The Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday urged foreign nationals to leave Kyiv, after Russian forces conducted a large-scale attack on the Ukrainian capital. Russian forces are carrying out “consistent and systemic strikes at enterprises of the Ukrainian defence industry … including specific facilities for designing, manufacturing and programming drones and preparing them for operation,” the…
President Donald Trump's decision to back Attorney General Ken Paxton over Sen. John Cornyn in Tuesday's Texas Republican Senate runoff has opened a deep rift within the GOP.Trump endorsed Paxton earlier this month, citing Cornyn's insufficient fealty during moments he deemed critical to his political survival, and the president pointed specifically to the Texas senator's decision to withhold his endorsement of Trump's 2024 re-election bid until after the New Hampshire primary, reported Politico."VERY disloyal to me," Trump posted on Truth Social over the weekend, declaring that Paxton "WILL NEVER LET YOU DOWN!!!"For Republicans who have long worked alongside Cornyn — who has held his Senate seat since 2002 and finished second in the 2024 race for Senate majority leader — the president's intervention felt like a repudiation of decades of service, and party insiders fear the party will emerge from the brutal GOP primary in tatters.“The vitriol is going to be real,” said a Texas Republican state lawmaker, who is supporting Cornyn and, like others in this article, was granted anonymity to speak freely without fear of retribution. “[Trump] has destroyed that trust there. No matter what we do for you, you will still stab us in the back. That’s what he did to Cornyn.”National Republicans and major GOP donors, many of whom poured millions into Cornyn's campaign, now worry that a Paxton nomination would endanger the seat in November against Democratic state Rep. James Talarico, who has been raising significant funds and polling competitively against both Republican candidates.Cornyn has long been considered the most influential Republican in Texas among the donor class, serving as an unofficial gatekeeper to the state's deep-pocketed conservative fundraising network. His potential defeat would sever that relationship between Washington Republicans and Texas money in ways that could reverberate for years.“To say he’s the most adored politician by the donor class in Texas is an understatement,” said a Washington GOP strategist who's close to Cornyn. “That’s why this is hard to come to grips with, because he was viewed as the gatekeeper to every major donor in the state, and there’s not a close second.”Trump has this month alone helped defeat Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) — both of whom had crossed him – but some in the GOP donor class believe the president and his massive MAGA Inc. war chest should be responsible for funding Paxton's general election run if he wins against Corynyn.“With Trump going all in on Paxton, the larger ecosystem is looking to Trump to cover any additional costs to carry Paxton across the finish line there,” said one Republican Senate strategist. “The expectation is that the president has been on a winning streak. He knows how to win. But obviously winning requires resources, and the expectation is he will deploy his own.”
The official X account for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) was widely ridiculed on Memorial Day after shamefully using fallen American heroes to attack President Donald Trump. On Monday, @TheDemocrats on X posted an image of 13 fallen U.S. service members with the caption, “Today, we honor the American heroes who made the ultimate sacrifice ...
Foreign policy analyst Trita Parsi questioned whether President Donald Trump authored his Saturday Truth Social post announcing a negotiated Iran war settlement.During his appearance in the "Breaking Points" show, Parsi highlighted the lack of characteristic misspellings, grammatical errors, and personal attacks — all typical of Trump's posts. He also noted the post correctly cited world leaders' titles and names — a stark contrast to Trump's usual social media style. Parsi suggested Trump may have allowed staff to author the post as protection against domestic right-wing figures urging him to abandon negotiations and resume military action. Parsi characterized the inclusion of nearly a dozen world leaders as a preemptive defense against inevitable accusations of abandoning Israel. The carefully crafted nature of the announcement suggests internal coordination, with Parsi criticizing previous Trump posts on Iran deals as market-manipulation tactics lacking professional review. The post's sophistication indicates significant diplomatic effort behind the scenes.Watch the video below. Your browser does not support the video tag.
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Early Monday morning, on Memorial Day 2026, President Donald Trump sent out a series of social media posts via his Truth Social platform — including one that used the holiday to attack Democrats. And some military veterans are calling out the attack as wildly inappropriate for Memorial Day.Trump posted, "Happy Memorial Day to all, including the Dumocrats, who disrespect our Military and all of the tremendous success that it has had over the last year. God Bless those that have made the ultimate sacrifice. I love you all! President DONALD J. TRUMP."One of the vets is Naveed Shah, who served in the U.S. Army during Operation Iraqi Freedom and is director of group Common Defense.Shah didn't mince words, telling the Daily Beast that Trump has no business attacking his political opponents as unpatriotic in light of offensive things he said about veterans in the past.Shah told the Daily Beast, "Trump has demonstrated over and over again that he hates the troops…. From calling the troops who died in WWI 'suckers and losers,' to mocking (Sen.) John McCain's five years as a POW, to attacking the Gold Star Khan family, all the way back to 2016 when he lied about donating to veterans' groups. He has never missed a chance to dishonor the people he was never brave enough to stand beside."The Daily Beast's Leigh Kimmins notes that Trump, now 79, went to great lengths to avoid military service during the Vietnam War — only to insult McCain's military record during that conflict. The late Vietnam veteran McCain was tortured and abused by the Viet Cong during his time as a prisoner of war. Kimmins explains, "Trump, who received five military deferments during the 1960s, four for academic reasons and one for bone spurs, started the national holiday by airing personal grievances, rather than issuing a heartfelt tribute to the nation's fallen…. During the 2016 presidential campaign, Trump drew immediate condemnation when he dismissed Sen. John McCain’s five-and-a-half years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. 'He’s not a war hero,' Trump said. 'He's a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren't captured.' Veterans' groups responded with fury."The Daily Beast reporter continues, "That same campaign season, Trump attacked Khizr and Ghazala Khan — the Gold Star parents of U.S. Army Captain Humayun Khan, who was killed in Iraq in 2004 — after they criticized him at the Democratic National Convention. Trump publicly questioned why Ghazala Khan had remained silent during her husband’s speech, suggesting she had not been 'allowed' to speak. The backlash crossed party lines, with Republican senators and veterans' organizations among those condemning the remarks."
Failed presidential candidate earlier stated: 'Enjoy the long weekend'
