Senate Republicans introduced legislation on Monday to allocate $400 million in taxpayer funds for President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom project, according to a bill filed by Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), and Katie Britt (R-Ala.) [1]. The proposal follows a shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on April 25, which supporters said demonstrated the need for a secure facility on the White House grounds [2].

30 April 2026

Pete Hegseth, the Secretary of War in the United States, is set to testify before the Senate as the cost of the Iran War reaches $25 billion. Hegseth is the infamous Christian nationalist being accused of trying to force his religious views in the military.

30 April 2026

The United States Senate has failed to limit Donald Trump in his bid to attack Cuba. The US president has repeatedly hinted that regime change, using military force, is needed in the island nation.

30 April 2026

While United States President Donald Trump prepares to blockade Iranian ports for many more "months", the price of oil spikes to its highest since 2022. The price of Brent crude oil rose to $126 on Thursday.

30 April 2026

Supreme Court rulings are significant not only for their decision on who wins, but also for their reasoning. A victory for common sense may sometimes be pyrrhic if it benefits the party that wins the dispute but relies on reasoning that erodes individual liberty in the longer term.

30 April 2026

The U.S. Embassy in Beirut has issued its highest-level advisory ("Level 4: Do Not Travel") and is telling all American citizens to leave Lebanon immediately while commercial flights are still available. The embassy warns that the security situation is getting worse fast and that neither the U.S. nor the Lebanese government can guarantee their safety if violence breaks out in the country.

29 April 2026

People living in the United Kingdom will be spending fewer years in good health as "healthy life expectancy" plummets. The UK is going backward compared to most other "wealthy" countries.

29 April 2026

The United States ruling class claims that it cannot defend against Russian or Chinese hypersonic missiles and is seeking funding to rectify the issue. Senior Pentagon officials called on lawmakers for funding for the proposed Golden Dome missile defense program.

29 April 2026

Billionaire hedge fund boss Ray Dalio has said that the United States has slid into stagflation for the first time since the early 1980s.  Dalio, who founded the Bridgewater Associates hedge fund and is famed for correctly predicting the 2008 financial crisis.

29 April 2026

They aren’t telling you the truth about what is coming. Even if the Strait of Hormuz reopens tomorrow, and there is no way that is going to happen, oil production will not return to pre-war levels for years. In other words, we are facing an extended global energy crisis no matter what happens now.

29 April 2026