US commander says Russia and China’s Arctic patrols are ‘not for peaceful purposes’

Russia and China are expanding their presence in the Arctic for strategic — not scientific — reasons, according to a senior U.S. commander.  “It’s not for peaceful reasons,” said Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, the supreme allied commander Europe, at a conference in Sweden Sunday.   “They’re not studying the seals and the polar bears,” he went on. […]

Johnson warns of ‘unintended consequences’ in Trump’s credit card rate cap idea

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., pushed back on a proposal from President Donald Trump to cap the interest that credit card companies can charge borrowers. “I talked with him about it briefly yesterday,” Johnson said at a press conference Tuesday. “The president is the ideas guy, and he’s laser-focused on the same thing that we are. […]

Greenland’s prime minister says ‘we choose Denmark’ over the US

Greenland’s prime minister declared Tuesday that, “we choose Denmark,” if it had to decide between remaining a Danish territory or becoming part of the United States, a report said.  Jens-Frederik Nielsen made the remark while appearing alongside Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen during a joint press conference in Copenhagen, according to Reuters.  “We face a […]

Trump admin exit from UN, international organizations raises question of who’s next

After the Trump administration’s decision to withdraw from dozens of United Nations and other international organizations, experts say more international bodies could soon find themselves on the chopping block. The announcement that the U.S. would exit 66 international organizations was in response to President Donald Trump’s February 2025 executive order calling for a review of […]

Trump opens door to Liz Warren on credit card rates as GOP weighs affordability fight

President Donald Trump has been making inroads with progressive Democrats to discuss affordability, courting an unlikely ally along the way in his pursuit of capping credit card interest rates.  Trump and Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., appeared to have briefly warmed their chilly relationship to discuss affordability issues in the country and have found a middle […]

Trump cheers steady inflation numbers as affordability fight shapes 2026 midterm battle

President Donald Trump is touting new government statistics that show inflation remained steady last month. “JUST OUT: Great (LOW!) Inflation numbers for the USA,” the president wrote in a social media post Tuesday morning. Trump’s comments came an hour after the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) — a broad […]

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