Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice David Wecht announced Monday he is leaving the Democratic Party and registering as an independent, saying antisemitic hatred has moved from the party's fringe into its mainstream.
One of the country's student visa programs is riddled with fraud, ICE officials said Tuesday, turning it from a small educational opportunity into a massive off-the-books guest-worker program that forces Americans to compete with foreign students for jobs.
President Trump ruled out using nuclear weapons in Iran on Thursday, saying there’s no need. “Why would I use a nuclear weapon when we’ve totally, in a very conventional way, decimated them without it?” Trump said in the Oval Office after an event on drug pricing. He called the question “stupid.” “No, I wouldn’t use...
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) thanked Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Thursday after the agency approved more than $200 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) funding for recovery efforts in western North Carolina, an area devastated by Hurricane Helene two years ago. “I am grateful for the leadership of DHS and...
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) blamed Democrats for the approval rating of Congress falling to a mere 10 percent in a new Gallup poll. Speaking to host Stuart Varney on Fox Business Network’s “Varney & Co.,” the Ohio Republican blamed the minority party for the record-long government shutdown in the fall. That stalemate stemmed from Democrats...
The world is staring down the “biggest energy security threat” it has ever seen, the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Thursday. “We are facing the biggest energy security threat in history,” IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol told CNBC. His comments come amid the ongoing war in Iran, during which the Strait of Hormuz,...
President Trump, asked Thursday about the timeline in Iran, told reporters, "Don't rush me." Trump this week extended a ceasefire indefinitely as it was about to hit a deadline. There is no indication of whether peace talks will occur. Trump on Thursday morning issued a warning to small Iranian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz:...
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei on Thursday accused the U.S. of being a "promoter of terrorism" after President Trump shared a quote suggesting Iranians opposed to a peace deal should be killed. Baqaei referred to Trump sharing a post on Truth Social that quoted Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen. The post showed a video...
Former Vice President Mike Pence criticized President Trump’s recent feud with the head of the Catholic Church. “If I was advising him, as I did every day for 4 1/2 years, I’d say, ‘Let the pope be the pope and you be the president,’” Pence told MS NOW in an interview clip shared Thursday. When...
President Trump unveiled a deal with drugmaker Regeneron on Thursday for the company to voluntarily cut prices, the final manufacturer to commit to the White House's “most favored nation” plan to lower U.S. costs in line with other developed nations. Under the agreement, Regeneron said it will reduce prices for its current and future medications sold to...
President Trump is hosting an event at the White House on Thursday afternoon centered on health care affordability. Trump is expected to announce a new deal with pharmaceutical company Regeneron, according to White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, as part of his "Most Favored Nation" initiative. It marks the 17th agreement the administration has made...
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) on Thursday accused conservative media personality Tucker Carlson of engaging with a "dangerous" campaign of "misinformation" after recently saying he regrets supporting President Trump. Sanders told CNBC's Andrew Ross Sorkin on "Squawk Box" that though she could not speak for Carlson about his comments, what he has said is...
National Urban League President Marc Morial on Thursday slammed the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) indictment of the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) as a “nakedly political” move to strike civil rights advancements made by the organization. Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday unveiled charges against the nonprofit for allegedly funding extremist hate groups, citing...
House Republicans grumbling about the structure of a “skinny” reconciliation bill to fund immigration enforcement — and their skepticism about prospects for passing another GOP-only funding package this year — are creating hurdles for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) as he aims to put the measure on the House floor next week. “This will probably be...
