Author: Timothy Nerozzi

President Donald Trump is turning the U.S. Agency for International Development on its head during his first month in office, restructuring the foreign aid service to fit his America-first agenda. The top-to-bottom upheaval of USAID, which Trump has said is being run by “lunatics,” will be headed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who announced…

The incoming United Kingdom ambassador to the United States is taking back past comments denigrating President Donald Trump as a threat to global safety. Peter Mandelson, a Labour Party politician and member of the UK’s House of Lords, will be taking control of British diplomacy with Washington, D.C. — and he’s trying to wipe the…

The Alternative for Germany party helped conservatives push an immigration restriction proposal over the threshold this week, breaking the long-standing “firewall” separating the party from mainstream politics. AfD voted alongside the center-right Christian Democratic Union of Germany on Wednesday to successfully pass a proposal that could severely restrict asylum and migration policies for the country.…

The Liberal Party of Colombia is distancing itself from the government of President Gustavo Petro after the national leader was forced to back down in his feud with the U.S. government. Partido Liberal announced Tuesday the decision to withdraw support for Petro’s government after two years of unsteady alliance with the current coalition, citing reasons…

Colombian President Gustavo Petro portrayed himself as a humanitarian champion as he welcomed back illegal immigrants deported by President Donald Trump’s administration. Petro, who on Sunday briefly threatened to ignite a trade war with the United States and turned away U.S. planes over the treatment of their deportees, is accepting the deported Colombian nationals with…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is refusing to get involved in domestic politics despite demands for comment on the pardoning of Jan. 6, 2021, rioters. Rubio made his first media appearances Tuesday after being confirmed to become secretary of state, speaking to NBC and CBS about the nation’s future of foreign policy. But when NBC…

Two U.S. citizens held for years by the Taliban have been released from imprisonment in exchange for an Afghan drug trafficker. The family of Ryan Corbett, a U.S. citizen who was kidnapped by the terrorist government in August 2022, confirmed he was one of the exchanged prisoners. “Today, our hearts are filled with overwhelming gratitude…

The future of TikTok remains unclear as President Donald Trump positions himself as the short-form video app’s savior — despite reservations from the Chinese Communist Party. Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Mao Ning fielded a deluge of questions about TikTok’s future during her Monday press conference, which took place just hours before Trump was…

Three Israeli women held hostage by the Hamas terrorist group for over a year have been released in a prisoner exchange. The women — Romi Gonen, Doron Steinbrecher, and Emily Damari — were ushered into a Red Cross vehicle by members of the Qassam Brigades on Monday. “We are relieved that those released can be…

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) told senators the United States as a superpower is standing at a crossroads and that the “postwar global order is not just obsolete; it is now a weapon being used against us.” Rubio, who is President-elect Donald Trump‘s pick for secretary of state, sought to characterize established geopolitics as a failing…