Author: Ryan Mancini

President Trump on Saturday told the Department of Defense (DOD) to “prepare for possible action” in Nigeria over alleged attacks on Christians in the African country. “If the Nigerian Government continues to allow the killing of Christians, the U.S.A. will immediately stop all aid and assistance to Nigeria, and may very well go into that now disgraced country, ‘guns-a-blazing,’ to completely wipe out the Islamic Terrorists who are committing these horrible atrocities.,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. “I am hereby instructing our Department of War to prepare for possible action,” the post continued. “If we attack, it will…

Comedian Bill Maher on Friday mocked President Trump for receiving a golden crown from South Korean President Lee Jae Myung during his trip to Asia. “He was in South Korea and the president there gave him a golden crown and Trump was very moved by it,” Maher said on his HBO show “Real Time with Bill Maher.” “He said, I know exactly where I’m going to keep it, on my head.” Maher talked about Trump’s recent back-and-forth over potentially running for a third term despite constitutional term limits established in the 22nd Amendment. He paraphrased Trump’s remarks and said, “‘Based on…

The Pentagon has given approval to the White House to send long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine, potentially fulfilling President Volodymyr Zelensky’s desire for more weapons in his country’s war with Russia if President Trump provides the final green light, CNN reported Friday. The Hill has reached out to the White House and the Pentagon for confirmation. The Defense Department’s (DOD) approval is reportedly based on an assessment that providing Tomahawks would not negatively impact U.S. stockpiles. After the Joint Staff gave the White House another assessment earlier this month informing Trump that European allies determined the U.S. had little reason…

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., on Friday sided with civil rights groups that sued the Trump administration over an executive order requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly wrote in her decision that the responsibility for election regulation is in the hands of the states and Congress, as stated in the Constitution, and “that the President lacks the authority to direct such changes.” She later added, “The Constitution’s allocation of authority over federal elections between Congress and the States may not be intuitive. But it is no accident. Instead, this design was the…

Sens. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) on Friday called on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to give them copies of the orders issued to strike boats in the Caribbean that the Trump administration says were trafficking drugs. They released two letters addressed to Hegseth. The first was sent on Sept. 23, establishing the legal requirements mandating congressional oversight over military execute orders (EXORDS). These orders are meant to be sent to the defense committees within 15 days of being issued, according to the first letter. “Unfortunately, the Department has not complied with this requirement,” the letter stated. A second…

In on the joke, Vice President Vance on Friday shared a photo of himself wearing a wig, resembling the viral online meme where he is depicted as bloated and smiling. The photo, shared in a post on the vice president’s profile on X, is a close-up of Vance’s face, with curly brown locks around his head and his eyes widened. He shared his full Halloween costume in a video on Instagram. Vance opens a door and says, “Happy Halloween. And remember to say thank you.” The video ends with a purple filter over Vance as he spins in a circle,…

Actor Harrison Ford on Friday blasted President Trump over his lack of policies toward combatting climate change, suggesting that the president has “whims” instead. “It scares the s— out of me,” Ford told The Guardian. “The ignorance, the hubris, the lies, the perfidy. [Trump] knows better, but he’s an instrument of the status quo and he’s making money, hand over fist, while the world goes to hell in a handbasket.” “It’s unbelievable,” the actor added. “I don’t know of a greater criminal in history.” Ford said he hoped Trump’s “drill, baby, drill” focus would not win, and added that the…

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Friday called President Trump’s move to restart nuclear weapons testing “acts of a weak person” and embarrassing. Speaking with NBC News’s Kristin Welker, Newsom said “it’s performative” on Trump’s part to restart the weapons testing, behavior that Newsom compared with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. He also pointed out that the Department of Energy handles nuclear weapons testing, contradicting the president’s directive that the Pentagon should oversee it. “This is weakness masquerading in strength,” Newsom said. “This is classic Trump and Trumpism. This guy is historically weak, and these are acts of a…

Comedian Bill Maher on Friday alluded to the notion that President Trump could seek a third term after the demolition of the White House’s East Wing to make way for a massive ballroom. Maher told his panelists on HBO’s “Real Time,” former Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele and former Biden White House communications director Kate Bedingfield, that “I can’t get this mad about everything.” Steele pushed back on what the symbolism of the demolition means. Maher replied, “The symbolism is he’s not leaving. That’s what bothers me about it. Who puts in a giant ballroom if you’re leaving?” Maher…

President Trump on Saturday placed preliminary blame on Hamas should its ceasefire with Israel fail, but called the current deal in place an “enduring peace.” “I think it will hold,” Trump told reporters after meeting with Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani during a refueling stop in Doha aboard Air Force One while en route to Malaysia. “Well, if it doesn’t hold, that would be Hamas,” Trump continued. “Hamas will be not hard to take care of very quickly. I hope it holds for Hamas too because they gave us their word on something so I think it’s going…