On Jan. 6, 2021, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton declared to a raucous crowd of President Donald Trump’s supporters, many of whom were moments away from storming the U.S....
If the United States and Israel’s joint military campaign against the Islamic Republic succeeds, it could forever end the threat Iran poses to the U.S. and its allies. But another possible benefit awaits. Operation Epic Fury could lead to an expansion of the Abraham Accords, and with it, a more peaceful Middle East. The Islamic […]
Young voters are turning away from President Trump more sharply than any other major voting bloc. In 2024, Trump narrowed Democrats’ longstanding advantage with voters under 30, outperforming recent Republican presidential nominees and prompting talk of a generational shift for the GOP. But that same group now appears to be pulling back, with some questioning whether...
President Trump on Saturday afternoon said Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is dead following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran that the White House intended to lead to regime change for Tehran. Trump said the longtime U.S. enemy was dead about an hour after multiple news outlets reported that U.S. and Israel believed he...
Rep. Mike Lawler (R-N.Y.) on Saturday ripped into Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Democratic lawmakers pushing for a war powers resolution to rein in President Trump after the U.S. and Israel carried out joint strikes on Iran. Lawler said the president must notify Congress within 48 hours of deploying troops or carrying out an attack,...
The launch of strikes on Iran early Saturday morning sent shockwaves across the globe. The joint operation from the U.S. and Israel follows weeks of negotiations between Iranian and American officials over the terms of a new nuclear deal. President Trump issued a stark warning to the Iranian regime in a video posted on Truth...
Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday said she is against "regime change" in Iran and accused President Trump of "dragging the United States into a war the American people don't want." "Let me be clear," Harris wrote in a statement shared on the social platform X. "I am opposed to a regime-change war in...
The United States and Israel launched waves of strikes Saturday morning against Iran after weeks of tensions between Washington and Tehran. Iran swiftly retaliated, firing drones and ballistic missiles at Israel, along with attacking targets in Gulf countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. The joint mission, dubbed “Operation Epic Fury,” began shortly...
A coalition of organizations on Saturday have planned protests opposing the U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran earlier in the day, with demonstrations planned across multiple cities. "Trump’s unprovoked, illegal attack on Iran is an act of war that threatens to cause unthinkable death and destruction. But the people of this country reject another endless...
President Trump's State of the Union address was criticized for reducing Congress to a backdrop and ignoring key issues such as national security and health care, while the next Congress has the opportunity to reassert its authority and push back against executive overreach.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) slammed three European heads of state over their response to the latest strikes against Iran, calling the reaction “so sad.” The U.S. military launched the joint military operation, dubbed “Operation Epic Fury,” with Israeli forces early Saturday morning. President Trump announced the attack in a video posted to Truth Social overnight,...
Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.), one of Capitol Hill’s staunchest allies of Israel, will support a war powers resolution limiting President Trump’s use of force in Iran. Schneider, a senior member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, has in recent days declined to say how he’d vote on the war powers resolution, which Democrats plan to force...
The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Saturday to discuss joint strikes launched by the U.S. and Israel on Iran early Saturday. French President Emmanuel Macron called for the meeting after the attack. He warned of "grave consequences for international peace and security" if the situation continues to escalate. "The ongoing...
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday backed President Trump's strikes on Iran aimed at preventing the country from obtaining a nuclear weapon and pushed to further curb the regime's actions. "Canada supports the United States acting to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and to prevent its regime from further threatening international peace...
Former national security adviser John Bolton defended the Trump administration's decision to launch preemptive strikes on Iran over its continued nuclear program. “Trump has every right to eliminate threats from the ayatollahs, the IRGC, and Iran’s nuclear-weapons program,” Bolton wrote Saturday in a post on social platform X. “This mission is completely justifiable and necessary,”...
