FIFA President Gianni Infantino on Monday made an appearance on the “Peace 2025” stage in Egypt. “We have Gianni,” President Trump said during the Middle East peace ceremony in the coastal resort area of Sharm el-Sheikh. “We’re going to the World Cup, I can tell you that.” The 2026 FIFA World Cup will feature 48... ... Read full Story
Former President Biden on Monday lauded President Trump’s recent peace effort for Israel’s war in Gaza after all 20 living Israeli hostages were returned by Hamas. “I am deeply grateful and relieved that this day has come – for the last living 20 hostages who have been through unimaginable hell and are finally reunited with... ... Read full Story
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Representative Mike Lawler engaged in a heated verbal confrontation during the ongoing government shutdown. ... Read full Story
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and former President Clinton gave President Trump credit for the ceasefire in Gaza and the return of Israeli hostages by Hamas. “Today is a wonderful day. Finally, finally, finally, the last living hostages brutally held by Hamas are home, an immense and overwhelming sigh of relief,” Schumer said in... ... Read full Story
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said Pakistan will nominate President Donald Trump for Nobel Peace Prize, citing his contributions to Middle East and peace. ... Read full Story
President Trump directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Saturday to pay service members by utilizing previously appropriated funds during the ongoing government shutdown, seeking to sidestep gridlock in Congress. The move also takes some pressure off House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), who was facing growing demands to call the House back to vote on Republican-sponsored... ... Read full Story
New York City socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani broke his silence on the release of Israeli hostages on Monday in a statement that did not mention President Trump. ... Read full Story
Republican New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli’s campaign slammed his Democrat opponent for pushing a narrative that he “killed tens of thousands of people." ... Read full Story
Conservative political organizations are launching a national campaign tied to the 250th anniversary of the country and aimed at reaching Latino voters. The Libre Initiative and Americans for Prosperity, political organizations that are part of the Koch family network, are kick-starting the seven-figure campaign, the groups announced Monday in a press release. The organizations are... ... Read full Story
“The View” co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin on Monday praised President Trump, special envoy Steve Witkoff, and the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner for brokering a deal between Israel and Hamas. “Whether you like Trump or not, I think he, I think Steve Witkoff, and I think Jared Kushner do deserve credit for this deal. They actually... ... Read full Story
Northern Virginia transgender bathroom controversy escalates as emails reveal sex offender Richard Kenneth Cox contacted Arlington school board about locker room policies. ... Read full Story
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Monday that President Trump hasn’t granted House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Republicans "permission" to negotiate about the government shutdown, which is in its 13th day. “Speaker Mike Johnson and I have not met because Donald Trump has not given them permission to meet,” Jeffries told MSNBC. “We... ... Read full Story
Vice President Vance said Sunday that subsidies offered under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) fuel waste and fraud in the insurance industry, as Republicans refuse Democratic demands to extend the tax credits ahead of open enrollment next month. “The tax credits go to some people deservedly. And we think the tax credits actually go to a... ... Read full Story
Bill Clinton credits President Donald Trump and his administration for keeping Israel-Hamas ceasefire negotiations on track until an agreement was reached. ... Read full Story
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif announced on Monday his intention to nominate President Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in brokering the historic ceasefire and hostage agreement between Hamas and Israel. The nomination would mark the second time in a matter of months that Islamabad tapped the U.S. president for the prestigious... ... Read full Story
Co-anchor of CNBC's "Squawk Box” and New York Times financial columnist Andrew Ross Sorkin predicts that the stock market could see a major crash, mimicking the infamous 1929 Wall Street crash that was an instrumental trigger for the Great Depression. “I'm anxious that we are at prices that may not feel sustainable. And what I... ... Read full Story
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy claimed Monday that the upcoming “No Kings Day” protests are “part of” the antifascist movement known as antifa. “The ‘No Kings’ protest, Maria, really frustrating. I mean, this is part of antifa, paid protesters. It begs the question, who's funding it? But, yeah, Democrats want to wait for a big rally... ... Read full Story
New Jersey Democrat Mikie Sherrill is facing scrutiny after receiving money to her gubernatorial campaign from a businessman linked to the Chinese Communist Party. ... Read full Story
President Donald Trump dismissed former Secretary of State Antony Blinken's assertion that his Gaza cease-fire plan originated from Biden administration work. ... Read full Story
Former President Joe Biden and Antony Blinken each took some credit Monday for President Donald Trump's Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal, arguing it followed groundwork laid by the Biden administration. ... Read full Story
“Despite the rest of the group arguing with and (mostly) disagreeing with him for half the evening, my colleague stuck to his guns: it would be handy to have robots writing poetry for people. … But at the heart of my colleague’s provocative position was a utopian ideal: of a future in which technology was advanced enough to ‘do everything,’ even write poetry, so that no one needed to work. Yet this position wasn’t convincing either. His utopia sounded more than a little dull, and nobody wants to be bored out of their minds.” — Surekha Davies, Humans: A Monstrous History, 2025
Did you know?
There’s quite literally no place like utopia. In 1516, English humanist Sir Thomas More published a book titled Utopia, which compared social and economic conditions in Europe with those of an ideal society on an imaginary island located off the coast of the Americas. More wanted to imply that the perfect conditions on his fictional island could never really exist, so he called it “Utopia,” a name he created by combining the Greek words ou (“not, no”) and topos (“place”). The earliest generic use of utopia was for an imaginary and indefinitely remote place. The current use of utopia, referring to an ideal place or society, was inspired by More’s description of Utopia’s perfection.