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President Donald Trump said Monday night that he will no longer use taxpayer funds to pay for a multimillion-dollar pro-Trump ad blitz ahead of the midterm elections, saying his super PAC will now pay for them. But he appears to have no plans to reimburse the federal government for funds already used on the ads, a White House official said Tuesday. The Presidents [social media post] was not referring to reimbursement, the official told ABC News. While Trump dismissed criticism of the ads as a ra

Like this article? Keep independent journalism alive. Support HuffPost . Donald Trump wont reimburse the U.S. government for the TV ads glorifying the president, the White House said Tuesday. In response to bipartisan backlash against the ads, Trump said Monday on Truth Social he would direct a super PAC to pay for the spots going forward. The White House said Tuesday there would be no payback for the ads already aired. The Presidents Truth was not referring to reimbursement, a spokesperson told

An Ohio man who was found guilty of murdering his wife and staging the crime scene to make it seem as if an intruder had broken into their home and fatally shot the mother of two was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Caleb Flynn, 40, a former pastor who once appeared as a contestant on American Idol in 2013, was found guilty of aggravated murder and multiple counts of murder, felonious assault and tampering with evidence in connection with the death of his wife, 37-y

A 12-year-old girl was killed in Baltimore over the weekend during an apparent disagreement over a parking space, police in the US city said. The victim, Khloe Ishway, was caught in the crossfire of bullets between two men who police said were allegedly fighting over a parking space in a park where children were playing American football. I'm gonna just miss my baby whole, Ishway's mother told CBS, the BBC's US partner, a day after the deadly shooting. In addition to the young girl, four adults

Former White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitts next career move has been announced. Leavitt, who left her post in the Trump administration at the end of August , has kept mum about her career plans going forward. But now, Fox News has announced that the 29-year-old will be joining the network beginning November 1 as an on-air contributor. She is expected to appear on multiple shows on the network, providing commentary across opinion and news programs. Fox News Media CEO Suzanne Scott said

As Houthi militants in Yemen attacked ships with missiles and drones in the Red Sea early last year, top U.S. officials gathered at the Pentagon to prepare military options for President Donald Trump. Their meetings repeatedly grew tense. On one side were Gen. Michael Erik Kurilla, then overseeing U.S. operations in the Middle East, and other hawks ready for action. The general was keen on military action not only against the Houthis, but also against Iran, which had backed the Yemeni paramilita

The Atlantic Ocean hasnt seen a hurricane yet this year in a season that remains among the quietest on record, driven by a strong El Nio pattern thats getting even stronger. But the Gulf of Mexico may be about to cook up a storm, and theres at least some chance of U.S. impacts. The National Hurricane Center is monitoring a nascent disturbance in the Bay of Campeche, or southwestern Gulf of Mexico, west of the Yucatn Peninsula. The agency estimates development odds at 70 percent, with weather mod

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman admits something's clearly not working with the artificial intelligence money that has flooded the midterm elections and he doesn't expect President Donald Trump's rebrand of the technology to improve his industry's image with the American public, either. I get why AI has a really negative perception right now, Altman told Brendan Bordelon in an exclusive interview marking the launch of Decoded by POLITICO . I don't think spending money on politics is what's going to make

WASHINGTON (AP) The U.S. military said it attacked a boat suspected of being used to smuggle drugs in the Caribbean Sea on Sunday, killing four people, as the Trump administration continues its yearlong campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America. The latest attack brings the number of people who have been killed in boat strikes by the U.S. military to at least 235 in 70 strikes since the Trump administration began targeting those it calls narcoterrorists in September 2025. As with mo

FBI Director Kash Patel is engaged to his country singer girlfriend, Alexis Wilkins, the pair announced in a post to X on Sunday evening. Wilkins, 27, posted a black-and-white photo of herself standing with Patel, 46, flashing her hand in front of them to show off her ring with the caption, Went and got the law involved. The two have been dating since before Patel took over as head of the FBI in 2025, when she attended his swearing in. The country singer and political commentator released her de

The FBI arrested a suspected Chinese agent at Los Angeles International Airport after she allegedly surveilled the Taiwanese president's U.S.-based son, law enforcement sources told CBS News. Wanying Heather Zhang, an Irvine, California, realtor, was cuffed by federal law enforcement on Sunday before she boarded a flight to Shanghai, China, from LAX, on a charge of acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government. Zhang's husband Edric Ding, a realtor at the same firm, told CBS News when

As Sen. Thom Tillis exits the Senate, he's blasting many of the advisers President Trump has surrounded himself with as sycophants, and calling on his colleagues to stand up to executive power like the co-equal branch of government they are. The 66-year-old senior senator from North Carolina unloads on what he calls the WTF moments of the second Trump Administration in a new book, How to Lose Friends and Antagonize Presidents. Having served in the Senate during the Barack Obama, Joe Biden and bo

A Russian drone struck a major bridge in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on Sunday as German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in the city to the sound of air raid sirens, explosions and air defense systems being activated. Merz is in Kyiv to display support for Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky amid Russias escalation of strikes on the city. Ukraine needs all our support in the coming weeks, Merz said. Highlighting attacks on Ukraines towns, residential buildings and energy, he said: If Russ