Month: March 2025

Trump tells Hamas to release all hostages or ‘it is over for you’ as US stops sharing intelligence with Ukraine – key US politics stories from Wednesday at a glance

“He’s threatening an entire population with death – what else is that other than genocidal?” one expert told The Intercept.

The president sent the message hours after meeting with eight of the Israeli hostages released from Gaza.

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson joined mayors from Boston, Denver, and New York to testify before Congress on Wednesday about the city’s sanctuary policies, sparking reactions from local officials.

Producers of the Broadway musical “Hamilton” are canceling plans to perform at the Kennedy Center in Washington next year, pointing to President Trump’s “takeover” of the Washington, D.C., institution and drawing pushback from the new interim executive director. Lead producer Jeffrey Seller called the Kennedy Center a “sacred” setting that should be “protected from politics.” …

Since September 2022, the city of Chicago has paid out $638.7 million in vendor contracts for new-arrival migrants, according to data obtained by the ABC7 I-Team.

“Everyone is mad at everyone,” one senior House Democrat said.

Ex-US ambassador to Israel David Friedman wrote, “I love this guy. The right message by the right person at the right time!

The A23a iceberg is twice the size of Greater London, and slightly smaller than the State of Rhode Island