Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna (Calif.) said President Trump would fire his Commerce secretary if he heard the testimony that he provided Congress on Wednesday about his relationship to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “If Donald Trump had seen the video transcript, he would have fired Howard Lutnick,” Khanna told reporters following the closed-door briefing. “It...
House Democrats on Wednesday blasted Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s testimony before the Oversight Committee, arguing that his claimed lack of knowledge about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes is part of an “egregious cover up.” Lutnick appeared before the panel on Wednesday for a closed-door, transcribed interview as part of its investigation into Epstein. Lawmakers...
Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.), who is among the handful of Democrats running to become California's next governor, on Tuesday said if President Trump attacks California in any way, "F him." CNN's Kaitlan Collins was co-moderating the network's California gubernatorial debate when she asked Porter about a fundraising email with the subject line "F--- Trump." She...
Airline fuel costs went up 56 percent in March, according to the Department of Transportation (DOT) — a sharp spike in the first full month after the outbreak of the Iran war. In a Wednesday release, the DOT’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) said that U.S. scheduled service airlines’ total fuel expenditure was $5.06 billion...
The U.S. and Iran are reportedly trying to hammer out the details of one-page memorandum to end hostilities, the latest back-and-forth amid the stalemate over the months-long conflict. The U.S.-proposed memo would establish a framework for future talks on Tehran’s nuclear program, a source familiar with the talks told NewsNation’s Kellie Meyer on Wednesday. Earlier...
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday condemned Iran's statements warning against a "military solution" as talks with the U.S. to end hostilities in the Middle East "progress." Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi wrote on the social platform X earlier in the day that recent events in the Strait of Hormuz "make...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning to end its shortened training programs intended to release new officers out on the street sooner, multiple outlets reported. Two Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials told The Washington Post that ICE will revert to 72 days of training at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco,...
A North Carolina man pleaded guilty Wednesday to doxing the home address of a Supreme Court justice, according to the Justice Department. Kyle Andrew Edwards, 59, appeared in federal court and pleaded guilty to posting the justice’s home address online with the intent to threaten, intimidate or incite a crime of violence against them, U.S....
A Texas man has been charged in the recent shooting near the Washington Monument on the National Mall, the Department of Justice (DOJ) said Wednesday. In a press release, the U.S. attorney's office for the District of Columbia said that 45-year-old Michael Marx, from Midland, Texas, had been charged Wednesday in connection to a shooting...
Conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt called the reported U.S.-Iran draft agreement a “terrible deal” on Wednesday, two days after President Trump appeared on his show. The president suddenly paused the U.S. Navy’s “Project Freedom” operation in the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday evening amid reports that the two sides were nearing a framework to end...
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House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) told reporters ahead of Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s testimony before the panel that Lutnick had not been “100 percent truthful” about whether he had been on the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s island. Lutnick is appearing before the Oversight panel on Wednesday for a closed-door,...
