The man Donald Trump appointed to oversee America’s fastest-growing financial frontier stood before Congress on Thursday and issued his starkest warning yet — but critic Trump’s Predictions say the agency he leads may have a credibility problem it cannot regulate away. Michael Selig, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Trump administration’s…
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THE CLAIM: President Trump posted on Truth Social that he does not want “a Pope who thinks it’s OK for Iran to have a Nuclear Weapon.” THE VERDICT: FALSE. Pope Leo XIV has never said, written, implied, or suggested that Iran should obtain nuclear weapons. The claim is a fabrication with no factual basis in…
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Standing before thousands of faithful in the heart of Cameroon’s war-torn Anglophone region, Pope Leo XIV delivered his most direct condemnation yet of world leaders who wage war while invoking God’s blessing — words that landed in Washington like a thunderclap. The setting was Saint Joseph’s Cathedral in Bamenda, a city that has lived under…
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When a president posts an AI image of himself healing the sick like Christ, declares a civilization must die in God’s name, and frames a 38-day war as divine mission — faith has stopped being a comfort and started being a weapon. The risks of that choice are only beginning to surface. WASHINGTON — History…
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From Hegseth comparing a downed pilot’s rescue to the resurrection, to Trump posting himself as Jesus — Pope Leo XIV is mounting a systematic theological counter-argument to Christian nationalism in real time. The dispute between Donald Trump and Pope Leo XIV looks, on its surface, like a political feud. It is something deeper than that.…
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The Iran negotiations in Islamabad have a public face — and a private war. JD Vance is in the room, pushing for a deal. Marco Rubio is on the record doubting one is possible. Trump is watching both men, reading the room, and deciding which vision of American power wins. The ceasefire expires April 21.…
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A 10-day Lebanon truce took effect Thursday — and was violated within hours. But Trump says the Iran deal is “looking very good” and a weekend meeting may be imminent. Beirut’s skyline lit up with fireworks at midnight Thursday as a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon officially took hold. The celebratory gunfire from Hezbollah’s…
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The plan was elegant in theory: maximum economic pressure, crippling sanctions, and targeted tariffs would force Iran to the negotiating table on American terms. Instead, oil hit $144, gas prices broke records, inflation surged, and Iran submitted its own 10-point peace proposal — which Trump called “workable.” Someone’s strategy is backfiring. It isn’t Tehran’s. WASHINGTON…
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From 50% tariff threats on China to a full naval blockade, Trump has deployed every economic weapon in his arsenal against Tehran. Iran is still at the table — on its own terms. Donald Trump built his second-term political identity on the power of economic coercion. Tariffs brought China back to the table. Tariffs extracted…
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Trump pardoned him. California disbarred him anyway. John Eastman — the architect of the legal strategy to overturn the 2020 election — has been stripped of his law license in a landmark ruling that exposed the limits of presidential pardon power and sent a direct message to every lawyer who puts loyalty above the law.…