Taiwanese Minister of Education Cheng Ying-yao announced Thursday that the island’s universities will no longer collaborate with three Chinese institutions due to their affiliation with the United Front Work Department, the Chinese Communist Party’s propaganda arm.
A new study has revealed that half of Seattle’s homeless population arrived from outside the city and has no direct connection to the area. The Discover Institute’s Center on Wealth and Poverty released its report, A New Approach to Homelessness in Seattle, highlighting that King County’s homelessness crisis is one of the worst in the nation. The number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness in the county is at an all-time high and could double in less than three years if current trends continue.
Political analyst Mark Halperin and former Democratic National Committee official Lindy Li criticized the Democratic Party’s response to President Donald Trump and Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk during an appearance on “Sunday Report.” Both analysts argued that Democrats are struggling to counter Trump’s agenda and have become fixated on personal attacks rather than policy debates.
Democratic Rep. Katherine Clark attempted to assure CNN viewers on Monday that her party is successfully opposing President Donald Trump, despite polling that shows most Democrat voters disagree. A CNN/SSRS poll found that 73% of Democrat-leaning voters believe their congressional leaders are doing too little to oppose Trump, with only 22% believing their response has been appropriate.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis weighed in on President Donald Trump’s recent endorsement of Rep. Byron Donalds for governor in 2026, expressing skepticism about Donalds’ contributions to Florida’s conservative victories.
ABC News legal analyst Sunny Hostin sparked controversy on Thursday’s episode of The View by claiming that opposition to woke ideology is “ungodly” and un-Christian. Her comments came during a discussion about actress Jane Fonda’s remarks at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, where Fonda defended the concept of being “woke.”
Thousands gathered in Beirut on Sunday for the delayed funeral of Hassan Nasrallah, leader of Hezbollah, who was killed in September by an Israeli airstrike following months of Hezbollah attacks on Israeli civilian targets.
Border Patrol agents in Texas’ Rio Grande Valley Sector seized nearly 560 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $18 million in three separate drug busts on Sunday morning. Two of the seizures occurred at a highway checkpoint, while the third happened during a roving patrol stop initiated by agents.
Sheriff Mike Boudreaux of Tulare County, California, has launched an inmate work program designed to reduce recidivism and ease the financial burden on taxpayers.
President Donald Trump has rescinded a Biden-era executive order that protected gender clinics from federal investigations, marking a significant policy shift.