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Navy Secretary stepping down 13 months into job

Navy Secretary John Phelan is departing the administration after serving in the role for just over a year, the Pentagon announced on Wednesday.  “On behalf of the Secretary of War and Deputy Secretary of War, we are grateful to Secretary Phelan for his service to the Department and the United States Navy,” Sean Parnell, the Pentagon’s chief...

Rogan: Trump ‘called me a liberal’ at White House

Podcaster Joe Rogan on Tuesday said President Trump "called me a liberal" while at a White House event last week to hasten research on psychedelic drugs, including ibogaine. "The Joe Rogan Experience" guest Luis J. Gomez told Rogan that "people are pissed" about remarks Trump made during the event, where Trump signed an executive order...

FAA probing close call at JFK airport

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is looking into a close call between two planes at John F. Kennedy International Airport, the agency said in a statement. According to the FAA statement, Republic Airways flight 4464 halted its landing at JFK on Monday afternoon “after missing the intended approach path and flying too close to Jazz...

RFK Jr. apologizes for comments about Black kids he claims he didn’t say

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday apologized for past comments he made about Black children being "re-parented," while maintaining that he didn't make those remarks despite there being a recording of him doing so. Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) asked Kennedy whether he could admit to saying that he had...

Lufthansa cutting 20K flights to save jet fuel

The German airline Lufthansa said it would cut 20,000 flights in the coming months to accommodate rising jet fuel costs amid the ongoing war with Iran. The schedule adjustments will affect “unprofitable short-haul flights” in Europe through the end of October, the Lufthansa Group said in a press release Tuesday. Flight changes through the end...

Kalshi suspends 3 political candidates for betting on own races

Kalshi has suspended three political candidates for betting on their own races, the prediction market platform announced Wednesday. Minnesota congressional candidate and state Sen. Matt Klein (D) and former Texas congressional candidate Ezekiel Enriquez (R) both settled and paid small fines over the trades, while Virginia Senate candidate Mark Moran (I) declined to settle and...

Senate Democrats press USPS to reject Trump mail-in voting order

Dozens of Senate Democrats are calling on the U.S. Postal Service not to comply with President Trump’s executive order that restricts mail-in voting. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) demanded in a Monday letter to the Postal Service that it “follow the law...

Massie says $10M ‘wasted’ in Kentucky GOP primary: ‘Imagine if they had used that in Virginia’

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) said Republicans “wasted” the money spent funding his opponent and attack ads against him in the upcoming Kentucky Republican primary race.  “They’ve wasted $10 million in my race already. Imagine if they had used that in Virginia,” Massie wrote on the social platform X, referencing Democrats’ Tuesday redistricting win in the...

Navy secretary departs immediately as undersecretary takes over in acting role

Navy Secretary John C. Phelan departs the administration effective immediately. Undersecretary Hung Cao will serve as acting secretary of the Navy.

Democrat Adam Smith says Iran is ‘closer to the truth’ than the White House on ceasefire talks

Rep. Adam Smith says Trump "does not tell the truth" about Iran peace talks and suggests Iran's statements are more reliable than the White House.

Senate GOP blocks fifth Dem bid to end Trump’s Iran war as divisions grow

Senate Republicans continue to back Trump's war in Iran as lawmakers debate the War Powers Act and a fragile ceasefire deadline approaches.

Sanctuary city backs off after GOP governor put it in ‘crisis’ mode with $110 million threat

Houston City Council backed off a sanctuary-style policy limiting ICE cooperation after Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to cut over $110 million in funds.

Federal court blocks Newsom’s bid to shackle ICE in Trump immigration win

A federal appeals court blocked Gov. Newsom's California law requiring ICE agents to display identification, citing a supremacy clause violation.

Dem senator likens ICE operations in American streets to oppressive British regime during Revolutionary War

Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., appeared to compare ICE agents enforcing immigration law to oppressive British forces during a Senate debate on DHS shutdown reforms.

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