House Speaker Mike Johnson is defending Rep. Tom Kean's three-month absence from in-person congressional work over an undisclosed health issue, saying the New Jersey Republican will return soon and provide "full transparency" on his medical condition.
Republicans Steve Hilton and Spencer Pratt on Tuesday won enough support in early election returns to appear on the November ballot in the California governor's race and Los Angeles mayor's race. But election officials could still be counting mail-in ballots for weeks.
President Trump has reignited his trade war with a plan to impose tariffs on 60 U.S. trading partners nearly four months after the Supreme Court struck down his earlier levies.
When nearly all the scheduled musical performers pulled out of a concert series marking America's 250th anniversary - fearing the event had become too closely tied to President Donald Trump - he responded by making it official.
Back in 1985, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev allegedly told French President Francois Mitterrand in a private conversation that the USSR was a “third-world country with nuclear weapons.” Not much has changed in Russia proper, including the presence of Western dupes cheering on the flailing autocrats. While in Russia to speak at the St Petersburg Economic […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio will testify before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Wednesday afternoon on the State Department's fiscal 2027 budget request and ongoing turmoil in the Middle East. The hearing comes just hours after Rubio faced questioning in the House, where Democrats pressed him on the Iran war and seemingly stalled negotiations over...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday said he’d never seen President Trump fall asleep during meetings. Appearing before the House Foreign Relations Committee, Rubio was asked by Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) whether he had ever seen Trump fall asleep during a Cabinet meeting. “That's false. I've never seen him fall asleep. On the contrary,...
Voters in half a dozen states on Tuesday cast primary ballots in races that could determine control of Congress this fall, with the marquee primaries for California governor and Los Angeles mayor still up in the air. In Iowa, voters set the stage for a critical Senate race, while the governor’s race saw the winning...
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) warned on Wednesday that any person tapped to serve as director of national intelligence (DNI) must have “extensive national security experience,” sending a pointed message to President Trump after he tapped Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte for the nation’s top intelligence job. McConnell did not name Pulte in his...
