The Central Intelligence Agency on Saturday said it has shifted its previous assessments and has concluded that it’s likely the Covid-19 virus was leaked from a Chinese lab before it became a global pandemic but added that the agency had “low confidence” in its judgment.

Bill Gates said the federal deficit “needs to be brought down” when asked about DOGE during a recent interview.

“Dismantling checks on his power and paving the way for widespread corruption.”

Vice President JD Vance celebrated Pete Hegseth’s confirmation with an anecdote that referenced Ohio State’s recent national championship victory.

U.S. Senate confirmed Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary on Saturday, putting the South Dakota governor in charge of a sprawling agency that is essential to national security and President Donald Trump’s plans to clamp down on illegal immigration.

The four women were taken hostage on 7 October from Nahal Oz military base, about a kilometre from Gaza.

Former strategist James Carville has urged the Democratic Party to be patient and bide their time following President Donald Trump’s flurry of executive orders in his first week back at the White House. Speaking with MSNBC’s The Beat on Friday, Carville told anchor Katie Phang that the Republican president’s opponents ought to let him “punch himself out” before weighing how best to approach containing some of the fallout of his “America First”…

Donald Trump granted only one pardon during his first year in office when he last served as president.