DALLAS — Friendship-West Baptist Church is a stronghold for Black politics, where candidates pass through cycle after cycle to win over its 13,000 congregants. It’s the church Rep. Jasmine...
A shooting outside the White House Correspondents' Dinner renews focus on President Trump's push for a secure White House ballroom with bulletproof materials.
The U.S. Army is rolling out a new age and gender-neutral Combat Field Test requiring frontline troops to complete seven events in 30 minutes wearing full gear.
Secretary Doug Burgum's national park pricing plan for foreign visitors has raised over $2 million in new revenue despite Democratic opposition, DOI says.
President Trump told Bloomberg on Monday that he is “highly unlikely” to extend the ceasefire with Iran if Wednesday evening comes and goes without a peace deal. During a phone interview with White House correspondent Jeff Mason, Trump said that the truce ends on “Wednesday evening Washington time.” The president initially announced the ceasefire on...
The Navy is advising sailors to secure their electronic devices, social media accounts and personal information as the U.S-Israeli war in Iran has increased online threats to service members. In an unclassified memo to Navy personnel, Secretary John Phelan warns of “adversary cyber actors” looking to “psychologically influence” sailors and their families as well as get them...
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Monday said his country’s “mistrust” for the U.S. government remains as the second round of peace talks will soon kick off in Islamabad, Pakistan. “Honoring commitments is the basis of meaningful dialogue,” Pezeshkian wrote in a post on the social platform X. “Deep historical mistrust in Iran toward U.S. gov...
The head of Fermi America, the company building a large-scale data center campus in Texas named after President Trump, has resigned from his current role amid a broader reshuffling of the firm’s leadership. Fermi co-founder and CEO Toby Neugebauer stepped down Friday, according to a securities filing. The Dallas billionaire remains a member of the...
Michigan officials are pushing back on the Justice Department’s demand that the state provide ballots and other elections materials from the Detroit area to prove that no fraud took place in the 2024 election. Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for civil rights, sent a letter on Tuesday to the chief election official for Wayne...
Live Nation, the parent company of Ticketmaster, has agreed to pay $9.9 million to settle a lawsuit with the District of Columbia over deceptive ticket pricing practices, D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb announced Monday. The settlement follows an investigation by the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) into allegations that Live Nation mislead customers about...
The State Department on Monday issued visa restrictions for 75 people who they say are linked to the Sinaloa Cartel in an effort to quell the Mexican transnational crime organization's drug trafficking operations. “The Sinaloa Cartel smuggles illicit fentanyl, which the President designated as a Weapon of Mass Destruction, and other deadly drugs that harm...
It’s Monday. A new TMZ producer in Washington started fired up DC residents over the weekend with a post about where to find a good bagel in DC. He then followed up by telling Washingtonians to check out the café chain Tatte. It’s been a funny saga to watch. In today’s issue: 🚦 THE IRAN OPERATION At this point, just install an open-closed sign that updates in real time: The temporary ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran...
Former national security adviser John Bolton said the two-week ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran was a “mistake” as it gave Tehran time to prepare for a continued war. “I think it was a mistake to have the ceasefire,” Bolton said on CNN on Sunday. “They‘ve got now a two-week breather where they‘re doing what they can...
President Trump said Monday that he was not influenced by Israel to attack Iran, as reports and critics say Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed the president into launching strikes. “Israel never talked me into the war with Iran, the results of Oct. 7th, added to my lifelong opinion that IRAN CAN NEVER HAVE A...
President Trump’s approval rating sank to a new second term low in the latest NBC News poll, amid growing concerns about his handling of the economy. In the NBC News Decision Desk survey, conducted during the first two weeks of April, 37 percent of Americans say they approve of the president’s overall performance, down from...
