President Donald Trump is already leaving his mark on the White House with recently announced renovations. Now, he wants to alter the landscape of Washington, D.C., with a Paris-like arch near the Lincoln Memorial. During a White House fundraising dinner with wealthy businesspeople on Wednesday, Trump unveiled preliminary plans for the arch. “It’s going to […]
The University of Pennsylvania and the University of Southern California have become the latest two universities to reject the Trump administration’s offer of favored treatment for government funding in exchange for a compact full of changes to curriculum and policies. MIT and Brown University had previously turned down the same offer. The “Compact for Academic […]
The World Health Organization says infectious diseases in Gaza are “spiraling out of control” as aid groups continue to send food and medicine into the war-torn territory. The WHO reports that only 13 of the 36 hospitals in the area are operational, with most not fully functional. The United Nations told Agence France-Presse that controlling […]
Your phone rings, and before you answer it, you see “Potential Spam” above the number on your phone. Sound familiar? If so, that was one of the 2.56 billion robocalls that Americans receive each month, according to a new study from the U.S. PIRG Education Fund. The average monthly volume of telephonic spam is at […]
In this Media Miss Minute, Democrats have blocked a defense spending bill that would allow military service members to get paid during the federal government shutdown. Plus, a crowd of 700 but not a single witness to a deadly mass shooting? The local sheriff has an idea why. Catch Media Miss Minute every weekday at san.com. […]
President Donald Trump will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday, but has tempered talk of sending Tomahawk cruise missiles that could strike deep inside Russia. After a lengthy call on Thursday with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, Trump told reporters that the U.S. needs the weapons for itself. As recently as Sunday, Trump said he […]
The fallout continues after an investigation exposed racist, homophobic and antisemitic messages from a Young Republicans group chat. The Politico report caused widespread consequences for those behind the texts, from job loss to a push from the New York GOP to disband the group entirely. Politico gained access to a private Telegram thread that, over […]
President Donald Trump said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi assured him India will stop buying Russian oil, calling it “a big step,” according to remarks to reporters at the White House. However, Indian officials on Thursday appeared to contradict the president’s claim. A spokesman for India’s Ministry of External Affairs, Randhir Jaiswal, said he was […]
Virginia Giuffre had been in and out of headlines since 2014, when she first accused Prince Andrew of sexual misconduct. In her posthumous memoir “Nobody’s Girl,” she claims the royal believed having sex with her “was his birthright.” Giuffre died by suicide in April, but she completed the book before her death with the help […]
President Donald Trump announced Thursday a new effort to make IVF treatments more affordable for families across the country. Under a deal with EMD Serono, the American branch of a German-based pharmaceutical company, patients following a full IVF treatment plan, including Gonal-f, Ovidrel and Cetrotide, could see costs drop by as much as 84% compared […]
