President Trump signed two executive orders Monday slashing nearly 3 million acres from Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Utah, reversing Biden-era expansions and reigniting a decades-long battle over presidential authority under the Antiquities Act.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said Monday the federal immigration officer who fatally shot a man in Maine did so out of fear for “public safety.” The department wrote on X that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers were conducting “targeted surveillance on the last known address” of an undocumented migrant in Biddeford, Maine,...
The defense ministry of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) said Monday Iranian forces targeted a pair of its tankers in the Strait of Hormuz, killing one crew member. The UAE Ministry of Defence wrote on social platform X Iranian cruise missiles hit the country’s Mombasa and Al Bahiyah tankers, which were transiting the southern lane...
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) on Sunday said he regretted endorsing former Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner (D), who formally dropped out of the race against Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) after an ex-girlfriend came forward and alleged that the oyster farmer sexually assaulted her in 2021. "I got that call wrong," Khanna told NBC News's "Meet...
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) on Sunday urged members of Congress to pass a Russia sanctions bill in honor of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and his legacy as an advocate for Ukraine amid its war against the Kremlin. Graham died on Saturday evening due to a “brief and sudden illness” per his office. “On Friday, Senators...
China has unveiled the world's fastest supercomputer, LineShine, which was able to bypass U.S. export restrictions by using a network of CPU standard microprocessors instead of GPUs.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was "very clear" about knocking out Iran's nuclear program prior to his death the night before. "We removed this immediate and present danger of Iran with nuclear weapons that would've posed a danger to everybody," Netanyahu told NBC News's Kristen Welker on "Meet...
U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker said Sunday that Iran is “controlled by a bunch of crazy people” after escalating tensions between Washington and Tehran. “President Trump's a peacemaker, Jake, and he wants a deal with Iran. He wants to make sure that they never have a nuclear weapon, that they join the world as...
President Trump on Sunday said Sen. Lindsey Graham's (R-S.C.) sudden death is a "big blow to" the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, the president's legislative priority. Trump called in to NBC News's "Meet the Press" and told host Kristen Welker that Graham thought the White House was going to have the SAVE America...
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) on Sunday said his colleague Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who died suddenly the night before, could be "loud and obvious, and sometimes even obnoxious." Scott reflected on his time working with Graham in the Senate during an appearance on "Fox News Sunday" with Gillian Turner, saying Graham's death left a hole...
Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) said Sunday that the U.S. has “lost a true statesman” after the death of his colleague, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) “We don't have many left, but he was a true statesman. But I've lost a friend. It is a morning of mourning for me. It's a powerful reminder that life is...
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who died suddenly Saturday night, was scheduled to appear on NBC News's "Meet the Press" after returning from a trip to Ukraine. "Senator Lindsey Graham was scheduled to appear on @MeetThePress this morning," host Kristen Welker wrote on the social platform X. "It would have been his 64th appearance on this broadcast....
South Carolina law calls for a temporary appointment to fill the current Senate vacancy and a special Republican primary to select a replacement nominee for the November election. Voters would then choose who serves the next Senate term through the election process established under state law.
Tributes are pouring in for Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who died from a “brief and sudden illness” on Saturday at the age of 71. In a post on his Truth Social platform Sunday, President Trump called Graham “one of the greatest people and Senators I have ever known.” “He was always working, and was a...
The Board of Peace, then, is best understood as a paradigmatic example of a grandiose, self-serving, bait-and-switch public relations strategy that wastes time, energy and money, leaves urgent domestic problems unaddressed, and undermines America’s credibility abroad.
