Tony Gonzales is facing new allegations of misconduct following reports that he sent explicit messages to a former campaign staffer. According to the report, text messages from June 2020 allegedly show the congressman repeatedly requesting nude photos from his campaign’s then–political director and making sexually explicit remarks. The unnamed staffer said the messages included…
Russia has sentenced former Kursk governor Alexei Smirnov to 14 years in prison for corruption tied to the construction of defensive fortifications in the border region. A court in the Kursk region found Smirnov guilty of accepting more than $250,000 in kickbacks in exchange for awarding government contracts worth about $2.5 million. He was also…
Donald Trump is pushing for $1.5 trillion in defense spending in the White House’s proposed fiscal 2027 budget, marking an increase of about 40 percent compared to 2026 levels. According to the proposal released on Friday, March 3, $1.1 trillion would be allocated directly to the United States Department of Defense, while an additional $350…
Donald Trump has signed a new executive order aimed at tightening oversight of college sports, following recent changes that allow student-athletes to earn money. The directive instructs the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to set limits on athlete eligibility, proposing that competitors should participate for no more than five years. It also introduces updated transfer…
Donald Trump is proposing a $1.5 trillion defense budget as part of the White House’s fiscal 2027 request, marking roughly a 40% increase over 2026 levels. The plan, released on Friday, March 3, allocates a base $1.1 trillion to the Department of Defense, with an additional $350 billion to be sought through Congress’s budget reconciliation…
US President Donald Trump has announced that the United States will escalate its military campaign against Iran over the next two to three weeks, even as the conflict approaches its final phase. In his first national address since the war began on February 28, Trump told Americans that the US-Israeli offensive is close to achieving…
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has warned it may target American university campuses in the Middle East following recent U.S.-Israeli strikes that it claims damaged Iranian academic institutions. According to Iranian media, the Guard said U.S.-affiliated universities in the region could face retaliation if Washington does not respond to the incident. “If the U.S. government…
French police have thwarted a suspected bomb attack outside a Bank of America branch in Paris, arresting a man believed to have been preparing to detonate a homemade explosive device. The incident occurred around 3:30 a.m. local time in the city’s 8th arrondissement, close to the Champs-Élysées. Sources familiar with the investigation said officers moved…
US President Donald Trump has falsely claimed he won “the g@y vote” during the 2024 presidential election, despite only picking up 12 percent of support from the LGBT+ community. During a lengthy phone interview on Fox News’ The Five on Thursday (March 25), the president, 79, was asked to comment on rumors that Mojtaba Khamenei, the son…
A jury on Monday ordered Bill Cosby to pay nearly $19 million in damages after finding him liable for sexually assaulting a woman who worked as a waitress in 1972. The plaintiff, Donna Motsinger, claimed in her lawsuit that Cosby drugged and raped her after picking her up in a limousine and taking her to…
