Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Sunday said the United States is in an “ongoing war” with Venezuela. “That is an act of war, it’s an ongoing war, to continue to take their oil, ongoing war, to distribute it,” Paul said during a Sunday appearance on NBC News’s “Meet the Press.” “I still hope it works...
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Sunday said a potential United States acquisition of Greenland would be “overwhelmingly in America’s national best interest. “When it comes to Greenland, I want to commend President Trump, for being single-mindedly focused on America First, on U.S. economic interests, and U.S. national security interests,” Cruz said during an appearance on...
Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) said on Wednesday she filed articles of impeachment against Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., calling him “the biggest self-created threat to our health and safety.” “RFK Jr. has got to go. Today, I introduced Articles of Impeachment to remove him from office. RFK Jr. has turned...
A new law banning kids from prominent social media sites took effect in Australia on Wednesday, teeing up a key test of one of the most far-reaching approaches to protecting children online. The effects of the Australian law will be closely watched by other countries, including the U.S., which has long struggled to establish rules addressing kids’ safety in a rapidly changing online...
A federal judge ruled Wednesday that grand jury transcripts from Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 sex-trafficking case can be unsealed. U.S. District Judge Richard Berman of the Southern District of New York, in a four-page decision, cited a law passed last month requiring the Department of Justice (DOJ) to release files related to the late convicted sex...
The House will take its first votes on the must-pass Defense funding bill on Wednesday afternoon, after the Rules Committee advanced the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) late Tuesday. The Federal Reserve on Wednesday is also expected to cut interest rates, its final decision of 2025, as President Trump looks to chart a new course...
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will grapple with where the line should be drawn on intellectual disability in imposing a death sentence in a case that could make it harder for convicted killers to evade execution if their IQ falls short of certain standards. The justices are set to clarify how multiple IQ scores should be evaluated in cases like Joseph Clifton Smith’s. Smith was...
Nearly half of Americans say they oppose the Trump administration’s military strikes on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean near Venezuela, according to new polling. In a Reuters/Ipsos survey, released Wednesday, 48 percent say the U.S. should not be conducting the strikes without first getting court approval. Another 34 percent say the military should carry...
President Trump’s promised executive order that would kneecap state laws aimed at regulating artificial intelligence is likely bound for the courts. The president announced his plan Monday to create “one rulebook” by which the tech industry will abide when it comes to AI, a move that would override the regulations passed by individual states. "We are beating ALL COUNTRIES...
