Author: Sarah Fortinsky

Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) said on Sunday he doesn’t think capturing Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro will have a significant impact on the scope of drug trafficking in the United States. “No, I don’t,” Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, said in an interview on NewsNation’s “The Hill,” when asked if he…

President Trump has overseen a series of dramatic changes at the Kennedy Center since taking office at the beginning of the year. The most significant shifts came in two waves, both of which resulted in artists canceling performances in protest of Trump’s takeover of the cultural institution. In February, Trump replaced multiple board members with…

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday fired back at conservative political commentator Scott Jennings after he accused her of becoming a “lib” in 2025. Greene, a former staunch MAGA loyalist who publicly split from President Trump on a number of high-profile issues this year, defended her voting record as closely aligned with the president’s…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters on Monday that the United States is offering a 15-year security guarantee in the latest draft of the 20-point peace proposal to end Kyiv’s war with Russia. Zelensky, answering reporters’ questions on WhatsApp, said he would prefer the Trump administration to commit to up to 50 years to deter…

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed optimism ahead of Sunday’s meeting with President Trump, underscoring the critical moment before the new year to make progress on peace talks. He said the prospects for peace rest on the willingness of Ukraine’s allies to increase pressure on Russia. “These are some of the most active diplomatic days of…

The White House will present plans for its ballroom construction at the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC) meeting next month. The “East Wing Modernization Project” was added to the agenda of the Jan. 8 NCPC meeting, during which administration officials will give an “information presentation” on its controversial project. The presentation is often seen as…

President Trump said Wednesday he wants to make sure “a bad Santa” is not “infiltrating” the United States, as he fielded calls from children who were calling North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) to track Santa Claus’s movements on Christmas Eve. Trump helped kick off the NORAD Santa-tracking tradition, now in its 70th year, from…

President Trump knocked his political opponents as “Radical Left Scum” in a Christmas message in which he boasted about his administration’s accomplishments during the first year of his second term. “Merry Christmas to all, including the Radical Left Scum that is doing everything possible to destroy our Country, but are failing badly,” Trump wrote Wednesday…

North Korea touted its progress in building a nuclear-powered submarine, releasing photos through state media on Thursday showing a largely completely vessel. The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) released photos showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visiting a shipyard and inspecting the massive, burgundy-colored vessel, which the North describes as an 8,700-ton-class nuclear-propelled…

CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss defended her decision to hold a “60 Minutes” segment she thought was not ready for publication, telling her staff in a memo on Wednesday that her goal is to win back viewers’ trust. “Right now, the majority of Americans say they do not trust the press. It isn’t because they’re…