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President Trump said Friday he is meeting in the White House Situation Room to make a “final determination” on the tentative agreement to extend the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran and to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.  In a lengthy Truth Social post, Trump reiterated his call for Iran to never obtain a nuclear weapon and...

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo on Thursday denied that his country has agreed to carry out joint anti-drug trafficking strikes with the U.S. military on Guatemalan soil, but he confirmed a collaboration to “intensify” the Central America country’s fight against drug trafficking.  “There is no agreement. There is a request and the request falls within the existing...

A court in Kenya on Friday blocked the government from permitting the U.S. to establish a quarantine facility for Americans exposed to Ebola virus, which is spreading in northeastern Congo. The decision comes amid growing public backlash in the country to an announced U.S. plan, with critics accusing the Kenyan government of trading the country’s...

The top federal prosecutor in Chicago on Thursday denied reports that his office had opened a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the writer who accused President Trump of sexual assault and later won millions of dollars in her lawsuits against him. CNN first reported Wednesday evening that the Justice Department was investigating whether Carroll...

What has happened between Washington and Stockholm over the past 12 months is not routine diplomatic housekeeping.

Former Attorney General Pam Bondi will appear before the House Oversight Committee on Friday morning for an interview about the DOJ's release of Jeffrey Epstein files. She'll be accompanied by Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for the DOJ’s Civil Rights Division. That has prompted Democrats to question whether the DOJ is seeking to act...

Senate Democrats led by Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Sen. Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) are pressing FBI Director Kash Patel and the Department of Justice’s acting inspector general for answers about whether Patel is using government resources for personal leisure after he took a “VIP snorkel" trip in Hawaii. Schumer, Hirono and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)...

What do the two men have in common? First, they speak common sense to the common man. Second, they get things done. Third, their bold agendas infused new life into a moribund GOP.  

Rock singer Bret Michaels has dropped out of the “Great American Fair” set to take place later this month, becoming the fifth artist to withdraw from President Trump’s Freedom 250 concert. Michaels, the lead singer of the band Poison, announced that he would no longer perform at the celebration on the National Lawn in Washington,...

The court should avoid the middle path of expanding executive power in theory while preserving favored exceptions in practice.

In today's issue: ▪ Iran deal awaits Trump's approval▪ Whitmer walks back 2028 comments ▪ ‘60 Minutes’ overhaul ▪ GOP in tough spot over Carroll probe  President Trump has a tough road ahead as he tries to make the case that his tentative deal with Iran meets his own goals for the war and leaves the U.S. in a better place than where it was three...

In Florida's upcoming Senate race, Democrat Alexander Vindman is challenging Trump-loyal incumbent Ashley Moody, with recent polls showing a competitive race between the two candidates.

Jacob Wenske allegedly threatened to bomb the upcoming event.

President Trump is asserting that the U.S. maintains the upper hand in ongoing talks to end the conflict in Iran because joint U.S.-Israeli strikes have weakened its military, even as he called the Iranians “very good negotiators.” “They’re very good negotiators, they're crafty, but in the end we have all the cards because we've defeated...