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President Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff will meet with Russian negotiator Kirill Dmitriev at the White House on Wednesday, sources told CBS News. Dmitriev is the first Russian official to visit the White House since the first Trump administration, as no Russian officials made the trip during the Biden presidency. Multiple sources confirmed to CBS News that the Treasury Department temporarily lifted sanctions so that the State Department could issue the necessary visa for him to travel here. -snip- Wednesday's meeting between Witkoff and Dmitriev comes just days after Mr. Trump told NBC News he was "very angry" and "pissed off"...

He became famous for his love affairs, but Casanova was also a writer, diplomat and spy. Born in Venice 300 years ago, his name still resonates around the world. Giacomo Girolamo Casanova admires his tall, slender figure in the gold-trimmed mirror as he adjusts his wig. Everything needs to be perfect as his latest lover is on her way. Oysters, venison and champagne are ready. The beauty Casanova is waiting for is enchanted by the setting. After dinner, the seducer urges her into the bedroom, where they indulge in a night of lovemaking. "Feeling that I was born for the...

Digital payments network Zelle has shut down its mobile app as of April 1st. This has come as a result of very few customers using the app to make payments, instead using Zelle through their bank or credit union.As a result of the change, customers of Zelle will now only be able to make payments via a financial institution that offers it. The company was launched in 2017 and is available in over 2,200 U.S. financial institutions.Although Zelle’s main reason for shutting down its app is because of lack of use, the move could also be seen as an attempt...

On Tuesday, in a meeting of the Senate Commerce Committee, the chair of that committee, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX), had some sharp words for the U.S. Army regarding the January 29th collision of a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter with an American Airlines passenger jet near Reagan National Airport. The crash killed 67 people. ... Senator Cruz warned the Army: I want to be explicit to the Army. Every one of us here supports a strong national defense, but the Army does not have at its option ignoring the United States Senate. And if there is another accident, it another...

A bipartisan pair of senators is warning the White House that recent US strikes on the Houthis in Yemen risk “emboldening” the Iranian-backed group and flouted the law regarding congressional oversight of military operations. The letter from Sens. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., shared first with Semafor, concerns the strikes that have made headlines recently.... “Neither the U.S. strikes since October 2023 ordered by President Joe Biden, nor the previous years-long campaign against the Houthis conducted by Saudi Arabia were successful in establishing deterrence against the Houthis,” Merkley and Paul wrote in the letter sent to President Donald...

Former President Barack Obama reportedly advocated against Democrats nominating Vice President Kamala Harris in the wake of President Joe Biden dropping out of the 2024 presidential election — because Obama didn’t think Harris could win, according to an upcoming book. The 44th president reportedly argued for an open convention rather than anointing Harris as the nominee after Biden’s shocking drop-out, despite her having support from other Democrats, according to reporter Jonathan Allen, co-author of “FIGHT: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House.” “President Obama absolutely did not think that Joe Biden should continue, according to our sources close to...

A British farmer has warned that Britons could be facing "rationing" of bread products as the agricultural industry has slapped the Labour Government with a wheat strike, amid their ongoing inheritance tax raid. In a fresh round of protests against Chancellor Rachel Reeves, farmers have been urged to accelerate a bread shortage and "empty supermarket shelves" by refusing to release the wheat they produce. The goal of the protest, according to one of the organisers, is to trigger a situation akin to "panic-buying" across the country, similar to what was experienced with petrol and toilet rolls in the past during...

U.S. — A film legend was memorialized today as the nation's men announced plans to honor Val Kilmer by quoting Tombstone all day long, just like they always do. With the news of Kilmer's death breaking late last night, American men collectively banded together to pay tribute to the late performer by doing the same thing they do every other day — communicating almost exclusively through Tombstone quotes. "Skin that smoke wagon and see what happens," said mourning Kilmer fan Michael Garrison. "Yeah, we're all really heartbroken about the loss of Val. We wanted to do something special to pay...

Can the U.S. be trusted with German gold? That’s a question being asked by some German officials. Germany ranks second in gold reserves behind the U.S. It officially holds 3,352 tonnes of gold with about 1,236 tonnes (37 percent) held in Federal Reserve vaults in the U.S. Some are wondering whether holding over €100 billion in gold so far away is wise, given the geopolitical climate. European Taxpayers’ Association spokesperson Michael Jäger told The Bild that Germany should bring that gold home. “The Bundesbank and the federal government must show foresight in this phase of global political power shifts and...

I checked, and it’s true… 2025: Susan Crawford – 1,181,000 votes. Every other Dem SCOTUS candidate in history: • 2023: Janet Protasiewicz – 1,021,822 votes. • 2016: JoAnne Kloppenburg – 878,000 votes. • 2020: Jill Karofsky – 855,000 votes. •’2011: JoAnne Kloppenburg – 745,690 votes. So… despite the democrat party having historical nationwide low approval ratings (around 24%), they got more popular? 🤣

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will save the Democratic Party-think again. Hitching their wagon to such a leftist firebrand will take Democrats even farther away from the American mainstream to which they must return. It would be the biggest mistake Democrats could make and the biggest gift they could give Republicans.

Amazon has put in a last-minute bid to acquire all of TikTok, the popular video app, as it approaches an April deadline to be separated from its Chinese owner or face a ban in the United States, according to three people familiar with the bid. Various parties who have been involved in the talks do not appear to be taking Amazon’s bid seriously, the people said. The bid came via an offer letter addressed to Vice President JD Vance and Howard Lutnick, the commerce secretary, according to a person briefed on the matter. Amazon’s bid highlights the 11th-hour maneuvering in...

MADISON, WI — After securing a consequential electoral victory in Wisconsin, Democrats celebrated the grassroots uprising of the common man to defeat billionaire Elon Musk with a "Down With Billionaires" victory party at George Soros's house. "Hurrah! We have defeated the billionaires, and it's all thanks to George Soros!" shouted the Democrats between bites of caviar. "Power to the people!" As the crowd settled in for the $50,000 per plate dinner, chairman of the Madison DNC chapter Tommy Darnold rose to speak. "Wisconsin Democrats have proven once and for all that money can't buy elections," said Darnold. "We want to...

A Boston judge has held a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent in contempt for executing his duty to detain an illegal immigrant during an ongoing trial. On Thursday, March 27, 2025, ICE agents, ICE agent Brian Sullivan apprehended Wilson Martell-Lebron, a Dominican national illegally residing in the United States, as he exited the Boston Municipal Court. Martell-Lebron, a Dominican national residing illegally in the country using fake identity, was on his second trial for charges related to falsifying information on a driver’s license application. Despite the gravity of his alleged offenses, Boston’s lenient policies had allowed him to...

I’ve frequently written about the Democratic Party Deep State (DPDS). They’re the reverse of the old adage about bringing a knife to a gunfight. They brought an AK-47 to what was once a friendly political wrestling match. In the days of my youth, Republicans and Democrats respected each other. We had differences of opinion, but we obeyed the law and played by certain unwritten rules. We were able to make solid friendships across the aisle, shake hands and compromise. The Civil War was history, and we were certain it could never happen again. But the Deep State was already fully...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that if President Donald Trump removes tariffs, Canada will drop all of their tariffs. Host Andrew Ross Sorkin said, “Do you expect this to be a negotiation? meaning there has been a sense, implied or otherwise, that we’re going to hear a number, whether it’s 20% or something else, as a sort of top, and that if folks like yourself come forward and say, you know what, we’re going to take some tariffs off of this and we’re going to do this, perhaps that those tariff numbers come down?” Ford...

A transgender teacher in Texas resigned on Monday, less than a week after a state lawmaker called for her to be fired over a social media video in which she talks about feeling supported by her students. “I am heartbroken,” said Rosie Sandri, who taught sophomore English at Red Oak High School, just south of the Dallas metro area, for three years. She said she has wanted to be a teacher since she was 5 years old. “When I signed that resignation, it felt like my dream was being taken away from me.

The United States imposed sanctions on Wednesday on Russia-based people and entities working to help procure weapons and commodities — including stolen Ukrainian grain — for Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis, the Treasury Department said.

Daily Readings from the USCCB“Amen, amen, I say to you, the Son cannot do anything on his own, but only what he sees the Father doing; for what he does, the Son will do also. For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything that he himself does, and he will show him greater works than these, so that you may be amazed.” John 5:19–20The most central and most glorious mystery of our faith is that of the Most Holy Trinity. God the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are one God yet three distinct Persons. As divine “Persons,” each...

"A judge has ruled to permanently dismiss federal corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday. Federal prosecutors had stated that “continuing these proceedings would interfere with” the Mayor’s ability to govern, thereby threatening “federal immigration initiatives and policies.”