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...
The US nuclear command, control and communications system is designed to ensure a credible response to a nuclear attack, with multiple layers of redundancy and resilience to ensure that the president can still employ the nation's nuclear weapons.
The Trump administration will reverse a Biden-era approval of a major wind energy project — marking the latest in a string of anti-renewable moves by the Trump administration. In a press release, the Interior Department said it was “reversing the Biden administration’s misguided, last-minute push to approve the Lava Ridge Wind Project.” It did not...
Slightly more Americans distrust the federal economic data than trust it, according to a survey that was published on Tuesday. The Economist/YouGov poll found that 46 percent of Americans “completely or somewhat” distrust federal government data on the economy, while another 42 percent “completely or somewhat” trust it. Some 12 percent of respondents said they...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is eliminating the age cap on new hires, allowing those over 40 to join its deportation force. The move will end the limitations on the physically demanding job at a time when the Trump administration is pressed for personnel to carry out its mass deportation agenda. “We are ENDING...
The Republican State Leadership Committee PAC and the Republican Attorneys General Association teamed up with Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin’s (R) Secure Your Vote initiative to launch a seven-figure investment to turn out voters on Wednesday ahead of the state’s off-year elections in November. The investment will include direct mail, digital outreach, and grassroots efforts to...
Netanyahu persists with a war with no purpose — in which Israeli casualties increase and Hamas is strengthened every day — for three purely personal reasons.
The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) said this week that so-called pocket rescissions, a controversial maneuver that President Trump’s budget office is considering to reduce spending, are not legal, potentially throwing a wrench into the administration’s plans. A pocket rescission occurs when the president asks Congress to cancel already approved funding close to the end...
President Trump’s “big, beautiful” tax and spending package could speed up insolvency for Social Security’s trust funds, according to a new analysis from the Trump administration's chief actuary for the program. The Office of the Chief Actuary (OACT) at the Social Security Administration (SSA) released an analysis this week of the law’s potential effects on...
An investigation from Sen. John Ossoff (D-Ga.) found 510 "credible reports of human rights abuse" of those held in immigration detention centers across the country. “Through interviews, analysis of public reports, and site inspections, the Senator’s staff has received or identified 41 credible reports of physical and sexual abuse, 14 credible reports of mistreatment of...
President Trump on Wednesday announced he would increase tariffs on India by 25 percent over its purchases of Russian oil, bringing the total tariffs he has imposed on New Delhi to 50 percent. Trump signed an executive order making the tariff increase official, though it does not go into effect for another three weeks. The...
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) officially tossed her hat in the ring for Tennessee governor on Wednesday morning. “It’s official! I’m running for Governor to ensure Tennessee is America’s conservative leader for this generation and the next," Blackburn wrote in a post on social platform X. "I would be honored to have your support." The post...
