President Donald Trump is bringing back 2020. Many Republicans wish he wouldn't.
Conversations with nearly a dozen GOP state and county chairs and strategists reveal a party largely eager...
Javier Bardem is sharing a simple message from the Oscars stage: "No to war and free Palestine." The "No Country for Old Men" actor presented the International Feature Film category at Sunday's Academy Awards in Los Angeles. Before reading his prepared remarks, Bardem delivered his brief anti-war call to action to applause from the audience....
President Trump on Sunday said he was “thrilled” to see the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr reviewing license renewal applications for broadcast corporations after accusing the media of perpetuating lies about Iran. “I am so thrilled to see Brendan Carr, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), looking at the licenses of...
Jimmy Kimmel is returning to the Oscars stage with a dig at President Trump and Melania Trump, and a free speech-related knock at CBS. The "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" personality, who hosted the Academy Awards four times, took to the stage on Sunday in Los Angeles to present Oscars in a pair of documentary film categories....
President Trump on Saturday evening dismissed one of Tehran's few surviving leaders' threats against the U.S as its military campaign in Iran enters its second week. "I have no idea what he's talking about, who he is. I couldn't care less," Trump told CBS News, when asked about Ali Larijani, who has vowed to retaliate...
Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) said in an interview Sunday morning that the U.S.’s ongoing military operations with Israel on Iran could have an impact on geopolitics elsewhere. Cramer, who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee, told host John Catsimatidis on the “Cats Roundtable” radio show that the strikes send "a message” to adversaries like...
Democrat James Talarico is now staring down the challenge of a tough general election against a still-undecided Republican rival after emerging victorious from his own bruising primary that offered a rare boost to Democrats in a deep red state. Democratic turnout surged on Tuesday as the 36-year-old rising star’s message of faith and economic populism...
New data showed childhood obesity has hit a record high in recent years, while federal changes such as cuts to food assistance programs and a revamped food pyramid reignite debates over how to handle the issue. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report late last month showed more than 1 in 5 U.S. children and teenagers were obese...
President Trump on Thursday tapped Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to replace Kristi Noem as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), creating a vacancy in the U.S. Senate and setting off a scramble to replace him. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) has 30 days to appoint someone from Mullin’s party to temporarily fill the seat after the senator leaves his post, but the appointee must pledge not...
President Trump is facing an economic squeeze as the Iran war drives up oil prices and the U.S. job market sputters. Friday brought a double dose of bad economic news for Trump: an unexpected loss of jobs in February and another surge in oil prices driven by growing conflict in the Middle East. Trump and...
A federal judge on Saturday voided layoffs at Voice of America (VOA) while also ruling that the U.S. Agency for Global Media's (USAGM) acting CEO, Kari Lake, unlawfully ran the independent federal agency. U.S. District Court of Washington, D.C., Judge Royce Lamberth wrote that Lake oversaw the media agency in violation of the Constitution's appointments clause...
President Trump on Saturday rejected the United Kingdom's reported offer to send two aircraft carriers to the Middle East amid the U.S. conflict with Iran, warning that the U.S. "will remember" — seemingly alluding to the U.K.'s hesitance to get involved in the war. "The United Kingdom, our once Great Ally, maybe the Greatest of...
The race for U.S. Senate in Texas is still evolving after primary night, with a looming endorsement from former President Donald Trump expected to shape the Republican runoff.
A threat of severe weather across the nation's midsection continued Saturday, a day after powerful storms whipped up tornadoes that killed four people in southern Michigan and two people in eastern Oklahoma. The National Weather Service said strong thunderstorms and a risk of flash flooding were expected from the Great Lakes to Texas, with a slight risk...
President Trump on Saturday accused Iran of bombing an Iranian girls' school, while several media outlets reported that the explosions were likely caused by U.S. airstrikes. A reporter asked Trump about the strike while aboard Air Force One, after the president attended the dignified transfer of six U.S. service members killed in Kuwait on March...
Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary on Saturday vowed that Tehran will respond to attacks from U.S. military bases in the Persian Gulf amid the U.S. military operations. "When the enemy attacks us from regional bases, we respond to it and will respond; this is our right and a consistent policy," secretary Ali Larijani wrote...
President Trump on Saturday said attending more dignified transfer proceedings for slain U.S. service members is a "part of war" after attending the dignified transfer of six service members killed in Kuwait following the start of the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran. A reporter asked the president while aboard Air Force One if he will attend...
President Trump on Saturday honored the six U.S. service members killed by an Iranian retaliatory strike in Kuwait during a dignified transfer event at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. Trump attended the proceedings for Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor of White Bear Lake, Minn.; Capt. Cody Khork of Lakeland, Fla.; Sgt. 1st Class Noah...
