President Donald Trump's push to acquire Greenland added a new security dimension to Iceland's EU referendum, with 275,000 eligible voters weighing in.
Conservative podcaster Tucker Carlson said Friday that President Trump should be removed from office if he is considering using nuclear weapons first, saying even entertaining the possibility should disqualify a president from serving. “The second any president actively considers the first use of nuclear weapons, that person should be removed from office immediately, because that’s...
Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed apologized Saturday for comments he made following an attack on a Detroit-area synagogue earlier this year, as he seeks to ease concerns among Jewish voters ahead of the November election. “I made a mistake,” El-Sayed said during an appearance before the Michigan Democratic Jewish Caucus at the state party’s...
Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) on Friday argued President Trump’s reputation is on the line as the world awaits pending secondary sanctions on Russia. “I believe that his credibility will be damaged if he fails to follow through today on this deadline. There is no excuse for succumbing to this Putin ploy,” Blumenthal said during an...
MSNBC pundit Joe Scarborough tangled with Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) over recent cuts to Medicaid passed by Congress as part of President Trump's spending bill. During a discussion about the cuts on Scarborough's morning talk show, Lawler accused the Congressional Budget Office of "parroting is the same talking points being put out by the state...
A federal appeals court panel voted 2-1 Friday to scrap a judge’s probable cause finding to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt for disobeying his order to turn around deportation flights ultimately destined for El Salvador. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled the administration was entitled to an intervention because...
Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) is reintroducing a bill on Friday to assert congressional control over the District of Columbia’s sentencing policies. Dubbed the D. C. Criminal Reforms to Immediately Make Everyone Safe Act, or DC CRIMES Act, the bill would prohibit the District’s local officials from changing sentencing laws and restrict the ability of local...
Authorities in Washington seized two stolen firearms and illegal drugs, just hours after President Trump ordered federal law enforcement officers to patrol the streets of the nation’s capital over the next week. “Overnight, USPP officers and our federal partners collaborated to enforce EO 14252, Making the District of Columbia Safe and Beautiful,” The U.S. Park...
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) accused a reporter of being a "raging Democrat" following a town hall event for her gubernatorial race on Thursday, after being asked about her vote against the Inflation Reduction Act passed under then-President Biden. Mace at the event touted the construction of a new highway interchange for South Carolinians during...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) said in an interview on Friday that Democrats who refused to return to his state would “hopefully” be jailed. “I don't know, we're gonna -- we're definitely waiting to see if they show up,” Paxton said in an interview on “Fox & Friends First” on whether they would see Texas Democrats...
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) suggested Democrats who fled his state to stop a new set of GOP-friendly maps from being passed would have to stay out of the state for years in order for the tactic to work. “I’ll tell you this also, Democrats act like they’re not going to come back as long...
The Israeli government confirmed Friday morning that it would seek to occupy Gaza City — one of the few remaining areas in the war-torn region that has not already been evacuated or turned into an Israeli buffer zone. The decision comes amidst growing international pressure for Israel to allow humanitarian aid into the strip as...
As President Trump's deadline for Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived Friday, the prospect of the leaders meeting in person to discuss terms of a peace deal with Ukraine is still dangling as a possibility for next week. When asked Thursday by reporters if the deadline was still standing, the president said, "We’re going to see...
President Trump ripped former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan for joining the Democratic party and falling out of the GOP, calling him a “total loser” for making the switch. In an early Friday post on Truth Social, Trump said that Duncan was no longer wanted in the GOP because all he did was complain. “Failed former Lt....
On the menu: Awokening again? But it’s still technically a fruit; A disruptor for Democrats in Michigan; Blame Canada?; Stool pigeon The cry goes up again from Democrats for national anti-gerrymandering legislation as refugees from the Texas legislative session hide out in blue states. Ending gerrymandering was a core part of their For The People...
