Prime Minister Sébastien Lecorn, who has barely been appointed, has plunged the nation into chaos exasperated by an arrogant political class and by the President of the Republic lulled by his own stubbornness.
President Trump and Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this week presented Palestinian leaders with a 20-point peace plan that has widely been considered as the last peaceful effort to end the catastrophic bombardment of the Gaza Strip.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been sentenced to five years in prison for conspiracy related to efforts to illegally finance his 2007 presidential campaign with funds from the Libyan government, which is enforceable immediately.
President Trump addressed the United Nations General Assembly this week, using the time to touch on many issues, a few inconsequential seemingly adlibbed ideas, while others including the more pressing global issues such as Gaza and Ukraine.
French President Emmanuel Macron, along with Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom have formally recognized the State of Palestine, to the anger of the United States President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
President Donald Trump, First Lady Melania Trump, and members of the president's cabinet along with dignitaries, and captain of business and industry visited the United Kingdom for a two day meeting to solidify the partnership between the nations.
The overflight of Romanian and Polish airspace provoked the ire of NATO members without any large-scale military or diplomatic action being taken against Russia. The reason? The fear of an escalation that the West does not want at all.
Political right-wing, and MAGA conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, 31, was assassinated in Orem, Utah, as he was debating gun violence and mass shootings, during a "Prove me Wrong" Turning Point debate at Utah Valley University.
French President Emmanuel Macron now faces the daunting task of appointing a Prime Minister that reassures those concerned over the state of the republic, offers credible social and economic prospects, and stems the rise of right leaning parties.
President Donald Trump continues to face scrutiny from the House Oversight Committee, as victims of convicted pedophile and disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein call for action and begin providing shocking and appalling testimony to the committee.
French President Emmanuel Macron is facing the fall of François Bayrou's government, as he is expected to receive a no confidence vote on September 8, 2025, which dictates the appointment of another prime minister in a divisive government.
President Trump's involvement with convicted sex offender and pedophile Jeffrey Epstein continues to plague the president as members of his own party are demanding reasonable answers as to the depth of his relationship with the former financier.
President Trump announced, after meeting the seven European leaders, including Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, and Russian President Vladimir Putin, separately, that he was pausing his efforts to negotiate a peace treaty between the warring nations.
President Trump met Russian President Vladimir Putin in Anchorage, Alaska, in what many had hoped would be a strong beginning to ending the nearly 42-month war, but ended early and fell short of meeting the objectives.
President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to meet this week in Alaska in hopes of solidifying a framework for ending the nearly 42-month Ukraine war. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky has not been invited.
French President Emmanuel Macron, to the ire of the world, announced he would recognize the Palestinian state at the annual General Assembly meeting at the United Nations in September ushering in a new era in France's geopolitical persuasion.
President Trump visited Scotland, this week, where he was assailed each day by hordes of protestors lining the streets with banners and signs, targeting his policies, his relationship to Jeffrey Epstein, his position on Gaza, and his conviction.
By using starvation and the systematic bombing of health and hospital facilities, Israel is tending to depopulate Gaza right before the eyes of the international community who are caught between non-interference and historical guilt.
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) again proved his loyalty to President Trump, by adjourning the House for the summer break, before a critical vote could be called on the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files.
President Trump continues his effort to deflect blowback from his days as a Jeffrey Epstein associate, by increasing retribution against former rivals, including the Biden Administration, and alleging the Epstein Files were created by former President Barack Obama.
Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni rule over Italy, long perceived as an unstable and clumsily managed country, surprises many observers who are not very attentive to the anti-democratic excesses of a government with authoritarian tendencies. Analysis.
One week after fast rising water from the Guadalupe River produced catastrophic, record-breaking, flooding, President Trump visited the hardest hit area of Kerr County, where 120 have died and an additional 173 others remain missing.
President Trump, by pushing his country towards a frenzied isolationism and presenting himself as only concerned with the United States, he finally proves to be an outstanding interventionist, acting everywhere when Uncle Sam's homeland can benefit from it.
The death toll from the catastrophic flooding along the Guadalupe River, in Kerr County, Texas, has surpassed 50, including 15 children who were staying at Camp Mystic, a sleepover camp for girls; 27 additional children are still missing.
President Trump ordered strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, and while early assessments have shown significant damage, the strikes did not dismantle the facilities but were significant enough to engage both Israel and Iran in peace talks.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has pursued, since the October 7, massacre, the annihilation of Hamas, and now the destruction of Iranian Hamas leaders, or is the new wave all about securing the United States support.
President Trump disrupted the G7 Summit, with an abrupt exit, citing the need to concentrate on the escalating Israeli and Iranian conflict, after introductory remarks supporting exiled Russian leader Vladimir Putin, which largely fell on deaf ears.
The conflict between Israel and Iran highlights the diplomatic power of the Jewish state, knowing that it can count on the support of the United States, which is trapped between maintaining ties with Tehran and unlimited Israel protection.
President Trump's Military Parade went off without a hitch, despite nationwide protests, and late day rain, the $45million celebration to mark the U.S. Army's 250th birthday was largely without incident as D.C. police were proactive in squashing any unrest.
From Nogent to Graz, the violence that is expressed today in or outside school premises highlights the need to revive the debate on the responsibility of parents as well as the need to rehabilitate the authority due to institutions and their representatives.
The most celebrated partnership between President Donald Trump and his strongest supporter, Elon Musk, has spectacularly imploded, just days after the president praised the former DOGE chief for his work at the Department of Government Efficiency.
While Franco-Algerian diplomatic relations are currently marked by heavy tensions, Algiers' reception of Rodolphe Saadé, head of CMA-CGM, opens the way to a potential and informal rapprochement between the two states, whose tensions date back to 1962.
President Trump has moved away from his friendship style of negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, into an aggressive and hardball effort to secure a cease fire between Russia and Ukraine, as Putin ramps up the violence.
By leaving his position as an adviser to DOGE, Elon Musk is confirming the failure of Donald Trump's radical and populist policies, who are reluctant to keep a golden boy who has become an embarrassment at his side.
Even as United States President Donald Trump attempts to establish a ceasefire or a peace protocol between Russia and Ukraine the effort has failed, the reality is that only direct negotiations between Kiev and Moscow will bear fruit.
President Trump traveled to the Persian Gulf this week, for a whirlwind trip through Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar, meeting with leaders and securing over $2 trillion in investment commitments and commercial deals.
The possible absence of Vladimir Putin from the meeting planned in Istanbul to lay the foundations for a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine raises questions about the outcome of the conflict before the meeting even begins.
The results of the first round of the Romanian presidential election pave the way for the potential arrival of George Simion, a far-right candidate as head of state, which could be extremely injurious to the European Union.
President Trump announced this week that he would be imposing a 100% tariff on all films made in "Foreign Lands," as part of his Golden Age of America campaign vowing to make Hollywood, once again, churn with robust production.
President Trump's first 100 days have been a shock to the world, as he entered office with an agenda, and began immediately reshaping government, furloughing 15,000 government workers in one month, and enacting policies that stunned allies and enemies.
The first 100 days of Donald Trump's presidency have given rise to an unprecedented political spectacle. Between announcements, about-faces, bravado and humiliation, the President of the United States plunged the world into uncertainty and left many unanswered questions.
President Donald Trump, and First Lady Melania Trump, joined other dignitaries in Vatican City at the funeral of Pope Francis, where an estimated 250,000 citizens mourned the death of the whom many called the People's Pope.
President Trump resorted to his usual squeeze tactics this week, as he attempted to force Harvard University to bow to his demands to initiate a series a policy changes that would in essence revamp the entirety of the University.
President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi-Jinping has continued a vicious retaliatory, blow for blow, increase in tariffs for various products traded between the two nations, and by week's end each leader had calmed themselves and regrouped.
The reciprocal increase in customs duties undertaken by the United States and China borders on a confrontation between the two rival trading powers, with each digging deep on their positions, and promising new leverage in the trade wars escalate.
President Trump announced this week, a sweeping global implementation of across the board tariffs for every country that imports good into the U.S., and for others a special reciprocal tariff based on each individual nation.
As the Ukrainian and Middle Eastern conflicts drag on, the attitude of the leaders who are leading them, here Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu, whose intentions for conciliation remain uncertain, and are questioning at the very least.
French politician Marine Le Pen, the far right party leader, has been found guilty of embezzlement, and sentenced to a four year prison term, and been barred from seeking political office for the next five years.
President Donald Trump is confronting the first scandal of his presidency and using his usual ad hominem attacks to deflect the ramifications of the violation of protocols, which exposed his team as political separatists instead of loyalists.
The two-month Israeli Palestinian cease fire was shattered this week, amidst allegations from Israel that Palestinian government is not honoring the agreement, which Palestine denies, after both sides were unable to negotiate terms for an extension.
The death toll in the Kabul, Afghanistan truck bomb stands at 95 with more than 150 injured and is expected to rise in the Taliban orchestrated explosion that used an ambulance to pass through two security check points.
From regular cleaning routines to natural air fresheners, maintaining a pleasant scent in the kitchen has never been easier. With regular upkeep, homeowners can say goodbye to unwanted odors and hello to a delightful kitchen experience.
French President Emmanuel Macron and his Macronist group, which is lost and in search of political references, squabble over the 2025 budget which seems far from being adopted and the amendment to the initial text highlights the fractures within.
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The Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit has been traveling the globe, playing to sellout crowds since it was first announced. Strong audiences, even in the pandemic, have continued to welcome this exquisite show, in every city it has played.
Digital Hollywood hosted its annual Spring New York Media Summit with players in the space presenting keynotes, symposiums, panel discussions and projections of the future as the divergent of entertainment, gaming, cable and traditional print, online digital and the exploding video space.
Kerry Brougher, Director of the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, announced today Hayao Miyazaki followed by Regeneration: Black Cinema 1900–1970 will be the inaugural exhibitions on view when the Museum opens in late 2019.
Four films, Game, Friday Night, Messiah, and The Nation Holds its Breath, selected in Series Three of the Lexus Short Films competition continue to raise the bar in what has become an extremely successful partnership.
Muscle Shoals, from Magnolia Pictures and Ear Goggle Productions, presents the inspiring journey of a group of unknown musicians plucked from obscurity and placed center stage as they create rock and roll history.
New Kids On The Block member Donnie Wahlberg joined forces with Generation Rescue for Another Evening with Donnie Wahlberg and Special Guests concert, raising $759,000 to spread awareness and help fund autism treatment for low-income and at-risk families.
LORELEI, from Vertical Entertainment, brings to the screen the story of an American casualty, which resonates in communities around the country in the form of lost dreams, destructive behaviors, little hope and very few second chances.
Abingdon Theatre Company (Chad Austin, Artistic Director) has announced casting for their 3rd annual Virtual Festival of Short Plays; a festival set to shed light on stories written by BIPOC playwrights via Abingdon's YouTube channel.
