Canada announced on Wednesday that it would pick Swedish surveillance planes over U.S.-made options as Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government looks to downsize dependence on U.S. defense firms. Canada has entered into talks to buy Saab’s GlobalEye early warning jets, which
Artists should be free to create their art without censorship, as evidenced by the success of Boris Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago" and Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey", despite protests from politicians and influencers.
Alabama asked the Supreme Court on Wednesday to clear the way for a redrawn congressional map that would remove the state’s second majority-Black district and give Republicans a potential pickup opportunity in November. State Republicans insist the justices’ recent 6-3
Trump Brings Pam Bondi Back to His Team Despite Epstein Fury Everyone’s favorite bleach-blonde federal prosecutor is back in the White House, albeit in a far less important role. Pam Bondi has been appointed to an advisory committee on AI policy by President Donald Trump, Axios
Former Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) said Wednesday it was a “mistake” to impeach former President Clinton and added that he believes the real problem was not Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky. Clinton was impeached by the House in 1998 for perjury and obstruction of
Podcaster Joe Rogan on Monday criticized a portion of President Trump’s recent settlement with the IRS that shields the president, his family and businesses from existing tax audits, calling the addendum “nuts.” “That is so crazy,” Rogan said during an episode of the “Joe Rogan
Federal officials on Wednesday expanded the Ebola screening program for travelers arriving in the U.S. who recently traveled to Congo, South Sudan or Uganda, adding a third U.S. airport to the list of approved entry points. All inbound passengers who have been to any of the
When politics increasingly takes away happiness, there will be personal, societal and medical consequences, including depression.
The White House is pushing back against a draft memorandum of understanding published by Iranian state media on Wednesday, marking the latest in the back and forth between Washington and Tehran on peace negotiations. “This report from Iranian controlled media is not true and
President Donald Trump can try to pour billions of additional dollars into the U.S. military, but restoring the country’s weapons systems will still take years. A new report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies published Wednesday found that munitions
President Trump on Wednesday trolled Rep. Al Green (D-Texas) following his loss Tuesday in a Texas primary, with an added message of congratulations "to the Dumocrat Party!" Green, who for two years in a row has been escorted out of Trump addresses to Congress, lost the
The American Cancer Society (ACS) updated its guidelines Wednesday to include two new screening options for colorectal cancer, including a first-ever blood test. The ACS already recommends that adults take colonoscopy tests every 10 years beginning at age 45 and ending at age
By the time that the Democratic primary for New York's 12th congressional district wraps up in June, Anthropic and OpenAI will have spent millions on their battle over the political future of AI: who gets to regulate it, or who will be punished for trying to regulate it. But
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) scored a proxy win in Tuesday’s Texas primary runoffs over state Rep. James Talarico, who beat her out in the initial Democratic race for Senate. Former Rep. Colin Allred (D-Texas), endorsed by Crockett, won Tuesday's runoff for a Dallas-area
Police in Virginia say a white nationalist group that marched in Virginia Beach on Memorial Day weekend did not require a permit because the gathering met legal requirements.
Bondi said she has been going through treatment, including surgery, and is "doing well, though."
This is a lightly edited transcript of the May 26 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon . You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack . Perry Bacon: And so we’re going to talk about three different nations that Trump is threatening or dealing
The Trump administration is planning to drastically reduce military provisions to NATO allies. An envoy of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Alexander Velez-Green, shared details of the forthcoming recissions with senior officials of NATO member states during a meeting in
The 10 largest occupations in the U.S. account for more than 30 million workers.
ABC pundit Joy Behar slammed New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart for voicing his support of President Trump during an event last week in the Empire State. Behar condemned the professional athlete for "backing a guy like Trump," adding that the president has a "history of
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) said Tuesday the Ebola outbreak in Congo risks becoming one of the “deadliest on record” if global health groups don’t prioritize containing the viral disease. The global nongovernmental organization (NGO) said the outbreak is spreading
President Trump is publicly fuming after former President Joe Biden sued the Justice Department in an attempt to block the release of audio and transcripts from his interviews with his memoir ghostwriter Mark Zwonitzer in 2016 and 2017. The president called his predecessor a
The FCC is trying to enforce Section 315 of the Communications Act of 1934, which requires over-the-air broadcast stations to provide equal on-air opportunity for political candidates. But is "The View" a bona fide news program?
President Trump has appointed former Attorney General Pam Bondi to his panel on science and technology, nearly two months after he fired her as the head of the Department of Justice. Bondi will serve on the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST),
Texas Tech University is voicing support for a star quarterback who checked himself in to rehab for gambling addiction and is fighting the NCAA for a return to the field this fall. Brendan Sorsby, who the school said has completed an intensive inpatient treatment program for a
Marc Short, the ex-chief of staff to former Vice President Mike Pence, said on Tuesday that while President Trump maintains “full control” of the Republican Party, his decision to back Ken Paxton in the Texas Senate primary may have been a fait accompli. “There's no doubt that
Millionaire investor Kevin O’Leary dismissed mounting opposition to his massive AI data center proposal in Utah as “ridiculous" and accused China of helping to fuel a smear campaign against his Stratos project. “I think a lot of those concerns are based on misinformation and
A Tuesday strike on an alleged drug boat led by US forces left one person dead and two survivors as the Trump administration continues to destroy vessels accused of transporting narcotics in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean Sea. “Intelligence confirmed the vessel was
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Tuesday knocked challenger and former reality TV star Spencer Pratt after he filed a complaint alleging she violated city election laws, telling him "we follow the rules." "Spencer is just mad that his supporters are AI cartoons and we have real
Officials say the remedy is in development, and once ready, repairs will be performed free of charge.
Texas attorney general and MAGA rabblerouser Ken Paxton won the Republican Senate primary on Tuesday over incumbent John Cornyn. Paxton now advances to the November general election, where he will face Democrat James Talarico. While the idea of Senator Paxton is terrifying to
Are we close to a deal with Iran? A sentence away from an agreement to end the war, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio claims ? Who knows? But what we do know from credible reporting is that the deal being negotiated looks a whole lot like the deal that Barack Obama’s team
On Tuesday, federal judges blocked an attempt by Alabama Republicans to eliminate a heavily Black congressional district, and GOP politicians in South Carolina opted not to eliminate longtime Representative James Clyburn’s district. But those decisions don’t diminish what’s
Trump and Blanche are working both sides of the street, and it’s all about money and power.
The development of such automatic systems suggests that regimes are thinking of aggression.
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin took a swing at his former Senate colleagues over two notable incidents involving his department and Democratic lawmakers in the last year. Mullin was responding to a Tuesday post on the social platform X from Senate Minority Leader
President Trump on Wednesday morning will convene his Cabinet at the White House as questions swirl around peace talks between the U.S. and Iran and the fragile ceasefire. U.S. and Iranian officials are reportedly edging closer to an agreement to end hostilities in the region,
The official financial fund set up for Donald Trump’s Board of Peace has received exactly zero dollars—but that doesn’t necessarily mean that cash isn’t flowing into the president’s slush fund run by war criminals. Four months after Trump launched his preposterous pet project
White House border czar Tom Homan on Tuesday said migrants in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainment engaging in hunger strikes will be force-fed food "if it gets bad enough." Homan addressed the issue in an interview with Fox News's Laura Ingraham, referring
Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said late Tuesday he is “drawing up plans” to end the processing of international flights in left-leaning cities, pointing to protests outside an immigration detention center in New Jersey as rationale. Mullin’s comments follow
The chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) said recent primary wins for candidates backed by President Trump demonstrate the president's political influence even as polls show his approval rating fall among the general public. RNC head Joe Gruters, who also serves as
The American Bar Association (ABA) is feeling mounting pressure from the Trump administration and conservatives. As the group hopes to hang onto its national status, it's moving closer to rolling back a key diversity initiative. Plus, the latest Supreme Court action and how the
Sometimes moving “full speed ahead” may end up slowing, not speeding, progress.
GOP Representative Mike Flood had yet another disastrous town hall in Norfolk, Nebraska, on Tuesday, as his constituents drowned him out with grievances regarding the war on Iran, the White House ballroom, Jeffrey Epstein, and President Trump’s “anti-weaponization” slush fund.
An eclectic mix of entertainers is poised to join a massive bash on the National Mall marking America's 250th birthday that's being billed as a "once-in-a-generation celebration." Country music star Martina McBride, rappers Flo Rida and Vanilla Ice, "Gonna Make You Sweat
The FBI is bleeding agents over the Trump administration’s purity tests. Deputy Assistant Director Emily Morales was terminated from the bureau last week, in what insiders are claiming is the latest in a string of partisan firings at the hands of FBI Director Kash Patel,
'Resume Botox' and 'resume age-proofing' have become new trends among millennials as the job market worsens.
Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) slammed Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after a confrontation in which he said he experienced “irritation and burning sensation in my eyes” on Monday. “I tried my best to get between the ICE agents and the crowd as the ICE convoy decided to just
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) is asking a judge to toss a case the Trump administration launched against the civil rights group, arguing it has been selectively and vindictively prosecuted. The Tuesday filing calls the charges against the group the “latest