Gavin Newsom has a long record of blunders, from the French Laundry to the Train to Nowhere. The latest is the Hollywood tax credit, which he canceled by mistake.
U.S. Central Command (Centcom) announced on Tuesday night that it completed an additional round of strikes on "dozens" of military targets near the Strait of Hormuz and Iran's coastal region at 10 p.m. EDT. The strikes came after the U.S. resumed a naval blockade at 4 p.m. EDT, with over 20 U.S. Navy warships and...
President Trump on Tuesday warned Iran that the U.S. is "going to hit them very hard" after the fourth day of U.S. strikes on the Islamic regime. Trump spoke with Fox News's Trey Yingst about the conflict, saying that the U.S. will gradually expand its strikes across Iran's infrastructure. "We're going to hit them very...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday will hold the Economic Diplomacy Action Group's (EDAG) first meeting, two years after it was established during the Biden administration. The committee, made up of federal agency leaders, will "shape the contours and focus of U.S. economic statecraft to advance U.S. foreign policy priorities," including "American leadership in AI," a State...
Americans for Prosperity Action is warning that Republicans risk losing not just the House, but the Senate if they don’t regain voters’ trust on affordability issues. The group suggested the issue is so critical that focusing on anything else, including President Trump’s beloved SAVE America Act, should be avoided on the campaign trail. “If candidates are out there talking...
President Trump and his family have made $2.2 billion from financial schemes since entering the White House, while investors have lost millions of dollars, with some even suing for fraud and breach of contract.
The U.S. and Iranian militaries exchanged fire early Tuesday following fresh threats from President Trump to take over the Strait of Hormuz. The president said Monday that the U.S military would reimpose its naval blockade in the channel and begin charging a 20 percent toll on vessels transiting the strait “immediately.” This critical trading passage,...
In today's issue: ▪ Trump says war is resuming ▪ Graham’s sister to fill vacant seat ▪ Another ICE shooting ▪ Daylight saving time debate President Trump has formally reset the clock on his war against Iran, resuming daily strikes and a naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz less than a month after signing a deal meant...
The sudden death of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) marks a major loss for President Trump on Capitol Hill as he seeks to push his legislative agenda through Congress ahead of November’s midterm elections. Graham was a key go-between for Trump and the Senate — possessing deep institutional knowledge of the upper chamber, holding sway with...
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) is imposing the nation’s first-ever statewide freeze on new “hyperscale” data centers. Hochul is pausing state-level environmental permits for “up to” a year to give the state time to put together a framework to protect the environment, the energy grid and New Yorkers’ electric bills, her office said. Hochul...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Monday the federal immigration officer who fatally shot a man in Maine did so out of fear for “public safety.” The department wrote on X that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers were conducting “targeted surveillance on the last known address” of an undocumented migrant in Biddeford, Maine,...
The defense ministry of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said Monday Iranian forces targeted a pair of its tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, killing one crew member. The UAE Ministry of Defence wrote on social platform X Iranian cruise missiles hit the country’s Mombasa and Al Bahiyah tankers, which were transiting the southern lane...
Former Defense Secretary Mark Esper said Monday that President Trump made the “right move” in resuming the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports. “I agree with the president, I think it’s the right move to reinstate the blockade,” Esper, who ran the Pentagon during Trump’s first term, said on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront.” Earlier Monday,...
Republican Sen. Ron Johnson (Wisc.) on Monday cast doubt on the recency of a photo Sen. Mitch McConnell’s (R-Ky.) shared of himself in the hospital alongside his wife. “I’ve just heard from some other sources that was an older photo. So I really don’t know,” Johnson told host Eric Bolling on Real America’s Voice’s “Bolling!”...
President Trump on Monday endorsed seven Republicans seeking election to the House for the first time, as the GOP clings to a narrow majority in the lower chamber ahead of the midterms. In a slew of posts on Truth Social, Trump threw his support behind John Cowan in Georgia’s 11th Congressional District, Anthony DiLorenzo in...
