Conservatism in the United States

The entertainment industry and Hollywood were outspoken critics of Donald Trump and staunch supporters of Hillary Clinton. It was therefore no surprise that the night of the Oscars was the perfect platform for the TV stars and celebrities to lash out against the new President of the United States. But Donald Trump has proven he is not one to take it sitting down.

President Donald Trump has ratcheted up his feud with the U.S. media, announcing he will skip the annual correspondents' dinner one day after a row erupted over White House press access.

By skipping the April 29 event Trump breaks a tradition in which the U.S. president is the guest of honor at a light-hearted roast held by journalists and studded with celebrities.

On Thursday at 9 a.m. ET, the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) kicked off and will continue through Saturday.

Schedule as follows:

Friday (all times Eastern)

8:10 a.m. — Former Navy SEAL Rob O’Neill

8:25 a.m. — Dr. Sebastian Gorka, deputy assistant to President Trump

U.S. officials promised Mexico no "mass deportations" or use of military force to expel immigrants, moving to calm tensions over President Donald Trump's vow to crack down on "bad dudes" illegally residing in his country.

Milo Yiannopoulos announced at a Tuesday New York City press conference his decision to resign as Breitbart Tech editor.

In the wake of controversial comments unearthed from a podcast that seemed to defend sexual relationships between young teenagers and adults under certain circumstances, Breitbart editor and gay libertarian firebrand Milo Yiannopoulos was disinvited by CPAC as the keynote speaker at its upcoming event and lost his lucrative book deal from Simon & Schuster.

Right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos’ publisher has cancelled his planned book, “Dangerous.”
Simon & Schuster and its Threshold Editions imprint announced Monday that “after careful consideration” they had pulled the book, which had been high on Amazon.com’s best-seller lists and was the subject of intense controversy.

There's a new idea that might be the solution to runaway populism. Well, it's not that new, really - it has been kicking around in left-wing circles for a least a quarter-century - but it has suddenly gone mainstream. It's called Universal Basic Income (UBI), and pilot programmes to see if it really works in practice are being launched this year in four different countries.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's visit to Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Qatar could be seen as a return to the bad old Sunni alliance against Iran in the region. For the time being, it is not clear if the move is part of a Turkish governmental attempt to influence the new U.S. administration, or a response to U.S. President Donald Trump's new Mideast policy.

Bulgaria, Greece, Slovenia and Turkey "plumped for Russia" as their pick for defense partner if a threat emerged, according to a poll quoted by Bloomberg.