Bail industry leader warns Virginia's HB 357 threatens public safety by removing bond requirements for repeat felons. Critics say bill eases jail release.
Rep. Kevin Kiley of California said he’s registering as “no party preference" amid redistricting turmoil but will caucus with the GOP to keep his committee assignments.
Sen. Tim Scott remains optimistic about GOP expanding Senate majority in midterm elections despite challenging political climate and economic concerns.
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Sunday said President Trump could attempt to use a national emergency declaration to cancel midterm elections. Greene said she could “see it” happening in a post on the social platform X made in response to a post from radio host Shannon Joy. “Trump doesn’t seem to care about...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday said President Trump has launched an “all-out war” in the Middle East after a series of strikes on Iran over the weekend. Jeffries and other Democrats have remained unsupportive of the attacks, questioning the military strategy in the region given past tensions and alleging Trump’s actions are...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday lauded U.S. strikes in Iran and said Cuba is “next.” “Cuba's next. They're gonna follow this communist dictatorship in Cuba. Their days are numbered,” Graham said during an appearance on Fox News’s “Sunday Night in America.” “The Iranian regime, the mothership of international terrorism is about to collapse. The...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said he is “baffled” by some of his fellow senators not backing the recent U.S. military action against Iran. “Every member in the U.S. Senate agrees we cannot allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon,” Fetterman said in a post on the social platform X Monday morning. “I’m baffled why so...
Three dozen people, including a woman from Missouri, touring Israel together. A 17-year-old, her father, and their members of their North Carolina church. A husband and wife from Pittsburgh. They're all among the unknown number of Americans who found themselves stranded in the Middle East this weekend.
President Trump dismissed polls showing low approval among Americans for the U.S. military operation in Iran, saying public sentiment actually reflects otherwise. “I think that the polling is very good, but I don’t care about polling. I have to do the right thing. I have to do the right thing. This should have been done...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Monday issued a legal opinion that it is illegal for mental health care providers to "transition" children under state law. In 2023, Texas S.B. 14 went into effect, banning gender-affirming care to treat gender dysphoria in adolescents. The bill barred the use of puberty blockers, hormone therapy and...
Ali Larjani, the secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council, said his country will not negotiate with the U.S. amid the ongoing war and slammed President Trump as “delusional.” Larjani wrote on the social platform X late Sunday that Trump “plunged the region into chaos with his ‘delusional fantasies’ and now fears more American...
President Trump on Monday said U.S. military operations in Iran could go on for at least “four to five weeks” but acknowledged the situation may be ahead of schedule, or take longer. “We have the strongest and most powerful, by far, military in the world, and we will easily prevail,” Trump said, speaking at a...
Democrats must hold Trump accountable for his actions in Iran, ensuring that any regime change is complete and democratic, or risk repeating past mistakes of supporting oppressive regimes.
The United Nations top nuclear watchdog on Monday rebutted allegations by an Iranian diplomat that U.S. and Israeli strikes have targeted the Natanz nuclear facility in the country. Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told reporters that the agency had not seen major military activity targeting nuclear facilities, getting information...
The U.S. Embassy in Lebanon is urging Americans to leave the country, as fighting breaks out between Israel and Hezbollah after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran. In a Monday advisory, the embassy said U.S. citizens should “depart Lebanon now while commercial flight options remain available,” citing a “volatile and unpredictable” security situation....
