Former White House national security adviser John Bolton on Monday said the negotiations to end the war in Iran are "a mistake." Bolton, an outspoken critic of President Trump's handling of the conflict, told CNN's Pamela Brown that he hopes to see the discussions "break down." "I think the ceasefire was a mistake," he said....
Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) on Monday was pepper-sprayed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers while demonstrators gathered outside an immigration detention facility in Newark, N.J. Videos circulated online of mutual aid volunteers pouring water into Kim's eyes while he held an ice pack in his hand. One video showed Kim speaking directly to ICE...
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said a planned meeting with career intelligence officials was spiked by the Trump administration after far-right activist Laura Loomer complained about the event. Warner, in a late Tuesday statement, said the administration made a “nakedly political decision” to cancel his meeting with employees at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) alongside its...
Texas has officially outlawed the sale of lab-grown meat in stores and restaurants, becoming the seventh state to enact such a ban since the federal government authorized the products in 2023. The ban has been hailed by the state's traditional meat and livestock industries. "This ban is a massive win for Texas ranchers, producers and...
President Trump “has never been transparent about his health,” The New York Times’s Maggie Haberman said Tuesday in the wake of recent discussion surrounding the president's health on social media. “President Trump has never been transparent about his health. He was much sicker with COVID than the White House said in 2020. You know, they...
House GOP leaders are urging their members to steer clear of the discharge petition aiming to force the Trump administration to release all the government files on Jeffrey Epstein. In a closed-door meeting in the basement of the Capitol, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) called on GOP lawmakers to instead support the efforts of the Oversight...
The number of job openings decreased by more in July than economists were expecting as the labor market recalibrates in response to President Trump’s trade war and immigration crackdown. Open jobs in the monthly JOLTS survey fell to a rounded 7.2 million, down from 7.4 million in June, the Labor Department reported Wednesday. Economic forecasts...
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) signed an order on Tuesday authorizing coordination between local police and federal forces extending beyond President Trump’s declared emergency in the nation's capital. The top priorities for the joint effort will including homelessness and encampments, beautification, and finance and economic resilience, according to a release from Bowser’s office. The...
Former White House aide Alyssa Farah Griffin on Tuesday said President Trump’s decision to target Chicago with federal intervention amidst his crack down on crime is a “smart” move. “Chicago has a crime problem, there‘s no doubt. And Donald Trump knows that this is a smart fight for him to pick, not just with his...
Related video: Marc Short and Julia Manchester discuss the Epstein files, a potential crime bill, and a busy fall agenda for Congress Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) late Tuesday said President Trump “may be covering for some rich and powerful people," as the lawmaker pushes for more transparency in the case of convicted sex offender and...
Related video: US Navy Strikes Drug Cartel Vessel Off Venezuela, Rubio ConfirmsA federal appeals court late Tuesday ruled President Trump can’t invoke a wartime law to swiftly deport alleged Venezuelan gang members, a key legal tool the administration has used to implement its immigration crackdown. Trump first invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act in March to...
It’s book tour-palooza at the Supreme Court. Three justices — Amy Coney Barrett, Sonia Sotomayor and Ketanji Brown Jackson — will crisscross the country to make a combined more than two dozen stops this month, soaking up the final weeks of the court’s summer recess to promote their titles. The blitz of appearances breaks from...
President Trump's latest potential addition to the Federal Reserve board of governors is set to face the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, marking the first step of the president's push to remake the central bank in his image. Stephen Miran, chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), will appear before the Banking...
