The Islamic Republic is certainly weak and definitely unpopular, but how close to the toppling point it really is we will only find out in the coming days.
As the U.S. engages in another war in the Middle East, this time against Iran, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll found that roughly one in four respondents support it. The survey, released Sunday, found that 27 percent of respondents approve of “Operation Epic Fury,” which the U.S. launched in tandem with Israel early Saturday morning. Meanwhile,...
Democratic Rep. Pat Ryan (N.Y.), an Army veteran, accused President Trump on Sunday of not looking out for U.S. troops, as three American service members have so been far been killed during the operation against Iran. Speaking to Kaitlan Collins on CNN, Ryan said Trump not answering questions from reporters at the White House on...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is gearing up for a shutdown after Senate Democrats on Thursday blocked bills that would keep the lights on. Senators left Washington without a deal, showing just how far apart Democrats and White House negotiators are on a potential agreement to reform Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after two...
A federal judge in Minnesota found that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) isolated detainees in Minnesota from seeing their attorneys, ruling the action likely violated to their constitutional rights. U.S. District Judge Nancy Brasel, who was appointed by President Trump during his first term, on Thursday ordered detainees — most of whom are being kept...
The Trump administration has spent at least $32 million on deportation flights to deport individuals to countries they are not from, Senate Democrats concluded in a Friday report that accuses the White House of making deals with “corrupt and unstable foreign governments” to deter migration to the U.S. The report from Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Democrats, details...
Energy Secretary Chris Wright said this week that he expects upcoming sales of Venezuelan oil to bring in $5 billion. "Sales today are over a billion dollars and in fact, we have sort of short-term agreements over the next few months that will bring in another $5 billion,” he told NBC News in an interview during his...
Attorney General Pam Bondi is facing a wave of backlash from many in the conservative media ecosystem following her testimony this week before the House Judiciary Committee about the Department of Justice's handling of the Epstein files. During a contentious hearing on Wednesday, Bondi sparred with lawmakers over the release of the files and beat...
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Thursday dismissed an insult directed toward him by Attorney General Pam Bondi during a heated House Judiciary Committee hearing this week, in which she called him a “washed-up, loser lawyer.” “Hey, I’m not a washed-up lawyer. I’m a washed-up law professor,” Raskin joked when asked by CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on...
Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) is demanding confirmation from the Department of Justice (DOJ) that its investigation into her participation in the “illegal orders” video is over after a grand jury failed to indict her and several other lawmakers earlier this month. In a Thursday letter obtained by Punchbowl News, lawyer Preet Bharara asked Attorney General...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Harvard University on Friday, accusing it of withholding data the Trump administration wants to determine if the school is complying with the Supreme Court decision to ban affirmative action in higher education admissions. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Boston, says Harvard has dodged giving the documents for more than 10 months. “Under President...
President Trump’s nomination of Jeremy Carl to oversee the U.S. in international organizations is in doubt over opposition from a key Republican senator, who pointed to Carl’s past statements on Israel and Jews as disqualifying. Sen. John Curtis (R-Utah) is signaling he will block Carl’s nomination advancing out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Curtis’s...
The Virginia Supreme Court on Friday gave the state the green light to go forward with a special election to put Democrats’ redistricting plan before voters this spring. “Today the Supreme Court of Virginia affirmed what we already know, Virginians will have the final say. The redistricting referendum on April 21 will move forward,” Virginia...
[Watch Whole Hog Politics live: Join us today at 9 a.m. ET at TheHill.com as Chris Stirewalt and host Bill Sammon break down this week’s political news and answer questions from a live online audience.] We know that President Trump doesn’t like pollsters, or at least not the ones that produce unfavorable results about him....
