Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg criticized President Trump on Sunday after his political operation used images of him receiving the remains of fallen troops at Dover Air Force Base to raise money.
Hawaii nightclub owner Michael Miske Jr. was found guilty of murder and a host of other charges, and a jury said he should forfeit more than $20 million to Uncle Sam as part of his punishment.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday that Americans will likely have to deal with a few more weeks of high gas prices due to the U.S.-Israel war against Iran.
Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Sunday rebuked Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr's threats to revoke broadcasters' licenses over TV networks' news coverage. "I am a big supporter of the First Amendment," Johnson said on Fox News's "The Sunday Briefing." "I do not like the heavy-handed government, no matter who is wielding it. ... I would rather...
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) endorsed former Virginia First Lady Dorothy McAuliffe’s run for Congress in the state’s 7th Congressional District. McAuliffe, the wife of former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) and a State Department official during the Biden administration, launched her campaign on Wednesday. ”Dorothy McAuliffe has spent her life fighting for children...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Wednesday said Israel should kill Iran’s newly appointed supreme leader. Mojtaba Khamenei was named to lead Iran on Monday after his father, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes. “Well, they should kill him, too…hopefully he is significantly wounded. And if he does recover, you know, I...
Millions of Iranians have been at least temporarily displaced amid the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on the country, according to a new estimate from the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR). The UNHCR said Thursday that 3.2 million people in the country have been forced to leave their homes because of the ongoing military operations. This number...
Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), a Democratic titan of the House, announced Thursday that he will seek reelection this year for an 18th term, ending the speculation that he was ready to retire at the end of this Congress. Speaking to reporters in South Carolina, Clyburn, 85, said he will file the paperwork to run again...
Republicans need to show that their immigration enforcement measures are not motivated by animosity toward immigrants. A bill to update the registry provision in the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) would be a good first step.
Retired Army Brig. Gen. Steve Anderson said Wednesday that President Trump would be “smart” to "declare victory" in the conflict against Iran and “go home.” “Well, this war will end whenever Donald Trump says it's going to end, whenever he decides to declare victory. And if he was smart, he'd declare victory today and go...
Crude oil prices eased slightly on Thursday morning after briefly climbing above $100 overnight, as Iran moves to strengthen its hold over the Strait of Hormuz in an attempt to ramp up economic pain amid the ongoing war. Brent crude oil, the international benchmark, was trading about 4.7 percent higher at about $98 per barrel...
The Trump administration has systematically dismantled Iran's conventional military and nuclear ambitions, but the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Basij remain intact, posing a direct threat to the Iranian people and standing in the way of regime change.
The GOP is pushing to pass one more major piece of legislation before the November midterm elections, while the Senate is expected to pass a bipartisan housing bill and gas prices are expected to remain high due to the Iran conflict.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s (R-Okla.) pending departure from the upper chamber to lead the Department of Homeland Security is creating a vacancy that Republicans wonder if they’ll be able to fill: Unofficial liaison to the House. It’s an informal role, and one that didn’t truly exist prior to Mullin arriving. But the Oklahoma Republican has been...
