Since his return to office, President Donald Trump has undertaken a series of changes aimed at reshaping the look and feel of the White House and other iconic Washington landmarks. Over the weekend, the president announced in a Truth Social post that the Trump Kennedy Center will close later this year for a two-year renovation. He said the decision followed a yearlong review involving contractors, arts experts and other advisers. He added that the temporary...
Rapper Nicki Minaj voiced support for voter ID laws in a Sunday post on X, questioning why the issue remains a subject of debate in the United States. ‘What sensible forward thinking cutting edge leading nation is having a DEBATE on whether or not there should be VOTER ID?!?!!!! Like?!?!? They’re actually fighting NOT to have ppl present ID while voting for your leaders!!!!!’ she wrote. ‘Do you get it?!?!!!! Do you get it now?!?!!!’ ...
The way we engage with sports has changed completely. We used to watch matches on TV and talk about them in tea stalls. Now, the action happens in our pockets. Smartphones have become our primary tool for entertainment. Because of this shift, finding a reliable platform is essential. To ensure you get the best performance, choosing a dedicated sports betting app is the smartest move you can make. It offers freedom. It gives you control....
A Russian cargo plane typically used to transfer military equipment landed at a military airfield in Havana Sunday night, echoing flight patterns seen ahead of the capture of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela. The U.S.-sanctioned Ilyushin Il-76, operated by Russian state-linked airline Aviacon Zitotrans, was tracked landing at San Antonio de los Baños Airfield, a Cuban military installation roughly 30 miles south of Havana, according to public flight data. Flight-tracking records show the aircraft stopped in...
A new report from a Senate Republican showed that in the last year, the federal government wasted millions on transgender animal tests, lab testing beagles in China and aborted fetal tissue research. In his 9th annual edition of ‘Federal Fumbles,’ Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., found several instances of waste, fraud and abuse in the federal government, and he laid out a game plan to address some of the shortcomings of the past year. Lankford noted...
Timber has always occupied an awkward position in modern construction. It is familiar, widely used, and generally well understood, yet it has also carried long-standing concerns around movement, durability, and maintenance. Over the past decade, those concerns have not disappeared, but the way the industry responds to them has changed. One of the clearest examples of that shift is the growing use of thermally modified timber. Thermal modification is not a new invention, but its...
The House of Representatives is expected to vote this week on whether to refer former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the Department of Justice (DOJ) for criminal charges. The House Rules Committee, the final gatekeeper before most legislation gets a chamber-wide vote, is slated to consider a pair of contempt of Congress resolutions targeting the Clintons at 4 p.m. ET on Monday. Those resolutions are expected to pass through...
The billionaire brothers behind Betfred have topped the Sunday Times 2026 Tax List, after paying an estimated £400.1 million to the UK Treasury, making them the country’s biggest individual taxpayers. Fred and Peter Done, founders of the betting empire, took the top spot in the annual rankings, with around half of their contribution linked to gambling duties generated by Betfred’s nationwide chain of betting shops. The list, now in its eighth year, highlights the scale...
The government has announced a £150 million cash injection for struggling high streets across the UK, but small business owners and industry leaders have warned the funding risks being little more than a “trivial sticking plaster on a gaping economic wound”. The funding, unveiled as part of a forthcoming High Streets Strategy, will be targeted at town centres hit hardest by years of shop closures, rising costs and declining footfall. Ministers said the money would...
Greater adoption of agentic artificial intelligence could help rejuvenate Britain’s sluggish economy, according to business and technology leaders speaking at an AI summit held at the House of Lords. The event, chaired by Steven George-Hilley, founder of Centropy PR, brought together senior figures from the technology, legal, financial services and cybersecurity sectors to examine how AI is reshaping economic growth, jobs and boardroom decision-making. A central theme of the summit was the role of agentic...
