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US diplomat cuts ties with foreign official over 'unprovoked insult' on Trump Peace Prize

The American ambassador to Poland had a meltdown Thursday after the country's parliament speaker said President Donald Trump wasn't worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Ambassador Tom Rose, a MAGA ally, raged over the comment Thursday in a post on X after Parliament Speaker Wlodzimierz Czarzasty did not agree that Trump was a good potential recipient of the famed prize, The Daily Beast reported.

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Expert warns Trump's health rapidly declining: 'He’s losing the brakes'

An expert Thursday warned that President Donald Trump's health has started to rapidly deteriorate as questions increase over his mental capacity and ability to lead, according to reports.

Dr. John Gartner, psychologist, psychiatrist, and a former assistant professor at John Hopkins Medical School, told British publication The i Paper that there have been increased concerns over the president's health and suggested signs of cognitive decline.

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Trump donor's private jet is now being used for deportations

A new investigation from The Guardian published Thursday has revealed that a friend and donor of President Donald Trump has been using his private jet for deportations.

Gil Dezer, a Florida property tycoon and longtime friend of the Trump family, has now twice flown Palestinian men from Arizona to Tel Aviv, according to the report. Dezer has been a Trump donor and member of the Miami branch of Friends of the Israel Defense Forces.

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Trump backs down on dispute with ally while threatening to take another land mass by force

President Donald Trump walked back his criticism of UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer's agreement to transfer ownership of a strategically located island to Mauritius.

The 79-year-old president has complained that the United Kingdom plans to decolonize the Chagos Islands, including the site of the U.S. military base on Diego Garcia, but he said Starmer had reassured him on the transfer of sovereignty of the Indian Ocean archipelago.

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Expert highlights 'worst-case scenario' after major international nuclear treaty expires

A former US State Department employee has outlined what a "worst-case scenario" would look like following the expiry of the New START deal.

The treaty was a nuclear arms reduction treaty between the US and Russia, which expired today (February 5). Donald Trump claimed that, should the deal expire, the administration would move to put another one into effect, though details of this have not yet been confirmed.

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Firestorm as Washington Post lays off reporter in the middle of a 'frigid warzone'

Outrage erupted Wednesday after The Washington Post announced it would lay off more than 300 people from its newsroom — including a reporter in the middle of a warzone in Ukraine.

The reporter received the news under harsh conditions while covering the war in Ukraine.

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'Trump's next target' in place and president will 'weaponize economy' against it: analysis

Donald Trump has set his sights on a post-Greenland target and may use tariffs as a way of hindering the country in question.

The president's administration carried out an operation in Venezuela and then shifted tact to Greenland earlier this month. While Trump confirmed the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, his campaign in Greenland was far less successful. The president was met with strong resistance from European nations at the time, and it seems he has not yet given up in subsuming the country into US territory.

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Trump admin yet to discuss security risk of vital peace pact ending: report

A vital peace pact which prevents escalations in creating nuclear arms is set to end tomorrow (February 5).

Donald Trump's administration has not reportedly worked on finding a solution to the treaty, with negotiations stalling last month and not picked up from there. According to those familiar with the peace treaty developments, the president and his advisers are yet to even hold a conversation about what to do about the impending deadline, let alone how to resolve it.

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Pope orders angel's face scrubbed from church fresco after spotting Trump ally

The Roman diocese, led by Pope Leo XIV, has ordered a church to alter an angel's face painted on a fresco that bears a close resemblance to one of President Donald Trump's closest European allies.

An Italian newspaper reported over the weekend that a newly restored fresco at Rome's Basilica of San Lorenzo in Lucina included an angel whose updated face appeared to resemble Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, although artist Bruno Valentinetti denied that was his intention and the parish priest defended the work, reported The Daily Beast.

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Trump threatens 'new terrifying world' as China gift risks end of vital peace pact

A treaty between Russia and the U.S. could expire shortly because of a standstill over country membership.

An ex-Pentagon official said the potential expiry is a frustrating one, and it appears Donald Trump is caught up in a detail that, to the former official, makes little difference. Kingston Reiff warned the new START deal, which will expire on February 5, had offered valuable insight into what Russia had been doing with its military.

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'Nice and slow': Trump gives odd rant about plane stairs when asked about foreign policy

President Donald Trump unleashed a rant about risky airplane stairs after he was asked to explain his so-called Donroe Doctrine foreign policy.

During a Monday interview on The Dan Bongino Show, the host asked the president for his take on the Monroe Doctrine after a U.S. military attack on Venezuela.

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Questions raised over 'unimaginable' Trump corruption scandal: 'Leaks coming from inside?'

A new report about a "secret" and "unprecedented" deal between Donald Trump and a "spy Sheikh" has analysts concerned.

According to the Wall Street Journal, "Four days before Donald Trump’s inauguration last year, lieutenants to an Abu Dhabi royal secretly signed a deal with the Trump family to purchase a 49% stake in their fledgling cryptocurrency venture for half a billion dollars, according to company documents and people familiar with the matter."

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Foreign 'spy Sheikh' secretly bought 'unprecedented' stake in Trump's company: WSJ

For the first time in American history, a foreign government official took "a major ownership stake in an incoming U.S. president's company," according to a report Saturday night.

According to the Wall Street Journal's reporting, a so-called "spy Sheikh" signed an "unprecedented" deal to buy part of Trump's company for half of a billion dollars.

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