Politics

President Donald Trump met with House Republican leaders and members of the conservative Freedom Caucus on May 21, 2025.

CNN International correspondent Larry Madowo accused President Donald Trump on Wednesday of repeating “white supremacist” talking points during a meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. The claim was made during a segment on CNN’s “News Central.”

A federal judge in Massachusetts has rebuked the Department of Homeland Security for deporting convicted foreign criminals to South Sudan, sparking a fierce response from the Trump administration and highlighting deep divisions over immigration enforcement.

Governor Bob Ferguson signed a controversial new law that allows cities across Washington state to designate certain residential roads as “shared streets” with speed limits as low as 10 miles per hour. Senate Bill 5595 permits pedestrians to walk in the middle of these streets, eliminates traditional jaywalking laws, and mandates that vehicles yield to bicycles, which must yield to pedestrians.

Illegal migrants from Myanmar and Vietnam have reportedly been deported to South Sudan under President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, igniting controversy and a federal court order demanding government oversight of such removals. The deportations mark a dramatic shift from the Biden-era “catch and release” policies to a hardline enforcement model that sends a clear message: illegal entry will not be rewarded.

Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in Goldsboro, North Carolina, is one of five U.S. military installations currently being assessed for the Air Force’s new Deployable Combat Wings model. If selected, the base could gain approximately 200 additional airmen and their families, enhancing its role in national defense.

At a Wednesday budget hearing, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon laid out a bold vision to downsize the Department of Education, eliminate waste, and restore control of schools to states, parents, and local educators. Speaking before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, McMahon said the department’s “final mission” is to “wind down” federal involvement in education.

Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) admitted Wednesday on MSNBC that she’s “concerned” she could face criminal charges following her colleague Rep. LaMonica McIver’s recent arrest at a Newark ICE facility. McIver was charged with assault after a heated incident during what Democrats claimed was a congressional oversight visit.

Jake Tapper’s reputation took a final, fatal blow on Tuesday. Once considered a serious journalist, the CNN anchor is now widely seen as a partisan figure whose recent attempts to rebrand himself as a truth-teller have backfired spectacularly.

South African radical leftist Julius Malema doubled down Wednesday on his inflammatory rhetoric against white farmers, openly reiterating calls to "Kill the Boer, Kill the Farmer" just hours after President Donald Trump raised alarm over anti-white violence in South Africa.