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- The Daily Beast
Kremlin Embarrasses Trump With Truth About U.S. Teacher Marc Fogel’s Release
The deal Donald Trump brokered with Russia to release American school teacher Marc Fogel on Tuesday was, in fact, a prisoner swap—even though the president had tried to suggest otherwise. The Russian man freed in the deal is Alexander Vinnik, 45, who stands accused of laundering billions through the digital currency exchange website he ran, an unnamed U.S. official told The New York Times on Wednesday. A spokesperson for the Kremlin told reporters earlier on Wednesday that the U.S. had released
- The Canadian Press
Former intelligence adviser fears Trump may leverage intel sharing against Canada
OTTAWA — A former top intelligence adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he fears the U.S. might put intelligence sharing on the table in talks about the state of Canada's defence spending.
- People
Father of 4 Shot Dead, Girlfriend ‘Badly Beaten’ After Approaching Man Parked Over Their Driveway: Police
Trevor Hughes had just returned home from work and just wanted to go inside and sleep but couldn't park because a man was blocking his driveway, police allege
- People
Grimes Says Son X Æ A-Xii 'Should Not Be in Public Like This' After Learning Elon Musk Brought Him to Oval Office
Grimes' 4-year-old son with Musk was seen making faces and grabbing at his father during a press conference in the White House
- CBC
Tariffs atop tariffs? White House says levies on Canada would be cumulative
If the U.S. were to proceed with all the tariffs it's threatening next month, there's no way they'd all be compounded atop each other into one astronomical total, right? Wrong, says the Trump administration.The White House said Tuesday that should all its trade actions take effect in March, it would indeed pile tariff on top of tariff, to reach the larger number of 50 per cent on some items.At the moment, the U.S. is threatening two actions: a worldwide tariff of 25 per cent on steel and aluminu
- HuffPost
An Unexpected Surge In Inflation Has Put A Big Trump Promise At Risk
The president started a blame game as the cost of groceries and gas increased.
- HuffPost
Trump Mocked After Blaming Bad Inflation Report On Biden
One social media user noted that Trump also took credit when the stock market was up under Biden, and asked, “How does anyone take this guy seriously?”
- BuzzFeed
"Imagine Getting Called Out By The Pope For Being A Horrible Person": People Are Ridiculing JD Vance For Being So Confidently Wrong That He Was Apparently Corrected By The Pope Himself
"I’m not even that Catholic but the thought of the pope calling me out personally would be HUMILIATING."
- The Daily Beast
Melania Goes Into Hiding as Trump Floods the Zone
First lady Melania Trump has not been seen or heard from since the end of last month, despite her husband flooding the zone. Melania was last seen by President Donald Trump’s side in North Carolina on Jan. 24, when she accompanied him on a tour of the Hurricane Helene disaster site. The same day, she watched as her husband partook in a very tense handshake with California Gov. Gavin Newsom after touching down in the state to survey the damage caused by the wildfires there. And this, or Newsom pl
- The Daily Beast
‘Morning Joe’ Unmasks Trump’s Newest Smokescreen: ‘This Is Insane!’
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough isn’t letting go of the theory that President Donald Trump’s Gaza comments are a “smokescreen” for something more sinister. The Morning Joe panel was discussing Trump doubling down on his potentially illegal plans for the embattled region when host Scarborough suggested something murky is going on behind closed doors. “Again, I think we were talking in the break about Gaza. So much of that I still think is a smoke screen for something else. I could be completely wrong.
- The Daily Beast
CNN Host Loses It With Scott Jennings: ‘Let Me Explain More Slowly’
Republican strategist Scott Jennings said during a CNN appearance that the Trump administration should ignore federal court rulings that don’t fall in line with the president’s policy objectives, prompting host Abby Phillip to shoot back that his argument was “not connected to the facts.” “If a district court judge tries to usurp the authority of the chief executive of this country, he should absolutely defy it,” Jennings told a panel on Monday‘s CNN NewsNight. “There’s a difference between broa
- Hello!
Meghan Markle set to leave Canada without Prince Harry - reason revealed
The Duchess of Sussex is set to leave Canada midway-through the Invictus Games Vancouver Whistler, without Prince Harry
- Yahoo News Canada
Doug Ford's PCs slip in latest polls as controversies continue to pile up after calling an early Ontario election: 'Failure of judgement'
From Doug Ford's hot mic moment, to limiting journalists' questions, the Progressive Conservatives have hit a rocky stretch in their re-election campaign
- The Canadian Press
Her parents were injured in a Tesla crash. She ended up having to pay Tesla damages
BEIJING (AP) — Zhang Yazhou was sitting in the passenger seat of her Tesla Model 3 when she said she heard her father’s panicked voice: The brakes don’t work! Approaching a red light, her father swerved around two cars before plowing into an SUV and a sedan and crashing into a large concrete barrier.
- HuffPost
Wall Street Journal Warns How Donald Trump Is Repeating First-Term ‘Blunder’
The conservative newspaper's editorial board predicted that it's a disaster in the making.
- The Daily Beast
Dark MAGA Elon Musk Overshadows Trump During Rambling Oval Office Press Conference
Elon Musk was the center of attention in the Oval Office on Tuesday as he and Donald Trump offered a bizarre and rambling defense of their efforts to dismantle large chunks of the federal government through the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). The world’s richest man, who donned his “dark MAGA” cap for the occasion, towered over a seated Trump as he fielded questions from reporters. Musk appeared at ease, his young son perched on his shoulders, as he argued that he and his t
- HuffPost
Karoline Leavitt Gets Schooled Over ‘Grammatical Train Wreck’ On Fox News
The White House press secretary was mocked for her Trump-defending goof.
- The Daily Beast
Boris Johnson Calls Mar-a-Lago an ‘Absolutely Fantastic Place’ to Resettle Gazans
Boris Johnson joked before a conference Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate would be a “fantastic place” to resettle the Palestinians he has threatened to evict from their homeland. The former prime minister of the United Kingdom then used the comparison to shoot down Trump’s proposal to seize and take over Gaza and force its population to move to neighboring Arab countries, something human rights experts have said would amount to ethnic cleansing. “I actually happened to b
- People
Jane Seymour, 73, Opens NYFW Show in Red-Hot Minidress and Heels — Watch Her Supermodel Strut!
Seymour will celebrate her 74th birthday on Saturday, Feb. 15
- The Daily Beast
Trump Orders ICE Purge of Top Officials as Deportations Fall Short
President Donald Trump has axed two top officials from their positions at Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) as pressure mounts for the federal agency to meet his ambitious deportation targets. Russell Hott and Peter Berg, two of most senior officials in ICE’s enforcement division, have been demoted and will be reassigned to the Washington field office and to St. Paul, Minnesota, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday evening, citing three people with knowledge of the matter. The news co