The Iran conflict is disrupting oil flows China relies on as Trump delays a planned Xi meeting, raising new questions about leverage and the broader U.S.–China relationship.
The judge's order order halts Trump officials from deporting Abrego Garcia to Liberia — extending a high-stakes, 12-month court fight over the status of one migrant.
President Donald Trump said ICE agents helping at airports with TSA lines should not wear masks, adding he may call in the National Guard if airport chaos continues.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on Friday said that "unconditional" U.S. aid to Israel in its war with Hamas "enabled a genocide in Gaza," criticism that implicates the Biden administration's Middle East policy. Ocasio-Cortez was answering a question from a Haaretz reporter while attending the annual Munich Security Conference regarding whether a presidential candidate in 2028...
President Trump on Friday indicated he will issue an executive order seeking to require voters to present proof of citizenship if the Senate does not pass the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act, which passed in the House this week. "There will be Voter I.D. for the Midterm Elections, whether approved by Congress or...
The NAACP on Friday threatened to sue Elon Musk's AI company xAI, claiming that gas turbines powering a company data center are polluting communities in Mississippi and Tennessee. "Our communities are not playgrounds for corporations who are chasing profit over people. xAI’s first data center is already creating pollution for Mississippi’s neighbors in Memphis —...
A new report from House Democrats concludes that President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) was “nothing short of a catastrophe.” The 47-page report, published Thursday by Democrats on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, argues that DOGE’s interest was to serve Trump’s wealthy allies rather than to reduce costs for the federal government...
A former FBI agent on Friday slammed the federal government for not raising the reward price higher for information leading to the whereabouts of Nancy Guthrie, the mother of NBC "Today" host Savannah Guthrie," comparing it unfavorably to the award offered in the famous Lindbergh baby kidnapping. "I got a phone call from an old...
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Friday accused two congressmen of revealing the names of “completely random people” in relation to the Justice Department’s (DOJ) investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) have been at the forefront of a bipartisan push to release all of the files...
Presented by the Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story One year of Health Secretary RFK Jr. In the year since being confirmed by the Senate, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has undoubtedly transformed the U.S. public health landscape, breaking the federal government away from...
House Judiciary Committee and Oversight Committee Democrats launched a joint investigation into the Justice Department on Friday after Attorney General Pam Bondi was spotted reviewing a summary of a lawmaker’s searches of the unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files. The letter demands the Department of Justice (DOJ) “immediately cease tracking Members’ review of the Epstein files” and...
Former Trump advisor Steve Bannon slammed the White House's withdrawal of federal immigration enforcement officers from Minnesota, saying on his podcast on Thursday that "it's just not going to wash." Bannon, on the latest episode of his "War Room" podcast, criticized White House border czar Tom Homan for giving compliments to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz...
