Should President Trump send U.S. forces to Iran’s Kharg Island, it wouldn’t count as “boots on the ground” in the country, Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) argued Tuesday. Trump is mulling sending troops to secure the inland, which handles roughly 90 percent of Iran’s crude exports, following strikes that targeted military infrastructure but left its oil...
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) on Tuesday ripped into her Senate Republican colleagues for failing to advance President Trump’s Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act after weeks of pressure. The legislation, which has faced an uphill battle in the Senate due to talks around the filibuster, would require Americans to show proof of citizenship...
A YouTube personality popular on the political right is facing pushback for promoting a video from another online influencer purporting to expose what it calls a "Jewish invasion" in New Jersey. Nick Shirley, who has risen to prominence on social media in recent months highlighting what he argues is fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars...
America is facing a debt crisis that can only be solved by a technological miracle, such as AI and robotics, but this would come at the cost of mass unemployment and economic hardship for the average American.
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on Tuesday said that the economic toll that American consumers are feeling as a result of the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran is "the last of our concerns right now." "The fact is that the U.S. economy is fundamentally sound and that if it were to be extended, it wouldn't...
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) plans to introduce a bill Tuesday that would give the courts a larger role in reviewing antitrust settlements following concerns about the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) recent settlement with Live Nation. The legislation, referred to as the Antitrust Accountability and Transparency Act, would give judges more time to review antitrust settlements,...
Aides who served under former Presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton denied speaking with President Trump about military action in Iran — after Trump suggested one told him they wished the U.S. had bombed the Middle Eastern nation earlier. “Look, for 47 years, no president was willing to do what...
Tune in to The Hill's live coverage of Tuesday's primary elections in Illinois. The Prairie State is hosting several state and federal contests, including the race to replace retiring Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) The Democratic primary to succeed the senior senator has turned increasingly nasty in the last few weeks, with Democratic Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi...
Israel's military said Tuesday that its latest strikes on Tehran have taken out two top Iranian officials, Ali Larijani, the secretary of the country’s Supreme National Security Council, and Gholamreza Soleimani, who commanded Iran’s Basij unit. Larijani is the second-most senior leader to be killed in the conflict since Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s death on Feb....
Israel claimed Tuesday that two top Iranian officials were killed in its latest round of strikes on Tehran. Ali Larijani, the secretary of the country's Supreme National Security Council, was pronounced dead by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). His alleged death makes him the second most senior leader to be killed in the conflict since...
Outside conservative groupsare putting pressure on Senate Republicans to make their floor debate exercise over the SAVE America Act last as long as possible — including the highly influential Club for Growth, which typically focuses on free enterprise and economic growth. As the Senate this week kicks off a floor process for the voting legislation pushed...
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have launched a costly and unnecessary war in Iran, which has further eroded public opinion of Israel in the United States.
