Politics

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators joined post–Champions League celebrations in Paris on May 31, 2025, waving Palestinian, Algerian, Tunisian, and Moroccan flags.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press that the Republicans’ “big, beautiful” spending bill contains no cuts to Medicaid, despite Democrat claims to the contrary. Johnson made it clear that the plan aims to reform, not slash, the program.

The FBI is investigating a sophisticated impersonation scheme targeting White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.

A 16-year-old boy in Kentucky tragically took his own life after falling victim to an AI-generated sextortion scheme. Elijah Heacock of Glasgow received a message containing a fake nude image created with AI and a demand for $3,000 to prevent it from being sent to family and friends. Hours later, on February 28, Elijah died by suicide.

President Donald Trump has dismissed Kim Sajet, director of the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, citing her support for diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives as "totally inappropriate" for her role

Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) is facing little media scrutiny after making a one-handed gesture during a California speech Saturday—despite similar gestures from Elon Musk and Steve Bannon being labeled “Nazi salutes” earlier this year. Booker’s move—placing his hand over his heart before extending it outward—mirrored Musk’s widely condemned gesture at a Trump event in February.

The UK government has admitted it has “lost control” of its borders after a record 1,194 illegal migrants crossed the English Channel in small boats on Saturday— the highest daily figure this year. Despite paying France hundreds of millions to stop the crossings, French authorities only intercepted 184 migrants, around 15 percent of those who set sail.

At least 12 Ukrainian soldiers were killed and over 60 injured in a devastating Russian missile strike Sunday on a Ukrainian army training unit, according to Ukraine’s Ground Forces. The attack, which took place at 12:50 p.m., reportedly occurred despite no mass gatherings of personnel, underscoring the constant threat posed by Russian drones and reconnaissance deep behind the front lines.

Former President Joe Biden sparked controversy on May 30, 2025, with a confrontational response to questions about his cognitive health.

Billionaire developer and former Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rick Caruso is turning up the heat on city officials, claiming they failed in their duties to manage the devastating Palisades Fire. On Saturday, Caruso shared a new report by Fire Rebuild, an independent watchdog group, alleging that the blaze could have been controlled if local leaders had acted responsibly.