President Donald Trump claims Iran is collapsing financially and losing $500 million a day as he extends the ceasefire and maintains a U.S. blockade of the country.
A coalition of the top anti-abortion groups in the country is urging Senate leadership to deliver the “most meaningful pro-taxpayer reforms Congress can enact."
President Trump on Tuesday called for Republican unity in renewing the nation’s warrantless spy powers. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) authorizes the government to spy on foreigners located abroad, but in doing so it can sweep up information on Americans who are communicating with the surveilled targets. Trump has previously called...
Most Americans are against having President Trump’s signature on paper currency, a move the Treasury Department announced last month. In the The Economist/YouGov poll, 59 percent of respondents said they either “somewhat disapprove” or “strongly disapprove" when it comes to “Donald Trump’s signature being added to all U.S. paper currency.” Twenty-four percent said they either...
Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) on Tuesday said Russia is the "real winner" of the U.S. blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, where a holdup of oil exports has contributed to increased prices across the globe. Crow questioned the blockade's endgame given that Iran "was already blockading the Straits of Hormuz," he told CNN's Kate Bolduan....
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette was sold to a nonprofit publishing group on Tuesday and will no longer shut down next month. Block Communications Inc., the Post-Gazette’s parent company, sold the paper to the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism. The institute is financed by hotel magnate and former Maryland state Sen. Stewart W. Bainum Jr. (D). Bainum...
The field for the upcoming Inside California Politics gubernatorial debate is likely to shift following the sudden exit of Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.), who dropped out of the race over the weekend amid allegations of inappropriate sexual conduct. On Monday, Swalwell announced he would also resign from Congress. Because the lawmaker led all candidates, regardless...
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Tuesday said it would be “crazy” for the Trump administration to impose tolls on ships carrying oil, natural gas and other commodities through the Strait of Hormuz, something that President Trump recently contemplated. Trump told reporters last week that he would like the United States to impose tolls on ship...
A dangerous typhoon bore down on two U.S. territories in the western Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, bringing strong winds and life-threatening flooding. Typhoon Sinlaku was downgraded from a super typhoon early Wednesday local time as it battered the Northern Mariana Islands, according to the latest advisory from the National Weather Service (NWS) in Guam. ...
President Trump on Tuesday slammed the United Kingdom, which has frustrated the president by not backing the Iran war, over not drilling for oil in the North Sea. “Europe is desperate for Energy, and yet the United Kingdom refuses to open North Sea Oil, one of the greatest fields in the World,” Trump wrote on...
The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran could push more than 30 million people around the world into poverty, according to new projections by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The findings, released Tuesday via a 27-page brief, found that as many as 32.5 million people may fall into poverty due to a shock of energy affordability...
A pastor linked to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth criticized President Trump over an artificial intelligence (AI) image appearing to depict him as Jesus Christ, which the president said was an image of himself as a doctor healing people. “I am glad he deleted it, and glad that he rejected the idea of portraying himself as...
Two women who accused Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) of sexual misconduct said in an interview with CBS News released on Tuesday that they feel "vindicated" that he will resign from Congress and that he has suspended his California gubernatorial bid. Ally Sammarco, who shared her story with CNN, which included detailed accusations toward Swalwell, said...
