Politics

Imagine a boxing match.A boxing match may only go a few rounds. But it’s a big production. There’s a massive buildup for weeks in the press. There’s the weigh-in. Both fighters enter the ring to fanfare. Everyone scans the crowd to see "who" is there or nabbed seats close to the ring. Celebrities. Actors. Musicians. Models. Other famous athletes.There’s a lot to see.And that’s why the president’s State of the […]

More than half a million women and girls in the United States are living with the physical and psychological scars of female genital mutilation — including many in Minnesota, home to a large Somali community from a country where roughly 98% of women have undergone the procedure, according to United Nations data.Yet despite a state law that makes performing the procedures a felony, Minnesota has never secured a single criminal […]

Greenland’s prime minister publicly rebuked President Donald Trump on Sunday, rejecting his proposal to send a U.S. hospital ship to the Arctic territory and urging him to stop making "random" social media posts about its future.Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen issued the response in a pointed Facebook post following Trump’s announcement."We say no thank you from here," Nielsen wrote. "President Trump's idea of ​​sending an American hospital ship here to Greenland […]

An emotional Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., attempted to blame critics – and even President Donald Trump's own off-the-cuff agility – for the backlash she received for her response to a question at the recent Munich Security Conference on American defense of Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion."If you think I don't understand foreign policy, because of out of hours of discourse about international affairs, I pause to think […]

President Donald Trump called on Netflix to fire board member Susan Rice immediately or "pay the consequences."Trump’s comments followed remarks Rice made Thursday on the "Stay Tuned with Preet" podcast, hosted by former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara. During the interview, Rice warned that corporations she said had "taken a knee" to Republican pressure should not expect forgiveness from Democrats if they return to power."This is not going to be an instance […]

"I can’t believe they just left!""Why didn’t they just stay until they fixed it?""Why didn’t they make them stay?"I must have fielded forty questions last week from colleagues, friends and acquaintances. Even reporters and editorial staff from other news organizations. And that’s to say nothing of a few Congressional aides.Everyone had the same question. They were in disbelief that lawmakers just abandoned the Capitol a week ago Thursday and left […]

A man in his early 20s was shot and killed early Sunday after allegedly breaching the secure perimeter of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, the U.S. Secret Service announced.The Secret Service said the incident occurred around 1:30 a.m. when the suspect made an "unauthorized entry" at the property.The individual was observed near the north gate carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can.Agents […]

Exiled Iranian Princess Noor Pahlavi made an impassioned plea for President Donald Trump's help this weekend, saying the Iranians had never been so close to overthrowing the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.Pahlavi made the statement during an interview with The California Post, saying her "heart breaks" over Iran despite the fact that she has never stepped foot there. Her grandfather, the former Shah of Iran, was deposed roughly 47 years ago."Imagine […]

President Donald Trump's designs to take over Greenland have been quiet for a few weeks, but a Joint Arctic Command medical evacuation by Denmark on Saturday now has the U.S. sending a "great hospital boat" to take care of the "sick.""Working with the fantastic Governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, we are going to send a great hospital boat to Greenland to take care of the many people who are sick, […]