White House: Trump Restored America’s Status as ‘Leader of the Free World’

White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said President Donald Trump has “firmly restored America’s status as the undisputed leader of the free world.” Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro says he’s deploying 4.5 million militia members in response to the United States sending destroyers to the waters off Venezuela to press drug cartels… Original News Source Link – Epoch

US Seeks Intel Stake in Exchange for Federal Grants

Intel’s headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., on Aug. 1, 2024. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images The U.S. government is seeking an equity stake in chipmaker Intel, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said on Aug. 19. In November 2024, the previous administration awarded Intel nearly $11 billion in grants from the CHIPS and Science Act—legislation designed to bolster U.S.

LIVE NOW: Texas Governor Delivers Remarks at Cow Creek Bridge Reopening Ceremony

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, Texas Department of Transport representatives, and other state and local officials are scheduled to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the reopening of Cow Creek Bridge in Marble Falls at 11 a.m. ET on Aug. 19. After the ceremony, the bridge will be officially open to the public. Original News Source

South Africa’s Ruling Party Under Scrutiny at Home and in US

U.S. President Donald Trump and South African President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office at the White House on May 21, 2025. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images JOHANNESBURG—South Africa’s African National Congress (ANC), in power since apartheid ended in 1994, is being assaulted on two fronts, with salvos fired from inside the government, as well as from

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey Tapped as Co-Deputy FBI Director

Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey leaves the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on March 18, 2024. Bonnie Cash/Reuters U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has named Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey as a co-deputy director of the FBI, where he will work alongside Dan Bongino. Bailey will resign from his current position to assume the new

Federal Court Appoints Jay Clayton to Continue Serving as Manhattan’s US Attorney

Jay Clayton, former chairman of the SEC, speaks during 13D Monitor’s Active-Passive Investor Summit in New York on Oct. 22, 2024. Brendan McDermid/Reuters A federal court has appointed Jay Clayton to continue serving as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York as his term as interim attorney came to an end without