April 23, 2025

Exclusive — Trump on Ukraine War, Calls with Zelensky, Putin: ‘Two Very Good Conversations,’ ‘I Do Believe a Deal Will Be Worked Out’

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump told Breitbart News exclusively on Wednesday afternoon that his phone calls on Tuesday with Russian President Vladimir Putin and on Wednesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky were “two very good conversations.” “The one with President Putin was yesterday—that went very well,” Trump said in an interview in the president’s private

Skip the dry-cleaning fee with this must-have HiLIFE Steamer deal on Amazon

New York Post Composite Dry cleaning is expensive. And when you do it regularly, it starts to add up. But events happen! Weddings, galas, work lunches, Valentine’s Day dinners, first dates, job interviews
we could go on. All to say, it’d be lovely if there was a cheaper option to buff the wrinkles out of a […]

Report: Steve Bannon Lawyers in Talks with Prosecutors for Plea Deal in Border Wall Fraud Case

Lawyers for former White House chief strategist Stephen K. Bannon are reportedly in talks with prosecutors regarding a potential plea deal in a case accusing Bannon of defrauding donors in an effort to build a border wall, according to several reports. As part of an agreement made with the district attorney and the court, Bannon

‘Let’s Do A Deal’: Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy Says Yes To Trump’s Demands

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Trump Set to Invoke ‘Alien Enemies Act’ to Deal with Migrant Invasion, Drug Cartels

In one of his first acts as president, Donald Trump is set to invoke the Alien Enemies Act (AEA) of 1798 as his chief tool to confront the invasion of illegal migrants and the crimes committed by the Mexican drug cartels. Trump also stated that he will designate the drug cartels as terrorist organizations in

Therapists suggest group crying, ‘forest-bathing’ for liberals to deal with ‘sense of hopelessness’ on Trump Inauguration Day: report

As President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration approaches, some Americans are “dreading” the Republican’s return to office and experiencing increased anxiety, a new report says. Time Magazine reported Friday about 11 “science-backed” activities people can try on Monday to cope with their “sense of hopelessness” about the incoming administration. Psychology experts and therapists suggested a variety of activities that […]

Israeli Official: Ceasefire/Hostage Deal ‘Was Closer than Ever Ten Days Ago’

During an interview with ABC News on Monday, Israeli Consul General in New York Ofir Akunis stated that a ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas “was closer than ever ten days ago.” But Hamas remains the problem in reaching a deal. Host Diane Macedo asked, “So, has there been any headway in the

Russian oligarch poised to sell gilded NYC penthouse in an all-cash deal — amid a massive global property sell-off

Billionaire Russian oligarch Valery Kogan, a pal of President Vladimir Putin and the co-owner of Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport, and his wife Olga are in contract to sell their gilded pad at 15 Central Park West, according to StreetEasy. Sources told Gimme Shelter it was an all-cash deal. The apartment officially hit the market last year […]

CNN’s Dana Bash: Harris Did Not Close the Deal at the Town Hall

CNN host Dana Bash said on Wednesday on her network’s coverage of a town hall with Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris that the Vice President did not close the deal. Bash said, “I’ll just tell you what I’m hearing from people who I have been talking to, and that is that if her goal was to

Snail Mucin-Infused Skincare: Gimmick or the Real Deal? A Derm Breaks It Down

Scouted selects products independently. If you purchase something from our posts, we may earn a small commission. As skincare enthusiasts, we are no strangers to off-beat ingredients (hello, salmon sperm facials), but snail mucin might just top the list. The idea of slathering snail secretions on your face could raise a few eyebrows, but for

Harris Co-Chair: Bibi Should Make Ceasefire, Hostage Deal Top Priority, Hamas ‘Has the Most to Gain’ from Ceasefire

On Tuesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Harris-Walz Campaign Co-Chair Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) argued that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu needs to put a ceasefire and hostage deal “at the very front of his agenda
but it is Hamas, after all, that launched the attack on October 7, that continues to hold the hostages, and

Fact Check: Republicans and Democrats Opposed Kamala Harris-Backed Deal to Expand Immigration

CLAIM: A deal to expand immigration brokered by Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), Chris Murphy (D-CT), and Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ) was a “real bipartisan solution” that only failed because former President Donald Trump urged Senate Republicans to oppose it. VERDICT: Not entirely true. The deal was opposed by Republicans and a handful of Democrats when it was

Blinken Pushes for Hostage Deal During Democratic National Convention

Ma’ayan Toaf / GPO Secretary of State Antony Blinken met Monday with Israeli officials and pushed for a hostage and ceasefire deal as Democrats kicked off their convention in Chicago, with the goal of a deal by the end of the week. President Joe Biden laid out the end-of-week goal on Saturday, and Blinken claimed

Executive Workspace sues Volkswagen for $4M over NYC EV charging station deal

A Volkswagen subsidiary which pulled the plug on a deal to install electric vehicle charging stations in Midtown never intended to follow through on the plan, the building’s owners claim in a $4 million lawsuit. The company, Electrify America, allegedly failed to apply for charging station permits it needed from the city’s Department of Buildings, […]

Mom of sicko seen in gut-wrenching video lasso woman before sex assault says she ‘facilitated’ his arrest: ‘He has to deal with it’

The mother of the man accused of lassoing a woman around the neck with a belt, dragging her unconscious and raping her said she stayed up all night convincing her ‘sicko son’ to turn himself to law enforcement over the twisted caught-on-camera attack in the Bronx.  “I’m his mother that turned him in. I’m the […]

Exclusive: Sen. John Cornyn Raises ‘Serious Concerns’ with Senate Immigration Deal

Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has “serious concerns” with the Senate’s just-introduced immigration plan, he told Breitbart News through a spokesperson on Monday morning. “Now that I have seen text, I have questions and serious concerns,” Cornyn said in a statement to this outlet. Cornyn’s comment did not say straight up he would oppose or vote

Tom Cotton: ‘Hell of a Coincidence’ Shou Zi Chew Became TikTok CEO Day After Inking Deal with China

Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) on Wednesday said there was a “hell of a coincidence” in how Shou Zi Chew became the CEO of TikTok the day after he brokered a deal with China. Cotton spoke during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on online child sexual exploitation, which included big tech companies such as Facebook, Snapchat

Johnson confronts biggest test yet: Whether to walk away from his own funding deal

Mike Johnson (center), flanked by Reps. Steve Scalise (left) and Tom Emmer (right), departs a press conference. Johnson and his team are offering private reassurances to rattled rank-and-file Republicans that he didn’t concede anything to conservatives. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Speaker Mike Johnson’s grip on his fractious conference slipped this week after he struck a government

Johnson strikes his first bipartisan deal — a $1.7T funding accord

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) at the Capitol in December. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Congressional leaders have clinched a deal on overall budget totals that could pave the way for a broader government funding compromise in the coming weeks — further enraging Speaker Mike Johnson’s right flank. The long-stalled

Climate Alarmists Shame COP28 into Overtime Deal to Abandon Fossil Fuels

The COP28 climate conference in Dubai seemed to be heading for an anticlimax on Tuesday, as the last scheduled day of negotiations passed without reaching the top goal of the climate movement: a worldwide agreement to phase out fossil fuels. The conferees went into “overtime,” however, and were able to hammer out a “historic” deal

Republicans’ headache: Cutting a border deal with a DHS chief they loathe

In the House, Alejandro Mayorkas’ impeachment is taking a back seat to the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. | Alex Brandon/AP Senate Republicans are working closely with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas as they try to craft a bipartisan border security deal. Which creates a new problem for the GOP negotiators: If they succeed

Joe Biden loves to talk about compromise, so why no Senate border deal?

President Biden has the opportunity to lead a compromise with a deal for Ukraine and the border crisis. AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File Joe Biden loves to tout his bona fides as a bipartisan compromiser during his days as a senator.  So why on earth, with a chance as president for real compromise on the […]

Rep. Dean Phillips slams Biden hostage deal: ‘Inexcusable’ that Americans remain in Hamas’ hands

Insurgent Democratic presidential challenger Rep. Dean Phillips would not have accepted the terms of the hostage release deal the Biden administration recently negotiated with Hamas terrorists, the Minnesota Democrat said this week.  Under the terms of the agreement, set to go into effect Friday, 50 women and children being held captive by Hamas in Gaza […]

Inside the bipartisan deal that might have saved Kevin McCarthy

Hakeem Jeffries called for a “bipartisan coalition” to govern the House under an arrangement similar to one the Problem Solvers Caucus had discussed. | Francis Chung/POLITICO Centrists in the House attempted to engineer a last-minute bipartisan power-sharing agreement that could have saved Kevin McCarthy’s speakership — a frantic but failed effort that continued just hours

Tom Cole: McCarthy’s ‘cuts’ deal with conservatives now void

“This agreement was faulty from the beginning. It’s changed over time, and now in a sense, it doesn’t exist at all because McCarthy isn’t the speaker anymore,” Rep. Tom Cole said in an interview. | AP With Kevin McCarthy out as speaker, House Rules Chair Tom Cole says Republicans are free to step back from

Republican Senators bash Biden’s $6B Iran deal in push to support Israel

At least 700 people killed, thousands others injured in Hamas terrorist attacks on Israel  Biden admin should admit appeasement policy toward Iran is ‘abject failure’: Ortagus Former State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus discusses the Gaza-Israel conflict, Israeli-Americans being held hostage and the Biden administration’s foreign policy in the Middle East. Senate Republicans are turning up […]

Summers: Deal on Battery Plants Between UAW, Big 3 Will Be Harder to Reach than an Agreement on Wage Increase

During an interview aired on Friday’s edition of Bloomberg’s “Wall Street Week,” Harvard Professor, economist, Director of the National Economic Council under President Barack Obama, and Treasury Secretary under President Bill Clinton Larry Summers argued that it will be more difficult for the UAW and automakers to reach an agreement on things like battery plants

Foxconn Pulls out of $19.5 Billion Chip Deal in Setback for Narendra Modi’s Tech Agenda

Taiwan-based tech giant Foxconn announced Monday its withdrawal from a $19.5 billion joint semiconductor manufacturing deal with Indian metal and energy company Vedanta. The deal’s collapse is a setback for Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to make India a leading source of computer chips and a personal disappointment because the Foxconn-Vedanta plant would have

LIV Golf brings on some more political muscle to deal with congressional probe

Yasir Al-Rumayyan, governor of Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund, laughs while greeting golfers at the range before the start of the second round of the Bedminster Invitational LIV Golf tournament. | Seth Wenig/AP Photo One of D.C.’s most prominent lobbying firms has signed on to help the much criticized Saudi-funded LIV Golf league navigate its

How PGA Tour officials defended their Saudi golf deal to Congress

PGA Tour officials faced their first public questioning Tuesday since their controversial agreement with Saudi-backed LIV Golf, repeatedly asserting the deal was essential to the survival of professional golf. If LIV Golf had managed to snag five players annually, then “they can gut us,” said Jimmy Dunne, board member of the PGA Tour who has

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