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7+ min ago (267+ words) Poor Donald Trump is currently facing numerous challenges. He has clearly become a target of ridicule among many people due to his antics, and they are openly criticising him during public events. "When Donald Trump was president, I remember crossing that threshold into the Oval Office, and not only was this guy not bringing his A game, he didn't have a game. He was winging it." Miles Taylor shared several other insights about his time with Donald Trump, but he specifically recalled an incident that left him quite astonished. He described a phone call with Trump, where the former president proposed the idea of building a moat along the southern border with Mexico to deter Mexican migrants from crossing into the US. Reflecting on this moment, Taylor said: "And he goes off on this tangent talking about how we should…...

12+ min ago (283+ words) A father and son opened fire on Jewish families at Sydney's Bondi Beach, killing at least 15 Albanese said he would propose new gun laws at a Cabinet meeting today attended by state leaders, as "some laws are implemented by the states." The proposed reforms include limiting the number of allowed firearms and reviewing licenses periodically. "People's circumstances can change," he said. "People can be radicalized over a period of time. Licenses should not be in perpetuity." Today's Big Question Violence flares where the president claimed success Cartoons Monday's political cartoons include Time's person of the year, naughty and nice list, and more Today's Big Question Deadly Bondi Beach attack the result of "permissive environment' where warning signs were "too often left unchecked' Speed Read President Patrice Talon condemned an attempted coup that was foiled by the West African country's army…...

14+ min ago (190+ words) Sanchari Ghosh is a political writer for The Mary Sue who enjoys keeping up with what's going on in the world and sometimes reminding everyone what they should be talking about. She's been around for a few years, but still gets excited whenever she disentangles a complicated story. When she's not writing, she's likely sleeping, eating, daydreaming, or just hanging out with friends. Politics is her passion, but so is an amazing nap. Donald Trump can brag about his approval ratings going up as much as he wants, but the ground reality tells a different story The truth is that the Trump administration is not as popular as its leader-in-chief thinks It's actually worse, far worse than he could ever imagine Donald Trump's delusions about his administration and the Republican Party achieving great success in his second term as the…...

19+ min ago (67+ words) A Muslim man is being hailed as a hero after tackling a gunman at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney. What we know about the "Bondi hero" at Australia beach shooting A Muslim man is being hailed as a hero after tackling a gunman and stopping a deadly attack at a Hanukkah celebration in Sydney. Here's what we know about the man being dubbed the "Bondi hero."...

20+ min ago (615+ words) 2X match ends Friday: Fierce, investigative journalism doesn't happen by accident'it happens because readers like you make it possible. Every dollar you give before midnight Friday to support our nonprofit newsroom will be matched dollar-for-dollar. We can't do our work without you. Don't miss this chance! "The only people who make money are the people who usually get in before the coin is even launched." Constantinescu did not respond to a request for comment. Efforts to contact him through his former attorneys were unsuccessful, and he has not notified the court of his current representation. Experts say that whether Constantinescu's memecoin was a pump-and-dump scheme, a seasoned investor like Pulte should have stayed away from it in the first place." "Memecoins are a red flag," says Fred Morstatter, a computer science professor at the University of Southern California who conducted research…...

22+ min ago (70+ words) Hong Kong's High Court has convicted media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai. Who is Jimmy Lai, the media mogul convicted in Hong Kong? Hong Kong's High Court has convicted media mogul and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai of sedition and colluding with foreign forces. The 78-year-old critic of Beijing now faces the possibility of life in prison under Hong Kong's national security law....

25+ min ago (615+ words) Sanchari Ghosh is a political writer for The Mary Sue who enjoys keeping up with what's going on in the world and sometimes reminding everyone what they should be talking about. She's been around for a few years, but still gets excited whenever she disentangles a complicated story. When she's not writing, she's likely sleeping, eating, daydreaming, or just hanging out with friends. Politics is her passion, but so is an amazing nap....

27+ min ago (586+ words) A number of influential right-wing figures are outraged after President Donald Trump issued a "disgusting" attack on Hollywood icon Rob Reiner just hours after the discovery of the director's and his wife's deaths, which law enforcement is investigating as a homicide. "Disgusting statement," wrote Robby Soave, a conservative libertarian journalist with The Hill who's previously lavished praise on Trump and advocated for him to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, in a social media post on X. Both Reiner and his wife were found dead Sunday in their California home with apparent stab wounds. Their son, 32-year-old Nick Reiner, was arrested Monday and held on a $4 million bail. He has reportedly been charge with murder. For Trump, however, news of Reiner's death was an opportunity to attack the filmmaker " long a vocal critic of the president. In a Truth Social post,…...

30+ min ago (1736+ words) On the one-month anniversary of President Donald Trump's inauguration earlier this year, a group of his appointed aides gathered to celebrate. There, the crew of newly minted political figures told the office manager to create a moat of 90 empty desks around them so no one could hear them talk. They ignored questions and advice from career staff with decades of experience in the field. By the third week in February, they were on track to wipe out 90% of USAID's work. Created in 1961 to foster global stability and help advance American interests, USAID was the largest humanitarian donor in the world. In just a month's time, the small band of appointees had set in motion its destruction. In a corner conference room, it was time to party. They traded congratulatory speeches and cut into a sheet cake. The clinic, one of…...

36+ min ago (594+ words) Bangladesh to airlift wounded uprising leader after shooting Iran hosts regional talks on Afghanistan, but Kabul stays away ICC rejects Israeli'bid to halt Gaza war investigation After the ceasefire: In south Lebanon, Israel's war never ended Gulf states reconsider their reliance on US' security umbrella A hero in Sydney Bangladesh's interim government said it would fly a leader of the 2024 uprising, a candidate in the upcoming elections, for treatment in Singapore after he was critically wounded in an assassination attempt. Masked attackers shot student leader Sharif Osman Hadi on Friday as he left a mosque in the capital, Dhaka, wounding him in the ear. The shooting took place one day after authorities announced a date for the first elections since the student-led uprising that overthrew the autocratic government of Sheikh Hasina. In a statement late Sunday, the interim government said…...