The U.S. economy is currently “worse” than when former President Joe Biden departed office last year, economic and political commentator Peter Schiff asserted, warning that the nation faces the “threat” of a Democratic socialist winning the White House during the 2028 presidential election. President Donald Trump is “unpopular because the economy is worse now than it was when Biden left office,” Schiff, chief economist and global strategist of Euro Pacific Asset Management and host of “The Peter Schiff Show” podcast, told Fox News Digital during an interview on Wednesday. “So Trump ran promising to fix what Biden broke,” but then “broke…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz issued a stark warning to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan early Thursday, accusing him of dragging Turkey into “dangerous adventures in Syria” and warning the Turkish leader not to test Israel’s resolve.”Israel will not allow any actor to threaten its security,” Katz wrote on X “It would be better for Erdoğan to continue his detached-from-reality, fanciful rhetoric against Israel in the Turkish Grand National Assembly than to attempt to test Israel’s determination to defend itself.”The warning comes two days after Israel struck Syria’s Abu al-Duhur airbase. The…

Karmelo Anthony’s ex-girlfriend reported that he was stalking her hours before he stabbed Austin Metcalf — and he had threatening and violent texts on his phone, the prosecutor revealed at Anthony’s appeal hearing Thursday. The jury never heard about Anthony’s disturbing history, or about Metcalf’s juvenile criminal record because of a “gentleman’s agreement” with the 19-year-old’s defense ahead of his murder trial,Collin County Assistant District Attorney Bill Wirskye revealed. He told the court Anthony’s high school girlfriend confided to an assistant principal at their school that Anthony was stalking after a breakup, and that he was obsessed with fights, guns and…

Hut, Hut, Bite! Pizza Hut is ditching “pizza,” at least for now. The popular pizza chain announced Wednesday that it will be dropping “pizza” from its name to go simply by “hut.” The temporary change coincides with the start of the 2026 NFL season. “You can just call us HUT for the next 25 weeks,” the brand wrote on a social media post that features a photo of one of their locations. The snap shows a banner with a football on it covering the word “pizza” on a sign outside the store. The photo was taken at a Plano, Texas…

Published on 20/08/2026 – 18:24 GMT+2 In Saxony-Anhalt, the interior ministry is aware of around 80 cases and across Germany, there are said to be hundreds of such incidents of Ukrainian troops deserting after completing their military training. The federal government has not yet published any official nationwide statistics. Nor are any publicly confirmed figures currently available from other states. Since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, around 29,000 Ukrainian soldiers have undergone training in Germany, according to the Bundeswehr. The training takes place at numerous sites. The soldiers learn, among other things, how to handle weapons, camouflage…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Incumbent Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow holds a commanding, double-digit lead among decided voters, a new poll suggests, with just over two months to go until the municipal election. A new survey by Liaison Strategies shows Chow at 49 per cent, with Coun. Brad Bradford in second place at 38 per cent. Former federal minister and late entrant to the race Chris Alexander would receive 11 per cent of the vote if the election were held tomorrow.“The ballot has moved back toward a clearer Chow advantage,” David Valantin, principal at Liaison, said. Get…

August 20, 2026 — 5:15pmSaveYou have reached your maximum number of saved items.Remove items from your saved list to add more.AAAAustralia has become an international outlier by allowing fuel made from Russian crude oil to enter the country, a parliament inquiry has found, urging the federal government to close loopholes that allow Moscow to profit from imports through third countries.A damning report into the effectiveness of Australia’s sanctions regime also found not a single person has been prosecuted for breaching Russia-related sanctions since Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.Australia is inadvertently helping to fund Vladimir Putin’s war machine.The…

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! When I went to fashion school, the unofficial uniform was all-black everything. If that sounds depressing, trust me, it was. I admired the few students who weren’t afraid to wear a bright mix of stripes, dots, animal print, etc. In 2026 though, the patternmaxxing trend is on the rise, and it’s all about embracing bold prints, colors and designs. Amazon has an entire section dedicated to patternmaxxing, which makes sense since so many fashion people now wearing clothes with groovy…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Fashion designer Marc Jacobs said in a new interview that he’d be open to styling the confessed assassin Luigi Mangione at trial — and that the killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is doing a fine job as a “trendsetter” while dressing himself already.In a sitdown with Vanity Fair’s Lie Detector Test podcast, the host noted that celebrities including Winona Rider, Courtney Love and Lil’ Kim had all worn Jacobs’ designs in court in the early 2000s. Then she slid him a photo of Mangione and asked, “Would you be open to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Tulsi Gabbard delivered a hopeful and emotional message in a video posted to X on Thursday morning, updating the success of her husband Abraham Williams’ bone cancer surgery for sacral chordoma, an extremely rare cancer, and giving an update on the challenges of his recovery.”A few weeks after the surgery was done, the pathologist and the doctors said that they are confident that they were able to cut out all of the cancerous bone and tissue,” Gabbard said in a 3-minute video. “So here we are now, almost three months after, and…

Mortgage rates fell for the second week in a row, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. Freddie Mac’s latest Primary Mortgage Market Survey, released Thursday, showed the average rate on the benchmark 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 6.65% from last week’s reading of 6.67%. The average rate on a 30-year loan was 6.58% a year ago. SLOWING LABOR MARKET CREATES NEW HURDLE FOR FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYERS FACING AFFORDABILITY SQUEEZE “With a dip in rates providing modest relief for homebuyers, it’s important to remember borrowers can potentially save thousands by shopping around for the best mortgage rate,” said Sam Khater, Freddie Mac’s chief…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered new evidence that could help pinpoint a long-lost ancient city along a military route, with possible ties to the biblical Exodus.The discovery was announced by the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities on August 15.The excavation centered on Tell Abu Seifi, an ancient fortified site in northeastern Egypt near the Sinai Peninsula that archaeologists believe may be the long-lost city of Mesen.ARCHAEOLOGISTS UNCOVER MYSTERIOUS FACE HIDDEN FOR CENTURIES IN BOOK OF REVELATION CITYThe site once stood along the Horus Military Road, a strategic route connecting Egypt with…

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told America’s allies Thursday that “you are either with us or against us” as he prepares to announce tough new sanctions against Iran — pledging “we are going to collapse this regime.” Bessent told CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” that the Trump administration will use secondary sanctions to penalize countries and companies that continue to do business with Tehran. “If you insist on doing business with them — either transferring money, buying their oil, doing seaborne ship transfers — then the US Treasury and the US government will put its full might and force…

While many seek the great outdoors for its promise of peace and quiet, visitors to a popular European summit were greeted with long lines and maddening crowds this month. Mount Snowdon, the highest peak in Wales, is known to hikers the world over as a six-to seven- hour ascent that rewards the hearty with beautiful views over Llyn Llydaw and  Eryri National Park While Snowdon typically draws upwards of 600,000 visitors a year, August has seen peak activity at the fabled peak, as exhibited in a recent video. In a Facebook reel posted on August 9, outdoor guide company Trekking…

The intensifying use of drones against civilians and humanitarian workers is a dangerous obstacle for aid operations in Ukraine, the UN’s humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher, said on Wednesday. Fletcher spoke to the Associated Press news agency in an interview after a visit to the southern city of Kherson, where he witnessed how communities are coping while living under the constant threat of Russian drone strikes. Fletcher described the visit to Kherson, split by the Dnipro River which acts as an active front line, as “quite chilling.” Russian forces occupy the eastern bank, while Ukrainian forces hold the western bank. From…