Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday issued a global warning for countries to cut any financial ties with Iran or risk being cut off from the U.S. dollar system, launching a new economic pressure campaign against the Islamic Republic as the military front has reached a stalemate six months into the war. Called "Operation Economic...
The United States canceled a large joint amphibious landing exercise between the Marine Corps and South Korean forces set for September over resource constraints tied to the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran, Seoul’s military announced Monday. “The U.S. Marine Corps formally notified our forces in June that its ability to deploy forces during this year’s Ssangyong...
Democratic Rep. Jake Auchincloss (Mass.) on Sunday said the party does not stand for what Hasan Piker does and criticized his rhetoric as it relates to political violence. “Piker's ideology, whether it was seeming to celebrate or at least excuse 9/11, whether it is seeming to excuse the assassination of Charlie Kirk, which I condemned...
A new report says the White House already has an existing underground bunker for the president and his staff in case of national security threats, potentially undercutting administration claims of an urgent need for the East Wing renovations. Three former officials told The Washington Post that the White House complex currently includes a subterranean, highly...
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins will speak Monday at an event outlining the Trump administration’s child nutrition agenda. The two officials are set to discuss new investments and policies tied to the administration's “Make America Healthy Again” initiative. Their remarks also come after the White House...
Brittany Boltinhouse claims that pageant organizers conspired to replace and defame her over her support for President Trump, among other conservative figures.
President Trump on Sunday boasted his endorsements are “stronger than ever,” despite some prominent losses in recent primaries. “My Endorsements are stronger than ever — Not to mention the fact that good people are getting elected that never had the chance,” the president wrote in a Sunday evening Truth Social post, boasting that 254 candidates...
Nearly 50 House Democrats reportedly signed a letter to President Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asking for more details on the cost of the Iran war. “What was billed as a two-week operation is now a full-scale war that has lasted for over 150 days, cost over $37 billion, and claimed the lives of...
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said Sunday he is “very confident” in Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) winning her GOP primary runoff for Senate in the Palmetto State this week. During an appearance Sunday on “Meet the Press," NBC News’s Kristen Welker pressed Scott on his level of confidence in Graham’s victory in the runoff, to which...
By 2028, most Americans will be ready to shift their attention to someone other than Trump. And the candidate who disavows the DSA and embraces the muscular, practical liberalism of FDR is the one who will likely prevail.
President Trump hit back at Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday, threatening to hit imported cars, trucks, auto parts and steel with 50 percent tariffs. The new tariffs would take effect on Jan. 1. “Canada has been ripping off the United States of America for years,” he wrote on Truth Social. “Their ridiculously high tariffs...
