Comedian Adam Carolla argued this week that some celebrities and politicians have sacrificed their careers and personal well-being by fixating on President Trump, singling out Rosie O'Donnell and Kathy Griffin as examples.
Reza Pahlavi, the exiled crown prince of Iran, said freedom in Iran is “within reach” in a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Saturday. “A free Iran is not a fantasy,” Pahlavi said. “A free Iran is within reach right now, but as we all know, freedom never comes free.” The son...
California's 2026 gubernatorial primary presents a challenge for Republicans to exploit the state's top-two system, as they must become less electable in the general election to win the primary.
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) union workers on Tuesday criticized President Trump’s deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers at select airports, saying the move will do little to reduce the long security lines driven by the partial government shutdown affecting the Department of Homeland Security. At a virtual press conference hosted by the American...
A federal judge in California hammered the Pentagon on Tuesday for its decision to label Anthropic a supply chain risk, signalling skepticism over what she described as a “troubling” move from the federal government. U.S. District Judge Rita Lin, based in San Francisco, suggested during Tuesday’s hearing that the Defense Department's determination “looks like an...
The Pentagon is preparing to deploy about 2,000 U.S. troops from the Army’s 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East, bolstering the U.S. military presence in the region and providing more options for President Trump, a source familiar with the matter, who spoke on condition of anonymity to share internal military deliberations, told The Hill...
Meta was found liable by a jury in New Mexico on Tuesday for compromising children’s safety online. The parent company for Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp has been ordered to pay $375 million in damages for violating New Mexico’s Unfair Practices Act, which prohibits unfair, deceptive and misleading business ventures across the state. The ruling follows...
The head of an intergovernmental nuclear safety agency is raising the alarm after Iran reported a strike near its Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant on Tuesday. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Grossi called for “maximum restraint to avoid nuclear safety risks during conflict” in a post on the social platform X. The IAEA...
Presented by Alliance for Aging Research {beacon} Health Care Health Care PRESENTED BY The Big Story More people accessing abortions through telehealth as travel slows Fewer people living in states with total abortion bans are traveling to access abortion services, but the number of clinician-provided abortions in the U.S. remained stable last year as...
House Republicans are pushing back stiffly against the idea of splitting up legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), despite the White House and Senate Republicans saying President Trump is open to doing just that. For weeks, GOP leaders have rejected the idea of funding most of DHS, including airport screeners and FEMA,...
Former NATO Ambassador Ivo Daalder on Monday said the results of the Iran war will have “far greater reverberations" than the war in Iraq and will rock economic security, alliances and world order. “Less than a month in, the world is now witnessing the largest oil and gas disruption in history. And as the fighting...
Anthropic’s signature AI model Claude is being used by the Pentagon during the U.S. military’s ongoing war against Iran, a Pentagon official confirmed Tuesday during a Senate subcommittee hearing. Pentagon Chief Information Officer Kirsten A. Davies confirmed to Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), the ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, that the Pentagon is...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters on Tuesday that it’s not his “preference” to split apart a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill, amid a new proposal from Senate Republicans to fund immigration removal operations through the budget reconciliation process. The potential deal would fund most of DHS, including the Transportation Security Administration (TSA),...
The leader of North Carolina’s state Senate on Tuesday conceded after a recount in a Republican primary race that came down to 23 votes in the Tar Heel State. North Carolina Senate Leader Phil Berger (R) came up short behind Rockingham County Sheriff Sam Page (R) in state Senate District 26 earlier this month, among...
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday accused the Trump administration of "politicizing" the death of Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman, who was killed in Chicago last week. “Our thoughts are with the family, friends, and Loyola University community grieving the senseless murder of Sheridan Gorman," Pritzker's office said in a statement obtained by NewsNation,...
The Supreme Court debated Tuesday whether the government can turn back asylum-seekers attempting to reach a port of entry, a practice that originated in the Obama administration that President Trump now wants the right to potentially restore. Known as “metering,” border officials would turn back migrants before they could physically cross the border. The policy...
Rock legend Bruce Springsteen will perform at this weekend's “No Kings” demonstration at the state Capitol in St. Paul, Minn., the Minnesota Star Tribune reported. “You want to try to meet the moment,” Springsteen told the Star Tribune. “The No Kings movement is of great import right now.” “When you have the opportunity to sing...
