Sen. Kennedy said last week he was concerned about comments made by Susan Rice telling companies they would be held accountable for aligning themselves with Trump.
The Department of Homeland Security has requested that Gov. Abigail Spanberger and officials in Fairfax County not release an illegal charged with groping several high school girls.
The Senate GOP can't beat the math for the talking filibuster, instead forcing Senate Democrats to challenge the bill. But not everyone in the GOP supports the SAVE America Act.
A Honduran man accused of shoving two people onto the subway tracks in Manhattan over the weekend has been deported four times and sneaked back into the country a fifth time, immigration officials said Thursday.
Donald Trump promised to avoid “forever wars.” It remains to be seen whether Iran will become one. However, there’s not much difference between forever wars and the continuous wars Trump has conducted in his second term.
An American refueling aircraft that crashed in Iraq on Thursday afternoon killed all six of the U.S. service members on board, the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) confirmed on Friday morning. An investigation into the incident is ongoing, but Centcom said the crash was “not due to hostile fire or friendly fire.” The tragic crash comes...
Senate Democrats have filed legislation that would stop the U.S. from going to war with Cuba without congressional approval as President Trump has threatened a “takeover” of the country. Democratic Sens. Tim Kaine (Va.), Ruben Gallego (Ariz.) and Adam Schiff (Calif.) on Thursday filed the war powers resolution, which could receive a vote by the...
Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.), who served on the U.S. National Security Council during the Obama administration, says that the missile strike on an elementary school in Iran may have been the result of Trump administration budget cuts. Kim told CNN in an interview Thursday that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth cut funding and staff at...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth blasted CNN Friday morning for its coverage of the Iran war, exclaiming that the “sooner” Paramount CEO David Ellison “takes over that network, the better.” “Fake news from CNN reports that the Trump administration underestimated the Iran war’s impact on the Strait of Hormuz. Patently ridiculous, of course. For decades, Iran...
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President Trump boasted of the U.S. military’s strength in an early Friday morning social media post, threatening Tehran with new attacks. “We have unparalleled firepower, unlimited ammunition, and plenty of time - Watch what happens to these deranged scumbags today,” the president wrote in a Truth Social post. “They’ve been killing innocent people all over...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will hold a press briefing about the military operation in Iran on Friday morning, the second this week. It comes after a KC-135 refueling aircraft crashed in Iraq on Thursday, killing four of the six service members onboard. Central Command said rescue efforts were continuing for the remaining two service members...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. Dan Caine will brief reporters on Friday morning as the Iran war nears the two-week mark. The U.S. and Israeli militaries have decimated Iran's air defenses and munitions manufacturing centers, striking thousands of targets across the country. However, Iran's ruling regime remains largely intact, showing no...