A federal judge has delivered a significant victory to ICE, refusing to halt the agency's new policy limiting the ability of members of Congress to conduct oversight of migrant processing and detention facilities.
President Trump on Monday declined to say whether he would use force to seize control of Greenland, according to a new interview with NBC News. The president told the outlet that he had "no comment" on the question, as he continues to push for the U.S. to acquire the Arctic territory that’s part of Denmark. ...
The number of deaths during widespread protests in Iran now exceeds 4,000, according to a human rights group tracking the toll. The Human Rights Group Activist News Agency announced Monday that confirmed fatalities have reached 4,029, with more than 9,000 deaths under review. The number represents a surge of hundreds since Saturday, when the fatalities...
Dr. Jonathan Reiner, cardiologist to the late former Vice President Dick Cheney, called on Monday for a congressional inquiry into President Trump’s fitness. Reiner, a CNN medical analyst, cited Trump’s recent letter to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, in which he appeared to link his threats to acquire Greenland to his having not been...
North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) aircraft will soon be in Greenland for “long-planned” activities, even as President Trump pushes for U.S. control of the Arctic territory. Along with aircraft operating from bases in the U.S. and Canada, NORAD aircraft at Pituffik Space Base, Greenland, will “support various long-planned NORAD activities, building on the enduring...
President Trump’s pressure campaign against Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro continues to ramp up, with his threat this past week to impose a blockade on sanctioned oil tankers, but the administration’s messaging on its endgame has only become more muddled. Trump has not ruled out war with Venezuela, warning Tuesday that the U.S. military presence in...
Democrats say they've finally found their footing. And the Democratic National Committee (DNC) says it agrees. Democrats are winning again. So why would they put out an autopsy report that talks about how they lost? The party, says DNC Chair Ken Martin, needs to move forward, not look back. That's the position Democrats find themselves in...
Fox News host Jesse Watters on Saturday said President Trump once compared his Twitter account to former President Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. Watters spoke at Turning Point USA’s annual AmericaFest conference in Phoenix when he recalled a visit to the White House during Trump's first term. Trump went with Watters to the Lincoln Bedroom, where...
The penny received a "funeral" on Saturday, attended by mourners and Abraham Lincoln impersonators outside the Lincoln Memorial, after the U.S. Mint discontinued the coin last month. Hundreds attended the event, many dressed in black or wearing Victorian-style attire. Mourners placed pennies into either caskets on display or made a wish as they threw pennies...
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth on Saturday evening hailed the seizure by the U.S. Coast Guard of a second oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. The U.S. Navy assisted in the seizure, which took place on international waters, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem announced. Hegseth made clear that the Trump administration intended to put...
At least 16 files on the Justice Department's (DOJ) webpage containing files on Jeffrey Epstein, including a photo featuring two pictures of President Trump, were found to have disappeared from the department's website as of Saturday, The Associated Press reported. DOJ has not said why these files were removed from its website. The Hill has...
Nearly two-thirds of Americans believe President Trump's social media post and subsequent comments about the killing of actor-director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were "inappropriate," according to a new YouGov poll released Friday. "YouGov showed Americans Trump's post — as well as social media posts about Reiner by several other politicians from...
President Trump on Saturday evening endorsed Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman for governor of New York, one day after Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) surprisingly exited the race and announced she would not seek reelection to Congress. Trump did not mention Stefanik in his Saturday post on Truth Social endorsing Blakeman. "Bruce is MAGA all the...
House Democrats pressing to extend expiring ObamaCare subsidies are already looking ahead to a looming federal funding deadline as potential leverage in the fight. Both issues are already poised to take center stage on Capitol Hill when Congress returns to Washington next month after the long holiday break. But while the two debates are technically...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) for a second day in a row is hitting the Trump administration hard over its partial release of files related to the disgraced pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, arguing the Department of Justice is “flaunting” the law as passed by Congress this fall. Massie, who has repeatedly battled with President Trump on a...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Saturday released more files, documents and photos connected to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a day after the deadline for releasing all of the files. DOJ on Friday released thousands of its documents, but came under criticism from Democrats and Republicans in Congress for not complying with a law...
U.S. personnel seized a second oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela on Saturday as President Trump ratchets up the pressure on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The seizure of the vessel, which took place in international waters, was led by the Coast Guard and assisted by the U.S. military, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary...
NEW YORK (AP) — Bowen Yang, coming off a huge year or two of projects, will depart “Saturday Night Live” mid-season after Saturday's episode hosted by his “Wicked” co-star Ariana Grande. He joined the show as a writer in 2018, became a featured player the following season and was promoted to the main cast two seasons after...
The material released was too little, and what remains in the vaults will be disclosed too late. This is the critics’ view, at least, after the Department of Justice released thousands of files relating to the disgraced financier and sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein on Friday. The disclosure came after Congress forced the hand of the...
