The German government of former Chancellor Olaf Scholz collapsed over disagreements on funding for Ukraine, he revealed. Scholz led a three-party coalition of Social Democrats, Greens, and Free Democrats from December 2021 until May 2025, which became Kiev’s second-largest backer after the US. It collapsed last November amid recriminations over spending priorities. Speaking to Die…
The House of Representatives just passed the funding bill to re-open the government. The final vote was 222-209, with six Democrats voting ‘yes.’ The six House Democrats who voted in favor of the bill were: Two Republicans — Thomas Massie and Greg Steube — broke ranks and voted against the bill. The bill is now…
Norway will not tap its massive sovereign wealth fund to act as a financial backstop for a proposed EU loan to Ukraine based on Russian assets frozen by the bloc, Finance Minister Jens Stoltenberg has said. Speaking to the broadcaster NRK on Wednesday, Stoltenberg, a two-term head of NATO, dismissed suggestions that Oslo could leverage…
The US will not accept lectures from the EU on how it conducts its national security operations, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Wednesday, dismissing criticism by bloc members of US strikes on boats in the Caribbean. US forces have hit at least 20 vessels off the Venezuelan coast, claiming they were involved in…
The EU cannot continue providing loans to Ukraine amid growing concerns over Kiev’s ability to repay them, European Commissioner for Economy Valdis Dombrovskis has warned. He has urged the bloc to keep up the financing by tapping Russian assets, which Moscow has repeatedly said would amount to theft. Speaking at a press conference in Brussels…
President Donald Trump has announced his plan to replace the Affordable Care Act by redirecting federal funds from insurance companies to individual Americans. His goal is to allow people to purchase their own health insurance, which would be more affordable and beneficial for all parties involved. The President’s approach involves changing the current subsidy system,…
An ammonia gas leak from a tanker truck in a hotel parking lot in Oklahoma hospitalized dozens of people and prompted a shelter-in-place order. The incident happened Wednesday night at the Holiday Inn Express parking lot in Weatherford, about 70 miles outside Oklahoma City. Hundreds of residents were forced to evacuate. Officials lifted a shelter-in-place…
In case you haven’t been paying attention, there is a growing feud between Tucker Carlson and Mark Levin. But do you know what it’s really about? No one is perfect, and I’m not here to say one man is entirely 100% right and the other is entirely 100% wrong, but I do think it’s important…
Verizon, one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies, plans to cut approximately 15,000 jobs as part of a restructuring plan under its new CEO. The layoffs will impact about 15% of its employees, making it the largest workforce reduction in the wireless carrier’s history. The cuts, following the appointment of former PayPal boss Dan Schulman…
The credit card landscape is shifting as banks cancel or scale back reward-based cards due to financial pressure. Major issuers are discontinuing high-perk cards, stripping benefits, reducing points values, or tightening qualification standards. The primary driver is rising loan losses, tighter margins, and higher regulatory requirements, leading institutions to cut costs in areas that don’t…