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Finger-wagging Macron hijacks Kenya summit stage to shush Africans and it did not go well
French President Emmanuel Macron apparently forgot he was attending an African summit — not supervising detention at an elite Paris boarding school. The embattled French leader triggered a social media firestorm Monday after abruptly barging onto the stage at the...
Jeanine Pirro cracks down on D.C. ‘teen takeovers’ with threat of jail for parents
Washington’s out-of-control “teen takeover” circus may finally be getting a reality check — and this time, the adults are the ones being warned to straighten up. Interim U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced Friday that parents in the nation’s capital could face up to...
Hegseth demands legal review of ‘blabbermouth’ senator over ‘CLASSIFIED’ Iran briefing talk
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is turning up the heat on Sen. Mark Kelly after the Arizona Democrat went on national television and started jawing about a classified Pentagon briefing tied to America’s growing military commitments in the Middle East. Hegseth didn’t...
Tlaib’s $168B homeless ‘bill of rights’ reads like an SNL script
Rep. Rashida Tlaib just dropped a proposal that reads less like incremental reform and more like a sweeping rewrite of how America treats life on the streets — complete with a nine-figure price tag yanked straight from defense spending. Her so-called “Unhoused Persons...
A rebuke to judicial overreach and a win for the Constitution
When unelected judges attempt to substitute their judgment for that of a duly elected president on matters of national security, the Constitution demands correction. It got one. In a decisive ruling, a federal appeals court ordered Judge James Boasberg to shut down...
BS daily political cartoons: Don’t you dare die on me!
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New Trump admin incentive program promises big payouts for fraud whistleblowers
President Donald Trump announced a program Tuesday to financially incentivize individuals who identify fraud in the federal government. Trump revealed a new program at a White House event, saying the government would pay those who report fraud and assist the...
Beijing rails against ‘politicization’ of tech as feds scrub Chinese AI from government systems
Beijing is crying foul over an order scrubbing a prominent Chinese artificial intelligence firm’s products from federal government computers in the U.S. China called on the U.S. to “withdraw” its restrictions on DeepSeek and warned of “resolute countermeasures” after...
Big tech’s AI debt deluge might be even worse than previously reported
Big Tech could be carrying substantially more financial exposure tied to artificial intelligence than investors realize, S&P Global warned Monday as concerns mounted over the debt financing Wall Street’s AI boom. Technology companies are increasingly relying on...
Canada’s separatists suffer crushing defeat as voters reject independence
Voters in Canada’s oil-rich province of Alberta overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to begin separating from the country Monday. About 76% voted to remain in Canada, while 24% supported taking the first legal steps toward a potential independence vote, according to...
Airbnb finally cracks down on hosts treating guests like a free maid service
Airbnb announced Tuesday it would crack down on hosts requiring paying guests to wash dishes, strip beds and complete other cleaning chores before checkout, ending a longstanding source of frustration for travelers. The vacation rental giant’s new policy, which takes...
America’s war machine has a China problem. These manufacturers want to fix it
WASHINGTON — American aluminum manufacturers are moving to restore domestic production and create thousands of jobs, lessening America’s dependency on China for a metal critical to national defense. Though it the metal is critical for U.S. defense infrastructure,...
