Energy Secretary Chris Wright acknowledged Sunday that gas prices might not fall below $3 a gallon until next year -- a notable shift from his earlier prediction that relief was just weeks away.
CNN anchor Jake Tapper and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) had a contentious discussion Sunday about President Trump said earlier this month that a “whole civilization will die” in Iran. During an interview on “State of the Union,” Tapper referenced college students chanting, “From the river to the sea,” during protests against the Israel-Hamas war and...
The CERTAIN Act is a bipartisan bill that aims to protect lawfully issued permits from political interference, increase accountability during review, and ensure projects can move forward on time, which is essential for the U.S. to build the necessary infrastructure to meet growing energy demands.
A top Iranian official condemned Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s comparison of Iranian leaders to “rats” on Friday. “Iran’s leadership is in no better shape, desperate and hiding, they’ve gone underground. That’s what rats do,” Hegseth said during a Friday morning press conference. Ali Larijani, the secretary of the country’s Supreme National Security Council, criticized Hegseth’s...
At least one Republican senator is criticizing the Trump administration’s moves to lift restrictions on Russian oil amid a gasoline price hike spurred by the conflict in Iran. Sen. Chuck Grassley (Iowa) wrote in a post on the social platform X, “Temporarily removing sanctions 4 Russian oil is [the] wrong move.” He added that money...
Michigan state Rep. Samantha Steckloff (D) said the attack on a synagogue in the Detroit suburbs on Thursday felt “bound to happen” amid a nationwide rise in antisemitism and threats against Jewish institutions. An armed Lebanese man, later identified as Ayman Mohamad Ghazali, rammed his car into Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, Mich., causing...
The Trump administration proposed Friday to loosen rules surrounding emissions of a cancer-causing gas from sterilizer plants. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed rule to loosen requirements for sterilizer plants that emit a gas known as ethylene oxide. The EPA says that ethylene oxide can cause lymphoma, myeloma, and lymphocytic leukemia, as well as breast...
A progressive voter contact group is spending $44 million on midterm engagement efforts this cycle, with a focus on key battleground states as Democrats look to retake the House majority and make inroads in the GOP-controlled Senate this November. The Progressive Turnout Project is spending $44.1 million on five different initiatives aimed at turning out voters ahead...
House Republicans are threatening to oppose all Senate-passed legislation until the upper chamber advances the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, a GOP-backed voting requirements bill. “I’ll be voting 'no' on all Senate bills - other than DHS funding - until the Senate passes the SAVE America Act,” Rep. Brandon Gill (R-Texas) wrote on...
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Virginia will not extend the temporary term of the district’s top federal prosecutor, making it the latest court to reject a U.S. attorney installed by President Trump. In a notice Friday, the court said that it would not sign off on keeping acting U.S. Attorney Robert Tracci in his role after his term expires...
President Trump on Friday said he knows the U.S. military operation in Iran will come to an end when he can "feel it in my bones," a remark that comes almost two weeks after joint U.S. and Israeli strikes on the Middle Eastern country began. Trump spoke with Fox News host Brian Kilmeade on his...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Thursday paused an interview with Sky News to attend a meeting with President Trump in the White House Situation Room before resuming the interview. Bessent was requested at 10:22 a.m. EDT, while he was midinterview with reporter Wilfred Frost. A woman's voice is heard telling Bessent, "The president wants you...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public's assistance in locating retired U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. William “Neil” McCasland, who disappeared from an Albuquerque neighborhood on Feb. 27. "We believe there are people who have information valuable to locating Neil who have not yet spoken to law enforcement. This could...
President Trump's strategy to combat the Iranian regime draws on the same tactics used by presidents since Ronald Reagan to combat rogue states, including airstrikes against Libya and Iraq.
Former Vice President Pence on Thursday said Republicans loyal to his former boss, President Trump, are “overwhelmingly supportive” of the U.S.-Israeli military operation in Iran. Pence told NewsNation’s Leland Vittert on “On Balance” that he favors the U.S. finishing “the job once and for all.” The former vice president also said, however, there exists “a...
Democrats have predicted that President Trump's war against Iran will end in disaster, but if it does end well, they will have to face their own potential disaster of having declared the war a mistake and failure.
Florida state lawmakers on Thursday passed a voting requirements bill modeled after the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, which has become President Trump's top legislative priority. House Bill 991 passed the state House by a 77-28 vote, hours after passing in the state Senate. The bill requires Floridians to show proof of citizenship...
