When Luis Manuel Aviles was arrested by immigration authorities, his son was entering his ninth month on the USS Abraham Lincoln with the Navy - a vessel that set a U.S. military record for uninterrupted time at sea, stirring concerns about supply shortages and deteriorating mental health among soldiers.
A sailor onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on Saturday said his father was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Joshua Aviles has spent roughly nine months deployed at sea due to the Iran war amid reported shortages of clean water, food and supplies. “I’ve been deployed for over nine months, out at sea in...
Darline Graham has no experience in government or on foreign policy. Her only experience is that she is related to someone who worked in Congress before.
President Trump tapped Dr. Heidi Overton to be his new Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner, he announced Wednesday on Truth Social. Overton, a physician, is a top White House domestic policy adviser on health issues. If confirmed, she would take over an agency roiled by an exodus of top staff and viewed by many...
As Christian nationalism grows within the Republican Party, Democratic candidates are increasingly engaging religious voters and emphasizing inclusivity to counter claims that the party opposes faith.
Predication market officials will not attend a White House event Wednesday that will feature cryptocurrency and other tech leaders. President Trump "will host an event with tech leaders tomorrow to strengthen America's innovative and technological dominance,” a White House official told Politico. “Prediction market companies will not be a part of the event,” they said....
OpenAI said Tuesday it is pausing some frontier model training over safety concerns about its most advanced AI systems. The ChatGPT maker said in a blog post that it "temporarily slowed the pace of scaling" after its models independently gained access to the internet during testing and hacked into the tech company Hugging Face. It...
President Trump held an impromptu briefing from the South Lawn Wednesday, giving reporters an update on the White House ballroom project despite the legal battle. Trump last week urged the Supreme Court to immediately allow construction of the ballroom and berated lower court judges for halting it, insisting the project must proceed for national security...
More Americans are now growing concerned over artificial intelligence use in daily life, according to a recent survey. A new Pew Research survey released Tuesday showed 52 percent of respondents said they are more concerned than excited about AI, matching the all-time high in 2023 since the survey began. When asked if respondents were more...
The Pentagon and South Korean military confirmed Wednesday major joint exercises between the two would be cut in half after President Trump ordered the reduction over the weekend. The exercise, which began Monday and is known as Ulchi Freedom Shield, will end Aug. 21 rather than the original date of Aug. 27, a Defense Department...
President Trump said Wednesday he told Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) to abandon his reelection bid before he lost his district’s GOP primary. “I told Congressman Cory Mills of Florida, a friend of mine, to get out of the Race, but he wouldn’t listen,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “He thought he could win, so who...
President Trump announced late Tuesday he would pause the 50 percent tariffs on many Canadian goods for three days, saying the U.S. and Canada are finalizing a deal. The tariffs were expected to go into effect at midnight Wednesday. At the White House, the president will meet with crypto and financial leaders, along with regulatory...
New York Times White House correspondent Maggie Haberman on Tuesday said President Trump’s insults directed at female reporters are much more "aggressive" than in previous years. Haberman, who has often been the subject of Trump’s affronts, told CNN during an interview that she’s seen his attacks grow "nastier" during his second stint in the Oval...
Political consultant Leif Larson argues that Democratic Socialist of America-endorsed candidates often avoid discussing the group's radical platform, which includes abolishing the Senate, the presidency, and the Supreme Court, during campaigns.
