WASHINGTON — LIV Golf, the Saudi Arabia-backed league, announced Friday that it would hold a tournament in August at a Trump-family-owned club in New Jersey, underscoring the growing financial ties between the Saudi government and the president’s family during his second term. The tournament at the Trump National Golf Club...
Russia Jails US Navy Veteran for Five Years
An American adventurer who set sail from North Carolina to New Zealand about 18 months ago has ended up imprisoned in Russia, sentenced to five years after being convicted of “arms smuggling” because of a rifle, a pistol and ammunition that he kept aboard his sailboat. Charles Wayne Zimmerman had...
US to Gain Sovereignty Over American Bases in Greenland, Trump Tells NY Post
The United States will gain sovereignty over areas of Greenland where American military bases are located, President Donald Trump told the New York Post in an interview published on Saturday. — (Reporting by Katharine Jackson)
How the House Slumped to Historic Lows of Productivity in 2025
Even by the standards of an institution that has set records for dysfunction in recent years, the Republican-led Congress in 2025 hit new lows for productivity. Plagued by a razor-thin majority, intraparty divisions and a fear of doing anything that might draw President Donald Trump’s ire, Speaker Mike Johnson toiled...
ICE Agent Charged With Misdemeanor Following Scuffle With an Activist
CHICAGO — Police in Brookfield, Illinois, a community outside of Chicago, charged an agent of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement this week with misdemeanor battery after he was accused of throwing an immigrant rights activist to the ground during a scuffle. The activist, Robert Held, said he had been filming...
Barron Trump Called UK Police After Witnessing Woman ‘Getting Beat Up’ on Video Call
LONDON — In the early hours of a cold January morning last year, the City of London police received an emergency phone call. “I’m calling from the U.S.,” the caller said. “Uh, I just got a call from a girl, you know, she’s getting beat up.” The speaker was Barron...
US Winter Storm Starts Spreading East
Snow blanketed Tennessee highways, tens of thousands of customers lost power in Texas, and millions of Americans girded for freezing temperatures Saturday as a severe winter storm began what was expected to be a dangerously cold march across much of the United States. The storm was expected to stretch through...
Russian Air Attack Knocks out Power for Over a Million Ukrainians
Russia launched another vast attack on Ukraine's energy system in the small hours of Saturday, rocking Kyiv with explosions throughout the night and leaving 1.2 million properties without power countrywide during subzero winter cold. Over 3,000 buildings in the capital were without heating on Saturday evening, down from 6,000 in...
Trump Will Not Attend Super Bowl Because It’s ‘Too Far Away,’ He Tells NY Post
President Donald Trump will not attend the National Football League's Super Bowl on February 8 because the game, which will be played at Levi's Stadium in northern California, is "just too far away," he said in a New York Post interview published on Saturday. Trump, who told the newspaper he...
Kern County Authorities Arrest 17 During Oildale Enforcement Operation
Deputies with the Kern County Sheriff’s Office arrested 17 people during an enforcement operation in the Oildale area of Bakersfield, authorities said. The operation was conducted Friday by the Sheriff’s Office Metro Patrol Division, with assistance from Kern County Code Compliance, Kern County Mental Health and Flood Ministries. Authorities reported...