Her brief tenure as Homeland Security secretary was marked by gross incompetence, constant mendacity, political tone deafness and, frankly, a disturbing narcissism.
Rep. Kevin Kiley (R-Calif.) on Friday said he filed for reelection as an independent in the redrawn 6th Congressional District instead of the 3rd District he serves due to California's redistricting measure that voters backed last year. Proposition 50 allowed California to bypass its independent redistricting commission and pass a new Democratic-friendly House map prior...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) dropped its probe into claims made by President Trump that former President Biden and his aides illegally used an autopen to sign officials documents after failing to build a criminal case, multiple outlets reported. U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro's office led the inquiry but it was shelved in...
Listening to music or watching a movie without headphones could now get you removed from a United Airlines flight and potentially permanently banned, according to the airline’s updated passenger guidelines. The airline’s “Contract of Carriage” rules were reportedly updated in late February to include passengers “who fail to use headphones while listening to audio or...
Vice President Vance has postponed a town hall with CBS News that was scheduled for next week “due to the war” in the Middle East, the network announced on Thursday. “A new date and more details to come soon,” a network statement posted on the social platform X said. Vance was supposed to participate in...
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday that the company would fight the Pentagon’s supply chain risk designation in court, while suggesting the “vast majority” of its customers would be unaffected. The Pentagon confirmed the designation, which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced last week, in a letter to the AI firm Wednesday, Amodei noted. “As we...
Senate Democrats will return to the table to negotiate an energy and infrastructure bill, they announced Thursday night. “After discussions with our colleagues, we have decided to reopen negotiations on permitting reform,” said Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) in a written statement. Whitehouse and Heinrich, the top Democrats on key energy and...
Teamsters President Sean O’Brien offered unexpected praise on Thursday for Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s (R-Okla.) nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the latest sign of reconciliation between the two men who nearly came to blows during a Senate hearing in 2023. “If anyone is willing to stand their butt up to protect America,...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that Kristi Noem did an “excellent job” at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), hours after President Trump announced he had tapped Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to replace her as the department's secretary. “We all serve at the pleasure of the president,” Hegseth told reporters during a briefing on...
The Pentagon officially informed Anthropic leadership Thursday that the company and its products are deemed a supply chain risk “effective immediately,” a senior Pentagon official told The Hill. “From the very beginning, this has been about one fundamental principle: the military being able to use technology for all lawful purposes,” the official said. “The military...
The U.S. military struck and set on fire an Iranian drone carrier ship Thursday as forces continue to degrade the Islamic Republic’s navy and continue pummeling the nation with missiles and bombs. Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Central Command (Centcom), said during a Thursday press conference that the vessel was roughly the size of...
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) on Thursday slammed Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) for entering the GOP Senate primary in the Lone Star State. “Wesley Hunt should have never gotten in this race,” Patrick said on “The Mark Davis Show.” Hunt came in a distant third in Tuesday’s primary, garnering 13.5 percent of the vote....
Kristi Noem’s assertion at a Senate hearing Tuesday that President Trump had given his blessing to a $220 million Department of Homeland Security (DHS) advertising campaign promoting Noem’s leadership was the final straw that cost the DHS secretary her job on Thursday, according to Republican senators and other sources familiar with the events. Trump considered...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday said there will “come a moment” when President Trump or the Iranian people decide to rise up against the country's government, though he stressed they should not protest during the ongoing U.S.-Israeli military campaign against the regime. “No one's done more than President Trump to reopen the opportunity for...
Four Democrats defied party leaders on Thursday to oppose a resolution curbing President Trump’s war powers in Iran. Some defections had been expected headed into the vote, given the thorny nature of the conflict and its relationship to Israel, which has divided Democrats on and off of Capitol Hill for years. Before Trump struck Iran...
