Trent Walker, Author at News Addicts

13 Jun

House Passes DOGE Cuts — Bad News for NPR and PBS

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The GOP-led House moved on Thursday to cut billions in funding for foreign aid and public broadcasting, aligning with the Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) recommendations to cut programs Republicans deem to be wasteful and ideologically driven.A rescissions bill that seeks to take back $9.4 billion in discretionary spending allocated…

13 Jun

CIA Releases 1,400 New Pages on RFK Assassination, Including Chilling Note from His Killer

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The CIA released a new batch of declassified documents Thursday related to the government’s investigation into the assassination of Robert F, Kennedy in 1968, which includes a copy of a note that Kennedy’s killer, Sirhan Sirhan, wrote.Per President Donald Trump’s executive order directing agencies to declassify materials in cases of…

13 Jun

Shocking Video Shows Power Failures Inside Air India Plane Hours Before it Crashed

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A passenger who reportedly flew on the doomed Air India jet just two hours before it crashed, killing more than 200 people, posted shocking video in which he says “nothing” was working in the cabin — including lights, air conditioning and the seat-back display screens.The eerie footage was purportedly taken…

13 Jun

Watch: Polish MEP Destroys LGBTQ Exhibition, Gets Banned From Polish Parliament Building

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Prominent right-wing Polish MEP Grzegorz Braun destroyed a pro-LGBT exhibition on Wednesday in the Polish parliament.The organization “Tęczowe Opole” had created the exhibit to present photos and accounts of young homosexual, bisexual, and transgender people from the Opole region, and displayed it in the Sejm during an action-packed day as…

12 Jun

Chaos Erupts at Fox News as Murdoch, Popular Host Undermine Trump

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A simmering feud between former Fox News colleagues is threatening to break out into open warfare as major media personalities begin to personally lobby President Donald Trump about his plans to negotiate a peace deal with Iran.In an exclusive interview, Tucker Carlson reacted to news that Fox News host Mark…

12 Jun

Workers from American Aid Group in Gaza — 5 Deaths, Hostages Possible

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The Palestinian terrorist group Hamas attacked a bus full of aid workers with the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) on Wednesday, killing at least five local Palestinians who worked with the group.Several members of the group may also have been taken hostage.In a statement, GHF said:Tonight, at approximately 10 p.m. Gaza…

12 Jun

Trump Gives Ominous Warning as US Troops Are Evacuated from the Middle East

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President Donald Trump delivered an ominous warning on Wednesday as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth authorized a major military move in the Middle East amid rising tensions in the area.The Defense Department announced it has authorized the voluntary departure of military dependents from bases in the Middle East ahead of continued…

12 Jun

Air Boeing Plane Carrying More Than 200 People Crashes in India Minutes After Taking Off

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A London-bound Boeing passenger plane with 242 people onboard crashed after taking off in India on Thursday, with “many people killed” as it burst into a fireball in a busy residential neighborhood.Air India Flight 171 crashed in Ahmedabad — a city of about 5 million people — roughly five minutes…

12 Jun

Trump Unveils Terms of ‘Done’ Trade Deal with China

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President Donald Trump said Wednesday that the United States and China had negotiated a trade deal, awaiting only “final approval” from him and Chinese President Xi Jinping.The agreement includes provisions on rare earth minerals, tariffs, and allowing Chinese students to study at American universities.Trump said that a 55% tariff would…

12 Jun

Rand Paul Fumes After He Is Disinvited from White House Picnic

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Senator Rand Paul said he was disinvited from the White House picnic.Senator Paul, a critic of President Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ called it “petty vindictiveness’ in remarks to reporters on Wednesday.Rand Paul said he was not given a reason and he isn’t sure if the call came down from President…