European Union nations on the bloc’s eastern flank are piling pressure on Brussels to speed up the approval of air-defense funding as more military drones stray into their airspace from Russia and Ukraine, according to people familiar with the matter.
The abrupt reversal comes after a judge revealed lawyers planned to argue Mangione was experiencing emotional disturbance at the time of the killing.
Vice President JD Vance tried defending President Donald Trump's tone by describing it as in line with the working class, and it backfired.The New York Times opinion columnist Ross Douthat asked Vance about the tone of Trump and the administration, saying that it "is not consistently a Christian tone. There is a tone of aggressive uncharity."Vance responded that "tonal arguments are ways of, frankly, policing working-class ways of communication and covering them in elite preferences."However, online commentators expressed offense at hearing Vance equate the Trump administration's tone with the way the working class speaks.Tim Miller, the host of The Bulwark podcast, summarized Vance's defense as "Working class people are all a— who don't care about their neighbor's feelings" in a post on X."It seems like he thinks that regular people are all sociopaths like him," Miller wrote. "Classic"MS NOW host and former Republican congressman Joe Scarborough said, "How insulting to suggest that hateful rhetoric that runs counter to the Gospel of Jesus Christ is just the way working class people talk—and that elites don’t get that.""What an absurd response," Reason reporter Billy Binion sounded off. "Donald Trump is not 'working class.' And this is very condescending toward people who actually *are* working class because it implies they're all mean and uncharitable by default. Is that all the respect JD Vance has for working people?"Journalist Jane Coaston, the host of What A Day, agreed, "I really think some people think that working class Americans are the worst human beings to ever live."Christian broadcaster Erick Erickson simply said, "Bad answer."
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth pushed NATO allies to carry their weight in the alliance at a meeting with senior NATO officials in Brussels on Thursday. […]
A bipartisan prescription-drug mandate would raise costs for millions of New Yorkers.
Vice President JD Vance on Thursday reaffirmed that Israel still has the right to defend itself against Hezbollah, but warned against escalating the conflict, calling for Lebanon's sovereignty to be "respected by all parties." "The Israelis, just like everybody else, have to respect this peace process that is fundamentally good for them and good for the entire region," Vance said. The post WATCH: JD Vance Says Israel Still Has the Right to Self Defense But Has to “Respect Peace Process” – Blasts Strikes on Civilians in Beirut: “That’s Not Acceptable” appeared first on The Gateway Pundit.
The vice president said the United States had leverage to dictate the outcome of the next round of negotiations. But he claimed incorrectly that Iran got no new benefit from the lifting of oil sanctions.
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Senators from both parties are accusing President Donald Trump of secretly tapping government funds for his White House ballroom after Congress refused to write him a check.The White House Office of Management and Budget quietly moved $352 million last week from a Secret Service fund — money the law restricts to personnel, training, programming, and technology — and labeled it "White House Security Measures." Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle suspect it is headed straight for the ballroom.Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill, which supplied the cash, bars the use of those funds for construction. That has not stopped the suspicion from building."That's a big problem," Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) told NOTUS. "On its face it doesn't sound right.""I don't know whether it's the ballroom, but it sounds like the ballroom," added Sen. Brian Schatz (D-HI), a senior appropriator."I think there's been more and more credible coverage that President Trump was just flat out lying when he said the taxpayers will not pay a dime for his ballroom," Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) said. "I think he is now trying to find ways to funnel public money into it."Trump spent more than a year insisting the project was "taxpayer-free." As recently as March 31, he told reporters in the Oval Office, "We have no taxpayer putting up 10 cents" — weeks after The Washington Post reported that contractor Clark Construction had already handed the White House a $600 million cost estimate showing that more than half the tab would fall on the public.Congress tried and failed to pass $1 billion in direct funding for ballroom security earlier this year. When that collapsed, the White House found a new pool of money — and an OMB official raised the ballroom unprompted when asked to explain the transfer.Senators said they are demanding more details about exactly where the $352 million will go.