White House warns Europe faces demographic crisis from mass immigration that could weaken NATO alliances and leave continent 'unrecognizable in 20 years.'

Jane Fonda warned in a Thursday op-ed that the Warner Bros. Discovery sale "threatens" the First Amendment and could lead to political censorship under the Trump administration.

President Donald Trump praised the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington, D.C., on Friday while speaking to Republican lawmakers and members of his Cabinet at a White House event.

Trump's Venezuela strategy targets Putin's allies, potentially creating leverage to end the Ukraine war through weakening Russia's client states.

Pentagon press passes once held by credentialed journalists are now in the hands of rightwing pundits and Trump allies

Being a member of the Pentagon press corps was once one of the more prestigious assignments in US journalism, a position reserved for heavy hitters from venerable newspapers and news channels, reporters at the peak of their powers.

Not any more. A press conference last week – held at a crucial time for a Pentagon embroiled in scandal – was instead attended by more than a dozen rightwing activists, with the government being held to account by a close ally of Donald Trump, an employee at Turning Point USA and someone from a pillow salesman’s nascent media company.

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© Photograph: Kevin Wolf/AP

© Photograph: Kevin Wolf/AP

Gov. Tim Walz faces little media scrutiny over billion-dollar welfare fraud in Minnesota as broadcast networks downplay massive Somali charity scheme.

President Trump's feud with The New York Times has ecalated as the White House criticizes what it calls a "false" report about his age and the newspaper files a lawsuit against the Pentagon.

Defense secretary defiant but allegations of war crimes and blistering watchdog report increase calls for him to go

Pete Hegseth is facing the most serious crisis of his tenure as defense secretary, engulfed by allegations of war crimes in the Caribbean and a blistering inspector general report accusing him of mishandling classified military intelligence. Yet despite the long list of trouble and as lawmakers from both parties call for his resignation, Hegseth shows no signs of stepping down and still holds Donald Trump’s support.

The twin crises have engulfed the former Fox News personality in separate but overlapping allegations that lawmakers, policy experts and former officials say reveal a pattern of dangerous recklessness at the helm of the Pentagon. Democratic legislators have reignited calls for his ouster after revelations that survivors clinging to wreckage from a September boat strike were deliberately killed in a “double-tap” attack, while a defense department investigation released on Thursday concluded he violated Pentagon policies by sharing sensitive details via the Signal messaging app hours before airstrikes in Yemen.

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Then-Sen. Joe Biden advocated for military action against drug cartels in 1989, calling the drug problem America's number one threat to national security.