President Trump insisted that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and close Trump adviser Elon Musk have a "great relationship" following an explosive report that the two clashed during a contentious Cabinet meeting on Thursday. The secretary of state and tech billionaire reportedly got into a heated argument about workforce cuts, with Musk telling Rubio that...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is using polygraph tests to figure out who could be leaking information to news outlets, with some agency officials contending the disclosed information has hampered immigration enforcement efforts, multiple outlets reported. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem ordered in an internal directive, first reported by Bloomberg Government last month, that every...
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected President Trump’s push for nuclear deal talks between the two nations, arguing the initiative is only a gateway for Washington to impose new demands and limit Tehran’s military capabilities. “Some coercive governments insist on negotiations. Such negotiations aren’t aimed at solving issues. Their aim is to exert their...
President Trump’s Justice Department sued the state of Illinois, the city of Chicago and local officials Thursday over laws creating a so-called “sanctuary city.” Accusing the officials of impeding federal immigration enforcement efforts, the Justice Department asked a judge to declare the state and local measures unconstitutional because of the federal government’s supremacy. “The challenged...
Congress needs to reassert its authority and do its constitutionally mandated job by stopping the Trump administration from mindlessly cutting foreign aid.
House and Senate Democrats sent a letter to the acting Education secretary Thursday demanding answers around potential executive orders from the president to weaken the Department of Education. “Over the course of two weeks, the Trump Administration issued sweeping executive orders and sought to broadly and illegally freeze federal financial assistance. Federal employees have been...
Amber Ruffin, the just-announced headliner for this year's White House Correspondents' Association dinner, says "no one" wants President Trump to attend the high-profile event. "No one wants that," the comedian and "Have I Got News for You" personality said when asked in a Wednesday interview with CNN's Jake Tapper if she wanted Trump to take part in...
Israel is preparing for a mass departure of Palestinian residents from Gaza after President Trump floated a proposal for the U.S. to take control of the strip currently under Hamas control. The Israeli military has been directed to be ready for Palestinians’ exiting via land crossings and “special arrangements for exit by sea and air,”...
President Trump on Thursday doubled down on his proposal for the U.S. to take control of the Gaza Strip and rebuild it, despite pushback from Arab leaders and some Republicans, arguing it would not require American troops. The president in an early Thursday post on Truth Social expanded on his idea first laid out Tuesday,...
If DeepSeek is China’s open-source “Sputnik moment,” we need a legislative environment that supports — not criminalizes — an American open-source Moon landing.
President Trump will deliver a speech at the National Prayer Breakfast, amid concerns over his recent foreign policy proposals, including the U.S. purchasing Greenland and taking over the Gaza Strip. Watch it live.
In February 2023, Russian President Vladimir Putin was facing a choice: He could either be the Don of the Donbas and bag its riches, or he could become the Czar of Crimea and militarily dominate the Black Sea. So far, Putin has failed to do either. Although his armies continue to make incremental gains in Eastern...
