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Washington Times Weekly: Congress struggles to fund DHS as child safety bills get a boost

I'm George Gerbo, and welcome to Washington Times Weekly, where we get a chance to sit down with our reporters and talk about their coverage of the latest news and events. And joining us today is Capitol Hill reporter Lindsey McPherson.

Trump gives Iran 48-hour ultimatum to open Strait of Hormuz

President Trump threatened Iran with hellfire if the Mideast country does not open the Strait of Hormuz or make a ceasefire deal within 48 hours.

How your smart phone could help your motion sickness in moving vehicles

(NEXSTAR) -- Do you get dizzy while looking at your phone while riding as a passenger in a car? That could be a sign of motion sickness, a common, yet complex, condition that can have varying severities of symptoms to go along with it. Managing the symptoms can involve sitting in certain seats in moving...

The US can beat Iran at its own game, and without boots on the ground

The United States can win a war of attrition against Iran by empowering the Iranian people, imposing economic and geopolitical pressure, and aligning U.S. strategy with the aspirations of the Iranian people.

China now tops US in global approval ratings: Gallup

Global approval of China surpassed the U.S. in 2025, the widest favorability gap between the two countries in almost 20 years, according to a new Gallup poll released Friday. Gallup found that China's global approval rating last year reached a median of 36 percent in support of the country's leadership. U.S. leadership saw its median...

Sanders presses Cassidy for hearing on RFK Jr. vaccine claims

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is calling on Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, to hold a hearing on the "dangerous misinformation campaign" Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has led in linking vaccines to autism. "The reality is that since Secretary Kennedy has...

Smokeless nicotine seen as ‘bridge’ for military members, veterans quitting cigarettes

Smokeless nicotine products are being seen as a “bridge” to quitting cigarettes for former and current members of the military, which has an entrenched culture of tobacco use, multiple experts said during a Tuesday event for The Hill. “I'm a vascular and intervention radiologist, so, over, again, over my career, I've taken care of a...

Comer formally subpoenas Pam Bondi over Epstein investigation

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Tuesday formally subpoenaed Attorney General Pam Bondi to answer questions about the Epstein files. The committee voted earlier this month to subpoena Bondi, following a motion from Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.), who said it was unclear whether the Justice Department had turned over all records related to the convicted...

Vaping linked to faster onset of cannabis disorder: Study

People who use vape cartridges reported developing symptoms of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, or CHS, sooner than those who smoke flower.

Watch live: Postmaster general testifies before House on oversight of Postal Service

Postmaster General David Steiner is testifying before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on Tuesday afternoon about the financial future of the United States Postal Service. The hearing comes after Steiner warned earlier this month the Postal Service will run out of money within a year. The former Waste Management official told The Associated...

867-5309: Famous ’80s song phone number now directs to cancer support line

It likely won't be hard to remember the new phone number for a cancer support line: CSC-867-5309. The seven digits, made famous by the 1981 Tommy Tutone hit, "867-5309/Jenny," now directs callers to the nonprofit organization, the Cancer Support Community (CSC), which provides information, support and advice from trained specialists to people affected by cancer....

Johnson refutes Joe Kent on Iran: ‘There was clearly an imminent threat’

"We all understood there was clearly an imminent threat,” Johnson said in a press conference, referring to the classified briefings provided to top Congressional leaders.

White House reviews Democratic offer to reopen Homeland Security

White House negotiators are reviewing a Democratic proposal to fund and reopen the Department of Homeland Security, but the talks are inching along and Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) said Democrats aren’t serious about getting a deal soon. The White House submitted its last offer to Senate Democrats more than two weeks ago, and Democrats didn’t...

GOP lawmaker argues Marines on Kharg Island would not be ‘boots on the ground’

Should President Trump send U.S. forces to Iran’s Kharg Island, it wouldn’t count as “boots on the ground” in the country, Rep. Pete Sessions (R-Texas) argued Tuesday. Trump is mulling sending troops to secure the inland, which handles roughly 90 percent of Iran’s crude exports, following strikes that targeted military infrastructure but left its oil...

In an unstable world, American gas is a strategic advantage

Expanding America’s gas export capacity can meet the moment if lawmakers address critical bottlenecks in infrastructure and regulatory processes.

Luna lays into Senate over SAVE Act inaction

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) on Tuesday ripped into her Senate Republican colleagues for failing to advance President Trump’s Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act after weeks of pressure. The legislation, which has faced an uphill battle in the Senate due to talks around the filibuster, would require Americans to show proof of citizenship...

Conservative YouTuber criticized over pushing ‘Jewish invasion’ in New Jersey video

A YouTube personality popular on the political right is facing pushback for promoting a video from another online influencer purporting to expose what it calls a "Jewish invasion" in New Jersey. Nick Shirley, who has risen to prominence on social media in recent months highlighting what he argues is fraud and abuse of taxpayer dollars...

America can stay solvent — But only by making people redundant

America is facing a debt crisis that can only be solved by a technological miracle, such as AI and robotics, but this would come at the cost of mass unemployment and economic hardship for the average American.

Hassett says consumer pain over Iran war ‘the last of our concerns right now’

National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on Tuesday said that the economic toll that American consumers are feeling as a result of the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran is "the last of our concerns right now." "The fact is that the U.S. economy is fundamentally sound and that if it were to be extended, it wouldn't...

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