London’s business community is facing a new and costly challenge. A recent surge in bed bug infestations has created significant headaches for landlords, property managers and small business owners across the capital. From rental flats to serviced apartments and boutique hotels, infestations are spreading faster than many can contain — and the financial consequences are mounting. Reports of bed bugs ...
Rejecting reports of a split with the brass, the Department of War says the National Defense Strategy was ‘seamlessly coordinated’ with senior civilian and uniform leaders — and that ‘any narrative to the contrary is false.’ On Monday, The Washington Post reported that multiple senior officers had raised concerns about the forthcoming strategy, pointing to a divide between political leadership. ...
Recent Russian incursions into NATO airspace have sharpened divisions inside the alliance over how to respond, exposing both the strength and the limits of collective defense. Secretary General Mark Rutte clashed with Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal last week after Estonia invoked NATO’s Article 4 clause, which triggers consultations when a member feels its security is threatened. According to three ...
Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is accusing Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., of refusing to vote to end the government shutdown in order to kowtow to his left-wing base. Johnson told Fox News Digital in a sit-down interview that Democrats’ refusal to budge on their current position came up in an hour-long call he held with President Donald Trump on ...
President Donald Trump is open to talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ‘without any preconditions,’ a White House official said, as South Korea’s unification minister warned Pyongyang’s missiles could reach the U.S. mainland. ‘President Trump in his first term held three historic summits with North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un that stabilized the Korean Peninsula. U.S. policy on ...
Bipartisan talks on reopening the government began to materialize less than a day into the shutdown, with Republicans and Democrats trying to find a middle ground on expiring Obamacare tax credits. The federal government entered its first full day of a shutdown on Wednesday, and so far neither side of the aisle is willing to buckle as the hours ticked ...
Romina Boccia and Tyler Turman Democrats have instigated a government shutdown by rejecting a clean continuing resolution and demanding that Republicans agree to extend the Obamacare COVID-19 subsidies and reverse the modest Medicaid spending restraints enacted under President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA). Their opposition to reductions in health care spending, though predictable, underscores what makes the July reconciliation legislation significant. Though bloated ...
After living through the Oct. 7 massacre while reporting from southern Israel and covering the war that unfolded in Gaza over the past two years, my takeaway is clear. Hamas must release the hostages, lay down their arms and end the suffering of the Palestinian people. In his 20-point peace plan, President Donald Trump has offered the residents of Gaza ...
Vice President JD Vance on Wednesday blamed Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for the government shutdown, saying Schumer listened to far-left members of the Democratic Party over his fear of a primary challenge from fellow New York lawmaker and progressive ‘Squad’ member Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Vance criticized Schumer and congressional Democrats in remarks about the shutdown during a White House ...
Vice President JD Vance brushed off outrage over President Donald Trump sharing a video meme depicting House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero, saying he was confused by claims it was ‘racist.’ ‘Oh, I think it’s funny,’ Vance said Wednesday when asked if posting sombrero memes was ‘helpful’ while trying to reach a government funding agreement with Democrats. ‘The ...