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...
President Trump said Wednesday his administration was planning to impose a 100 percent tariff on all semiconductor imports. “We’re going to be putting a very large tariff on chips and semiconductors,” Trump said alongside Apple CEO Tim Cook. “But the good news, for companies like Apple, is if you're building in the United States or...
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) will kick off her town hall tour Wednesday evening, just days after launching a bid for governor. Mace on Monday joined a crowded Republican primary field to succeed Gov. Henry McMaster, which includes Rep. Ralph Norman (R-S.C.), state Attorney General Alan Wilson (R), Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette and state Sen. Josh...
Americans are split on whether President Trump’s support for Israel has gone too far or is just about right, according to a survey released Tuesday. The Economist/YouGov poll found 36 percent of U.S. adults think the president’s backing of Israel has gone too far, while another 32 percent said his support for Israel is about...
Meta took down 6.8 million WhatsApp accounts tied to scam operations on Tuesday after victims reported financial fraud schemes. The company said many of the scam sources were based in Southeast Asia at criminal scam centers. “Based on our investigative insights into the latest enforcement efforts, we proactively detected and took down accounts before scam...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is temporarily transferring personnel from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) just ahead of the peak of hurricane season as it seeks to speed hiring for immigration officers. DHS is detailing roughly 100 people from FEMA’s human resources and security teams to help process applicants at U.S. Immigration and...
New York City Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani leads former Gov. Andrew Cuomo by 13 points in Decision Desk HQ’s recently formed average tracking the race. The average, made up of a mix of independent and campaign-associated polls, shows Mamdani ahead in the five-candidate field with 38.1 percent as of the most recent polling, followed...
President Trump has threatened Russia with "secondary" sanctions, but experts argue that the US cannot afford to impose 100 percent tariffs on Russia's energy trading partners without damaging its own trade relationships, and suggest instead linking tariffs to the actual amount of money countries pay to Moscow for Russian energy resources.
Former Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D) leads Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R) in the state’s gubernatorial race, according to the latest polling average from Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Spanberger leads with an average of 45.2 percent support, while Earle-Sears trails with an average of 36 percent support. The latest averages remain unchanged from last month. ...
Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan has joined the Democratic Party after falling out with the GOP, saying the switch has been coming for a while. Duncan, in an op-ed published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday, said his journey to becoming a Democrat began well before President Trump tried to “steal” the 2020 presidential...
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said Tuesday that President Trump “being clueless” about the prison transfer of Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell is “on brand” for the president. “When it came to what the president told me today, that he was not personally aware of the Ghislaine Maxwell prison transfer, do you believe that?” CNN’s Kaitlan...
Five U.S. soldiers were shot Wednesday morning at Fort Stewart, Ga., before the shooter was apprehended, Army officials have confirmed. The incident, which took place in the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team area, caused a base-wide lockdown that lasted just more than an hour. Parts of the installation, including the area where the shooting took...
