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President Trump on Thursday tapped Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to replace Kristi Noem as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), creating a vacancy in the U.S. Senate and setting off a scramble to replace him.  Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) has 30 days to appoint someone from Mullin’s party to temporarily fill the seat after the senator leaves his post, but the appointee must pledge not...

President Trump is facing an economic squeeze as the Iran war drives up oil prices and the U.S. job market sputters. Friday brought a double dose of bad economic news for Trump: an unexpected loss of jobs in February and another surge in oil prices driven by growing conflict in the Middle East. Trump and...

A federal judge on Saturday voided layoffs at Voice of America (VOA) while also ruling that the U.S. Agency for Global Media's (USAGM) acting CEO, Kari Lake, unlawfully ran the independent federal agency. U.S. District Court of Washington, D.C., Judge Royce Lamberth wrote that Lake oversaw the media agency in violation of the Constitution's appointments clause...

President Trump on Saturday rejected the United Kingdom's reported offer to send two aircraft carriers to the Middle East amid the U.S. conflict with Iran, warning that the U.S. "will remember" — seemingly alluding to the U.K.'s hesitance to get involved in the war. "The United Kingdom, our once Great Ally, maybe the Greatest of...

The race for U.S. Senate in Texas is still evolving after primary night, with a looming endorsement from former President Donald Trump expected to shape the Republican runoff.

A threat of severe weather across the nation's midsection continued Saturday, a day after powerful storms whipped up tornadoes that killed four people in southern Michigan and two people in eastern Oklahoma. The National Weather Service said strong thunderstorms and a risk of flash flooding were expected from the Great Lakes to Texas, with a slight risk...

President Trump on Saturday accused Iran of bombing an Iranian girls' school, while several media outlets reported that the explosions were likely caused by U.S. airstrikes. A reporter asked Trump about the strike while aboard Air Force One, after the president attended the dignified transfer of six U.S. service members killed in Kuwait on March...

Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary on Saturday vowed that Tehran will respond to attacks from U.S. military bases in the Persian Gulf amid the U.S. military operations. "When the enemy attacks us from regional bases, we respond to it and will respond; this is our right and a consistent policy," secretary Ali Larijani wrote...

President Trump on Saturday said attending more dignified transfer proceedings for slain U.S. service members is a "part of war" after attending the dignified transfer of six service members killed in Kuwait following the start of the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran. A reporter asked the president while aboard Air Force One if he will attend...

President Trump on Saturday honored the six U.S. service members killed by an Iranian retaliatory strike in Kuwait during a dignified transfer event at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. Trump attended the proceedings for Sgt. 1st Class Nicole Amor of White Bear Lake, Minn.; Capt. Cody Khork of Lakeland, Fla.; Sgt. 1st Class Noah...

The Trump administration’s launch of joint strikes with Israel on Iran last weekend has put the Middle East on edge as the countries ramp up military operations in the region. President Trump said during an event with Latin American leaders on Saturday that “tremendous progress has been made” during Operation Epic Fury and that the...

The U.S. military and its allies across the Middle East are struggling to combat Iran’s swarms of cheap attack drones as the war enters its second week. Pentagon officials this past week reportedly conceded in closed-door briefings with lawmakers that waves of Iranian-launched drones are punching through air defenses, leaving American troops and bases in...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Friday called on the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to direct the more than $220 million that went to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem's ad campaign that led to her firing toward the Los Angeles fire recovery. "While Kristi Noem poured $220 million of taxpayer money into a political...

The State Department on Saturday condemned what it described as an “unprovoked” Iranian drone attack in Azerbaijan that reportedly injured several people, affirming U.S. support for Middle East allies as hostilities grow in the region. “These strikes are flagrant violation of Azerbaijan’s sovereignty and a needless escalation of Iran’s aggression,” Principal Deputy Spokesperson Tommy Pigott...