US Sen. Tim Sheehy, a former combat vet, choked up pointing to a bracelet honoring a fallen friend as he opposed the Iran War Powers Resolution on the Senate floor Thursday.
Daniel Ogama Adongo, a former Indianapolis Colts linebacker from Kenya, had overstayed his visa and faced multiple arrests including a criminal conviction.
Trump says Saudi Arabia must join the Abraham Accords before any civilian nuclear energy deal moves forward, insisting the condition was always understood.
A plurality of respondents to a recent survey believe China is further along than the U.S. on developing artificial intelligence, as Trump administration officials accuse a Chinese startup of stealing intellectual property. Thirty-six percent of respondents to the Pew Research Center poll think China is more advanced on AI than the U.S., while just 12...
President Trump on Thursday expanded his pledge that aims to have data centers "pay their own way" for the electricity they use, but he took the opportunity to defend data centers at the same time. Trump announced that entities ranging from utilities to state governments are joining the pledge, which was already signed by major tech companies. The...
The U.S. Secret Service on Thursday said it was investigating a member of Vice President Vance's detail for allegedly leaking sensitive information. "A member of the Vice Presidential Protective Division is the subject of an administrative investigation, and potential criminal inquiry, involving allegations of compromising operational and information security," Secret Service Chief of Communications Anthony...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Thursday pressed President Trump’s nominee to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) regarding conflicts of interest and the Trump administration’s cuts to the agency. During Brian Johnson’s nomination hearing in front of the Senate Banking Committee, ranking member Warren noted the consumer protection watchdog, under acting director Russell Vought,...
Rep. Kat Cammack (R-Fla.) said Wednesday that Congress has a “culture of creepiness” when it came to members approaching and soliciting staffers. Cammack told MeidasTouch’s Pablo Manríquez that she “wouldn’t feel comfortable sending" her "daughter to work here” in the current congressional environment. Her comments came after Rep. Jeff Crank (R-Colo.) unveiled a resolution that...
President Trump will deliver remarks Thursday afternoon on the White House's plan to expand a voluntary ratepayer protection pledge aimed at shielding consumers from electricity cost increases tied to AI data center growth. The announcement comes as the Ratepayer Protection Act is gaining steam in the House. The legislation, if passed, would require states to...
Political commentator Bill O'Reilly on Wednesday said President Trump should "take the next month off" as the 80-year-old chief executive faces widening foreign and domestic dilemmas. O'Reilly, 76, wrapped up the latest episode of his podcast, "No Spin News," with a reflection on the roughly 40 years that he has known the president. He said...
Dr. Erica Schwartz, President Trump’s pick to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), picked up a key endorsement from Senate Health Committee Chair Bill Cassidy (R-La.) Thursday morning, but a scheduled vote on her nomination was postponed. “I’m confident that she knows what she is doing and will stand against those who...
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) bristled when asked Thursday about White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt’s statement that President Trump’s “patience is running out” with the Senate GOP leader because of the stalled SAVE America Act. “Maybe she or somebody else ought to get on the phone and get the votes. Right? It’s 50...
Former Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) is making a run for the late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) seat after his death, Sanford announced Thursday morning. “Our country is at a financial tipping point, and I can't sit on the sidelines while Washington adds a trillion dollars to the debt every 100 days,” Sanford wrote on social...
If you're running for the U.S. Senate, answering tough questions isn't optional. It's part of the job. Texas Attorney General and Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton learned that the hard way this week when a press conference meant to highlight law enforcement quickly became all about the questions he didn't want to answer. Paxton was joined by...
In this age of original intent, surely it means something that the people who wrote the document intended to deny Congress the authority to summarily punish third parties.
President Trump is threatening to intensify the war with Iran as some Republican lawmakers urge him to "finish the job," but there is also widespread skepticism on Capitol Hill on both sides of the aisle about whether he can deliver a victory. The House narrowly approved a Democratic-sponsored war powers resolution with the help of...
