Trump turns 2020 statue wars on their head with Columbus monument revival

The White House has installed a 13-foot statue of Christopher Columbus after the monument was torn down by rioters and tossed in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor nearly six years ago amid the 2020 riots.  “As we celebrate our Nation’s 250th anniversary of independence, the White House is proud to honor Christopher Columbus’s legendary life and legacy … Read more

Teenage boxer Isis Sio in coma after being knocked out in fourth professional fight

19-year-old taken to hospital after loss in California Knockout happened just 78 seconds into fight Nineteen-year-old boxer Isis Sio was placed into a medically induced coma after a knockout loss to Jocelyn Camarillo on Saturday in San Bernardino, California, ProBoxTV announced after broadcasting the fight. Sio, who entered with a 1-2 professional record, was knocked … Read more

Pritzker breaks silence on migrant charged in student’s murder, blames Trump for ‘politicizing’ case

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker office broke its silence on the murder of Loyola University freshman Sheridan Gorman, who was allegedly killed by Venezuelan national Jose Medina-Medina, telling Fox News Digital they are grieving the young woman’s death and that President Donald Trump is wrongly politicizing tragedies like it. Sheridan Gorman, an 18-year-old from Yorktown Heights, … Read more

House GOP targeting vulnerable Dems over DHS shutdown, TSA chaos

House Republicans are targeting vulnerable districts in the 2026 midterms over the Department of Homeland Security shutdown and burgeoning Transportation Security Administration security chaos. “House Democrats shut down Homeland Security while TSA agents work for free and Americans sit in hours-long security lines,” National Republican Congressional Committee spokesperson Mike Marinella wrote Monday in a statement, … Read more

The Guardian view on Trump’s Iran ‘talks’: a war, a pause – and a distraction | Editorial

The US president claims progress in talks with Iran, but uncertainty persists. Meanwhile, Israel advances West Bank annexation under cover of a crisis It must be tough for Donald Trump: starting a war with Iran, but finding it terribly inconvenient to finish it before collecting a shiny prize from Benjamin Netanyahu or sharing a stage with China’s Xi Jinping. … Read more