Acting Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Bill Pulte said Sunday his office completed a fourth round of layoffs since he took over on June 19. “Since becoming Acting Director of National Intelligence, our team has been smartly, and carefully, reducing the size of [the office of the director of national intelligence (ODNI)], re-focusing ODNI on...
New documentary footage shows the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) staunchly backing the war in Iran, even going so far as to compare President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. The footage, which filmmaker Alex Holder captured by spending hundreds of hours with Graham dating back to...
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (N.Y.) kicked off the 100-day sprint to the midterms on Sunday, arguing his party will address the cost of living if it wrestles back control of Congress. “In 100 days, you can vote for an America that is affordable and lower the cost of groceries, gas, and housing. In 100...
CNN host Michael Smerconish said major television networks acted with “condescension” by not airing President Trump’s primetime speech on election fraud on their channels, saying viewers should be trusted to evaluate the president’s remarks for themselves. Several of the nation’s biggest networks, including CNN, NBC and ABC, refused to broadcast Trump’s Thursday night address live,...
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) says he is reviewing whether his administration could arrest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his anticipated visit to the city for the U.N. General Assembly this fall. The mayor made these comments an interview with Lulu Garcia-Navarro on Saturday episode of The New York Times’ “The Interview"...
As Ukraine continues its strategic strikes against Russian infrastructure, author Andrew Chakhoyan draws parallels between the current conflict and the American Revolutionary War to argue that Western allies must provide the necessary support to ensure Kyiv's sovereignty.
Confidence in the Supreme Court’s decision-making is falling among Americans, according to a new Washington Post-Ipsos poll, with nearly of half of adults believing that the justices are guided by political ideology rather than the rule of law. The poll, conducted earlier this month, found that 46 percent of Americans think that the Supreme Court...
Democratic strategist James Carville on Friday criticized President Trump following his primetime speech this week, in which the president claimed that the U.S. election system needed urgent attention for vulnerabilities. Carville joined Republicans in opposing the decision of several major broadcasters not to take the president’s remarks live on air. NBC News, ABC News and...
A senior Iranian adviser threatened on Friday to launch a wider war in the Middle East following days of intense fighting, warning that “full-scale offensive operations” could resume if U.S. military strikes do not cease. “Iran will no longer limit itself to retaliatory, like-for-like responses…and no political border will be safe,” Major-General Mohsen Rezaei, an...
President Trump wants the U.S. to host the World Cup again, but next time he suggested the country should do it alone. The president celebrated the success of this year’s tournament at the FIFA World Cup reception in New York City’s Trump Tower on Friday evening ahead of the final match between Argentina and Spain. ...
Epstein survivor Jess Michaels said Friday that she left a meeting with acting Attorney General Todd Blanche this week “disappointed, disturbed and undaunted.” Blanche agreed to meet with survivors of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein under pressure from Republican Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.). The lawmaker holds a key vote in Blanche’s confirmation process...
The U.S. military is widening its attacks across Iran, striking a port facility, energy infrastructure and bridges as President Trump looks to squeeze the Iranian regime. Iran has also retaliated against nearby allies, targeting U.S. bases in the region, along with power and desalination plants, as tensions escalate, bringing both sides closer to an all-out...