Vice President Vance, speaking to reporters after a marathon day of negotiations with Iran, said no progress was made toward a peace agreement, which he added was "bad news for Iran." Coming amid a 14-day ceasefire in the war, Vance called the 21 hours of negotiations with the Iranian delegation, mediated by Pakistan and held...
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) said Republicans should move to reopen the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) through a two-step funding process to overcome Democratic opposition. The department has been shut down for more than a month as Democrats continue to demand major reforms to DHS’s immigration enforcement arms, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs...
ABC stuns Bachelor Nation with a last-minute shakeup no one saw coming. Just three days before its highly anticipated premiere, the network has reportedly pulled the entire season of The Bachelorette—leaving fans confused, frustrated, and searching for answers. Read More: Live updates: Pentagon accelerates Mideast deployments; Senate set to vote on DHS funding
Chuck Norris, a martial artist who starred in several blockbuster action movies, has died at the age of 86, according to a Friday announcement from his family. “It is with heavy hearts that our family shares the sudden passing of our beloved Chuck Norris yesterday morning,” the family wrote in a statement posted on Instagram....
ATLANTA - Republican nominee for Illinois governor Darren Bailey is vulnerable as he enters the race for a second time. Bailey has once again secured the GOP nomination and will face Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker in November in a rematch. Pritzker won in 2022 by 12 points. Illinois voters have consistently favored Democrats in recent statewide elections,...
The Senate will stick around Washington for an uncommon weekend session, as conservatives work to get the SAVE America Act, and other legislative priorities, passed. Lawmakers on Friday will vote to advance funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which is in Day 35 of a shutdown. Saturday and Sunday will bring an amendment...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said that overthrowing Iran's regime will require a "ground component" along with a revolution, as the U.S.-Israeli conflict with the Middle Eastern country nears the start of its fourth week. “It is often said that you can't win –– you can't do revolutions from the air, that is...
The Pentagon is speeding up the deployment of thousands of additional Marines and sailors to the Middle East amid speculation that the Trump administration could send troops into Iranian territory. The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), made up of at least 2,200 Marines, set off from San Diego aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer...
Iran on Friday threatened to target recreational and tourist sites globally as the nation continues building missiles nearly three weeks after the U.S. and Israel launched joint strikes on the Middle Eastern country. The military operation in Iran has killed a number of top officials since the initial attack on Feb. 28, including Supreme Leader...
President Trump announced on Friday that he met with a primary challenger of Rep. Jeff Hurd’s (R-Colo.) and was able to get her to drop her bid as Republicans look to avoid a nasty contest in a House race that Democrats are eyeing this November. Trump said in a Truth Social post that he had met...
Rep. Rick Crawford (R-Ark.) said Thursday that the U.S. does not “really know who’s in charge” in Iran amid reports that the country’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, was “wounded and likely disfigured” in the early days of the war. “I think, so what we have is a fragmented leadership cadre,” Crawford said during an...
The U.S. military blew up an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the Eastern Pacific on Thursday, leaving three survivors, the U.S. Southern Command (Southcom) announced Friday morning. Southcom said a “low-profile” vessel was being operated by a designated terrorist organization and was transiting along “known narco-trafficking routes.” It is unclear if there were any casualties from...
Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) on Thursday said she will not back the Pentagon's bid for $200 billion in supplemental funding amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, as her GOP colleagues grapple with how to approve such a request with a slim majority. "I've already told leadership, 'I am a no on any war supplementals,'" Boebert...
