White House unveils cheeky Valentine’s Day cards featuring Maduro, Rubio and the shutdown sombrero: ‘You captured my heart’ 

The White House released a series of irreverent Valentine’s Day cards on social media Friday featuring some of the most meme’d images of President Trump’s second term.  “You captured my heart,” reads the first card, which includes an image of deposed dictator Nicolas Maduro being flown out of Venezuela shackled and blindfolded after Operation Absolute Resolve.  The infamous snapshot of Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) “sipping margaritas” with alleged MS-13 gang member Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador is framed in a heart on the second card, with the message: “My love for you is as strong as Democrats love…

3 dead after US strikes another alleged drug boat in Caribbean

The U.S. military said Friday that it has carried out another deadly strike on a vessel accused of trafficking drugs in the Caribbean Sea. U.S. Southern Command said on social media that the boat “was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Caribbean and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations.” It…

Inflation slows to 2.4% in January, at tamest pace since last May

Inflation slowed in January to its tamest pace since May 2025 as the economy seemingly skirts the full effects of President Trump’s tariffs for now – helped by falling gasoline prices. The Consumer Price Index rose 2.4% in January, undershooting expectations and decelerating to its pace last May – just…

The key factor keeping Mohamed Diawara in Knicks’ rotation

As a second-round pick with only overseas experience on his résumé, Mohamed Diawara was considered, at best, a project. On draft night, he was only a couple of months removed from his 20th birthday, just coming off averaging 5.8 points in the French league.  Those are hardly the signals of…

Newsom’s Germany jaunt funded by little-known nonprofit run by aides

Gavin Newsom’s whirlwind weekend in Germany will cost a pretty penny, paid for by a secretive nonprofit that’s run by his longtime aides and receives money from special interests, The California Post has learned. The invite-only Munich Security Conference is being held across two luxury hotels in Old Town Munich…

AOC won’t say whether US should defend Taiwan if China invades

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) stumbled over her words at the Munich Security Conference on Friday and wouldn’t commit to defending Taiwan if China ever invades. “Um, you know, I think that this is such a, you know, I think that this is, this is of course a very longstanding policy…

Gavin Newsom calls Trump’s climate deregulation ‘death sentence’ for US automakers — as Californians reap ,400 savings

Gov. Gavin Newsom claimed the Trump administration’s sweeping environmental deregulations are a “death sentence” for the US auto industry, slamming the rollback that’s estimated to save California drivers $2,400 — while also trying to take credit for boosting “manufacturing innovation” in the country. In remarks at the Munich Security Conference…

Jasmine Crockett shares vulgar 6-word message for Trump in Epstein probe

Progressive Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, shared a vulgar six-word warning for President Donald Trump as Democrats continue to hunt for links implicating him in Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes. It comes after Ghislaine Maxwell’s closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee in which the convicted Epstein accomplice invoked the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering…

Bad Bunny’s halftime show turns LA taco spot into overnight sensation

Taco ’bout a triumph! The owner of a restaurant that began as a humble roadside taco stand was greeted by roaring applause and massive crowds eager for his award-winning tacos — just hours after his surprise appearance during Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show. Victor Villa received a hero’s welcome…

Super Bowl 2026 field invader reveals first-person video of hectic scene

The man who jumped onto the field at the Super Bowl revealed himself online in social media posts that include a first-person perspective of the moment he sprinted across the grass at Levi’s Stadium.  The individual, identified as Alex González, 25, ran onto the field during the fourth quarter without…

Yes, women often feel colder than men — here’s why

Battle of the sexes? More like battle of the thermostat. Men are from chilly Mars, yet they apparently run hotter — while women feel left out in the cold. One study got to the bottom of this phenomenon and proposed an explanation for why half the population feels like they’re…

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