Jihadis and cartels are targets of the new White House counterterrorism strategy, but so, too, are Antifa, Trantifa and other violent domestic left-wing anti-American groups.
The Justice Department opened a new legal war on the D.C. bar, suing to stop it from punishing Jeffrey Clark, who, while part of the department in 2020, helped craft President Trump's strategy for challenging the election results.
President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed the need for cooperation among the world's two superpowers as they seek to stabilize a trade agreement and find common ground amid uncertainty over the Iran conflict.
Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.) is introducing legislation aimed at protecting congressional oversight powers, a year after a scuffle at an immigration detention facility in her home state resulted in criminal charges against her. The measure would “permanently codify the existing right of members of Congress to conduct oversight” of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department...
President Trump signaled in his opening remarks at the bilateral meeting in Beijing on Thursday local time that he wants to do business with China and emphasized his friendship with Xi. He boasted about the size of the delegation he brought, which included prominent executives like Apple’s Tim Cook, Tesla and SpaceX’s Elon Musk, Nvidia’s...
The California Attorney General’s Office is investigating whether FIFA's ticketing practices for upcoming World Cup games in the state violated California law. In a letter to FIFA’s chief legal officer on Wednesday, state Attorney General Rob Bonta raised concerns about reports that the sports organization sold tickets for seating zones that were later changed after...
A bipartisan group of senators have advised against “unilateral changes” in American policy toward Taiwan, with President Trump on a visit to China this week. In a Tuesday letter to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the senators said they were writing “to reaffirm congressional support for the 1979 Taiwan Relations Act (TRA) and our firm...
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) is planning to call state lawmakers back for a special session next week to take up a new congressional map that would wholly favor Republicans, according to multiple local media reports. Senate Majority Leader Shane Massey (R) told reporters on Wednesday that legislative leadership was in the process of...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said Wednesday that the state’s immigration detention facility, known as “Alligator Alcatraz,” will soon close. “When we opened it in the summer of 2025, it was always intended to be temporary, because we were only doing it, because the federal government didn't have the resources to hold these people themselves,”...
Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves (R) on Wednesday said he will cancel a special session to consider new voting maps for the state's three Supreme Court voting districts. Reeves announced the cancellation while on Supertalk Radio's "Mornings with Richard Cross." He said the decision follows the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision on Monday to...
The Pentagon reached deals with several defense firms that would allow it to buy more than 10,000 low-cost, containerized missiles over the next three years, the department announced Wednesday. The Pentagon struck new framework agreements with Anduril, CoAspire, Leidos and Zone 5 to launch the Low-Cost Containerized Missiles (LCCM) program. Separately, the Defense Department (DOD)...
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s chief spokesperson resigned from the role on Wednesday, citing irreconcilable differences with an effort to advance e-cigarette flavors that could cause children to become addicted. Rich Danker left his role as assistant secretary for public affairs a day after Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty...
Rep. Joe Neguse (D-Colo.) on Wednesday pressed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on how his department awarded the contract for the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation project to Atlantic Industrial Coatings. During Burgum’s appearance before the House Natural Resource Committee on President Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget request, Neguse asked the Interior secretary if he was “familiar”...
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said the Iran conflict has “put a little damper” on Republicans’ affordability efforts while insisting that President Trump “thinks about Americans’ financial situations.” Johnson made the comments when asked in a press conference Wednesday about Trump telling reporters the day before that Americans’ financial situations are not motivating him “even a little...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) shot back at Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) over comments in which he called her a “parasite,” saying the Lone Star State senator views working-class people as “less than him.” On Monday, Cruz called Ocasio-Cortez a “parasite sucking on the taxpayer” after the New York Democrat said that Americans “can’t earn” their...
Fox Business host Larry Kudlow on Tuesday told National Economic Council (NEC) Director Kevin Hassett that the rising annual inflation rate is "lousy" as the Trump administration seeks to defend its economic agenda. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 3.8 percent over the past 12 months and 0.6 percent in April alone, having previously hit...
President Trump touched down in Beijing on Wednesday evening local time ahead of his high-stakes summit with China's president, Xi Jinping. Trump was seen exiting Air Force One followed by his son Eric Trump, daughter-in-law Lara Trump, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete...
