American power can make itself known in various ways, as Teddy Roosevelt brilliantly outlined with his famous admonition to “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
MORE IMMIGRATION MOVES. On Tuesday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that the government is ending Temporary Protected Status for thousands of Somalis living in the United States. Fox News reported that the action will apply to the 2,471 Somalis currently residing in the U.S. with TPS designation, plus 1,383 more who have pending […]
The Secret Service has placed an agent on administrative leave after an undercover video showed him discussing sensitive parts of his duties, NewsNation’s Kevin Bohn reported Tuesday. The Secret Service also suspended the agent's security clearance, who served on Vice President Vance’s detail and has worked for the law enforcement agency for five years. The...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is reportedly not investigating the fatal shooting of Renee Good by a federal immigration officer as a civil rights case. “There is currently no basis for a criminal civil rights investigation,” Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche told CNN Tuesday. The Hill has reached out to the DOJ for comment. Good,...
President Trump said Tuesday that Renee Good’s actions prior to a federal immigration officer fatally shooting her “were pretty tough.” “I would bet you that she, under normal circumstances, was a very solid, wonderful person. But her actions were pretty tough,” the president told CBS News’s Tony Dokoupil. Good, 37, was shot and killed by...
President Trump told reporters he was considering bringing a lawsuit against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell for "gross incompetence" as he complained about renovations to the central bank's headquarters. "We're thinking about bringing a suit against Powell for incompetence. Because think of it, these aren't outstanding buildings. These are small buildings," Trump said during a...
President Trump said Monday that Hamas must disarm within a "very short period of time" as part of a ceasefire agreement with Israel, warning of deadly consequences if the group does not follow through. "They're going to be given a very short period of time to disarm. And we'll see how that works out," Trump...
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) suggested Sunday that AI is the “most consequential technology in the history of humanity,” as he reiterated his call for a moratorium on data center construction. “It will transform our country. It will transform the world,” Sanders said on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “And we have not had in Congress, in the...
A Utah judge on Monday ruled that the transcript and audio recording of a closed-door hearing in the criminal case against the 22-year-old accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk must be made public with some redactions. Judge Tony Graf said during a remote hearing that he expected the redacted transcript to be available by the end...
Russia on Monday accused Ukraine of trying to attack President Vladimir Putin's residence in northern Russia, which President Trump said he was “very angry” about, even as Kyiv has denied it happened. The Kremlin’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow's negotiating position to end its war in Ukraine was under review after it claimed Kyiv tried...
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) is “hopeful” Congress will codify President Trump’s executive order on capping prescription drug prices next year. “There’s a ton that we’re still going to do, and I think one of the biggest winning issues will be if a Republican Congress can codify President Trump’s executive order on capping prescription prices,...
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday that federal authorities were on the ground in Minneapolis as part of the broad investigation into “rampant fraud.” “Homeland Security Investigations @ICEGov are on the ground in Minneapolis right now conducting a massive investigation on childcare and other rampant fraud,” Noem wrote on the social platform X, adding,...
President Trump said Monday he had a "very good talk" with Russian President Vladimir Putin following an in-person meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, but he acknowledged there were still some "thorny issues." “We had a very good talk. We spoke at 8 o’clock in the morning our time. And it was a very productive...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) in a newly-published interview argues Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is "100 percent" following orders from President Trump, and as a result relinquishing the power of Congress. The remarks from Greene, who will resign from Congress effective Jan. 5, come amid complaints from members of the House that it is giving...
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) believes that the British royal family should compensate the victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein amid scrutiny over ties to the former Prince Andrew. Khanna, citing Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor’s purported role in Epstein’s alleged sex-trafficking ring, told The i Paper that the royal family “should be compensating each of the working...
President Trump on Monday hosts his second foreign leader in as many days, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu heads to Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. The leaders are expected to work advancing the Gaza ceasefire, which has mostly held since it took root in October. The complicated second phase of Trump's 20-point peace plan...
State leaders, with the help of federal lawmakers, can fix the perverse disincentives in the social welfare system that trap families in poverty by disincentivizing work and marriage, and instead encourage independence and hope.
President Trump is expected to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday afternoon as leaders look to advance the second phase of the U.S.-brokered peace plan between Israel and Hamas. Trump will host Netanyahu at his residence at the president's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, where the two men are expected to discuss next...
