Democratic leaders laid out their demands for reform at the Department of Homeland Security in a letter to Republican leadership on Wednesday, as lawmakers race to reach a compromise before the agency’s funding runs out in less than 10 days. A funding package passed earlier this week included a two-week stopgap measure for DHS, ensuring...
President Trump announced Friday that he will soon be sending the National Guard to New Orleans after previously teasing that he would be targeting the city in his next federal crime crackdown. "We're going to come into New Orleans, and we're going to make that place so safe," Trump said during a Friday night event...
President Trump on Friday endorsed GOP Rep. Ashley Hinson (Iowa) for retiring Sen. Joni Ernst's (Iowa) seat. “I know Ashley well, and she is a WINNER! A Loving Wife and Proud Mother of two sons, Ashley is a wonderful person, has ALWAYS delivered for Iowa, and will continue doing so in the United States Senate,”...
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth posted a video to social media Friday showing the nameplate on his office being changed to reflect President Trump's renaming of the Department of Defense. A video Hegseth posted to the social media platform X shows the nameplate on his office door being swapped out to one that reads "Secretary...
President Trump’s executive order to formally change the Department of Defense to the Department of War was met on Friday with enthusiasm from some on the right, but largely elicited skepticism on the left and concerns about the steep cost from former officials. Trump framed the rebrand as a signal of American strength that will...
President Trump ordered the removal of the White House Peace Vigil on Friday, marking an end to a 44-year protest against the nation’s nuclear weaponry and warfare. A reporter informed the president of the ongoing protest — now manned by Philipos Melaku-Bello and a group of rotating volunteers — Friday in the Oval Office, describing...
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President Trump expressed reservations Friday about Florida moving to eliminate school vaccine mandates, calling it a "very tough position" and arguing some vaccines are uncontroversial. "I think we have to be very careful. You have some vaccines that are so amazing," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, citing the polio vaccine and the COVID-19...
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President Trump said Friday the U.S. would host the 2026 Group of 20 (G20) summit at his golf club near Miami, further blurring the lines between the government and his businesses. "I think that everybody wants it here because it’s right next to the airport. It's the best location. It’s beautiful everything," Trump said in...
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), the chair of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, is challenging President Trump to follow up his executive order to rename the Defense Department the "War Department" with a bigger increase in the Pentagon’s budget to deter threats from China, Russia and other adversaries. “If we call it the Department of War,...
A federal judge on Friday blocked Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem from ending temporary legal protections for hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans and Haitians. U.S. District Judge Edward Chen ruled that Noem’s efforts to revoke the Biden administration’s extensions of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) were arbitrary and capricious and exceeded her authority, so they...
