Gov. Hochul has spent much of her 4 ¹/₂ years in office facing a time bomb left by her predecessor: drastic, legally binding greenhouse gas reduction targets that the state...
At least a half-dozen Senate Democrats are threatening to force repetitive votes on war powers resolutions and use other tools of the minority party to gum up the works in the chamber until Republicans schedule public hearings on the Iran war.
President Trump on Monday said other countries might have been responsible for firing a Tomahawk missile that hit an Iranian school on the first day of U.S.-Israeli strikes on the Islamic republic.
Sections of Kansas City International Airport were evacuated Sunday, the airport said in a social media post. “The Kansas City Aviation Department is aware of a situation at Kansas City International Airport (MCI). As a precaution, the department has evacuated sections of the Airport Terminal,” the airport said in an afternoon post on the social...
A seventh U.S. service member has died in the conflict with Iran, U.S. Central Command (Centcom) announced Sunday. Centcom wrote on the social platform X that the service member passed away “from injuries received during the Iranian regime’s initial attacks across the Middle East” on Mar. 1. The service member was “seriously wounded at the...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Sunday said Democrats want to fund several agencies housed under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with the exception of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). “Let's just pass those funding bills. Let's confine the ICE and CBP reform discussion just to those two agencies...
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz urged the public to allow for an investigation into the deadly strike on an Iranian girls' school last week. “Let’s let the investigation play out,” Waltz told host Kristen Welker on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” Neither the U.S. nor Israel has taken responsibility for the strike in...
Two states didn't "spring forward" an hour on Sunday. More than a dozen others are vying to join them in locking the clocks on year-round standard time.
A device ignited at a Saturday protest at New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s (D) home, Gracie Mansion, was explosive, according to police. “The NYPD Bomb Squad has conducted a preliminary analysis of a device that was ignited and deployed at a protest yesterday and has determined that it is not a hoax device or...
Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) on Sunday said White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller was “calling the shots” at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, and he said Miller will continue to remain in control after her departure. Noem was ousted from her role on Thursday after facing months...
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said Sunday that President Trump has not ruled out putting boots on the ground in Iran, as joint U.S.-Israeli strikes against the Middle Eastern country continue into a second week. “I'm not going to get ahead of those conversations. I could tell you, unlike his predecessors, both...
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said Sunday that the Trump administration’s policy toward Russian oil has not changed, despite Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent lifting some restrictions on the commodity earlier this week. “The United States' policy towards Russia has not changed at all,” Wright told host Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union.” On Thursday,...
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Sunday said he doesn’t believe President Trump will send American soldiers to Iran amid the current conflict. “We're going to turn parts of Iran — those who are enemies — into fish food and then get out. I do not believe the president will send in troops. In fact, if...
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) on Sunday said the deadly strike on an Iranian girls’ school last week is “unforgivable,” as multiple outlets report that the U.S. launched the strike. Murphy told host Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union” that it is “likely” the U.S. carried out the attack. Analyses conducted by The New...
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Sunday said President Trump has not “made the case” that Iran posed an imminent threat that warranted U.S. strikes on Tehran. “I really do feel like when we've got America's interest, when we've got dead service members, that we've not made the case, that the president has not made the...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is turning its focus to state bar associations in its quest to clamp down on the weaponization of the justice system. As DOJ lawyers face piling complaints, the government is seeking greater control over the ethics probes that can result in disciplinary actions including disbarment. It has prompted a firestorm of questions about the agency’s bid for...
