Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent said the U.S. intelligence community agreed prior to the war that Iran was not developing a nuclear weapon.
Nearly 600 unopened ballots were discovered in a locked California drop box months after the statewide Proposition 50 redistricting vote was certified.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei on Thursday accused the U.S. of being a "promoter of terrorism" after President Trump shared a quote suggesting Iranians opposed to a peace deal should be killed. Baqaei referred to Trump sharing a post on Truth Social that quoted Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen. The post showed a video...
Former Vice President Mike Pence criticized President Trump’s recent feud with the head of the Catholic Church. “If I was advising him, as I did every day for 4 1/2 years, I’d say, ‘Let the pope be the pope and you be the president,’” Pence told MS NOW in an interview clip shared Thursday. When...
President Trump unveiled a deal with drugmaker Regeneron on Thursday for the company to voluntarily cut prices, the final manufacturer to commit to the White House's “most favored nation” plan to lower U.S. costs in line with other developed nations. Under the agreement, Regeneron said it will reduce prices for its current and future medications sold to...
President Trump is hosting an event at the White House on Thursday afternoon centered on health care affordability. Trump is expected to announce a new deal with pharmaceutical company Regeneron, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, as part of his "Most Favored Nation" initiative. It marks the 17th agreement the administration has made...
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) on Thursday accused conservative media personality Tucker Carlson of engaging with a "dangerous" campaign of "misinformation" after recently saying he regrets supporting President Trump. Sanders told CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin on "Squawk Box" that though she could not speak for Carlson about his comments, what he has said is...
National Urban League President Marc Morial on Thursday slammed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as a “nakedly political” move to strike civil rights advancements made by the organization. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday unveiled charges against the nonprofit for allegedly funding extremist hate groups, citing...
House Republicans grumbling about the structure of a “skinny” reconciliation bill to fund immigration enforcement — and their skepticism about prospects for passing another GOP-only funding package this year — are creating hurdles for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as he aims to put the measure on the House floor next week. “This will probably be...
For the first 13 months of the Trump administration, no major personnel changes occurred. But since the middle of March, at least five Cabinet, intelligence or military officials have left the administration. The latest departure occurred Wednesday, when the Pentagon announced that Navy Secretary John Phelan was on the way out. Here is what to...
The White House press corps should respond to every assertion made by President Trump with two questions, "How do you know that?" and "What does that mean?" to make evasion visible in real time and hold the president accountable for his words.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) is warning that House Democrats might not back an extension of the government’s warrantless spy powers as long as FBI Director Kash Patel remains atop the agency. Jeffries has long portrayed Patel as a partisan conspiracy theorist who’s unfit to be the nation’s top cop. On Thursday, he escalated...
