A plaque recognizing the service of law enforcement officers during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol was inconspicuously installed in Congress early Saturday, four years after lawmakers voted to furnish Capitol Hill with a memorial.
President Trump traveled to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on Saturday to mark the final return home of the six U.S. Army troops killed during an Iranian drone strike at a U.S. command center in Kuwait.
Visitors to the Capitol will now have a visible reminder of the violent attack against the building on Jan. 6, 2021, and the officers who fought and were injured that day.
Iranian Americans gathered on Capitol Hill to chant "regime change in Iran by the people of Iran" -- a chorus echoing blocks away, accompanied by dozens of drums -- on Saturday, marking the first week of the U.S. military operation in Iran.
The conflict that Washington described as a targeted campaign against Iran's leadership has reached the Indian Ocean, the waterway India has spent three decades building a navy to command.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Friday accused President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth of attempting to "extort" the company Anthropic into removing guardrails for its AI programs. Warren, the ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, said in a statement that the attempt would remove "common sense guardrails that...
Anthropic called the Pentagon’s decision Friday to designate the AI company as a supply chain risk an “unprecedented action,” arguing it is “legally unsound” and would “set a dangerous precedent.” “Designating Anthropic as a supply chain risk would be an unprecedented action—one historically reserved for US adversaries, never before publicly applied to an American company,”...
President Trump told FBI Director Kash Patel that he was disappointed by Patel's behavior while partying with the U.S. men’s hockey team during the Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, NBC News reported Friday. The team had won the gold medal after defeating Canada 2-1 in overtime. Patel, a hockey fan, was seen yelling, banging on a...
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday warned that more Iranians face the risk of being executed after widespread anti-government protests last month. "I am horrified by reports that at least eight people, including two children, have been sentenced to death in connection with the protests," Türk said in a speech...
Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy, who is also the wife of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, criticized President Trump for getting “too cozy” with acting Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez, calling the leader a “communist.” “We’re getting a little too cozy with Delcy Rodríguez. This is a hardcore communist. She can never be trusted,” Campos-Duffy said Friday...
Both Republicans and Democrats said former President Clinton was “very cooperative” in a historic deposition with the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Friday that set a new precedent for how congressional investigators treat former presidents. “He did attempt to respond to every single question asked, even when his attorney told him to shut...
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in an interview that aired Friday that President Trump’s order bolstering the controversial herbicide glyphosate was “not something that I was particularly happy with.” Kennedy’s remarks to podcaster Joe Rogan departed somewhat from his previous defense of Trump’s move — though the Health secretary also expressed...
Sports commentator Stephen A. Smith on Thursday addressed rumors that he could launch a bid to run for president in 2028 but said he needs to think up of a way for him to keep his money. "I’m telling you, if there was a way for me to be on that big debate stage and...
President Trump told reporters on Friday that he was “not happy” to see former President Bill Clinton deposed as the former president was testifying behind closed doors to the House Oversight Committee as apart of the panel's investigation into files linked to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. “I don’t like seeing him deposed, but...
President Trump on Friday shrugged off reports that he could consider declaring a national emergency around the midterm elections. “Who told you that?” Trump told reporters, when asked about the possibility. “No,” he said when asked if he was looking at the idea. “I’ve never heard about it.” The Washington Post reported this week that...
A senior Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee said this week he would block the nomination of President Trump’s pick to lead the National Security Agency (NSA) and U.S. Cyber Command (Cybercom). Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) in a letter submitted to the Congressional Record on Wednesday said Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd lacks the qualifications to...
President Trump’s choice to serve as surgeon general has not cobbled together enough votes to win confirmation as a pair of centrist Senate Republicans have yet to give her their support. Casey Means, the nominee for the position, is facing an uphill climb to make it through the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP)...
