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Poll: MAHA wants more. They may turn to Democrats to get it.

Republicans hope the Make America Healthy Again movement becomes a permanent fixture of a big GOP tent. But the party can’t count on its support heading into midterm elections...

Interactive tool reveals which states stand to lose billions in education funding

An interactive tool from the America First Policy Institute reveals how states could miss billions in education funding and millions of scholarships by opting out.

Dem senator warns deportation could let Virginia woman’s illegal immigrant killer ‘escape accountability’

Sen. Tim Kaine says Abdul Jalloh, charged with murdering Stephanie Minter in Virginia, should be fully prosecuted before any deportation to ensure accountability.

Miranda Devine: Cowardly GOP senators run home

In one fell swoop, Thune ceded the moral high ground to Democrats who now...

The left LOVES kings — the ones with (D) after their name

In Saturday’s “No Kings” protests, the usual “resistance” crowd managed to again show their...

MAGA battle over Iran, Israel intensifies with Joe Kent resignation

Joe Kent’s resignation from a key Trump administration intelligence post has put the spotlight on a small but vocal segment of right-wing figures who believe Israel has pulled President Trump into a war with Iran. Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center before his resignation this past week, asserted that Iran posed “no imminent...

Taiwan seeks to keep China threat front of mind in MAGA world

DORAL, Fla. — Taiwan’s representative to the U.S. is trying to keep China front of mind in MAGA foreign policy, sounding warnings that Beijing's "threat is active" at the Heritage Foundation's Miami Security Forum this week.  America’s intelligence agencies recently assessed that Beijing is not planning a military invasion in 2027. Ambassador Alexander Tah-Ray Yui...

Infrastructure strikes in Iran war escalate global energy crisis

Strikes on infrastructure amid the Iran conflict are worsening a global energy crisis. Energy supplies were already tight and prices were soaring due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping channel through which about a fifth of the world’s oil typically flows. But recent strikes on oil and gas infrastructure are...

Iran fires missiles toward Diego Garcia: Report

Iran launched two ballistic missiles toward a joint U.S.-U.K. military base in the Indian Ocean on Friday, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The strikes did not hit the base on Diego Garcia, a small island in the Chagos Archipelago, officials told the Journal. One missile failed in flight and a U.S. warship reportedly...

FBI: Russia targeting ‘high intelligence value’ Americans on Signal

FBI Director Kash Patel said on Friday that Russia's intelligence services have targeted Americans of “high intelligence value” on private messaging apps in an ongoing phishing campaign.  Patel said the targets of Russian hackers include U.S. government officials, military officials, politicians and journalists.  “Globally, this effort has resulted in unauthorized access to thousands of individual...

US lifts sanctions on Iranian oil stranded at sea

The Trump administration lifted sanctions on Iranian oil stuck at sea on Friday evening as the conflict between the U.S. and Iran continues to hike up global energy costs. “Today, the Department of the Treasury is issuing a narrowly tailored, short-term authorization permitting the sale of Iranian oil currently stranded at sea,” Treasury Secretary Scott...

Fox News host presses Burgum over gas prices

Fox News’s Martha MacCallum pressed Interior Secretary Doug Burgum on Friday afternoon about growing concerns about rising gas prices amid the U.S. war on Iran. “I think that this is a situation where people have to understand that this is temporary, this is not permanent,” Burgum said. MacCallum asked Burgum to respond to a clip...

GOP braces for Trump to possibly deploy troops inside Iran

Republicans are bracing for President Trump to deploy U.S. troops on the ground in Iran as the conflict in the Middle East crosses into its third week with no signs of slowing down. The administration is reportedly weighing missions to secure a safe passage for oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz and overtake Iran’s...

Still trailing by 23 votes, NC Senate leader asks for hand recount 

The leader of North Carolina’s upper Legislature is requesting another recount after a machine tally showed him losing a contested Republican primary for his state Senate seat by 23 votes.  North Carolina Senate Leader Phil Berger (R) asked the state’s Board of Elections in a letter Friday to grant a hand recount at a sample...

Federal judge rules RFK Jr. overreached in restricting trans health care to minors 

Click in for more news from The Hill {beacon} View Online Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Federal judge rules RFK Jr. overreached in restricting trans healthcare to minors U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai said he planned to grant summary judgment against Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in a...

Heritage president: MAGA tensions over Iran war ‘good’

DORAL, Fla. — Tensions over President Trump’s war in Iran within the GOP and Make America Great Again movement are “good,” Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts told The Hill on Thursday at the group’s inaugural security conference.   The head of the influential conservative think tank said it support Trump’s decision to launch the war on Iran....

Iran strikes threaten to raise LNG prices for Asia, Europe

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Iran strikes threaten to raise LNG prices for Asia, Europe Strikes on infrastructure in the Iran conflict are worsening a global energy crisis. © Sammy Kogan/The Canadian Press via AP Energy supplies were already tight and prices were soaring due to the closure of...

DOJ wants charges dismissed against ex-officers in Breonna Taylor case

The Department of Justice (DOJ) asked a federal judge to dismiss a case against the two former officers connected to the Louisville, Ky., shooting that led to the death of Breonna Taylor. Taylor, a Black woman, was shot and killed by Louisville police officers carrying out a warrant at her apartment in March 2020. The...

Poll shows Paxton beating Cornyn in Texas if Trump doesn’t endorse

President Trump’s reluctance to endorse a candidate in the Texas Senate Republican primary race could prove perilous for Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-Texas) bid in the upcoming runoff between the sitting senator and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R). A new Change Research poll found that 42 percent of likely Texas Republican primary voters said they...

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