Democrats in Congress say they will fund DHS but not ICE as the partial government shutdown tops one month, while Republicans call their stance unsustainable.
President Trump said on Saturday that Iran is ready to make a deal with the U.S., but that he was not ready to come to an agreement and negotiate a ceasefire. “Iran wants to make a deal, and I don’t want to make it because the terms aren’t good enough yet,” Trump told NBC Newss’...
As a growing number of lawmakers head for the exits, two former House members are gambling Tuesday that voters will reward experience over novelty as the Democratic Party wrestles with generational change. Former Reps. Jesse Jackson Jr. and Melissa Bean are running for their old House seats, south and west of Chicago. Yet, their reelection bids are no sure bet,...
Texas and Florida are facing criticism and potential legal challenges over moves to exclude Islamic schools from their school voucher programs. Both states have tried to designate the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest U.S. Muslim advocacy group, as a foreign terrorist organization, despite it lacking a criminal conviction or any similar federal categorization. And now,...
House Republicans have spent months scrambling to unite around a midterm strategy that will keep them in the majority following November’s elections. In just the last two weeks, President Trump has made their task much tougher. On the messaging front, the president’s attacks on Iran have muddled his “America First” mantra and caused the price...
Formula 1 has called off Grand Prix races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia next month due to the ongoing conflict with Iran, the sport and its governing body confirmed on Saturday. Officials announced the decision in a statement ahead of the Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai, noting it was made after “careful evaluations” and in...
The Defense Department has identified the six U.S. servicemembers who were killed in a KC-135 refueling aircraft crash in western Iraq on Thursday. The airmen were identified as Maj. John A. Klinner, 33, of Auburn, Ala.; Capt. Ariana G. Savino, 31, of Covington, Wash.; Tech. Sgt. Ashley B. Pruitt, 34, of Bardstown, Ky., Capt. Seth...
Surgeon General nominee Casey Means, who drew criticism last month for sidestepping a direct endorsement of the measles vaccine during her confirmation hearing, has clarified that she believes people should take the shot, according to written responses obtained by MS NOW. Lawmakers from both parties raised concerns after Means told senators that vaccinations “save lives”...
A super PAC backing Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) for Senate is airing television ads in Palm Beach, Fla., where President Trump is spending the weekend at his Mar-a-Lago resort, as his endorsement in a competitive primary runoff hangs in the balance. Lone Star Liberty PAC came out with a new television ad on...
The war with Iran entered its third week on Saturday, with military strikes, retaliatory attacks and economic disruption roiling the Middle East as President Trump sends mixed signals about how close the U.S. is to achieving its objectives and how long the conflict could last. More than 2,000 people have been killed across the region...
President Trump declared that the U.S. has beaten Iran “both militarily, economically, and in every other way” in a Truth Social post on Saturday, and called on countries that receive oil through the Strait of Hormuz to “take care” of the closed passage. “The Countries of the World that receive Oil through the Hormuz Strait...
Democrats are fighting over a rare Senate opening in Illinois, with Tuesday’s party primary likely to decide the deep-blue state’s next senator. At the top of the 10-candidate field, Reps. Raja Krishnamoorthi and Robin Kelly and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton are blitzing ads, exchanging jabs and drawing support from national figures as they barrel toward...
President Trump on Friday said he was looking at loosening shipping rules in the Jones Act as a method to lower gas prices that have skyrocketed since the U.S. launched its military offensive in Iran two weeks ago. Fox News host Brian Kilmeade pressed Trump on the issue during an interview on Kilmeade's eponymous podcast,...
The U.S. Embassy in Iraq was struck by a missile earlier on Saturday, with no reported injuries, several outlets reported. The missile attack destroyed the embassy's air defence system, an Iraqi security source told Al Jazeera. The Associated Press also reported that the missile struck a helipad inside the compound. Agence France-Presse, however, reported that...
The head of the Iranian parliament’s National Security Commission on Saturday threatened to attack Ukraine, claiming Kyiv had become a “legitimate target” by supplying drone technology to Israel. Ebrahim Azizi justified his warning by citing Article 51 of the United Nations charter, which recognizes a country’s right to individual or collective self-defense if an armed...
