America’s war with Iran is at an impasse. President Donald Trump’s unfulfilled threats to launch a “major strike” are partly to blame. By constantly promising to strike the Islamic Republic only to back off at the last moment, Trump has undercut America’s leverage and made Iran less, not more, likely to negotiate in good faith. […]
The Senate adjourned for a five-week recess early Saturday morning after passing a bill to fund the federal government until Dec. 11 and confirming Todd Blanche as attorney general. Senate Republicans also agreed to set aside — for the moment — President Trump’s demand to approve another budget resolution to pave the way for tens...
The White House has launched a website called “The Fraud Ledger” that tracks the fraud crackdowns by Vice President Vance’s task force. “President Donald J. Trump and Vice President JD Vance are waging war on the fraudsters and scammers who have looted hardworking Americans for far too long,” the website reads. It allows visitors to...
More Americans are saying extreme heat is impacting multiple facets of their lives, according to a new poll. In The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll, 50 percent of respondents said their sleep has faced a “major impact” or “minor impact” from extreme heat in the last year, while 39 percent said the...
New reported cases of Ebola are outpacing the response capabilities from international health partners, a top World Health Organization (WHO) official said this week. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the “outbreak is spreading faster than our scale up of the response” in a statement shared on social media following a Wednesday meeting with health...
A federal judge on Wednesday confirmed Haitian migrants in the U.S. have lost their temporary protected status (TPS), after the Supreme Court ruled earlier this summer the Trump administration could terminate the designation. In a two-page order, U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes acknowledged the Supreme Court reversed her February decision pausing the administration’s decision ending...
A federal judge has halted, for now, a Thursday deadline for President Trump to hand over documents detailing the finances of his business empire to the BBC. The BBC was set to receive them in discovery today as part of Trump’s ongoing libel lawsuit against the outlet, which concerns its editing of the president’s Jan. 6,...
A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld a Florida law banning children from attending drag shows, ruling the state can enforce the measure after a lower court blocked its enforcement on First Amendment grounds. In an 8-5 ruling, the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit reversed a preliminary injunction that prevented Florida...
Rep. Celeste Maloy introduced the Full Responsibility and Expedited Enforcement (FREE) Act to modernize the federal permitting process by balancing environmental safeguards with economic growth.
Fox Business host Larry Kudlow, who served as National Economic Council director during President Trump’s first term, scolded Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) during an interview Wednesday about the lack of big Republican accomplishments this year, warning “polls are lousy.” “The socialists are winning, they’re taking over the Democratic Party. The Republicans are doing nothing. I...
A discarded SpaceX rocket slammed into the moon late Tuesday night after drifting through space for more than a year, leaving behind what scientists believe is a fresh impact crater and a plume of debris.
President Trump was never in “harm’s way” when his Marine One helicopter came within a mile of a passenger jet on Tuesday, according to the White House. “Marine One flights are piloted by some of the best aviators in the world, and at no point was the President in harm’s way,” White House spokesperson Kush...
If you had the choice between voting for your current member of Congress and a guy in a trashcan costume, who would you vote for? In Britain, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage is facing off against a "joke" candidate who goes by the moniker Count Binface.