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The MeidasTouch Podcast, which is often critical of President Donald Trump, has surpassed popular podcaster Joe Rogan on YouTube.Newsweek has contacted MeidasTouch and a representative for Rogan for comment via email.Why It MattersPodcast charts have long been dominated with conservative or pro-Trump voices—such as Rogan, Shawn Ryan and Ben Shapiro, who frequently appear in the top 10. Trump himself appeared on some of those podcasts during his 2024 bid for the presidency as he eschewed traditional media outlets.However, since Trump returned to office in January, The MeidasTouch Podcast has consistently topped charts, emerging as one of the country’s most-listened-to shows.…

WASHINGTON (AP) — In a break with past practice, President Donald Trump now meets with candidates for promotion to the rank of four-star general, the White House has acknowledged. The Republican president has the meetings because he wants to make sure the U.S. military retains its superiority and its leaders focus on fighting wars, a White House spokesperson said.“President Trump wants to ensure our military is the greatest and most lethal fighting force in history, which is why he meets with four-star-general nominees directly to ensure they are war fighters first — not bureaucrats,” assistant press secretary Anna Kelly said.The…

President Donald Trump has celebrated the $50 million settlement deal his administration reached with Brown University to restore its funding.”There will be no more Anti-Semitism, or Anti-Christian, or Anti-Anything Else!” Trump said in a Thursday post on Truth Social about the deal. “Woke is officially DEAD at Brown.” In exchange for the restoration of government funding, Brown has agreed to several policy changes, including to dismantle its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs. Students attending Brown University walk through the main campus March 19, 2025 in Providence, Rhode Island. Students attending Brown University walk through the main campus March 19,…

LONDON (AP) — Britain has announced that it will recognize a Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire in Gaza, stops building settlements in the West Bank and commits to a two-state solution.The U.K. followed France, which declared last week that it will recognize Palestinian statehood at the United Nations General Assembly in September.More than 140 countries have already taken that step, but France and Britain are significant as members of the Group of Seven and the U.N. Security Council. The two countries hope their bold – if largely symbolic – diplomatic moves will help add pressure…

Facebook Tweet Email Link The Trump administration issued a memo this week declaring that federal agencies will allow workers to promote their religious beliefs to colleagues, display religious items and pray at work. According to the guidance, a federal worker “may engage another in polite discussion of why his faith is correct and why the non-adherent should re-think his religious beliefs.” But there is one caveat: “provided that such efforts are not harassing in nature.” Here’s what else you need to know to get up to speed and on with your day. Heavy storms that developed on Thursday afternoon and…

Ghislaine Maxwell is unlikely to spill her full Jeffrey Epstein secrets to Congress but losing her Supreme Court appeal in the future could prove pivotal, a lawyer told Newsweek.Maxwell was subpoenaed last week to testify before the House committee on oversight and government but her lawyer said she would need to be given immunity first.Speculation has been rife for years that Maxwell, former girlfriend of Jeffrey Epstein, knows his deepest darkest secrets, including those relating to his rich and powerful friends. Donald Trump and Melania Trump pose with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell at the Mar-a-Lago Club, Palm Beach, Florida,…

MASERU, Lesotho (AP) — The deafening roar of hundreds of sewing machines has gone silent. Spools of thread in every color are covered in dust. The warehouse is dark and empty.In the tiny African nation of Lesotho, clothing manufacturer Tzicc’s business has dried up in the face of tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration. A few months ago, work was steady. The factory’s 1,300 employees have made and exported sportswear to American stores, including JCPenney, Walmart and Costco. But when Trump announced sweeping new tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners in April, Lesotho found itself topping the…

Facebook Tweet Email Link In just six months, President Donald Trump has remade global trade and upended a century of precedent. Trump on Thursday announced higher tariffs — again — on just about every country in the world. Even as some countries’ tariff rates came in lower than they had feared, practically all goods coming in to the United States face a significantly higher tax than when Trump took office in January. The new trade regime will put in place the highest tariffs America has imposed since 1933, during the Smoot-Hawley era — a tariff bill that contributed to the…

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that construction will begin in September on a 90,000‑square‑foot ballroom to replace the current East Wing.President Donald Trump has long argued the executive mansion lacks adequate space for major state functions and says the new venue will seat up to 650 guests.The East Wing, which houses several offices including those of the first lady, will be relocated during the project. Leavitt said Trump and other donors have pledged about $200 million to fund the construction. She did not name any of the other donors.A statement from the Trump administration stated, “The White…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration’s polarizing vaccine chief is leaving the agency after a brief tenure that drew the ire of biotech executives, patient groups and conservative allies of President Donald Trump.Dr. Vinay Prasad “did not want to be a distraction” and was stepping down from his role as the FDA’s top vaccine regulator “to spend more time with his family,” a spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services said in a statement late Tuesday.Two people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that Prasad was ousted following several recent controversies. They spoke on…