Government officials and other powerful people often use arm-twisting speech to apply pressure to promote their preferred objectives. The practice, known as jawboning, is as old as human history itself.
The death count from the Iran war has risen to 17 as the U.S. military suffered three deaths in recent days in the Middle East, U.S. Central Command (Centcom) said. Two service members died in an Iranian attack on U.S. troops in Jordan on Friday, the Pentagon said, and another service member died in northern...
South Carolina Republican Rep. Russell Fry on Monday announced he will run to fill the Senate seat vacated by the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). "Last week, we all lost a legendary leader, and I lost a good friend," Fry said in a campaign statement. "This week, we are faced with what comes next. I...
Fighter jets intercepted multiple planes attempting to fly in temporarily restricted airspace on Sunday over Bedminster and East Rutherford, N.J. “More than 10 general aviation aircraft have entered restricted airspace today, three of which required intercepts by NORAD aircraft,” the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) wrote in a statement. NORAD said flares were deployed...
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to take up an Alaskan pilot’s challenge to the state’s bid to seize his 1969 Cessna airplane over a passenger who tried to fly in a six-pack of Budweiser into a dry village. Ken Jouppi, the pilot, denies knowing about the alcohol and says losing his plane is an excessive fine...
President Trump on Sunday said Canada "poisoned" U.S. air as smoke from wildfires in the Great White North swept across American states. Trump said he spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and told him “you got to stop these fires from coming in and, you know, poisoning our air.” Carney and Trump spoke in...
Progressives may doubt his conversion from right-wing radical, yet his record may turn off independents and hand Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) a victory.
President Trump said late Sunday the Qatari-gifted jet serving as Air Force One will undergo upgrades, weeks after the Secret Service reportedly advised him not to use it for a trip back to the U.S. from Turkey. “It has a lot of capability. But as I understand it, in about a month or so, they’re...
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and other Senate Democrats on Monday released a report asserting that President Trump and his family have “systematically turned the power of the presidency into eye-popping profits” while regular American families struggle to afford the rising cost of living. Schumer and other colleagues, including Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Jeff...
U.S. forces wrapped up a ninth consecutive day of strikes against Iran late Sunday, after an American service member died in Iraq one day earlier. U.S. Central Command (Centcom) wrote Sunday on social platform X it completed strikes against Iran at 10 p.m. EDT. The U.S. targeted Iranian military command centers, air defense and coastal...
Businesses have taken different approaches in giving back change on cash transactions. A bill that passed the House this month could improve the situation.
