The European Union’s foreign policy chief has criticised US claims that Europe was facing “civilisational erasure” and rejected what she called “fashionable euro-bashing”. Kaja Kallas told an audience at the Munich Security Conference on Sunday that other countries looked up to Europe for its values, such as press freedom. She said: “Contrary to what some

Mackenzie Scott, former wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has said that her approach to large-scale philanthropy is shaped by acts of kindness she received during her early years. In an essay published on her philanthropic organisation, Yield Giving website in October, Scott said she often thinks about the people who helped her when she

The White House is signaling it may force Big Tech to foot the full bill for America’s AI boom. Peter Navarro, President Donald Trump’s trade advisor, said on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” that data center builders must “internalize” the costs of the electricity, water, and grid strain their AI infrastructure creates. Companies building data

Munich, Germany  —  Many of the Democrats who came to the Munich Security Conference this weekend want to be president. But even if one of them can win the White House in 2028, they may find they can no longer claim the title every American president since the 1940s has borne: leader of the free

The Norwegian Nobel Institute has responded to President Donald Trump’s extended tantrum about not receiving a Nobel Peace Prize. Director Kristian Berg Harpviken told The Atlantic in a Sunday interview that the institute hoped to increase transparency around the selection process in an attempt to defend against accusations of bias leveled at it by Trump

19 Horrible Crimes Celebrities Allegedly Committed 1. When Mark Wahlberg was a teenager, he was involved in a number of hate crimes. First, when he was 15, he was charged with chasing and throwing rocks at Black children with his friends, yelling “Kill the n*****s”. He also harassed Black children at the beach the next

Find winning stocks in any market cycle. Join 7 million investors using Simply Wall St’s investing ideas for FREE. President Trump is considering rolling back U.S. tariffs on imported steel, a potential shift that could affect pricing power across the sector. Warren Buffett has recently increased his stake in Nucor (NYSE:NUE), adding fresh attention to

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Lawmakers and the White House offered no signs of compromise Sunday in their battle over oversight of federal immigration officers that has led to a pause in funding for the Department of Homeland Security. A partial government shutdown began Saturday after congressional Democrats and President Donald Trump’s team failed to reach a deal on legislation to fund the department

“We’ve got somebody in the White House who acts like a king. We’ve got a government that has engaged in its own form of tyranny … overriding the rule of law, overriding democratic principles,” the Arlington Democrat told the crowd of roughly 70 attendees. “Directionally, you’ve got a choice. In Massachusetts, do you want to

World leaders pose during a Board of Peace charter announcement during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026.Evan Vucci/AP Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Donald Trump said Sunday that member states

Beijing pivots toward consumption-led growth as export reliance faces mounting global headwinds. While Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke on Sunday, take note that Chinese markets are closed all this week: Summary: Xi pivots toward domestic demand, calling consumption and investment the “main driver” of growth. China bracing for global uncertainty, despite a record trade surplus

As Trumpism forces both major US parties to wonder what they stand for, experts weigh in on November election prospects. The Republican Party currently controls the White House and both houses of Congress in the United States. But will that change in November? Among Republican voters, US President Donald Trump is still wildly popular, despite

MacKenzie Scott donated $26 billion over the past seven years, including a record $7.2 billion in 2025, a pace of giving that makes her the third-largest philanthropist of all time by total lifetime donations, according to Forbes. Scott is a novelist and the former spouse of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. She has distributed the funds

BEIJING: Xi Jinping called for making domestic demand the “main driver” of economic growth, according to remarks by the Chinese president released Sunday from a key policy meeting late last year. China should “coordinate efforts to boost consumption and expand investment, and fully leverage the advantages of China’s super-large-scale market,” Xi said in comments published

New renderings released this week provide the most detailed vision yet of Donald Trump’s proposed $400m White House ballroom addition. The renderings, submitted by the project’s architects and released on Friday by the National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC), depict a vast sprawling structure, expected to be around 90,000sq ft, from multiple angles. In the images,

Throughout Bad Bunny’s mesmerizing performance during the Super Bowl, the word “America” kept expanding, like an accordion, stretching out to embrace people of all nationalities. “Together we are all America,” his football read, and he obviously meant it, in the largest, most hemispheric sense. Near the end, after shouting “God bless America” (his only words

When Howard Lutnick had a problem in 2018, he turned to his next-door neighbor for help: Jeffrey Epstein. Lutnick emailed Epstein’s assistant in May 2018 about a proposed expansion to the Frick Collection, a museum one block south of Lutnick’s and Epstein’s adjacent townhouses on East 71st Street in Manhattan. “Are you aware as to

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has officially shut down after Congress failed to agree on a deal before the end of Friday and funding lapsed at midnight. Democrats are working on a counterproposal as negotiations over federal immigration enforcement continue, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said. They have demanded increased oversight and restrictions on