At four corners of the Capitol, where Donald Trump is trying to pass an extra $200 billion for the Iran war, the conflict has taken on a more mundane, but no less troubling, form. The price at the Exxon pump on Capitol South has jumped from about $2.96 a gallon—roughly three liters—to $5.39. Miranda, filling up her maroon Honda, notices as we speak. “But it was $2.96 a few weeks ago. My God. I’m definitely not filling up today,” she says, sticking out her sleeve, her eyes still wide as oranges.

Former President Bill Clinton asserted during his testimony regarding the Epstein case that his relationship with the convicted sex offender ended "years before his crimes became known" and that he was never a "witness during the limited interactions" between them. "I had no idea of ​​the crimes Epstein was committing. I don't care how many pictures he shows me, there are two things at the end of the day that matter more to me than his interpretation of those 20-year-old photos," he stated in a press release issued while the hearing was still underway in Chappaqua, New York. As with yesterday's hearing with his wife Hillary, the proceedings were closed to the public. "I saw nothing and I did nothing wrong," he stated emphatically.

Unpopularity is increasingly plaguing Donald Trump, who is trying to counter it with the specter of voter fraud. Nine months before the midterm elections, the president is already preparing the ground for the prospect of losing control of Congress. This week, the president raised the need to "nationalize" the electoral process—which is the responsibility of the states, not the federal government—and defended his proposed legislation to combat alleged "fraud." Trump supporters have long claimed that Democratic states allow undocumented immigrants to vote in order to retain power. These accusations have never been proven, but both Elon Musk and Trump himself spread them during the 2024 presidential campaign. They forgot as soon as the count proclaimed Trump the winner. Now that the upcoming elections seem to be getting more complicated, it has been brought up again.

Ryan Routh, the man accused of the thwarted assassination attempt against Donald Trump at a Florida golf course in 2024, has been sentenced to life in prison. Routh was discovered by Secret Service agents in the surrounding bushes pointing a semi-automatic rifle at the Republican. The foiled attack was the second attempt on the president's life during the election campaign that returned him to the White House. Following an unusual and uneven trial in which Routh represented himself, the jury found him guilty of five counts last September, including attempted murder. This Wednesday, months after the jury's decision, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon handed down the sentence in Fort Pierce, Florida. "It is clear to me that he participated in a premeditated and calculated plan to take a human life," Cannon told Routh, who listened silently to the sentence.

He border czar, Thomas Homan, whom Donald Trump sent to Minnesota to de-escalate tensions after the killing of two citizens by immigration agents, announced Thursday that he will reduce the number of federal agents on the ground. Currently, there are approximately 3,000 federal agents deployed in the Democratic state. the death of Renee Nicole GoodThe Department of Homeland Security decided to send 1,000 additional agents to reinforce Operation Metro Surge, which began in December. "We can do better," Homan said at a press conference in Minneapolis, assuring that he will now prioritize "targeted" arrests.

FBI agents searched the home of the journalist on Wednesday morning. Washington Post Hannah Natanson was burglarized, and a cell phone and two laptops were taken, according to the same media outlet. Natanson has been covering issues concerning federal government workers, one of the most sensitive topics this year amidst the mass layoffs by the Donald Trump administration. The search is reportedly part of an investigation into a government contractor accused of illegally withholding classified government material.

Donald Trump has done to Venezuela what he has been doing within the country since returning to power: making his word law and legitimizing it by force. The international community watches in astonishment as the president has violated international law with the kidnapping of Nicolás Maduro, when this is commonplace in Trump's new United States. The unilateralism he has applied in Caracas is the same he has imposed on the country's judicial and legislative branches. The magnate's absolutist aspirations transcend domestic borders and serve as an internal mirror. However contradictory it may seem, Venezuela is also America first

In the golden age that Donald Trump promised, there hooded men who stop people in the street and load them into black vans. Parkingparks, restaurantsschools or even churchesThere is no safe place against these armed groups that have been roaming the country for months on the president's orders, knocking on people's doors. Now, the murder of Renee Nicole Good during the massive operation by the anti-immigration agency (ICE) in Minneapolis has once again brought the spotlight on this agency that Trump is turning into his personal police force.

Along with the usual New Year's resolutions, Zohran Mamdani has been sworn in as mayor of New York City. With his left hand on a Quran as he took the oath of office, the 34-year-old socialist made history as the first Muslim to govern the city. "I will govern for all New Yorkers, not just for the billionaire oligarchs who think they can buy the city. We will govern without shame or insecurity, without apologizing for what we believe. I was elected as a democratic socialist, and I will govern as a democratic socialist. I will not abandon my principles," he declared. "As the great senator from Vermont [Bernie Sanders] once said, what is radical is a system that gives so much to so few and denies so many people the basic necessities of life. Every single day, we will strive to ensure that no New Yorker is excluded from access to any of these basic necessities," he emphasized. In a speech addressed directly to New Yorkers, filled with references to the city's cultural and culinary diversity, Mamdani promised an "ambitious and bold" administration. He didn't shy away from the high expectations created by his meteoric rise, but rather embraced them as a hallmark of his approach to politics. "We may not succeed, but we cannot be accused of not having had the courage to try."

Banners with the slogans "Kings Out" and "Free DC" crowded Pennsylvania Avenue, just a few meters from the Capitol, in Washington at noon this Saturday. Some 100,000 people demonstrated in the streets of the capital in the second edition of protests with the slogan.No kings"[We don't want kings], convened in more than 2,600 locations across all 50 US states, to protest against Donald Trump's authoritarian drift and the militarization of the country. "I feel like all that frustration and anguish I've been building up these past few months is at least turning into useful anger here," explains one of the protesters, who remains anonymous. queer and Muslim, I feel like I could be the next target of his hatred," she adds, referring to Trump.

The US military attacked a ship in the Caribbean Sea again this Thursday, near the coast of Venezuela. It is the sixth ship to suffer the offensive by the Donald Trump administration, which accuses it of drug trafficking. However, this time the attack was not announced by Trump on his social media as usual, but administration sources have confirmed it and assured that there are survivors. This is the first in which survivors have been reported, as 27 people have been killed on the other attacked ships.

The mysterious meeting to which American generals from around the world had been summoned, and which had them on edge, turned out to be a warmongering harangue by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. "We train warriors, not defenders," Hegseth argued at the Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia. "To ensure peace, we must be prepared for war." Hegseth reveled in the essence of the slogan Donald Trump first uttered after bombing Iran's nuclear facilities: "Peace through strength."

Palestinian Authority President Mahmmoud Abbas addressed the UN General Assembly via teleconference this Thursday. This year, Abbas has been unable to take the UN lectern due to the Trump administration's denial of visas to Palestinian diplomats. The image of Abbas speaking from his office epitomizes Washington's unconditional support for its partner, Tel Aviv, and contrasts with the massive support from many UN member states that have already recognized the Palestinian state.

The alleged perpetrator of the fatal shot, fired at more than 180 meters away, that killed Charlie Kirk is Tyler Robinson, a 22-year-old resident of Utah. Authorities announced his arrest this morning, after two days of intensive search. "We have him," celebrated the governor of Utah, Republican Spencer Cox, at the press conference, in which he explained that a relative of the young man was the one who betrayed him. The political motivations for the attack against the far-right activist would be proven by the inscriptions found on the bullet casings and add fuel to the fire in the witch hunt that the Trumpist bases want to instigate against the left.

Donald Trump has spoken again with Vladimir Putin and claims that the Russian president has warned him that he will have to respond. to the latest attacks in Ukraine"President Putin has stated, quite forcefully, that he will need to respond to the recent airfield attacks," the US president wrote in a post on Truth Social on Wednesday. A few minutes later, the Republican deleted the post and then republished it. The content was exactly the same.

US President Donald Trump held an exclusive dinner with top buyers of his cryptocurrency, $TRUMP, on Thursday night at his private club overlooking the Potomac River outside Washington. Access was reserved for the largest shareholders of his memcoin, and according to Reuters, an estimated 220 of the top $TRUMP buyers invested approximately $148 million combined over three weeks. From the moment Trump announced the event, alarms were raised about a potential conflict of interest and the use of the presidency for personal gain.

The U.S. Supreme Court has allowed the Trump administration to continue using the 1789 Enemies of Aliens Act to deport Venezuelan migrants accused of belonging to criminal gangs. The high court has lifted the injunction imposed by a federal judge in Washington, although it avoids elaborating on the legality of the ruling. deportation of more than 200 Venezuelans in El Salvador's mega-prison last March. These individuals were not entitled to due process—as the appeals court judge had asserted—while now the Supreme Court has established that individuals subject to the law must have the right to "judicial review" to determine whether they "are indeed alien enemies."