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Donald Trump’s Turnberry golf resort in Scotland has been vandalized over his recent remarks about the future of Gaza beyond any ceasefire agreement with Israel.
The president has been accused of using “ethnic cleansing” rhetoric. Activists responded by covering the Ayrshire property with red spray paint and digging up the prized greens.
Meanwhile, the Trump administration revealed on Friday that it’s withdrawing $400 million in grants and contracts from Columbia University because of what the administration says is the school’s failure to protect Jewish students from harassment.
The announcement came after Columbia established a disciplinary panel and increased its own investigations into students who have made critical statements about Israel, to the dismay of advocates for free speech. But the school didn’t do enough according to the federal government.
Trump said Friday that he’s “strongly considering large-scale sanctions” on Russia until a peace agreement is reached with Ukraine, but stoked anger saying it is easier to deal with them as Moscow again bombs Kyiv.
Trump also sent a letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in an effort to reach a deal with Tehran to restrict its nuclear program. Iran said it would not respond to “bully” pressure.
DOJ claims ending Louisiana petrochemical case helps ‘dismantle radical DEI programs
The Justice Department on Friday celebrated its decision to drop a federal lawsuit against a Louisiana petrochemical plant accused of worsening cancer risks for residents in a majority-Black community, saying the dismissal showed that officials are “delivering on President (Donald) Trump’s promise to dismantle radical DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) programs and restore integrity to federal enforcement efforts.”
The dismissal Wednesday of the two-year-old case underscored the Trump administration’s commitment to “eliminate ideological overreach and restore impartial enforcement of federal laws,” Justice said in a statement.
Ivanka Trump vowed to stay away from politics, until she didn’t…
“I love my father very much. This time around I am choosing to prioritize my young children and the private life we are creating as a family. I do not plan to be involved in politics,” she stated in a 2022 social media post.
And yet, as Katie Hawkinson reports, she keeps showing up…
Oliver O’Connell9 March 2025 09:30
US economic worries mount as Trump implements tariffs, cuts workforce and freezes spending
With his flurry of tariffs, government layoffs and spending freezes, there are growing worries President Donald Trump may be doing more to harm the U.S. economy than to fix it.
COMMENT: America is no longer the leader of the free world — and in Canada, we are on a war footing
America is no longer a member of the free world. That is the almost unbearable truth that has been revealed over the past two months. For Europe, this turn of events has been and will continue to be a painful loss, requiring a more or less complete re-evaluation of their militaries and economic orders. But for Canada, the loss of a sane America is a direct threat to our national survival, and a grotesque betrayal of one of the longest-standing peaceful relationships in world history.
For Canadians, Americans are not just friends and neighbours and allies; they are kin. Americans are our family members, often literally. We have woken up to find our cousins plotting, openly, to enslave us.
Oliver O’Connell9 March 2025 07:30
Trump’s Scottish golf resort vandalized with red paint and course dug up over his plan ‘to ethnically cleanse Gaza’
The golf course in South Ayrshire, owned by the president, was targeted overnight on Friday, with activists painting “Gaza Is Not 4 Sale” in almost 10-foot-high letters on the lawn and damaging the greens,
Oliver O’Connell9 March 2025 07:30
Here’s what Trump said when he saw his raised-fist assassination photo for the first time
Gustaf Kilander reports on what he said.
Oliver O’Connell9 March 2025 06:30
ICYMI: Rubio unleashes his fury on Musk in heated cabinet meeting, report says
For those who love palace intrigue…
Rubio has been privately furious at Musk for weeks over his role in dismantling USAID, which the secretary believed should have been under his control, according to the Times.
Oliver O’Connell9 March 2025 05:30
‘Not the end of the world if US quits Nato’
Britain and other European nations must be ready to take over Nato if Donald Trump carries out US threats to withdraw from the organization.
That was the powerful message delivered on Saturday by former Conservative defence secretary Sir Ben Wallace.
Oliver O’Connell9 March 2025 04:30
Justice Department is now investigating soaring egg prices
The Department of Justice has launched an investigation into the surging price of eggs, which is expected to rise more than 40 percent in 2025.
Meanwhile, on his Truth Social on Saturday, the president shared a story telling Americans to “shut up about egg prices.”
Alex Woodward9 March 2025 04:00
It’s just a ‘detox’ says Bessent as economy slows
Donald Trump’s new Treasury secretary blew off the apparent slowdown in the nation’s economy as nothing more than “detox” as government spending switches to the private sector.
Secretary Scott Bessent acknowledged apparent signs of a slowed economy following a weeklong drop in the stock market rattled by Donald Trump’s tariffs and a lower-than-expected report of 151,000 new jobs in February (170,000 was predicted).
Oliver O’Connell9 March 2025 03:30
