House lawmakers on Friday passed a Republican bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in its entirety for eight weeks, after GOP leaders rejected a Senate-passed bill that would exclude money for immigration enforcement. The partisan package was a nod to conservative immigration hawks, who hailed Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) for pushing it...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Friday said the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers at U.S. airports has "enhanced" airport operations as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown causes massive problems at America's airports. Trump deployed ICE officers to over a dozen airports as Transportation Security Administration (TSA) shortages have contributed to...
An Iranian missile attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia on Friday injured 10 U.S. service members, according to multiple outlets. Two of the service members were seriously injured, a U.S. official familiar with the incident told The Associated Press. The missile damaged several U.S. refueling craft and several unmanned aerial vehicles, The...
President says "Cuba is next" after Iran negotiations, success in Venezuela and talks renaming the Strait of Hormuz the "Strait of Trump" at a Miami Beach summit.
A hardware leader at OpenAI has left the artificial intelligence firm in the wake of the company’s recent partnership with the Pentagon, citing concerns over surveillance and autonomous weapons. Caitlin Kalinowski, who was a member of OpenAI’s technical staff overseeing hardware, announced Friday that “principle, not people” led to the decision. “This wasn’t an easy call. AI has an important role in national security. But surveillance of Americans without...
Mojtaba Khamenei was selected to lead Iran on Monday after his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes. Mojtaba was elected by a body of 88 Iranian clerics known as the Assembly of Experts. Father-to-son succession is traditionally frowned upon in the Shiite Muslim clerical establishment in part due to an intent to separate...
The Defense Department on Monday identified the U.S. soldier killed by an Iranian attack on a Saudi Arabia air base as 26-year-old Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington. Pennington, of Glendale, Ky., died Sunday from injuries sustained during the March 1 attack at Prince Sultan Air Base. He had been assigned to 1st Space Battalion, 1st Space...
President Trump on Sunday said the decision to end the war in Iran will be a “mutual” decision with Israel. "I think it’s mutual … a little bit. We’ve been talking. I’ll make a decision at the right time, but everything’s going to be taken into account," Trump told the Times of Israel newspaper in...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is refusing to rule out U.S. boots on the ground in Iran as the joint military operations with Israel against the country enter a second week. During a “60 Minutes” interview with CBS News’s Major Garrett that aired late Sunday, Hegseth confirmed that U.S. forces were not on the ground in...
A federal judge gave the Trump administration some breathing room to process tariff refunds after Customs and Border Protection (CBP) indicated it needed 45 days to set up an automated system. U.S. Court of International Trade Judge Richard Eaton had ordered immediate compliance, but he pushed back the timeline after fielding CBP officials’ concerns at a Friday hearing. The judge has now ordered a...
President Trump on Monday is scheduled to address Republicans at their annual retreat in Miami. House Republicans are gathering at Trump’s Doral, Fla., resort for a three-day issues conference aimed at charting their legislative agenda for the year ahead and sharpening their message for the 2026 midterm elections. The meeting comes after a turbulent week for...
Policymakers, pundits and the press go on TV to strenuously assert that the president “owes” the American people an explanation. But in reality, it is wholly unrealistic to expect the president to fully disclose the totality of American objectives for all the world to see.
Travelers are complaining about hours-long delays at airports across the country as the partial government shutdown affecting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) stretches into its fourth week. Major airport hubs including Charlotte Douglas International, William P. Hobby Airport in Houston and New Orleans International Airport are urging passengers to arrive hours ahead of their...
