Trump is now trying to hide his taxpayer-funded trips to his club in Florida under the guise of work, so he stopped in Florida to hold an event that was supposed to tout his fake Social Security tax.PoliticusUSA news and views are direct and unfiltered. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Since this is Donald Trump, things went off the rails, and Trump ended up talking about his dementia tests and bragging about being the first president in history to have to have a dementia test.Trump also claimed he was a young man, which was just bizarre:Now, I’m not an old…
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PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea – Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape advanced his economic agenda during his visit to China this week, but experts stressed that the economic benefits of Chinese investments should not come at the expense of the environment or workers’ rights.During his three-day visit to the southern coastal city of Guangzhou, Marape discussed partnerships in green energy, agriculture and special economic zones, and he met with investors in two controversial mining projects: a potential gold and copper mine on the Frieda River and an expansion of the Ramu nickel mine. png-china-marape-guangdong In this image released…
If you’re a Republican running for office in a part of the country that isn’t deep red in 2026, how are you supposed to run in this mess? That’s what Republicans across the country are asking. Some Republicans like Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) have chosen to deny reality and pretend everything is wonderful. The truth is clearer in the Washington Post/ABC News/IPSOS survey:President Donald Trump’s war in Iran is as unpopular among Americans as the war in Iraq during the year of peak violence in 2006 and the Vietnam War in the early 1970s, according to a Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos…
As if the FCC conducting an early review of the licenses of eight Disney-owned stations wasn’t enough, and the First Lady demanding his ouster, Donald Trump stepped in and directly threatened Disney, and it’s clear what he wants.PoliticusUSA provides straight news and opinions that are always 100% independent. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Trump wants ABC to fire late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.On Thursday morning, Trump posted: “When will ABC Fake News Network fire the very unfunny Jimmy Kimmel, who incompetently presides over one of the lowest rated shows on television? People are angry. It better be soon!!!”Since the shootings have…
Myanmar’s former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been placed under house arrest, the country’s military-controlled state media said Thursday.The 80-year-old state counselor was transferred from Naypyidaw prison to “the designated residence” to serve the remainder of her sentence, state broadcaster MRTV reported without specifying exactly where that residence was located.State media also showed the first public photo of the former leader in several years. She was at a table with men in military and police uniforms.Suu Kyi has been in military detention since the February 2021 coup that dissolved Myanmar’s democratically elected parliament and installed a government led by…
The mainstream media continues to sanewash and failing to document the president’s apparent mental decline, but stories circulate.Here’s just a taste of what the American people are getting from all sides CNBC on gas prices:Gasoline prices nationwide jumped 27 cents over the past week as oil prices climbed. U.S. drivers paid an average of $4.30 per gallon on Thursday, up from $4.03 a week ago.Pump prices fell for a few weeks as oil prices fell on hopes that the United States and Iran would reach an agreement to end the war. But fuel prices began to rise after it became…
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has spent years chipping away at Voting Rights Act. The majority decision, by 6 votes to 3, weakening article 2 of the law, was not a surprise. In fact, it was the decision that was expected. Please take advantage of this free article. You can support our work by becoming a subscriber.The knee-jerk reaction is that Democrats need to pass new voting rights legislation, but that a new bill would at some point end up before the conservative Supreme Court, meaning the country could find itself in the same situation again in a few years.However,…
At least Trump was awake this time.The media and people around Trump pretend that what is happening is normal, but what the American people are seeing from the man sitting behind the desk in the Oval Office is deeply disturbing. Donald Trump’s mental decline is invisible only to those who choose not to see it. PoliticusUSA says what others won’t say. Support our truth by becoming a subscriber.Trump was in the Oval Office answering questions from reporters when CNN’s Kaitlin Collins asked the president whether he thought the war in Iran or Ukraine would end first. It’s a question that…
A word has emerged to describe Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s performance as head of the Pentagon. The word is incompetent.Hegseth did little to inspire confidence during a House hearing, where he sounded more like a cult member than a government official as he repeated his hopes and talking points while failing to provide answers to basic questions about the Iran war. PoliticusUSA brings news and analysis straight to you without the special interests or BS. Support us by becoming a subscriber.Consider this exchange between Hegseth and Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) early in the hearing.Hegseth talks about Iran being “determined to…
WASHINGTON – Radio Free Asia (RFA), a private, nonprofit organization, today announced the addition of Olivia Enos and Mira Rapp-Hooper to its Board of Directors. Enos is currently a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, and Rapp-Hooper is a senior advisor at The Asia Group and a visiting scholar at the Brookings Institute.“Olivia and Mira bring decades of expertise in human rights and national security to the Indo-Pacific region. » said RFA President Bay Fang. “Their invaluable experience and experience will benefit RFA immensely as we rebuild operations and journalistic capabilities. I welcome them both to the RFA Board of…