Rep. Katherine Clark (D-Mass.), the House minority whip, said Thursday that she never heard a “rumor” about alleged misconduct by former Reps. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.). “I personally did not even hear a rumor about Eric Swalwell or Tony Gonzales until the allegations came out,” she told host Kate Bolduan on “CNN...
The House on Thursday passed a resolution requiring the Trump administration to extend temporary legal protections for Haitian migrants after a small group of Republicans helped Democrats force it to the floor using a rarely successful maneuver. The lower chamber passed the resolution by a vote of 224-204, with 10 Republicans crossing the aisle: Reps. Brian Fitzpatrick...
Pope Leo XIV on Thursday criticized those who “manipulate religion” for political and military gain amid a feud with President Trump. “Woe to those who manipulate religion and the very name of God for their own military, economic, and political gain, dragging that which is sacred into darkness and filth,” the pontiff said in Cameroon,...
A Trump appointee to the federal Commission of Fine Arts proposed adding three arches to the nation’s capital instead of one, alleging that it aligns with the original L’Enfant plan for the city. Rodney Mims Cook Jr. has been helping President Trump prepare for America 250 celebrations by sharing architectural input on the new developments...
White House Budget Director Russ Vought told senators on Thursday that the White House is still working on a request to send Congress to fund the military conflict with Iran, which is estimated to cost more than $10 billion per week. Asked by Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) about when the White House...
The U.S. Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) on Thursday approved the project to construct President Trump's proposed 250-foot Triumphal Arch, to be located between the Lincoln Memorial and Arlington National Cemetery, forward. The commission reviewed the Interior Department's submitted plans to build an arch in Memorial Circle on Columbia Island, a human-made, National Park Service-ran...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said during a recent podcast appearance that President Trump had an “unkind” response when she messaged him about receiving death threats against her and her family after she resigned from Congress. Greene told the “Piers Morgan Uncensored” host on Wednesday that she reached out to FBI Director Kash Patel...
The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran has caused a major supply shock in the global energy market, disproportionately affecting energy importers, and the IMF has the power to provide relief by issuing hundreds of billions of dollars worth of liquid reserve assets called Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to its member countries.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine will brief reporters on Thursday morning, as the war nears the seven-week mark and the ceasefire hits nine days. A series of Trump officials will make their way to Capitol Hill on Thursday, where lawmakers continue to duke it out...
By any reasonable strategic measure, the divergent nature of U.S. policy toward Iran and Pakistan defies logic. Both are Islamic republics. Both are authoritarian in structure. Both have had links to transnational terrorist networks. And both have long had fraught relationships with Washington. Yet one is relentlessly sanctioned, threatened and even denied civilian nuclear rights...
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Wednesday said President Trump should apologize to Pope Leo XIV following their public spat over the U.S.-Israeli conflict in Iran, adding that "when you're wrong, you're wrong." "To say soft on crime or soft on the border, that’s what you say to an opponent in the next election," Tillis told...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Dan Caine will brief reporters Thursday morning on the U.S. military operation in Iran, just over a week into the fragile ceasefire between the Trump administration and Tehran. President Trump imposed a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz this week, pushing back on Iran for...
