Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent downplayed Elon Musk's announcement that he is forming a new political party in response to President Trump signing his massive tax and spending plan that is expected to add trillions to the national debt.
Rep. Joaquin Castro said Sunday there should be an investigation into whether staffing shortages at the National Weather Service made it harder to respond to the devastating flash flooding in Central Texas.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday that Republicans are confident President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" will be an electoral winner in the 2026 midterm elections.
President Trump’s decision to float the possibility of regime change in Iran following a number of U.S. strikes on its nuclear facilities has caused a new rupture across the MAGA universe, as top supporters fret about the possibility of a deeper U.S. involvement in a Middle Eastern war. Trump surprised some supporters by authorizing weekend...
The White House is signaling it is open to de-escalation in the Middle East after Iran’s retaliatory strikes Monday appeared to be largely symbolic and did not cause any casualties. Iran fired more than a dozen missiles at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, a response to U.S. strikes over the weekend that targeted...
Presented by Jewish Federations of North America — Plus: DOJ appeals Abrego Garcia's release {beacon} IRAN LAUNCHED MISSILES at a U.S. Air Force base in Qatar on Monday, following the U.S. attacks on three Iranian nuclear facilities over the weekend. The Qatari foreign Ministry said the nation “thwarted the attack and successfully intercepted the...
The Supreme Court on Monday lifted judge-imposed limits on the Trump administration’s deportations to countries where migrants have no ties over a scathing dissent from the court’s liberal justices. The administration warned U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy’s injunction was endangering immigration officials stuck in Djibouti guarding a group of convicted criminals, who were destined for South...
Former President Biden’s White House doctor, Kevin O’Connor, is set to appear for a deposition before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee next month, a committee spokesperson confirmed to The Hill. O’Connor is scheduled to be deposed on July 9 as committee Chair Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) expands his panel’s probes into Biden’s mental...
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier (R) asked the Supreme Court on Monday to allow the state to enforce its new immigration law as an appeal plays out in a lower court. The new law, SB 4-C, makes it a state crime for people to enter Florida after arriving in the U.S. illegally and evading immigration...
President Trump on Monday lashed out at the media as journalists reported on the uncertainty around the extent of destruction at Iranian nuclear facilities targeted by U.S. strikes over the weekend. Trump blasted reporters and executives at CNN, ABC News and NBC News in the aftermath of the U.S. strikes. Multiple news outlets have reported...
AI can help reduce traffic fatalities by enabling real-time traffic analysis, preventing collisions, and optimizing emergency response, and Congress should consider incorporating digital infrastructure and AI technologies into existing federal transportation planning, funding and research programs.
Qatar closed its airspace Monday, and witnesses reported hearing explosions and seeing possible missiles in the sky, shortly before Iran said it had begun an operation against a U.S. base in the country. Iran announced the attack on state television, with a caption describing the retaliatory strikes as "a mighty and successful response by the...
Exposure to wildfire smoke and heat stress both before and during pregnancy may be associated with adverse outcomes at birth, a new study has found. Such links were particularly pronounced when exposure occurred during the month before conception and during the first trimester of pregnancy, researchers reported in the study, published in Environmental Science & Technology....
Video recorded in Doha, Qatar Monday captured a crowd of people on the street with their eyes trained on the sky, some recording with cellphones, as possible missiles appeared to explode as they were intercepted.
Regime change—those are the two words on everybody’s mind following the U.S. military’s successful strike on Iranian nuclear facilities. Operation Midnight Hammer has been deemed a rousing success, burying the Fordo nuclear site under rubble and apparently setting back Iran’s nuclear program by months or years. Many individuals in the MAGA coalition are skeptical of...
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz are scheduled to hold a news conference on Monday afternoon. Aides say Kennedy and Oz will discuss "a breakthrough in health insurance that will improve access to care for millions of Americans." Watch the event, scheduled...
