NJ Gov. Mikie Sherrill attended a Ramadan event at a Paterson mosque led by Imam Mohammad Qatanani, who allegedly has ties to Hamas and fought deportation for years.
President Trump seemed to begin a de-escalation of the war on Iran on Monday, sparking a relief rally in financial markets and sending the price of oil tumbling. But Trump did not dispel confusion over exactly what’s going on, nor did he erase deeper doubts about what comes next. It seems clear that Trump is...
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said Monday that President Trump is “lying” about holding talks with Iranian officials. “We know he's lying when he says that the Iranians are talking with us and they're about to give Donald Trump everything he wants. Yes, that's a lie,” Van Hollen told host Kasie Hunt on CNN’s “The...
Georgia is one of 19 states that have been waiting to lock their clocks on permanent daylight saving time. A new bill could go around the Congressional action they need to make that happen.
The U.S. war in Iran is taking a mounting toll on America's military, with rising casualties, dwindling munitions stockpiles, a sidelined aircraft carrier and numerous downed aircraft just three weeks into the conflict. At least 13 U.S. service members have been killed, while another 232 have been injured since the U.S.-Israeli war against Tehran began...
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian parliament, on Sunday warned that his country will target buyers of U.S. Treasury bonds. “In addition to military bases, those financial institutions that fund the U.S. military budget are considered legitimate targets,” he wrote on the social platform X. “U.S. Treasury bonds are tainted with the blood...
Congress is facing mounting pressure to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and end the partial government shutdown as flight delays and long security lines are worsening at airports nationwide. President Trump said this past weekend he would deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to airports to help manage the strain, a move...
ATLANTA - The two candidates running to replace former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District faced off in a debate Sunday, offering a contrast in both tone and policy ahead of the April 7 runoff election. Democrat Shawn Harris and Republican Clay Fuller, President Trump’s endorsed candidate, used the stage to...
Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf is the speaker of Iran's Parliament, and has spent decades inside the political circles of Tehran that wield power and influence in the country. On Monday, sources told multiple outlets that Ghalibaf is leading talks with President Trump on behalf of Iran as both sides contemplate their strategies and the potential for de-escalation...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that President Trump sees an opportunity for a deal with Iran as the U.S.-Israeli conflict with the Middle Eastern country rages on. “Earlier today I spoke with our friend President Trump. President Trump believes there is an opportunity to leverage the tremendous achievements we have reached alongside the...
The Trump-aligned company tasked with creating the $220 million ad featuring Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem got a $60,000 signing bonus for making the commercial, during which time it spent $20,000 on horse rentals, lawmakers revealed Monday. The breakdown, secured as part of an investigation from Sens. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), offers new details about...
The Trump administration and French oil major TotalEnergies announced an agreement Monday under which the government would reimburse the company for oil and gas investments as the company abandons investments in wind power off the U.S. coast. The administration said in a press release that the company would invest about $1 billion in oil, gas...
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and Federal Aviation Administrator Bryan Bedford will address reporters on Monday afternoon after a fatal crash involving a jet and a fire truck on a runway at LaGuardia International Airport in New York. The aircraft was attempting to land when it struck the emergency vehicle, which was traveling across the runway...
Sen. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) on Sunday defended a $200 billion funding request price tag for the U.S. conflict against Iran, calling it “America First.” “Well, it's a lot of money, but it's going right into rebuilding our stockpiles, our own munitions. It's in America's best interest that we reshore all of these defense manufacturing jobs...
