Congress faces a steep political battle over a $200 billion Iran war spending request, with Trump sending mixed signals on whether the funds are needed.
As the DHS shutdown enters its sixth week, House Republicans are forcing votes to pressure Senate Democrats. Meanwhile, unpaid TSA agents call out, leaving travelers facing chaos.
Over 300 Angel Families represented by The American Border Story are urging Congress to support Markwayne Mullin for DHS, arguing he understands the stakes at play.
The Supreme Court seemed skeptical Monday that mail-in ballots received after polls close on Election Day should be counted, posing major implications for November’s midterm elections. Mississippi defended its statute that allows a five-day grace period for ballots postmarked by Election Day but received afterward. More than a dozen states have similar laws. "We don't...
President Trump has placed a statue of the explorer Christopher Columbus, an increasingly controversial figure, near the White House. In a Sunday press release, the Conference of Presidents of Major Italian American Organizations (COPOMIAO) said that the statue, a replica of one that originally stood in Baltimore, “now stands on the White House grounds in...
Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco (R ), a GOP candidate for California’s governorship, seized more than a half million ballots from a November special election to approve redrawing congressional districts in a way that favored Democrats. Bianco said his probe was sparked by a local elections group that claims the results were off by 45,800 votes....
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink argued Monday that long-term investing could help limit wealth inequality at a moment when the rapid rise of AI risks further concentrating wealth at the top of society. In his annual letter to investors, Fink underscored that in recent decades, most wealth has moved toward people who own assets, rather those...
John F. Kennedy International (JFK) Airport suspended its wait time reporting on Monday as the partial government shutdown is resulting in long lines for passengers going through security at multiple airports. The popular travel hub warned its travelers that the wait time estimations posted online were no longer sufficiently reliable and that the public should...
The Pentagon Press Association is pressing for the immediate restoration of journalists' access to the Defense Department after a federal judge on Friday ruled that the federal agency’s media policy was unconstitutional. “Our clients and the public face ongoing, irreparable harm so long as the experienced military reporters of the P.P.A. are excluded from the...
President Trump said Monday he has not been in contact with Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei during ongoing negotiations with the country. “We’re dealing with a man who I believe is the most respected and the leader,” Trump told reporters in Palm Beach, Fla. “We have not heard from the son,” he said, referring to...
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R ) on Sunday said President Trump’s response to former FBI Director Robert Mueller’s death was comparable to that of a child having a temper tantrum. Soon after Mueller’s death was announced Trump wrote that he was “glad” the former FBI director was deceased, arguing that he “can no...
President Trump on Monday morning said attacks on Iran's energy infrastructure would be put on hold for five days as "constructive conversations" continued over "total resolution of our hostilities in the Middle East." Stock market futures soared on the news before trading opened. On Capitol Hill, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is top of...
