
The Guardian - 1 hour 19 min ago
The mixed martial arts organization has had links to the US president for years. Now it could be involved in training federal agents In the lead-up to UFC Freedom 250 the cagefighting spectacle that took place on the South Lawn of the White House to mark Donald Trump's 80th birthday this past summer the FBI announced that a handful of UFC fighters would visit the bureau for an exclusive training seminar for federal agents. Taking place at the FBI Special Agent Academy in Quantico, Virginia,...

NPR - 1 hour 20 min ago
The administration says papers created in the White House belong to Donald Trump, not to the American people. The case could ultimately end up at the conservative-leaning Supreme Court.

The Guardian - 1 hour 21 min ago
Backlash greeted award of prize to US president Fifa committee to make recommendations this year Donald Trump is likely to end up as the only political leader awarded the Fifa peace prize after Gianni Infantino was told at Thursday's meeting of Fifa council to make major changes or scrap the controversial award. The Guardian has learned that several council members demanded the award be abolished and others called for the prize to be depoliticised, with Fifa's football social responsibility...

The Guardian - 1 hour 54 min ago
European leaders are meeting in Brussels amid worsening relations between Washington and Kyiv EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas warns on arrival that the situation in Ukraine is "really grave" with "no signs from Russia that they want to stop this war or into any sort of truce or peace." " We need to support Ukraine, also to get through the winter, because winter is going to be harsh, " she warns. "And that's why we really need to help Ukrainians to survive...

The Next Web - 2 hours 31 min ago
Both Nvidia and Apple have each contributed $25 million to the new White House ballroom being set up by President Donald Trump, the largest amount any donor has given. The numbers are from a donor list obtained confidentially by The Washington Post, which published the list on Thursday. It is an internal spreadsheet used for […] This story continues at The Next Web...

The Guardian - 4 hours 17 min ago
US president says Zelenskyy more difficult to deal with than Putin' after so-called energy ceasefire collapses Donald Trump has called Ukraine's renewed strikes on Russian oil refineries a "disgrace", while renewing his criticism of Volodymyr Zelenskyy after an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine collapsed. Ukraine resumed strikes on Russian oil refineries after Zelenskyy said that Kyiv was abandoning a ceasefire abruptly declared by Trump last week, one that neither Russia...

The Guardian - 6 hours 19 min ago
The US vice-president is following the Donald Trump playbook, attacking the Democrats, attempting to make jokes and even swearing more. Jonathan Freedland talks to Arwa Mahdawi about why Vance is making such an effort to court voters Buy your tickets to the Guardian's post-midterm live event , hosted by Jonathan Freedland Watch Jonathan Freedland on our new Politics Weekly YouTube channel Send your questions and feedback to politicsweeklyamerica@theguardian.com Watch Today in Focus' episode...

The Raw Story - 8 hours 45 min ago
Critics of President Donald Trump unloaded on his White House after a new report traced a deadly battlefield decision straight to his doorstep. Reuters reported Thursday that the order to limit Starshield, the military-grade version of SpaceX's Starlink service that Ukrainian troops use for drone operations and battlefield communications, came from inside the White House, according to two U.S. officials and a Western official briefed on the matter. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has...

NBC News - 9 hours 8 min ago
The marathon of debates in the Maine Senate race has ended, but there is still one unanswered question: Just how large will President Donald Trump loom in November?...

The Raw Story - 9 hours 36 min ago
Elon Musk's attempt to pin a deadly battlefield decision on President Donald Trump just got backing from an explosive new report. The directive to throttle Starshield, the military-grade version of SpaceX's Starlink satellite service on which Ukrainian troops rely, originated inside the White House, Reuters reported Thursday, citing two U.S. officials and a Western official who had been briefed on the matter. According to officials, Defense Department leaders were sent a message instructing...

New York Times - 9 hours 45 min ago
Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, the founders of Gemini Trust, have backed ventures by President Trump and his two oldest sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump.

The Guardian - 11 hours 22 min ago
Katie Zacharia says her first, widely panned, press briefing was just six days after her first contact with White House Donald Trump's new White House press secretary says it is "unknown" how much she will engage with the press, or hold briefings with reporters, as she faces mounting questions over her legal credentials. In a brief interview with the Guardian on Thursday, Katie Zacharia detailed the whirlwind sprint to replace her predecessor Karoline Leavitt as the US president's...

TMZ - 11 hours 28 min ago
Mike Rogers -- a former congressman who is running for Senate -- says he trusts that feds had enough evidence to raid Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's residence ... and he rejects the notion President Donald Trump is trying to persecute political…...

Hello Magazine - 12 hours 6 min ago
Katie Zacharia's bikini photos have resurfaced as Donald Trump's new press secretary confirms she did not pass the California bar exam. See details...

NBC News - 12 hours 7 min ago
A White House lawyer said Trump has invoked executive privilege in the court fight over his management of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

The Hill - 12 hours 9 min ago
President Trump put an abrupt end on Thursday to questions about whether the Pentagon would really livestream the firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter, former Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. In a Truth Social post, he said the public execution could serve as a deterrent but didn't want to subject "good and well-meaning"...

Babylon Bee - 13 hours 54 min ago
WASHINGTON, D.C. After significant bipartisan backlash, President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to cancel the livestream of convicted domestic terrorist Nidal Hasan's execution and instead move it over to pay-per-view.

UPI - 14 hours 9 min ago
Nine ex-FBI employees sued the agency, saying their firings over their work on the classified documents case against Donald Trump were "unlawful."...

US Weekly - 14 hours 58 min ago
The White House is reacting to Natalie Maines ' recent criticism of President Donald Trump at The Chicks concert. "Natalie Maines is a despicable nobody who clearly suffers from a severe case of Trump Derangement Syndrome that has completely rotted her peanut-sized brain," White House spokesman Davis Ingle told Us on Thursday, October 15. The statement comes after Maines, 52, kicked off The Chicks' anniversary tour with bandmates Emily Strayer and Martie Maguire for Taking the Long...

The Raw Story - 15 hours 5 min ago
A GOP analyst came unglued on CNN on Thursday while discussing President Donald Trump's plan to send "blood money" to Russia in exchange for a little diesel fuel. Marc Short, the former chief of staff to Vice President Mike Pence, told CNN's Boris Sanchez that Trump's plan to import Russian diesel fuel in an attempt to offset high costs ahead of the midterms is as "nonsensical" as it is "nefarious." Short said Russia not only doesn't have the supply to make...

Hello Magazine - 15 hours 31 min ago
Donald Trump's grandson Joseph celebrated his 13th birthday at the White House but it was his remarkable likeness to Barron Trump that surprised fans...

NBC News - 16 hours 32 min ago
Nine former FBI employees involved in the classified documents case against President Donald Trump filed suit Thursday against FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Todd Blanche, alleging their firings were "unlawful."...

UPI - 16 hours 49 min ago
A federal judge extended the block on President Donald Trump's campaign-style commercials featuring disclaimers that they are paid for by taxpayers.

Variety - 16 hours 59 min ago
Comcast forked out $7.5 million to help fund President Donald Trump’s new 90,000-square-foot gold-plated ballroom and event space, with the company among the 57 corporate donors to the project. Total donations to the new ballroom, which is being built on the site of the White House’s East Wing, have come to $330 million, according to […]...