Iranian state media on Thursday reported that Tehran could attempt to block U.S. and Israeli shipments from transiting the Strait of Hormuz under its joint venture with Oman to reopen the critical waterway to commercial traffic. Members of Iran’s parliament are reviewing a proposed bill to block “hostile” vessels from moving through the choke point...
Voters in Tennessee dealt President Trump a blow and rejected Republican Rep. Andy Ogles at the polls Thursday. The second-term lawmaker faced a formidable primary challenge from Charlie Hatcher, a former state agriculture commissioner endorsed by outgoing Gov. Bill Lee (R). Hatcher’s victory is the latest blemish on Trump’s largely successful endorsement record this cycle. Thursday’s primaries also marked the first elections with the...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Sunday said New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) should "sit down" after floating the possibility of arresting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his upcoming visit to the U.N. General Assembly. "Well, [he's] such a tough guy to say that kind of thing. He has no way to do...
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) on Sunday said President Trump could "do something positive" instead of talking about the 2020 presidential election, clapping at the president's primetime speech on Thursday about election security. "I don't know why the president is dragging up all this stuff," Fetterman told CNN's Jake Tapper on "State of the Union." "You're...
The path to Sunday’s World Cup final between Argentina and Spain has been dotted with political moments. President Trump, inevitably, was to the fore. Trump’s intervention to get Team USA star Folarin Balogun off the hook after the striker was sent off against Bosnia and Herzegovina sparked an international storm. Balogun’s red card would have...
Michigan Senate candidate Dr. Abdul El-Sayed (D) on Sunday ripped into CNN host Jake Tapper for asking him questions related to Iran and Israel, specifically about past comments the candidate has made. Tapper first asked El-Sayed about a comment New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's (D) made to The New York Times. When asked if...
Rep. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) said Sunday that Israel is “our strongest ally in the Middle East” after being questioned about a recent vote in the House where more than 100 Democrats voted to cut off aid to Israel. “This is the time to provide that humanitarian support to ensure that the Palestinians are looking at...
President Trump and the Office of Management and Budget are accused of violating the separation of powers by attempting to unilaterally withhold funds that Congress specifically appropriated.
Retired U.S. Navy Adm. James Stavridis on Sunday warned that the U.S. should watch Iran’s actions in the Suez Canal. “It’s got more traffic flowing through it than the Strait of Hormuz and the Iranians are beginning to make noises about attempting to close that, using the Houthis in the southwest corner,” Stavridis told CNN’s...
As Congress considers how to respond to AI-enabled fraud, it should also revisit a tax code that treats victims differently depending on whether they were manipulated with promises of wealth or promises of love.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), who has increasingly bucked his party in recent years, went after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) for his endorsements of former Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner and current Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed. On Saturday, Sanders held a rally alongside El-Sayed and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) in Detroit. Both Sanders and Ocasio-Cortez,...
President Trump on Sunday called on Congress to add Iran to a bipartisan Russia sanctions bill to honor the bill's late author, former Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.). The bill, first introduced in April 2025, has seen recent momentum after having been stalled in Congress while Trump seeks to negotiate with Russian President Vladimir Putin to...
The reignited Iran war is raging after the U.S. military launched retaliatory attacks Saturday in response to Iranian strikes that saw two service members killed in Jordan. President Trump called the deaths "a very sad thing," saying "they were in service of our country." Meanwhile, the president's Thursday primetime speech — when he revisited his...
