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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned this week that foreign forces are trying to “break” Canada so they can “own us,” as Alberta heads toward a high-stakes Alberta referendum on Monday that could set the oil-rich province on a path toward separation. Speaking at pro-Canada rallies in Calgary and Edmonton, Carney framed the vote as … Read more
The Kirkland Ellis Trump deal is back under the microscope — and this time, the pressure is coming with a deadline attached. On October 16, 2026, three of the most powerful Democrats in Congress issued a blistering rebuke to Kirkland & Ellis, the global law-firm giant, accusing it of stonewalling their investigation into the $125 … Read more
As Trump waives Russia sanctions that Congress passed with overwhelming bipartisan support, President Donald Trump has signed an executive order late Friday suspending the tough new penalties just two days before they were due to take effect. The move, which the White House says is in the national interest of the United States, shelves the … Read more
The Trump administration has proposed a staggering $70,000 OPT fee for international students who want to work in the United States after graduation — a charge so large that universities say it would effectively end the decades-old work program that hundreds of thousands of foreign graduates rely on every year. Under the Department of Homeland … Read more
Eighteen days from now, Americans will vote in a midterm election that could redraw the balance of power in Washington. And if you ask the people with actual money on the line, the 2026 midterm predictions point in one direction: a Democratic House is close to a done deal, while the Senate remains a genuine … Read more
Katie Zacharia is out as White House press secretary after just seven days on the job, a stunningly brief tenure that makes her the shortest-lived top spokesperson in modern White House history. Multiple news outlets, including The New York Times, CNN and Fox News, reported on Friday, October 16, 2026, that Katie Zacharia is “transitioning … Read more
The Presidential Records Act faced its most serious legal challenge yet on Friday, October 16, 2026, as a federal appeals court in Washington heard arguments on the Trump administration’s claim that papers created in the White House belong to Donald Trump personally — not to the American people. Three judges of the U.S. Court of … Read more
President Donald Trump claimed Thursday that he won Minnesota three times across his three presidential campaigns, telling Newsmax in an extensive White House interview that the state’s voters gave him victories that were never counted. The startling assertion came as Trump laid out plans to campaign in Minnesota before the November 3 midterm elections to … Read more
The Trump ballroom donor leak has ripped open one of the White House’s most closely guarded secrets. On Thursday, October 15, 2026, The Washington Post published a bombshell investigation based on a leaked internal fundraising spreadsheet that names every major donor behind President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom — and the numbers are staggering. According … Read more
The Trump sues California showdown escalated into open legal warfare on Thursday, October 15, 2026, when the Trump administration filed a federal lawsuit asking a judge to bar California from counting mail-in ballots cast by 20,000 people the federal government claims are “likely” noncitizens. The Justice Department wants those ballots set aside in next month’s … Read more