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According to the only logical explanation, the multi-tens-of-billions VAT fraud of 2024 may have been linked to Russian intelligence services.... Read more »

Check out today's most important Hungary news stories below!... Read more »

Budapest’s inaugural Connectivity Awards celebrate diplomacy, innovation and cultural ties across Eurasia.... Read more »

It's now easier than ever to travel from Budapest to Singapore: here's how!... Read more »

Pécs once again welcomes visitors with a warm and enchanting festive atmosphere as the 14th Advent Handicraft and Story Market opens on Széchenyi Square:... Read more »

What's your take: was the interpreter simply not qualified for such a high-level meeting, or were these mistranslations intentional? Let us know in the comments.... Read more »

Orbán’s fourth wartime visit to Moscow sparks fresh EU criticism as Putin floats the idea of a Russia–US summit in Budapest.... Read more »

Could 2026 bring real political change to Hungary? Economist Viktor Zsiday says the conditions are finally in place.... Read more »

Romania’s National Day was celebrated in Budapest on 26 November with an elegant classical music concert and reception hosted by the Embassy of Romania.... Read more »

A fiery on-air blowup erupted Friday night on CNN’s "NewsNight" after former Democratic lawmaker Bakari Sellers slammed MAGA figures for refusing to distance themselves from white nationalist Nick Fuentes.The moment sparked a heated, minutes-long clash with podcast host Katie Miller, wife of White House adviser Stephen Miller, who accused CNN’s... Read more »

Former Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL) blasted Donald Trump on Friday over the death of Sarah Beckstrom, the West Virginia National Guard member who was fatally shot near the White House earlier this week.Walsh – once a Tea Party congressman and now an outspoken Trump critic – said the 20-year-old soldier... Read more »

Supporters of Donald Trump erupted in fury Friday after an Indian Republican state senator announced he would vote against the GOP’s redistricting plan – citing the president’s use of “r-----ed” to attack Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. State Sen. Michael Bohacek, a Republican from a deep-red district, said in a... Read more »

Rep. Jen Kiggans (R-VA) received a sharp clapback on Friday from the former Democratic congresswoman she ousted in 2022, who is now seeking a rematch.The controversy began when Kiggans took to X in the evening to vow to be a watchdog against the newly elected Democratic trifecta in the state... Read more »

A prominent university has agreed to pay tens of millions of dollars as part of a deal to have the Trump administration end federal investigations and lift stop-work orders on terminated federal grants, according to a report.Northwestern University finalized a comprehensive settlement with the Trump administration that will have it... Read more »

Donald Trump Jr. is not happy with the Wall Street Journal after its editorial board published an urgent plea for Americans not to resort to "collective punishment" against Afghan immigrants."The fate of Afghans, men and women, who worked with the U.S. has often been brutal," wrote the board in the... Read more »

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sparked a wave of online backlash Friday after posting a defiant and combative statement defending ongoing U.S. military operations targeting alleged cartel-linked traffickers in the Caribbean.In his social media post Friday, Hegseth accused the media of reporting “fake news,” and insisted the controversial missions are both... Read more »

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth refused to back down or apologize amid explosive new reporting that on his orders, military officials went out of their way to fire on survivors of suspected drug trafficking ships that were already taken out, which legal experts have said would be an open-and-shut war... Read more »

Amazon workers and their allies worldwide took to the streets on Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year, to protest the e-commerce behemoth’s exploitation of workers, relentless union-busting, contributions to the worsening climate emergency, and plans to replace employees en masse with robots.“Amazon, Jeff Bezos, and their political... Read more »

Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL), who is currently facing a barrage of scandals and ethics allegations, spent tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions on expenses like casino trips, limousines, and private jet charters, the conservative Washington Examiner reported on Friday."The reelection campaign for Mills ... spent nearly $80,000 on... Read more »

Advocates for refugees in the United States continued to raise alarm Friday after President Donald Trump moved quickly to exploit the murder of one National Guard soldier and the wounding of another—allegedly shot by a national from Afghanistan who worked for the US military and CIA during the war there... Read more »

An ex-GOP strategist warned Friday that Republicans are facing a potential disaster in Tennessee’s upcoming special congressional election – a race in a deep-red district that should otherwise be, in his words, “a layup.”Joseph Moreno, a former federal prosecutor and current CNN commentator, said Friday the signs are unmistakably troubling... Read more »

A former Republican strategist suggested Friday that a top advisor for President Donald Trump ought to face prosecution for spying and treason.Steve Witkoff serves as a peace envoy for negotiations related to the Ukraine-Russia conflict. Recently, he has worked closely with the White House on a controversial 28-point peace plan... Read more »

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg issued an order on Friday demanding the Trump administration file affidavits from every official involved in the decision to carry out mass deportation flights under the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, despite Boasberg's standing order to turn the planes around.The order, which gives the administration... Read more »

Tim Hodgson's apology comes as Carney's government deals with political fallout from a new energy deal struck with Alberta... Read more »

The vast majority of people receiving MAID last year had a "reasonably foreseeable" death, with cancer the most common underlying condition... Read more »

'There is no Senate rule or custom requiring a land acknowledgement at Senate committee meetings,' committee chair says... Read more »

Prime Minister Mark Carney released his own statement, saying he has been 'deeply grateful' for Guilbeault’s counsel... Read more »

Warning Canadians about the different level of seriousness, each alert will include a colour ranging from yellow, to orange, to red... Read more »

Two months after the two truckers were caught hauling cocaine at the border, an indictment was unsealed with Wedding’s name at the top, followed by 15 others... Read more »

While more love-in than battle royale, the 90-minute debate still had its share of memorable moments... Read more »

The Alberta premier made the comments fresh off the signing of a new energy and pipeline deal with Prime Minister Mark Carney... Read more »

If now-backbench Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault was looking for sympathy, he won't find it from four of the five candidates for NDP leader... Read more »

Whew. Last week was...a week. Enraging, astounding, often venomous, with flailing small dicktator energy all around. There were pigs, dogs, bonesaws, pedophiles, tumbling polls, charming Marxists, almost everything he's done declared illegal and defiant Democrats threatened with death for, um, defending the rule of law. Sen. Chris Murphy's message to... Read more »

The annual UN climate talks, COP30, are entering their final hours after a fire briefly shut down the venue yesterday. Early this morning, the COP Presidency released a raft of new negotiations text including an updated version of Brazil’s Mutirão, an overarching political package for climate outcomes put forward by... Read more »

Bronwen Tucker, Public Finance lead at Oil Change International, said: “This is outrageous. We came here to secure a COP 30 package for justice and equity. The Presidency has presented a shamefully weak text that fails to mention fossil fuels, fails to deliver accountability towards rich countries’ finance obligations, and... Read more »

Responding to this morning’s second draft COP30 decisions, 350.org warns that the texts still lack the ambition needed to close the climate and finance gaps, even as global momentum for a fossil fuel phaseout roadmap accelerates. “This morning’s draft COP30 decisions fall far short of the giant leap needed to... Read more »

Big Pharma and its allies have taken corporate influence in Washington to new heights, hiring more than 500 lobbyists this year in an attempt to pass three bills that undermine Medicare drug price negotiations, according to a new Public Citizen report. The ORPHAN Cures Act, passed in July 2025, will... Read more »

The American Gestapo's brutish, racist, unholy crusade rampages on. They've now left Chicago - trailing tear gas, court losses, manifest lies, the wrath of a people - to terrorize diverse blue Charlotte NC with its "cowardly fascist pigs doing cowardly fascist pig things." In a new "offense to history," they... Read more »

A three-judge panel in El Paso today blocked a redistricting map demanded by President Trump and supported by Texas Republicans, ruling it unconstitutional because it discriminates along racial lines.Adrian Shelley, Texas director of Public Citizen, issued the following statement:“Today’s ruling is a rebuke of Texas Republicans who caved to Donald... Read more »

Congressional Progressive Caucus Deputy Chair Rep. Ilhan Omar (MN-05) issued the following statement after the House vote to release the Epstein Files. “Today, my Progressive Caucus colleagues and I unanimously voted to release the Epstein Files. The American people deserve to know who enabled Jeffrey Epstein, who looked the other... Read more »

A major outage at internet infrastructure provider Cloudflare today disrupted access to numerous websites, public services, and AI tools worldwide. The incident follows recent large-scale outages at Amazon Web Services and CrowdStrike, underscoring how much of the modern internet now depends on a small number of private companies. Cloudflare, which... Read more »

On Tuesday morning, a problem at web-infrastructure firm Cloudflare caused global outages that took down websites, video games, social media platforms, AI chat bots and more. Last month, following a similar Amazon Web Services outage, Demand Progress Education Fund and 14 other organizations sent a letter asking Federal Trade Commission... Read more »

Over forty citizen’s sector organizations including the national nonprofit Physicians for Social Responsibility have sent a joint letter to federal officials warning of public health consequences of a series of executive orders by President Trump which direct the NRC to dramatically weaken Standards for Protection Against Radiation in the US... Read more »

This week, the Trump administration finalized a plan to open up millions of acres of fragile landscapes in the Western Arctic to oil and gas drilling.The Department of the Interior published a proposed rule in the Federal Register revoking protections for much of the Western Arctic. The final rule will... Read more »

As outrage grows over Chuck Schumer and Establishment Democrats’ refusal to stand up to Donald Trump’s authoritarianism and right-wing extremism, Sunrise Movement announced the launch of the most ambitious primary programs in its history, seizing on the record-breaking number of open seats and challengers across the country. “For far too... Read more »

Corporate executives are quietly acknowledging what millions of Americans already feel: Trump’s economy is squeezing lower- and middle-income families while corporations enjoy record profits and the wealthy continue to prosper. Consumer outlook indicators point in the same direction. The University of Michigan's Index of Consumer Sentiment declined across nearly every... Read more »