Now that a liberal woman has credibly accused him of rape, the rats have deserted the sinking ship and the Democrat-endorsed US Senate candidate for Maine has dropped out.
Graham Platner bowed out of the Maine Senate race, clearing the way for Democrats to install a new nominee against Sen. Susan Collins in a marquee contest that could help determine control of the Senate next year.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday warned that strikes on Iranian oil depots causing "black rain" could lead to respiratory problems as toxic pollutants disperse through the air. "Black rain," also referred to as "acidic rain," falling over Tehran "is indeed a danger" to the city's inhabitants, WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier told reporters in...
President Trump on Monday described Vice President JD Vance as being “maybe less enthusiastic” at the start of the U.S. war in Iran. “We get along very well on this,” Trump told reporters in Miami when asked if there were any divides with Vance on the war. “He was, I would say, philosophically a little...
Americans are bracing for expected economic impacts of the Trump administration's military operations in the Middle East, with a majority in a new poll expressing pessimistic views about the future of gas prices. In the Reuters/Ipsos survey, released Monday, 67 percent of respondents said they anticipate gas prices to surge even higher in the U.S....
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is holding a briefing alongside Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine on Tuesday morning. President Trump on Monday gave conflicting messages on the progress of Operation Epic Fury, calling it a "short excursion" yet threatening more "fury" to achieve the operation's goals, as the economic ramifications of the...
From Jeffrey Epstein to Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and beyond, Republicans are reckoning with classic questions: Should powerful figures accused of sexual misconduct be immediately exposed, or should they be given the presumption of innocence until proven otherwise? Call it a part two to the “Me Too” movement from nearly a decade ago, which saw sweeping structural and cultural...
When Iran’s Assembly of Experts selected Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new supreme leader, some observers held out hope that a generational transition might open a path to diplomacy.
That hope is misplaced.
All JetBlue flights were temporarily grounded early Tuesday morning, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Reports on the FAA’s website show the ground stop was enacted at 5:22 a.m. and canceled around forty minutes later at the request of the airline. In a statement provided to The Associated Press on Tuesday, a JetBlue spokesperson...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Dan Caine will speak with the media Tuesday morning as tensions with Iran persist following U.S. strikes on the Middle Eastern nation earlier this month. The Pentagon and President Trump have given conflicting accounts on how long the U.S. conflict with Iran will last in...
The central question is no longer whether stabilization was necessary, but whether radical fiscal reform can consolidate political legitimacy and endure.
President Trump addressed the nation the evening of February 24 to discuss the State of the Union. His record long speech understandably focused on the positive achievements during his Administration, but it failed to help unite the country or address several key sustainability challenges, including how we are going to defuse our nation’s ticking debt...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) slammed President Trump for referring to the war in Iran as an “excursion” on Monday. “You can’t watch that and feel that that way of characterizing this is [not] deeply disrespectful,” Kaine told host Kaitlan Collins on CNN’s “The Source,” after watching the dignified transfer of Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington at...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said Monday he hopes to hold a confirmation hearing next week for Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), President Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “We’re shooting for a week from Wednesday,” Paul told reporters as he stepped...
