The Senate voted Monday to invoke cloture on Elbridge Colby’s nomination, moving the national security strategist one step closer to confirmation as undersecretary of defense for policy, the Pentagon’s No. 3 post. The procedural vote,…
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Politics
DOGE cuts $51M from US African Development Foundation, including $229K to market shea butter
The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) announced $51 million in cuts from the U.S. African Development Foundation, which included hundreds of thousands of dollars for marketing shea butter and pineapple juice, as well as mango…
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The Trump administration has sacked a senior NATO official who was recommended by a conservative research group to be fired as part of a broader effort to purge wokeness from the Pentagon. Navy Vice Admiral…
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Hamish McKenzie, the co-founder of Substack, is suddenly speaking out. ‘We are living through the most significant media disruption since the printing press, and it explains everything from why you can’t stand your neighbor to…
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The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the State Department called out practices under the Biden administration that required diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts to account for 20% of performance evaluations for foreign service…
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Politics
Monica Lewinsky leaves Clinton scandal in dust, joins Hollywood elite with bold new look, business venture
Monica Lewinsky has been welcomed with open arms by the Hollywood elite decades after her affair scandal with then President Bill Clinton in the ’90s. Lewinsky, who has been in the public eye since 2017,…
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A conservative energy group has debuted its latest ad as part of a seven-figure campaign supporting President Donald Trump’s ‘all-of-the-above energy’ agenda. ‘You voted for it, you got it, America is booming,’ the 30-second ad from…
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President Donald Trump on Monday said the situation with Iran is entering ‘dangerous territory’ as he announced his administration would be talking to Iran on Saturday. While it’s not yet known what the talks will…
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Editor’s Note: Join Fareed Zakaria on Sunday, April 6 at 8pmET/PT as he examines the long history of the conservative movement’s struggle to roll back government in “The War on Government: A Fareed Zakaria Special”.…
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World News
Rice crisis: Japan releases strategic reserves to ease prices of nation’s most important food
It’s eaten with almost every meal, used to make sushi, made into sweets, fermented into alcohol and offered to the spirits at religious ceremonies. Rice is everywhere in the diet of Japan – there are…