A vessel attempting to exit the Strait of Hormuz was attacked on Tuesday, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations Centre (UKMTO). The UKMTO noted it received a report of a ship being hit with “an unknown projectile” as it was leaving the strait, a critical oil shipping channel. The vessel's engine room was...
The Justice Department (DOJ) has finalized a way for people convicted of certain, nonviolent felonies to restore their gun rights, Attorney General Todd Blanche announced on Monday. It’s a move that will placate gun rights advocates who’ve been at odds with the administration over its continued defense of federal firearm restrictions. “The Second Amendment is not a...
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), who has been floated as a potential 2028 presidential candidate, threw cold water on the idea in an interview Monday. “I have zero interest in running for president in 2028, and, frankly, zero interest in the 2028 fantasy football right now,” Ossoff told MS NOW’s Jen Psaki, doubling down on comments...
A poll released earlier this month claiming Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass had a wide lead over Los Angeles City Council member Nithya Raman in the city's mayoral race was bogus, according to the company that released it. Median Strategies on Monday said in its announcement about the mayoral race poll that it has stopped...
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday quipped that she "can't remember the last time" she saw someone wear President Trump's trademark MAGA hat. The former lawmaker shared a post on the social platform X showing a billboard that read "Trump Superstore," with an adjacent sign saying that it was "going out of business."...
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday urged the Trump administration to tell Israel to protect Palestinians being attacked by "lawbreaking settlers" in the West Bank. "The ongoing siege of Palestinian homes in the West Bank by violent, lawbreaking settlers is unacceptable. Enough," Jeffries wrote on the social platform X. "The Trump administration must...
President Trump on Monday said concerns over the status of service members aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln were "a CNN fake report." Trump lashed out at a CNN reporter amid questions from journalists in the Oval Office, telling her, "Quiet, quiet. You're very disrespectful," after moving on to the next reporter, who asked if there...
On Monday, acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao announced that the U.S. Navy awarded a $22.9 billion contract to Raytheon to accelerate production of Tomahawk missiles amid a munitions shortage in the months after the start of the Iran war. The contract "reinforces the Department’s commitment to rebuilding the defense industrial base and ensuring Navy and...
President Trump last week returned a mail-in ballot ahead of Florida's primary election on Tuesday, Politico reported Monday, the second time he has done so amid his unfounded claims that mail-in voting contributes to election fraud. The outlet added that Trump requested his ballot in late July and it was returned Aug. 13, citing Palm...
President Trump’s decision to reduce joint military exercises with South Korea is being met with derision from Democrats and fears from other allies who are already worried over the president’s past willingness to toss aside longtime defense commitments. Trump said it was too late to fully cancel what he called expensive and provocative joint exercises...
