Alas, the Donald J. Trump and the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts! We barely knew ye! The president announced on Truth Social that the recently renamed center will close on July 4 for two full years of renovations. No better way to celebrate 250 years as a nation than by shutting

A message from Donald Trump celebrating the 19th-century US invasion of its southern neighbour – and the subsequent loss of more than half its territory – has touched a historical nerve in Mexico, with some seeing it as a veiled threat for future incursions. Reacting to the US president’s statement, which described the invasion as

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Tobias Kratzer spoke in disbelief ahead of the world premiere of “Monster’s Paradise” by Olga Neuwirth… HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Tobias Kratzer spoke in disbelief ahead of the world premiere of “Monster’s Paradise” by Olga Neuwirth and Elfriede Jelinek, which features a gluttonous, ravenous, insatiable President-King, lampooning U.S. President Donald Trump.

As you know, linked-arms cast photos aren’t my favourite. I was holding out for individual shots, but they were never uploaded. That said, there is far too much to love and unpack from the Wuthering Heights Paris premiere for it to go unfeatured. Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Heathcliff Held Back At first glance, Jacob Elordi

Tulsi Gabbard, director of National Intelligence, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. Yuri Gripas | Bloomberg | Getty Images Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., on Tuesday called on Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to testify in person before the Senate Intelligence Committee about her

Donald Trump suggested on a conservative podcast released on Monday that Republican state officials “take over” and “nationalize” elections in 15 states to protect the party from being voted out of office. Trump framed the issue as a means to prevent undocumented immigrants from voting. Claims that noncitizens are voting in numbers that can affect

Former Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau shrugged off then-president-elect Donald Trump’s 2024 cross-border political trash talk that labeled him the “governor” of the “Great State of Canada” during an appearance in a trailer for the CBC’s upcoming Rivals: The 4 Nations Face-Off documentary. “He’s said better insults to me than that,” Trudeau says dismissively in

The New START treaty, the last of the nuclear arms control treaties between the United States and Russia, which was signed in 2010, will expire on Thursday. Here is what the treaty entails, and what its lapse could mean for Washington and Moscow: What is New START? START stands for Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. It

Phoebe Gates’ shopping startup, Phia, has secured $35 million in funding. The app and browser extension helps shoppers find sustainable and affordable alternatives. Her father, tech titan Bill Gates, has lent his expertise, even working a customer service shift to understand user needs. Phia, co-founded with Sophia Kianni, boasts hundreds of thousands of users and

Prosecutors have raided the French headquarters of Elon Musk’s social media platform X and summoned the tech billionaire and the company’s former chief executive for questioning as part of an investigation into alleged cybercrime. “A search is under way by the cybercrime unit of the Paris prosecutor’s office, the national police cyber unit and Europol,”

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The U.S. and India announced a trade deal Monday after months of negotiations, raising hopes for a strategic reset after ties had plummeted to their lowest point in decades. But the lack of detail and a clear timeline has fueled doubts over how quickly the framework can be turned into a binding agreement and whether

The US president writes on Truth Social that he wants ‘nothing further to do, into the future’ with the university. United States President Donald Trump has said his administration will seek $1bn in damages from Harvard University. The US president announced his plan to extract the money from the Ivy League school on social media

A flag hangs on campus at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., September 4, 2025. Shannon Stapleton | Reuters U.S. President Donald Trump said late on Monday that his administration is seeking $1 billion in damages from Harvard University. “We are now seeking One Billion Dollars in damages, and want nothing further to do, into

Forty-seven years on from the Iranian revolution, Iran is confronting a strategic reality it has never faced before – a simultaneous crisis of domestic legitimacy and a credible threat of external attack so severe that regime survival can no longer be taken for granted. Until now, Tehran has survived wars, sanctions, assassinations, mass protests and

China’s military leadership stood before the nation in March 2023, an image of unity behind Xi Jinping. After nearly a decade in power, Mr. Xi had installed the high command that he wanted: loyalists hand-picked to make the People’s Liberation Army a world-class force. But not even Mr. Xi’s loyalists have been spared from his

WASHINGTON — Tulsi Gabbard on Monday defended her presence at an FBI search of an election center in Fulton County, Georgia, that has raised questions about her involvement as director of national intelligence. In a letter to the top Democrats on the House and Senate intelligence committees, Gabbard said she was at the center last