Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stood before diplomats from roughly 65 countries at the State Department on Thursday and made the threat personal. Two hours after he was sworn into office on January 27, 2025, a 24-year-old Massachusetts man armed with a folding knife and two improvised Molotov cocktails arrived at the U.S. Capitol, allegedly intending […] The post Treasury Secretary Bessent confronts far-left violence threat, cites assassination plot hours after taking office appeared first on American Almanac .
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stood before diplomats from roughly 65 countries at the State Department on Thursday and made the threat personal. Two hours after he was sworn into office on January 27, 2025, a 24-year-old Massachusetts man armed with a folding knife and two improvised Molotov cocktails arrived at the U.S. Capitol, allegedly intending to kill a Cabinet nominee whose Senate confirmation vote was scheduled that day. Bessent did not mince words. He used the incident to challenge reporters and foreign officials who downplay the reality of violent far-left extremism in America, and he announced that the Treasury Department is expanding its enforcement tools to follow the money behind political terrorism. The setting was the…Open
Arizona Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego engaged in sexual relationships with at least two House staffers while he represented Phoenix in the House, the New York Post reported, citing three sources with knowledge of the relationships. Both women were aides to Texas Democrats, and one was in her 20s, much younger than Gallego, at the time. […] The post Sen. Ruben Gallego reportedly had sexual relationships with two House staffers during his time in Congress appeared first on American Almanac .
Arizona Democratic Sen. Ruben Gallego engaged in sexual relationships with at least two House staffers while he represented Phoenix in the House, the New York Post reported , citing three sources with knowledge of the relationships. Both women were aides to Texas Democrats, and one was in her 20s, much younger than Gallego, at the time. Gallego, 46, did not deny the reporting. Confronted by an NBC News journalist on Capitol Hill minutes after the story broke, he offered a single line: "I'm not going to engage in gossip." The revelation lands as Gallego already faces a Department of Justice investigation into alleged misuse of campaign funds and the political fallout from his close friendship with former Rep. Eric Swalwell, who resigned…Open
A 25-year-old Ukrainian soldier called his wife on February 15, 2024, from a collapsing position near Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine. He was wounded. Four of his five remaining comrades were also injured. He was, his widow later told AFP, "extremely nervous and was crying." He sent a final message saying they would probably be captured. […] The post Kyiv says Russian forces have executed hundreds of Ukrainian prisoners of war since 2022 appeared first on American Almanac .
A 25-year-old Ukrainian soldier called his wife on February 15, 2024, from a collapsing position near Avdiivka in eastern Ukraine. He was wounded. Four of his five remaining comrades were also injured. He was, his widow later told AFP, "extremely nervous and was crying." He sent a final message saying they would probably be captured. Then he stopped answering. Two days later, Lyudmyla Dubnytska, 27, saw a video circulating on Russian social media. It showed five bodies lying in a frozen puddle stained red. She recognized her husband, Andriy Dubnytsky, by the tattoo of a cross on his hand. Ukrainian prosecutors opened an investigation into what they described as the "shooting of unarmed Ukrainian prisoners of war" in the incident.…Open
Abdul El-Sayed, the left-wing Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Michigan on a working-class platform, released two pages of his 2025 federal tax return showing $686,069 in total income, a figure that places him squarely in the top one percent of earners in the state he wants to represent. He left out the pages that […] The post Abdul El-Sayed's partial tax release reveals top-one-percent income — while he campaigns as a working-class champion appeared first on American Almanac .
Abdul El-Sayed, the left-wing Democrat running for U.S. Senate in Michigan on a working-class platform, released two pages of his 2025 federal tax return showing $686,069 in total income, a figure that places him squarely in the top one percent of earners in the state he wants to represent. He left out the pages that would explain where the money came from. The partial disclosure, first reported by the Washington Free Beacon , omitted both Schedule 1, which details additional income sources, and Schedule D, which breaks down capital gains. Those are the forms that would tell Michigan voters exactly how a self-described public servant nearly tripled his income since his 2018 gubernatorial run, and where his money is actually parked. …Open
Hunter Biden celebrated a $1.7 million defamation victory for about five days before his former law firm moved to take the money. Winston Taylor, the firm formerly known as Winston & Strawn, filed a lien against the judgment on Tuesday, telling the court that Biden owes the firm legal fees and costs "substantially in excess" […] The post Hunter Biden's former lawyers file lien on his $1.7 million judgment, claiming he owes them even more appeared first on American Almanac .
Hunter Biden celebrated a $1.7 million defamation victory for about five days before his former law firm moved to take the money. Winston Taylor, the firm formerly known as Winston & Strawn, filed a lien against the judgment on Tuesday, telling the court that Biden owes the firm legal fees and costs "substantially in excess" of the $1.7 million a Reagan-appointed federal judge in California ordered former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne to pay. The lien landed just as Biden was making the rounds on podcasts and social media, celebrating the ruling and unleashing a profanity-laced broadside against President Trump. The timing captures something essential about Hunter Biden's post-pardon life: every apparent win arrives with a bill attached,…Open
Eric Stonestreet thought the wedding invitation was spam. The 54-year-old Modern Family star and lifelong Kansas City Chiefs fan told Chiefs Wire he and his wife Lindsay Schweitzer received their invite to the Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce wedding and didn't know what to make of it. They couldn't call anyone to check. They just had […] The post Eric Stonestreet makes the case for why Swift and Kelce chose Madison Square Garden appeared first on American Almanac .
Eric Stonestreet thought the wedding invitation was spam. The 54-year-old Modern Family star and lifelong Kansas City Chiefs fan told Chiefs Wire he and his wife Lindsay Schweitzer received their invite to the Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce wedding and didn't know what to make of it. They couldn't call anyone to check. They just had to trust it was real. It was. On July 3, Swift and Kelce married at Madison Square Garden in New York City, a venue that drew its share of second-guessing from critics who apparently thought the couple should have picked a vineyard or a beach house. Stonestreet, in an interview published by USA TODAY , pushed back hard on that line of thinking. His argument was simple, practical, and, frankly, correct. The…Open
Vice President JD Vance went on "The Joe Rogan Experience" Wednesday and did something unusual for a sitting administration official: he admitted his own side botched a high-profile promise. The Trump White House, Vance said, fumbled the public release of documents tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and former Attorney General Pam Bondi bore […] The post Vance concedes Trump team 'screwed up' Epstein file rollout, levels unverified claims at Israeli intelligence appeared first on American Almanac .
Vice President JD Vance went on "The Joe Rogan Experience" Wednesday and did something unusual for a sitting administration official: he admitted his own side botched a high-profile promise. The Trump White House, Vance said, fumbled the public release of documents tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and former Attorney General Pam Bondi bore a share of the blame. "I say this with all candor, like we absolutely screwed up the comms of the Epstein files," Vance told Rogan during the nearly three-hour interview. "Like, we just did." The admission matters because the Epstein files became a flashpoint for public trust. Millions of Americans, left, right, and unaffiliated, wanted to know who enabled a wealthy financier's…Open
Pro-Palestine demonstrators in Stockholm carried a replica of the entrance gate to the Auschwitz death camp through the streets, replacing the infamous Nazi inscription "Arbeit Macht Frei" with the word "Gaza", in a display that Jewish leaders and Israeli officials called a grotesque trivialization of the Holocaust. Protesters wore blue medical hair nets and clothing […] The post Pro-Palestine marchers in Stockholm display mock Auschwitz gate, drawing condemnation from Jewish leaders appeared first on American Almanac .
Pro-Palestine demonstrators in Stockholm carried a replica of the entrance gate to the Auschwitz death camp through the streets, replacing the infamous Nazi inscription "Arbeit Macht Frei" with the word "Gaza", in a display that Jewish leaders and Israeli officials called a grotesque trivialization of the Holocaust. Protesters wore blue medical hair nets and clothing designed to mimic hospital scrubs as they marched, with drums beating and chants of "free, free, free Palestine" filling the air. At least one demonstrator appeared to wear a reddened mask representing the face of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Another's outfit appeared to mimic a Gestapo uniform, the Daily Mail reported . Swedish police were visibly present on…Open
Podcast host Brianna "Chickenfry" LaPaglia used her platform to publicly challenge the sincerity of Bunnie Xo's well wishes toward estranged husband Jelly Roll, and to offer her own blunt theory about why the country music star filed for divorce after nearly a decade of marriage. On a Sunday episode of her "Plan Bri Uncut" podcast, […] The post Brianna LaPaglia levels pointed accusations at Jelly Roll over divorce from Bunnie Xo appeared first on American Almanac .
Podcast host Brianna "Chickenfry" LaPaglia used her platform to publicly challenge the sincerity of Bunnie Xo's well wishes toward estranged husband Jelly Roll, and to offer her own blunt theory about why the country music star filed for divorce after nearly a decade of marriage. On a Sunday episode of her "Plan Bri Uncut" podcast, LaPaglia accused Jelly Roll of letting his dramatic weight loss change his personality and ego, speculated he would pursue a younger "tradwife," and dismissed Bunnie Xo's conciliatory public tone as residual loyalty to a man who no longer deserves it. Page Six reported on the episode and the surrounding fallout. The claims are unverified speculation from a podcast host with no stated inside knowledge of the…Open
The flyover, which the Blue Angels said was lower than standard, sent umbrellas and chairs toppling. The acting Navy secretary later posted “That’s the sound of Freedom!”