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A woman rolls a baby stroller past a replica of the Soviet RDS-4 nuclear bomb installed in memory of its creators in a park in Moscow on July 29, 2026. Alexander Nemenov | Afp | Getty Images For decades, allies worldwide rested in the comfort of the U.S. nuclear umbrella, confident they didn’t need their

Trump went ballistic yesterday on Sen. Jon Ossoff, and the White House has been criticizing the Georgia Democrat, saying he took a cheap shot at the president. You may have heard about Trump’s personal aide, Natalie Harp, on social media. She is the woman who always carries the bag near Trump. The president’s critics have

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 06, 2026 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Images News | Getty Images U.S.-Iran peace talks have effectively stalled, a former U.S. ambassador told CNBC on Tuesday, with Washington pursuing a diplomatic

Chris Kubasik during the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, July 10, 2026. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Defense contracting giant L3Harris Technologies ousted CEO Chris Kubasik on Sunday after learning he engaged in “certain conduct … that was not consistent with the values of the Company,”

Donald Trump doesn’t berate reporters. Donald Trump targets and berates female reporters. You will find few clips of Trump berating the men who ask him questions, but Trump seems to take great offense at the idea that a woman would ask him a challenging question. At an event where the president was meeting with the

A firefighting helicopter prepares to drop a load of water during a fire at Russian e-commerce firm Wildberries’ logistics complex near the town of Podolsk, outside Moscow on August 16, 2026. Tatyana Makeyeva | Afp | Getty Images Russia launched an attack overnight targeting Ukraine’s port infrastructure in the southern region of Odesa, authorities said

Workers erect scaffolding at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, June 12, 2026. Andrew Leyden | Bloomberg | Getty Images The Kennedy Center‘s board of trustees voted Thursday to inscribe President Donald Trump‘s name on its building facade, setting up a renewed legal battle over changes to the Washington, D.C., performing arts

When the public sees an institution bulldozed like the East Wing of the White House or defaced like the Kennedy Center, the outcry and opposition are louder and more public. What Donald Trump is doing to the federal government is a hollowing out from the inside out. For example, the Department of Education still technically

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during the annual New York State Financial Control Board meeting on August 12, 2026 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images New York City’s pied-à-terre tax can continue its planned rollout while it faces a legal challenge, an appellate judge ruled Thursday. The ruling comes

State Rep. Francesca Hong was supposed to win Tuesday’s Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary by around 20 percentage points, according to the latest public polling. Instead, the Democratic socialist lost by less than 1 percentage point. Hong’s stunning loss to the more moderate Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley is the latest in a string of massive

Midterm elections are decided by the popularity of the president and the state of the economy. The vast majority of presidents see their party lose midterm elections because of motivated opposition, unmotivated supporters, and voter anger/dissatisfaction. PoliticusUSA’s news and opinions are 100% independent. Support us by becoming a subscriber. Never has an incumbent Speaker of

Construction continues on a new helipad on the South Lawn of the White House and the East Wing ballroom on August 10, 2026, in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Friday asked the Supreme Court to allow construction of his White House ballroom to continue, one week after a federal

Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty Friday in New York federal court to stalking UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson before fatally shooting him on a midtown Manhattan street in December 2024. Mangione’s lawyers immediately afterward filed a motion in New York state court saying that charges of murder and multiple firearms counts against the Ivy League graduate in

Nigel Farage (C), leader of the Reform UK party, celebrates the victory of Sarah Pochin, the party’s candidate, in the Runcorn & Helsby by-election at the DCBL Stadium in Widnes, north-west England, in the early hours of May 2, 2025. Oli Scarff | Afp | Getty Images Nigel Farage, leader of Britain’s right-wing Reform UK

The Trump administration absolutely does not want to talk about gas prices, but in every state across the country, the cost of living is the top issue on the minds of voters, and nothing sums up the top concern of the American people better than gas prices. Gas prices influence all other prices, and Trump’s

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaking with CNBC on Aug. 4th, 2026. CNBC The U.S. will be applying economic measures “that have never been seen on Iran,” according to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. “It will be a combination of economic isolation like ‌the world has ​never seen before, ​and ​the continued blockade in ‌the Strait of

Donald Trump hid in a catering truck in Turkey because his felon brother from another mother, Bibi Netanyahu, told him that the Iranians were out to get him. The story about Trump changing planes and being smuggled via a catering truck sounds like a bad sitcom- you know, the kind that always ends up streaming

A woman and a child walk past Iranian-made Zolfaghar missiles displayed at Azadi Square in Tehran on July 24, 2026. Afp | Getty Images Iran is set to join the BRICS New Development Bank, the country’s central bank chief said Thursday, as Tehran seeks to shore up its economic alliances almost six months into its

Those who voted for Donald Trump gave him one job in 2024, and that was to fix inflation and the cost of living. One of the things that Trump did right on the campaign trail was regularly talking about inflation and the cost of living. PoliticusUSA is 100% independent news and opinion. Support us by