LAS VEGAS — Vice President JD Vance tried to make inroads with Jewish Republicans. Not everyone is sold.Vance’s closed-door speech at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual leadership summit Monday...
Ed Markey defeated Seth Moulton's generational change campaign by leaning into progressive credentials and taking a bold stance on transgender rights in sports.
Several Senate Republicans who have withheld their support for the party’s massive tax and spending package signaled on Monday that they weren’t swayed by details unveiled by GOP leaders earlier in the day. The text released by the Senate Finance Committee Monday included some of the most controversial issues Republicans have been wrestling with —...
President Trump took a shot at pundit Tucker Carlson, a former Fox News host and one of his most reliable allies in the media for months, over the commentator's criticism of the president's posture toward Iran. "Somebody please explain to kooky Tucker Carlson that IRAN CAN NEVER HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON," Trump wrote on his...
Supporters of President Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement are divided on whether the president should have to follow federal court orders blocking his action, according to an NBC News Decision Desk poll powered by SurveyMonkey. The survey, conducted in early June, told respondents that “a number of Trump administration actions have been challenged in...
Tremors spread though the political world on Monday after the weekend’s fatal shooting of a Democratic lawmaker and her spouse in Minnesota, and another shooting, allegedly by the same perpetrator, that injured a second lawmaker and his wife. The suspect, Vance Boelter, 57, was apprehended late Sunday. He faces murder charges in state courts. On...
Senate Republicans are taking a bigger swing at Medicaid in their version of legislation to fund President Trump’s domestic policy agenda and extend his first-term tax cuts. According to text released by the Senate Finance Committee late Monday, the legislation seeks to clamp down on two tactics states use to boost Medicaid funding to providers:...
President Trump will depart the Group of Seven (G7) summit on Monday night, a day earlier than planned, because of the growing conflict in the Middle East. "President Trump had a great day at the G7, even signing a major trade deal with the United Kingdom and Prime Minister Keir Starmer," White House press secretary...
Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.) on Monday confronted Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah) over of series of comments he made blaming Democrats for the fatal shooting of a Minnesota state lawmaker. Shortly after the Senate began its Monday evening vote, Smith was seen walking into a conference room where Republicans were about to hold a meeting to...
President Trump on Monday warned that those in Tehran should "immediately evacuate" as he lamented Iran's decision not to sign an agreement with the United States limiting its nuclear program. "Iran should have signed the 'deal' I told them to sign. What a shame, and waste of human life," Trump posted on Truth Social. "Simply...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Monday that he has directed “the deployment of additional capabilities” to the Middle East amid escalating tensions in the region. “Protecting US forces is our top priority and these deployments are intended to enhance our defensive posture in the region,” Hegseth said in a post on social platform X. He did...
The American Bar Association (ABA) has filed a lawsuit challenging the administration’s crackdown on the legal profession, casting President Trump’s various executive orders as a “Law Firm Intimidation Policy.” The First Amendment suit, nearly 100 pages long, argues that Trump’s targeting of firms has creating a chilling effect among all firms, regardless of whether they’ve signed...
President Trump on Monday took a swipe at former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, who has in recent days been critical of Trump's handling of the burgeoning conflict between Israel and Iran. "I don't know what Tucker Carlson is saying. Let him go get a television network and say it so that people listen," Trump...
