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President Donald Trump appeared to deny he'd made a previous, controversial claim that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is a "dictator" at a press conference following his White House meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer — a claim that triggered widespread outrage from U.S. allies given the united front NATO countries have shown up to this point in supporting Ukraine against Vladimir Putin and the Russian invasion.

Trump also continued to reiterate his stated belief Ukraine cannot join NATO — a security goal Ukraine has sought so desperately that Zelensky even offered to resign in exchange for his country's accession to the alliance.

The New York Times has identified 45 individuals working in the so-called Department of Government Efficiency formed by Elon Musk with Donald Trump's blessing.

The quasi-government advisory board has recommended sweeping cuts to federal agencies and tossed thousands of federal employees out of their jobs after Trump established DOGE through an Inauguration Day executive order, but the group's leadership structure and staffing remains murky enough that White House Press Secretary Katherine Leavitt was reluctant to reveal the top official in charge.

An attack by Vice President J.D. Vance on immigrants who express dismay about conditions in their homeland was slapped aside by a conservative columnist for reeking of a "dual loyalty" smear usually levied against Jewish Americans who have similar feelings about Israel.

According to longtime National Review columnist Dan McLaughlin, a long post on X from the Ohio Republican hit a sour note when Vance spoke about lecturing a Ukrainian-American.

With inflation showing signs of heating back up, American voters are taking a dimmer view of of president Donald Trump's signature economic policy.

Bloomberg reports that Trump "risks American consumer backlash" if he follows through on threats to slap tariffs on all imported goods from Mexico and Canada, as a new Harris poll conducted on behalf of Bloomberg shows 60 percent of respondents believe that the tariffs will raise prices on everyday consumer goods.

Some of Donald Trump's most devoted followers are outraged that his administration might have played a role in getting right-wing influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate released from custody in Romania, where they were under investigation for human trafficking.

The British American brothers boarded a private jet early Thursday in Romania and landed hours later at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport shortly after 11 a.m. local time, but Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced they were not welcome to remain in the state.

Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) vehemently denied President Donald Trump screamed and called her a "fake Republican" after she initially voted against the budget plan he supported.

Puck reported Wednesday that Trump called Spartz during a House floor vote on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth are under the gun by a federal judge to prove their claims about transgender soldiers in the military.

In a court filing last week, the government claimed "any service member or recruit who has been diagnosed with or treated for gender dysphoria is disqualified from serving — unless they can prove they meet a specific warfighting need and adhere to severe restrictions on their day-to-day behavior," reported the Associated Press.

Residents of Lincoln Heights, Ohio, a Black-majority town in the suburbs of Cincinnati, have formed armed watches after neo-Nazis recently marched close by and after fliers from the Ku Klux Klan began appearing in town.

The Washington Post reports that residents decided that they had to take matters into their own hands because they became suspicious of the police response to a neo-Nazi march that took place earlier this month on an overpass leading into the town.

by Beiyi SEOW

U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would impose an added 10 percent tariff on Chinese imports while moving ahead with levies on Canada and Mexico next week, citing "unacceptable" drug smuggling.

The co-hosts of "The View" attacked new Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after they said he got basic facts wrong during the Wednesday Cabinet meeting.

An outbreak in Texas claimed its first life this week, leading to questions about what the federal government is doing to help stop it.