By Sandy Fitzgerald | Friday, 16 January 2026 08:45 AM EST Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado presented President Donald Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal on Thursday, which he accepted in a private meeting. The White House shared a photo on X of the two together, showing Trump…

Just weeks after its launch, The White House’s so-called fake news portal has been reported to contain content it characterizes as everything from “lies” to “left-wing lunacy,” targeting nearly two dozen left-leaning news outlets. Under the website’s “Repeat Offenders” heading, CBS News, The Washington Post, and MS Now (formerly MSNBC)…

Leftists and some libertarians have rallied behind Iran’s Islamist regime despite the killings of hundreds of protesters calling for the regime’s overthrow and the restoration of the Iranian monarchy. Protests have erupted in dozens of cities nationwide. The uprising began last month amid soaring inflation and economic collapse, fueled by…

A bipartisan group of U.S. lawmakers convened Friday to meet Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and her Greenlandic counterpart Jens-Frederik Nielsen, vowing congressional backing for the Nordic nations despite President Donald Trump’s threats to seize Greenland. The 11-member delegation, led by Democrat Senator Chris Coons, was scheduled to address concerns…

By Jim Thomas | Friday, 16 January 2026 10:35 PM EST Congressman Jason Crow, D-Colo., declared Friday that a government shutdown “should always be on the table” as Democrats seek leverage to restrict Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations. Crow made the remarks during an interview with CNN as lawmakers face…

U.S. Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii described the recent Canada-China trade deal as a “stark foreign policy failure with domestic economic consequences,” stating that the United States was “absolutely rolled” by the agreement. The pact allows up to 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into Canada at a tariff rate of 6.1%…

President Donald Trump stated Friday there is no basis for invoking the Insurrection Act in Minnesota, even as federal authorities consider heightened interventions amid ongoing disturbances. In remarks delivered before departing for Florida aboard Air Force One, Trump highlighted that the historical use of the Insurrection Act—a law enacted in…

By Solange Reyner | Friday, January 16, 2026 Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton stated on Friday that President Donald Trump has the authority under the Insurrection Act to deploy federal troops domestically under specific conditions. During an interview, Paxton said Trump “certainly has the right” to invoke the law in…