The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Monday signaled its plans to appeal a ruling requiring the department to unredact various documents from the Epstein files in a suit brought by attorney and independent journalist Katie Phang. The preliminary injunction, entered in June, orders redactions be removed in key documents of interest in the files, including “at...
Nearly all Senate Armed Services Committee minority members on Monday called on the panel’s head to hold a hearing with Pentagon leadership on the impact that extended deployments in support of the Iran war are having on U.S. service members. “Recent reports of sailors suffering from severe mental health issues amid deteriorating conditions on the...
The Supreme Court lifted a judge’s block on President Trump’s executive order adding to mail voting requirements, removing a key roadblock that prevented the policy from going into effect for the midterms. Over the public dissents of the three liberal justices, the high court said Monday that the judge had no authority to block Trump’s...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Monday that the Trump administration’s economic pressure on Iran is hurting the regime “the most right now” but did not rule out the U.S. military resuming airstrikes if necessary. “If we need to use kinetic strikes, we'll use them. If Iran is foolish enough to overplay their hand or...
Tom Barrack, President Trump’s U.S. ambassador to Turkey and special envoy for Syria and Iraq, on Sunday walked back comments he made last week suggesting that Israel "still" occupies the Golan Heights in violation of United Nations resolutions, which contradict the president's position. Barrack made the remark Friday in an interview with Lebanese Australian entrepreneur Mario Nawfal....
From unexpected babies to "Ozempic teeth," the ultra-popular class of GLP-1 medications are turning out to have a few unanticipated side effects. Emerging research shows the drugs, which have proven effective in treating obesity and diabetes, may also be useful in treating addiction.
The burgeoning trade war between the U.S. and Canada will impact a slew of products that businesses in both countries import from one another. After trade talks between Trump administration officials and their Canadian counterparts broke down late last week, President Trump’s 50 percent levies on $20 billion worth of goods imported from America’s northern...
Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed weighed in on the blowback from far-left Twitch streamer Hasan Piker's comments about a House candidate in the Great Lakes State, stating "nobody speaks for this campaign besides me and my campaign spokespeople." “My commitment to Jewish safety is the same as my commitment to the safety of my...
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall (R) issued a subpoena to OpenAI on Monday requesting the company respond to a multistate investigation into the handling of its model breach of technology startup Hugging Face. Marshall announced Monday the investigation is trying to determine whether OpenAI violated Alabama's Deceptive Trade Practices Act, which seeks to protect consumers...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday issued a global warning for countries to cut any financial ties with Iran or risk being cut off from the U.S. dollar system, launching a new economic pressure campaign against the Islamic Republic as the military front has reached a stalemate six months into the war. Called "Operation Economic...
The United States canceled a large joint amphibious landing exercise between the Marine Corps and South Korean forces set for September over resource constraints tied to the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran, Seoul’s military announced Monday. “The U.S. Marine Corps formally notified our forces in June that its ability to deploy forces during this year’s Ssangyong...
Democratic Rep. Jake Auchincloss (Mass.) on Sunday said the party does not stand for what Hasan Piker does and criticized his rhetoric as it relates to political violence. “Piker's ideology, whether it was seeming to celebrate or at least excuse 9/11, whether it is seeming to excuse the assassination of Charlie Kirk, which I condemned...
