Turhan Mildon spent years collecting powerful friends on three continents, and in Venezuela, those friendships paid off in a big way. The 29-year-old Turkish businessman was running the country’s state-owned cement plants, a deal tied to some of the most connected men in Nicolás Maduro’s government. Then the floor gave out. U.S. forces captured Maduro...
President Donald Trump’s marriage to First Lady Melania Trump continues to fuel public intrigue and speculation. Trump, 80, and Melania, 56, married in 2005. Since Trump entered the political arena a decade ago, whispers about trouble behind closed doors have followed the couple. The president has occasionally fueled the gossip with his own remarks, while...
Donald Trump wanted a gleaming Reflecting Pool to show off. Instead, his signature touch has left the historic Washington landmark making headlines for all the wrong reasons. What began as a $1.5 million fix has reportedly swollen into a nearly $20 million undertaking. And Trump’s declaration that the work was “totally complete” has proved easier...
Donald Trump went to Georgia hoping to keep voters focused on his midterm message. But footage of his departure soon had viewers focused on something else entirely. A brief moment near the president’s waiting motorcade drew attention online, with viewers replaying the scene and questioning what had happened. The 80-year-old president’s Georgia stop was part...
The White House just threw another cover over the Kennedy Center that won’t come off as easily as a tarp. Donald Trump just pulled a legal move that could block a Black congresswoman from getting the answers about the Center’s future. This includes its looming two-year shutdown. His team is standing firm, but critics say...
President Donald Trump’s new press secretary is off to a rough start. New White House flack Katie Zacharia is undergoing a legal background reality check after describing herself as a “lawyer.” And, after bombing her first press briefing on Tuesday, Oct. 13, she’s also enduring withering criticism from inside the White House over her stilted...
