President Trump on Monday described Vice President JD Vance as being “maybe less enthusiastic” at the start of the U.S. war in Iran. “We get along very well on this,” Trump told reporters in Miami when asked if there were any divides with Vance on the war. “He was, I would say, philosophically a little...
Americans are bracing for expected economic impacts of the Trump administration's military operations in the Middle East, with a majority in a new poll expressing pessimistic views about the future of gas prices. In the Reuters/Ipsos survey, released Monday, 67 percent of respondents said they anticipate gas prices to surge even higher in the U.S....
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is holding a briefing alongside Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine on Tuesday morning. President Trump on Monday gave conflicting messages on the progress of Operation Epic Fury, calling it a "short excursion" yet threatening more "fury" to achieve the operation's goals, as the economic ramifications of the...
From Jeffrey Epstein to Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and beyond, Republicans are reckoning with classic questions: Should powerful figures accused of sexual misconduct be immediately exposed, or should they be given the presumption of innocence until proven otherwise? Call it a part two to the “Me Too” movement from nearly a decade ago, which saw sweeping structural and cultural...
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said Tuesday that President Trump attempted to be “a Maduro of the United States” on the day of the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol attack, referring to Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. “I do want to just say this. Everyone wants to talk about how Maduro was illegitimate. As we sit here...
Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.) and Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (N.H.), the co-chairs of the bipartisan Senate NATO Observer Group, issued a statement Tuesday urging the Trump administration to “respect the sovereignty and the territorial integrity” of Denmark, which controls Greenland, a territory that President Trump has set his ambitions upon. Tillis and Shaheen argued...
President Trump endorsed Rep. Henry Cuellar’s (D-Texas) Republican challenger Tano Tijerina on Tuesday, roughly a month after he pardoned Cuellar who was facing charges related to allegedly accepting nearly $600,000 in bribes and laundering the funds. “I don’t know why, but the fact that Henry Cuellar would be running against Donald J. Trump, and the...
U.S. NATO Ambassador Matt Whitaker on Tuesday said the Iranian people "want to be free" and that citizens deserve to be “listened to.” “I don't want to speculate in what the future is for Iran or its leaders, but I can tell you, the Iranian people want to be free, and they have been repressed...
Democrats are still likely to win this year’s Minnesota gubernatorial race after the current governor, Tim Walz (D), ending his campaign, according to Sabato’s Crystal Ball. On Monday, Walz announced he was ending his reelection bid amid increasing scrutiny about his management of massive pandemic era fraud scandal. In a statement, the former running mate...
The Venezuelan army is mourning the two dozen soldiers it says were killed in the U.S. operation to capture the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, this weekend. The army posted a tribute to the soldiers on Instagram on Monday. The U.S. captured and arrested Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, in the predawn hours of Saturday....
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) confirmed on Tuesday that she’s "seriously considering" a bid to succeed Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), who announced Monday that he was dropping his campaign for a third term. “I love my job, I love my state and I’m seriously considering it,” the North Star State’s senior senator told CNN. A source...
The White House said on Tuesday that President Trump is weighing using the U.S. military to acquire the Danish territory of Greenland. “President Trump has made it well known that acquiring Greenland is a national security priority of the United States, and it’s vital to deter our adversaries in the Arctic region,” White House press...
Actor and podcaster Michael Rapaport says he's running for New York City mayor in 2029, railing against Zohran Mamdani just days after the democratic socialist was sworn into office. "I, Michael Rapaport, will be running for mayor of New York City in 2029," the "Higher Learning" performer said in a video posted on Instagram on Monday. "You...
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (R) has set a March date for a special election to fill the vacancy left by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) after she resigned from Congress on Monday. Voters in the Peach State's 14th Congressional District will cast their ballots March 10 to fill the remainder of Greene’s term, Georgia Secretary...
Donald Trump's attempted coup on Jan. 6, 2021, was worse than the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, and former special counsel Jack Smith had gathered enough evidence to bring charges against Trump for his role in the failed coup.
Wyoming's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that abortion will remain legal in the state, undoing the country's first abortion pill ban enacted following the U.S. Supreme Court's 2022 repeal of Roe v. Wade. State justices, in a 4-1 decision, sided with Wellspring Health Access, the abortion access advocacy group Chelsea's Fund and four women. They all...
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is heading to Wisconsin for a town hall later this month. The event is set for 6 p.m. EST on Jan. 16 in La Crosse, Wis., roughly three hours northwest of Milwaukee. A description of the town hall says Buttigieg will discuss the cost of housing, child care, health care...
