Ex-prosecutor Jack Smith’s team got permission to monitor the phone of Donald Trump’s top aide from two federal judges openly critical of the president and did not reveal in their written request to those judges it would be secretly tracking contacts with criminal defense lawyers, according to freshly unsealed court records.The documents made public Monday by the White House Government Transparency Task Force include two applications by the former special counsel to use a pen register and a tap and trace device to monitor the incoming and outgoing calls of current White House chief of staff Susie Wiles’s phone while…
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Monday may have been a government holiday but breaking news revealed that investigator with the Department of Homeland Security were on the clock as they raided the D.C.-area residence of Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar (D). The late-hour reaction on CNN News Central was to clutch their pearls over the raid happening so close to the midterms, and to scoff at accusations that Omar might have committed marriage or immigration fraud by allegedly marrying her brother to get him in the country. “Kate [Bolduan], we’re learning bits and pieces of what’s happening here,” announced crime and justice correspondent Katelyn Polantz. “But…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech Ever wondered what it felt like to be a genius? It’s truly never been easier, thanks to the sycophantic power of ChatGPT. A viral post on X-formerly-Twitter encouraging people to “ask ChatGPT what percentile of intelligence it thinks you are compared to all its other users” is being flooded with wild screenshots, where the popular AI chatbot estimates that the vast majority of users rank among the smartest people in the population. Naturally, it’s next to impossible to verify how true any given…
Abdul El-Sayed denies family ties to the Muslim Brotherhood, but his half-sister’s old posts describe relatives who belonged to the Islamist group. The post El-Sayed Denies Muslim Brotherhood Ties, Sister Contradicts Him first appeared on Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion.
Onion inflation surged to 108.09 percent from 48.78 percent. That one staple more than doubled year on year.The tables released with September’s provisional figures held that spike among the others. At 4:00 p.m. on October 12, 2026, the National Statistics Office at the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation lifted the embargo. The provisional Consumer Price Index put headline retail inflation at 5.54 percent.A rural Indian woman harvests wheat in a field, reflecting the rural agricultural sector tied to food price trends.Photo: Yann Forget · CC BY-SA 3.0 · sourceAugust had closed at 4.83 percent. The September rate sat above…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) cannot take the names of registered voters and compare them against a federal immigration database, a federal judge has ruled.U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan, based in Washington, handed down an order on Oct. 9 against the department.The DOJ has been requesting lists of registered voters from states and, after obtaining them, checking them against the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements service, which contains citizenship information.When people are identified as registered to vote despite not being citizens—according to the SAVE database—the DOJ has been demanding that states remove them from voter rolls.“The challenged policy represents the…
President Donald Trump has publicly opened the Republican Party’s door to Senator John Fetterman, praising the Pennsylvania Democrat as a “great guy” and saying he would “love” to have him in the GOP. Trump’s invitation followed months of speculation about Fetterman’s political future. His breaks with fellow Democrats have involved immigration, Israel, the war in Iran, and his rejection of socialism. Fetterman remains a Democrat, but his growing popularity with Republican voters has kept questions about a possible switch alive. The exchange happened Saturday, October 10th, at Joint Base Andrews after Trump stepped off Air Force One following a rally…
Radical left-wing Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdulrahman El-Sayed, a Muslim, claimed in a recent debate held in the city of Grand Rapids that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is, and this is a direct quote, “terrorizing our streets.” Many conservatives and common sense Americans have pointed out the irony of someone being an adherent to the Islamic religion referring to the actions of another group of individuals “terrorizing” the streets. The moderator for the debate, which took place on October 8, 2026, was longtime political reporter and senior journalist for WOOD TV8, Rick Albin, asked, “You’ve made your position…
Florida Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon is defending a wall inside her Jacksonville bookstore that features Assata Shakur, the convicted murderer and Black Liberation Army member once placed on the FBI’s Most Wanted Terrorists list. Nixon described Shakur and others on the display as “civil rights leaders” while responding to criticism of the portraits. The Democratic Socialists of America member now faces Republican Senator Ashley Moody in Florida’s U.S. Senate race. Her answer has added another controversy to a campaign already marked by her praise for Shakur. The dispute focuses on Cafe Resistance, the far-left bookstore and coffee shop Nixon…
Law enforcement agencies in Florida say they have recovered 163 missing children during a four-and-a-half day statewide operation that reached all the way across the United States and into 12 other countries, according to information shared by officials earlier this week. Attorney General James Uthmeier, along with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement also shared information about the operation. Operation Statewide Shield is the first statewide child-recovery initiative and the largest such effort in the history of the state. The children who were found ranged in age from 2 months to 17-years-old. Officials stated that many of them had been…
Radical leftist U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed (D-MI), who is also a Muslim, recently participated in a debate against his GOP opponent, Mike Rogers (R-MI), where he blew an opportunity to deny receiving money from left-wing billionaire George Soros or terrorist groups, opening the door for even more speculation concerning the individuals and organizations he is beholden to. El-Sayed slammed Rogers by accusing him of stock trading during his time in Congress, claiming that he himself does not own any stock, while failing to deny that he received cash from Soros or from radical Muslim terrorists. “I’m not trying to…
President Donald Trump went completely scorched earth on incumbent Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX), referring to the congressman as a loser and ripping him for staying a Democrat after receiving a presidential pardon. Trump issued a pardon for Cuellar and his wife in 2025 as they stared down the barrel of charges pertaining to bribery and money laundering. “In any event, I did the pardons, and made no deal, where a crooked politician would have, but I thought there would be a good chance that Cuellar, who was persecuted by Democrats because they didn’t like him, would have routinely gone over…
ABC News published a Pentagon-contract story about President Donald Trump’s two eldest sons, before its own report became the controversy. The Disney-owned network removed the article less than a day after publication and deleted the X post promoting it, initially offering no correction or explanation. Donald Trump Jr. and a spokesperson for 1789 Capital, where Trump Jr. is a partner, publicly attacked the reporting. ABC later published a revised version carrying an editor’s note that acknowledged multiple errors. The dispute began Wednesday, October 7th, when ABC published a report headlined, “Trump sons’ investments have won billions in Pentagon contracts since…
Mike Tyson stepped back into the spotlight Friday night, Oct. 9, to help President Donald Trump campaign against New York’s Democratic establishment. The former heavyweight champion joined Trump at a packed Syracuse rally supporting Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman, who is challenging Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul. Tyson traveled with the president aboard Air Force One before appearing onstage. His brief remarks brought one of boxing’s most recognizable figures into the GOP’s push to flip the longtime blue state. The rally was held at the Nicholas J. Pirro Convention Center at Oncenter, where roughly 2,500 Trump supporters gathered for a program…
The Claude logo displayed on a smartphone and the Anthropic logo on a computer screen, in an undated file photograph. Imen Ben Youssef/Hans Lucas via AFP via Getty ImagesAn artificial intelligence (AI) model sent a false tip to police regarding an unsolved murder, Anthropic disclosed on Oct. 9.Anthropic’s Claude agent visited a Philadelphia Police Department website and filled out a tip form about an unsolved murder.“I may have information regarding this case. I recall seeing someone matching the description in the area around [the street named on the page] during that time period,” the agent said, according to Anthropic. “Please…
Finance17 sources·Updated Oct 12, 2026·1 min readRobert Hall of Stanford and Michael Woodford of Columbia won the 2026 Nobel economics prize, announced Monday, October 12, 2026, in Stockholm by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The award, formally the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel and worth 12 million Swedish crowns (about $1.2 million), went for microeconomic foundations of macroeconomic stabilisation. It was the last Nobel of the 2026 cycle. John Hassler, chair of the prize committee, said the laureates’ work gave a stable theoretical foundation for models central banks and governments use worldwide and…
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World28 sources·Updated Oct 12, 2026·1 min readA 14-year-old was arrested Monday after a shooting at Joseph-Lakanal middle school in Aubagne, near Marseille. The principal and a teacher were wounded and a third person grazed; officials said those injuries were not life-threatening. Mayor Jean-Pierre Squillari said the pupil, who goes to the school, entered with a rifle, fired twice in a corridor toward the principal and a teacher, and was disarmed by a supervisor before police arrived. BFM TV reported the rifle was allegedly hidden in a guitar case. A Metro source said the 53-year-old head teacher was shot in the…
The George Soros regime is kicking into high-gear to pepper the airwaves with fake news to swing the midterm election to Democrats. Courier Newsroom — a lefty fake news collective funded by Soros to the tune of at least $20 million — has been seeping into the messaging of a litany of campaign ads used by Democrat “candidates and political action committees,” according to a new report by the censorial NewsGuard, which apparently discovered that leftist disinformation operations was actually a thing. This week, the outfit reportedly “identified seven video ads for key races in Iowa, Ohio, and Alabama featuring…
Over 350 officials from the Spanish National Police and other law enforcement agencies on Sunday forcefully cleared an illegal migrant encampment in Ceuta located at the Guano esplanade. The encampment at the Guano esplanade was the last mayor illegal migrant shanty town that remained erected in Ceuta after a similar operation took place earlier this month to clear the one assembled by invading migrants at the Trampolín beach, one of the areas most affected by the massive invasion of the Spanish North African exclave. Sunday’s operation occurred just about 48 hours before the highly anticipated arrival of King Felipe VI…
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham refused to rule out reversing Brexit and rejoining the European Union without a national referendum, claiming Russian interference unduly influenced the vote to leave the bloc. The recently installed Labour prime minsiter, who came to power off the back of a Westminster insider coup and the strength of less than 25,000 votes in a special election in June, once again expressed his willingness to overturn the largest democratic exercise in British history, when 17.4 million people voted to leave the European Union in June of 2016. In an interview published over the weekend on the…
By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor Monday, October 12, 2026Early Rain Covenant Church in China | Facebook/Early Rain Covenant Church Concerns over the health of imprisoned Chinese Pastor Wang Yi are growing after reports that he has late-stage liver cancer, as authorities again detain members of his house church, Early Rain Covenant Church.Wang may have received too little medical care during his years behind bars, according to the U.K.-based group Christian Solidarity Worldwide.CSW president Mervyn Thomas asked that Wang be freed at once so doctors can treat him, and that his family and congregation be told everything about the diagnosis…
Happy Columbus Day! Here is what’s on President Trump’s agenda today: 8:00 AM THE PRESIDENT participates in Executive Time7:00 PM THE PRESIDENT delivers Remarks in Youngstown, Ohio Two minutes of hate:Iran continues making desperate threats against the United States. Iranian national-security official Mohsen Rezaei said Sunday that Tehran considers Washington’s latest response to its demands over the Strait of Hormuz insufficient. Rezaei warned that American-linked undersea communications cables, data centers, and artificial-intelligence facilities throughout the Gulf could become targets if military operations resume. He estimated that the region contains more than $2 trillion in American-linked technology infrastructure. Such actions would…
A weathered black-and-white photograph, dated 1933, helps explain why a long-running battle over a statue is personal for Nick Pirro, 86, and Anthony Ilacqua, 68.That treasured picture shows 13 men—including Pirro’s father and Ilacqua’s grandfather—standing on a barge in a canal at Brewerton, near Syracuse, New York.They were greeting 153 tons of pink granite shipped from Italy—stone that would form the pedestal and base of a community-funded monument honoring Italians’ contributions to America, starting with the Italian-born explorer Christopher Columbus.“It’s our history; it’s part of our community,” Pirro said.Ilacqua said, “Columbus is representative of the immigrants’ experience—sailing across the ocean…
By Robin Schumacher, Exclusive Columnist Monday, October 12, 2026Unsplash/Joseph Chan A while back, I wrote a post asking the question of whether we should be scared of Jesus. Many of you (along with ChatGPT) thought the answer was no.And I get it. After all, in the only passage of Scripture where Jesus describes Himself, He says: “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke…
On top of that, Trump moans again about not winning the Nobel Peace Prize.Trump to Buy Russian Diesel Truth Social: I have just concluded a highly successful discussion with President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, wherein it was agreed that Russia will immediately supply over 300,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel to the American and Global Marketplace, another 500,000 Tons during the month of November, and 1,000,000 Tons immediately thereafter. Additionally, based on the condition of their Diesel Refineries, Russia will then deliver, within a short period of time, 3,000,000 Tons of Diesel Fuel. Between our TOTAL CONTROL of the Strait of…
Forgotten are the crimes of the Saudi coalition during and after the Yemen War of 2015. Following the attack on the King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the usual suspects emerged from the social media muck to condemn Ansarallah. “These reprehensible attacks demonstrate a blatant disregard for innocent civilian life. They must stop now,” demanded Trump’s secretary of state, Marco Rubio. Bibi Netanyahu, “on behalf of the people of Israel,” condemned the attack and declared the Zionist state “looks forward to a strong Middle East—one that stands united against threats, protects its people, and builds a future of…
Clyde Wilson makes an important distinction between nationalism and patriotism: A patriot is someone who loves his country and its people. A nationalist, on the other hand, loves government and all its powers. He worships “national glory,” “national greatness,” and myriad other governmental schemes and crimes. All nationalists who assume political office are tyrants to some degree, since they aspire to use the coercive powers of the state to regulate, control, direct, punish, brainwash, conscript, or kill the citizens whom they rule. There is a scale of tyranny, ranging from the mere welfare/warfare statist who taxes half of his citizens’…
By Mikale Olson, Op-ed contributor Monday, October 12, 2026iStock/Hleb UsovichThe popular evangelical podcast The Holy Post uploaded a video on September 20 on its YouTube channel titled “Why Conservative Media Is Turning on Christian Nationalism.” In it, the hosts discussed an article I recently wrote for The Christian Post titled “’Christian nationalism’ already failed America once.”Normally, I welcome the opportunity for other Christian commentators to engage with my work, especially on issues as important as the relationship between Christianity and political power. Christians should be able to debate these matters openly, challenge one another’s conclusions, and sharpen each other’s thinking.Unfortunately,…
A bipartisan group of seven senators is demanding President Donald Trump reverse his decision to allow Russian diesel imports into the United States, arguing the agreement violates federal law and provides financial support to Moscow amid its ongoing war with Ukraine. The lawmakers issued a joint statement Sunday citing a 2022 law prohibiting Russian energy imports, which Congress passed following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. “President Trump’s decision to allow Russian diesel imports to the U.S. runs directly counter to that law,” the senators said. “The Administration has also failed to consult with Congress or submit any explanation to justify its…
Trump says you are “the enemy” if you do not use his new term.The Enemy Truth Social: The White House considers anyone that uses the term, “Artificial Intelligence,” as opposed to the highly accepted new and more accurate term, “Super Intelligence,” THE ENEMY! President DONALD J. TRUMPOct 08, 2026, 10:14 AM Over 90 percent of the nation is now the enemy using Trump’s definition. Super Intelligence Task Force Truth Social: Following the Historic White House Accord on Super Intelligence, where the World’s most important Technology Companies came together, and confirmed their responsibilities to the American People, I am announcing the…
President Donald Trump drew the ire of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle this weekend when he struck a deal for diesel with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin. Trump announced Friday, October 9, that Putin had agreed to supply millions of tons of diesel to global markets, arguing it would help drop fuel prices ahead of the midterms. The backlash was fast and fierce – and bipartisan. On Sunday, seven senators of the Foreign Relations Committee condemned the deal. A day earlier, a Republican representative in the House proposed a bill to forbid it.Trump’s Diesel Deal “It was agreed that…
A majority of American voters are concerned about democratic socialist candidates gaining political power, according to a new national poll released just weeks before November’s midterm elections. The Center Square’s Voters’ Voice Poll found that 55 percent of registered voters are concerned about democratic socialists running for and winning elected office, compared with 37 percent who expressed little or no concern. Among respondents, 35 percent said they were very concerned, while another 20 percent were somewhat concerned. Meanwhile, 17 percent were not too concerned, and 20 percent were not concerned at all. The findings come as the Democratic Socialists of…
American taxpayers are losing billions of dollars every year to Medicare and Medicaid fraud, according to a bombshell report by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. One of the most outrageous examples of fraud highlighted in the report involved a scammer who allegedly billed Colorado Medicaid more than $150,000 for non-emergency medical transportation services supposedly provided to a man who was already dead.The House report noted that fraud is a problem throughout the health care industry, but it’s particularly egregious when scammers take advantage of programs meant to help some of the most vulnerable Americans, including the elderly, disabled,…
Nearly a year after TikTok’s American operations were separated from Chinese parent company ByteDance, the social media giant continues relying on Chinese-developed technology and maintaining close operational ties with its former owner, raising questions about whether the deal adequately addresses national security concerns. According to a Politico investigation, TikTok USDS Joint Venture, established in January 2026, still uses ByteDance’s internal messaging platform, Lark, and an artificial intelligence assistant called Aime, also developed by the Chinese company. The continued reliance on ByteDance technology comes despite a 2024 congressional mandate requiring TikTok’s divestiture over concerns about American user data and potential Chinese…
Has the college bubble been popped? That is the question. Decades ago, students could cover tuition by working summer shifts at the nearby McDonald’s. Today, Gen Z needs to take out exorbitant government-backed student loans just to walk onto a university campus. But the days of decadence and opulence by these institutions may be winding down as more young Americans abandon their degree pursuits and the White House introduces noteworthy reforms.Poppin’ the College Bubble Nominal average college tuition has risen substantially since 2000, ballooning by about 200%. A public institution can cost more than $10,000, while a private university can…
New York Attorney General Letitia James is facing a bar ethics complaint over allegations that she compromised her impartiality as special prosecutor in a sexual assault investigation involving seven Cornell University fraternity members. The National Legal and Policy Center filed a nine-page complaint questioning whether James can conduct a fair investigation after publicly expressing support for the alleged victim shortly before being appointed to oversee the case, according to the New York Post. The watchdog group argues that James’ statements raise serious concerns about prosecutorial neutrality and could undermine public confidence in the legal proceedings. The complaint calls for James…
President Donald Trump delivered a spirited Columbus Day message Sunday, celebrating Italian Americans while condemning left-wing activists who targeted statues of Christopher Columbus during nationwide protests. In a Truth Social post ahead of Monday’s federal holiday, Trump declared that efforts to tear down monuments honoring the Italian explorer were a thing of the past. “HAPPY COLUMBUS DAY TO ALL, in particular our great Italian American Community which was forced to suffer as the Radical Left Dumocrats, Socialists, and Communists rampaged through our cities and towns ripping down almost all of the beautiful statutes of Christopher Columbus,” Trump wrote. “Well, those…
Are we surprised that America can’t even agree on Daylight Saving Time?
The anti-ICE media has hammered their narrative since the Thursday shooting of a criminal illegal alien in New York City. They painted the criminal and his five-year-old son in the car as the victims, and never mind the criminal ramming other vehicles. On Friday, network newscasts concentrated on calls to abolish ICE. The slanted reporting has been so blatant, DHS has called it out. On his PoliticsNation show on Saturday, longtime ambulance-chaser Rev. Al Sharpton added radical DSA Congresswoman-In-Waiting Darializa Avila Chevalier to the mix. Sharpton began the segment by talking over a very short clip of NYPD bodycam footage…
On the third anniversary of October 7, at a panel at the first edition of Yoram Hazony’s National Conservatism conference in Israel, four prominent MAGA Right speakers laid out how the rising generation of the MAGA Right views Israel. This is the most important discussion for understanding the future of America, the land of God’s “almost chosen people,” and the future of America’s Jews, which has been held since Gazans, organized by their Hamas rulers, launched their genocidal attack on Israel. For Zionists, gentile or Jewish, the message was harsh: Israel, to that younger American generation, is just another foreign…
There was nothing but land: not a country at all, but the material out of which countries are made. —Willa Cather, My Ántonia, 1918. The other day, I found myself facing two decisions. The first of these was whether I could take the time off work to drive four hours—two hours up and two hours back—for an event lasting less than twenty minutes. Given that the event in question was my son’s cross-country meet, it wasn’t a hard decision. He’s my youngest, after all, and in another blink of an eye, he’ll be done running high school meets and off…
On October 9 in the afternoon, President Donald Trump said on Truth Social that he had struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin, arranging deliveries of diesel fuel to the United States and world markets. Trump said that Russia would immediately supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel, followed by an additional 500,000 tons in November and 1 million tons “immediately thereafter.” Russia will deliver an additional 3 million tons “within a short period of time after that,” Trump said. The deal was agreed upon during a 90-minute phone call between the two leaders. The announcement triggered outrage in…
Hey-hey-ho-ho, Western Civ has got to go! I should have known that emblematic chant originated with Jesse Jackson and not the Chicago 7. It was January 15, 1987, and the “Rev” had joined some 500 students marching down Palm Drive, the spectacular tree-lined entrance to the Stanford University campus. The students were—quite literally—calling on Stanford to end the requirement that all freshmen take an introductory course to Western Civilization. (Jackson, in a typical act of cultural appropriation, wanted the course expanded to include non-Western cultures.) Alas for our country and our culture, the protest was successful and pretty much ended…
By Suzanne Bowdey, Op-ed contributor Monday, October 12, 2026Christa Pike, 50, survived two lethal injections on Sept. 30 after having been sentenced to death in Tennessee for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer. | Screenshot/YouTube/ITV NewsFor days, the country has been riveted by the case of death row inmate Christa Pike, who was sentenced to die by lethal injection on September 30 — the first woman in 200 years to be executed in the state of Tennessee. Only Christa didn’t die.For two hours, the team at the prison tried and failed to find a vein, ultimately sending a double…
Parents and caregivers are being urged to stop using a recalled lot of a baby product sold online after federal testing found undeclared alcohol.Pacific Health Sciences is voluntarily recalling one lot of Babies’ Magic Tea brand Baby Sleep Gripe Water, a dietary supplement sold in 4-ounce bottles, according to an announcement dated Oct. 6 and published by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the following day. The recall affects Lot 25122bw, which has a best-before date of December 2028. The recalled product comes in a 4-ounce amber bottle packaged inside a blue cardboard box with an oral syringe. The…
Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei claimed Oct. 8 that U.S. and Israeli strikes had failed to undermine Iran’s domestic security forces, praising police personnel for resisting attacks launched in February under Operations Epic Fury and Roaring Lion.Khamenei’s remarks on X also came as the U.S. Army released a new battlefield identification guide to help American troops recognize members of Iran’s conventional military, known as the Artesh, whose ground forces were estimated by the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security in June at 350,000 personnel. “The criminal US-Zionist enemy’s desperate efforts and malicious attacks on the pillars of social order and…
U.S. Ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle may soon be fired amid reports she sought a six-figure credit card bailout from a Trump donor while offering access to administration officials, adding to mounting allegations over her conduct in Athens.President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio are “extremely pissed off” by Guilfoyle’s reported conduct and are weighing her removal, The Associated Press reported Sunday, citing a senior U.S. official. The official told the AP that a decision on what action to take would likely come this week after Monday’s Columbus Day holiday. No departure has been confirmed. Guilfoyle, onetime fiancée…
Nidal Hasan is seen in a booking photo after being moved to the Bell County Jail in Belton, Texas, on April 9, 2010. Bell County Sheriff’s Office via Getty ImagesPoliticians from across Australia’s political spectrum have expressed strong concerns about the U.S. government’s plans to livestream a military execution by firing squad in December.One Nation MP Barnaby Joyce believed the execution was not something Australians should be watching.“This is Roman amphitheatre stuff,” he told News24.“We don’t have the death penalty in Australia, and I certainly don’t want any children, or anybody … to witness another human being being shot by…
President Trump announced Sunday that Russia and Ukraine have reached an energy cease-fire — which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed despite calling it “news” to him.“Effective immediately, there is an ENERGY CEASEFIRE in the War between Russia and Ukraine,” Trump posted on Truth Social, days after he roiled Kyiv by unveiling a diesel purchasing deal with Moscow. “Both parties have agreed. Do not break it! Thank you for your attention to this matter.” Trump’s announcement appeared to catch Kyiv off-guard. “The cease-fire announcement was news for me,” Zelensky told Axios’ Barak Ravid after Trump’s Truth Social post. “But if Russians…