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Trump used a late-night Truth Social post to detail a “reverse migration" agenda, promising a permanent halt to “Third World" immigration and a rollback of Biden-era entries.
President Trump on Thursday suggested the United States will “very soon” take action against alleged Venezuelan drug traffickers on land after weeks of repeated strikes in the Caribbean. “In recent weeks, you’ve been working to deter Venezuelan drug traffickers, of which there are many," Trump told military personnel in remarks on Thanksgiving. "Of course, there...
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) opened up in a revealing Wednesday interview alongside his wife Kelly, sharing some of the challenges he has faced since taking the reins of the lower chamber amid Republicans' razor-thin majority. Johnson in an interview on The Katie Miller Podcast said his life was a daily “triage” packed with constant...
War Secretary Pete Hegseth and wife Jennifer spend Thanksgiving serving meals to Navy sailors supporting Southern Spear, a mission targeting narco-terror networks across Latin America.
An infant has died from whooping cough in Kentucky, the third such instance in the past 12 months, state health officials said Monday. The infant and their mother were not vaccinated against the illness, officials from the Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH) noted in a release. In June, KDPH officials said two infants in...
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) has filed a suit against the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), arguing its leader abused his authority in forwarding a criminal referral regarding the lawmaker’s mortgage. The suit is the first of its kind after FHFA Director Bill Pulte has made four criminal referrals for Democrats alleging they committed some type of mortgage...
The Trump administration on Monday asked a federal court to overturn a Biden-era rule limiting deadly soot pollution. In a court filing, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) argued that the Biden-era rule tightening limits was procedurally flawed and therefore should be vacated. It said that the Biden administration took a “shortcut,” making the rule stricter “without the...
Democratic strategist James Carville on Tuesday said there is no leader of the Democratic Party and suggested that it will take a few years for one to rise. "No one represents the party," Carville said on CNBC's "Squawk Box" with co-host Andrew Ross Sorkin. "The only person that can represent the party is a presidential...
Nearly 40 attorneys general across the country sent a Tuesday letter to congressional leaders urging them to reject a ban on states' ability to enact artificial intelligence laws. “While AI promises to be a transformative technology in numerous fields, it also poses significant risks—notably to the most vulnerable among us, our children. States must be empowered to apply existing laws and formulate new approaches to meet the...
The Trump administration is withdrawing a proposal to require cosmetic companies to test their talc-containing products for asbestos, according to a public notice Tuesday. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said it was withdrawing the Biden-era proposal in a new notice in the federal register. “Good cause exists to withdraw the proposed rule at this...
An AI advocacy group said Tuesday it is launching a $10 million campaign urging Congress to pass a “uniform national approach” to AI regulation. Build American AI, the advocacy arm of pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future, announced an “omnichannel” advertising effort across digital, social and television platforms, arguing that a federal framework is necessary to maintain U.S. leadership on the technology. “Want to know the...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is traveling to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday to meet with his counterpart and Dominican President Luis Abinader as the U.S. has amassed a stunning amount of warships and forces in the Caribbean Sea. Hegseth will meet with the president, Minister of Defense Lt. Gen. Carlos Antonio Fernández...
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announced Tuesday she won't seek reelection next year, teeing up a high-stakes race to lead the nation's capital for the remainder of President Trump's term. "It has been the honor of my life to be your mayor. But today, with a grateful heart, I am announcing that I will...
Voters aren’t reacting to “vibes.” They’re reacting to their bills. And the more they feel squeezed, the more those feelings are showing up in Trump’s poll numbers.
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) on Monday slammed President Trump for “throwing a tantrum” over his response to six lawmakers’ video in which they told members of the armed forces not to follow “illegal orders.” “The president is throwing a tantrum here in making these threats because he has made illegal orders in the past,” Swalwell...
Rep. María Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.) on Monday backed U.S. military intervention in Venezuela and argued that President Nicolás Maduro knows the U.S. is about to "go in," resulting in a "field day" for American oil companies. Salazar called Maduro "the head of a terrorist organization" on Fox Business the same day that the Trump administration designated...
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) has become entangled in a rapidly escalating fight with the Trump administration this week over a recent video in which he and five other lawmakers advised military service members not to comply with “illegal orders.” Kelly, elected in 2020, is a retired astronaut and Navy captain, who was on the shortlist...
