National Public Radio could see its funding slashed as a new bill would scrap both “direct or indirect” federal taxpayer support for the news organization. Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., and Sen. Jim Banks, R-Ind., introduced the “Defund NPR Act” this week as spending across the board is being scrutinized by Republican lawmakers. “I’m glad to join my longtime friend, Senator Banks, in introducing the Defund NPR Act in...

A city hall building, the mayor’s house and some residences of current and former council members in Huntington, California, were raided on Wednesday in a major corruption probe of a $14 million project, according to Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman. The investigation, named “Operation Dirty Pond,” has been focusing on the “potential misuse of millions of dollars in public funds allocated for the construction of an...

United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer is meeting with President Donald Trump on Thursday at the White House hours after Trump told his Cabinet that he wouldn’t provide security guarantees to Ukraine “beyond very much.”  Trump, who met with French President Emmanuel Macron at the White House on Monday regarding Ukraine, is expected to sit down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tomorrow in Washington.  The meeting between Trump...