California Gov. Gavin Newsom called the April 25 shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner "evil" during a Friday appearance on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher," while arguing that President Trump bears responsibility for the country's political tone.
Congress and President Trump have complained about massive fraud by immigrants, street gangs, international organized crime syndicates and everyday Americans. But in many cases the fraud is actually coming from inside the house.
A number of reasons have been cited for America’s stunning success. But one reason should not be overlooked: providence. The United States is, and has always been, blessed. Even George Washington thought so. On Aug. 20, 1778, Washington penned a letter to one of his generals, Thomas Nelson, during the height of the Revolutionary War. […]
Democratic strategist James Carville on Monday said President Trump is deteriorating at a “rapid rate” as he weighs options regarding Iran and works on messaging to the American people. Trump, who announced Tuesday evening a two-week pause in striking Iran amid a developing ceasefire, addressed the nation last week and again on Monday to outline...
Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday called President Trump’s latest threat against Iran “unacceptable.” “Today, as we all know, there was this threat against the entire people of Iran, and this is truly unacceptable,” the first American pontiff told reporters outside of his residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, according to Reuters. Earlier Tuesday, Trump warned that...
President Trump said Tuesday that he would “suspend” an escalation of attacks on Iran for two weeks as long as Iran agrees to open the Strait of Hormuz. In a Truth Social post less than two hours before his 8 p.m. EDT deadline for Iran to make a deal to open the strait, the president...
Rep. Nathaniel Moran (R-Texas) said Tuesday he doesn’t support President Trump’s threat that a “whole civilization will die tonight” ahead of his 8 p.m. deadline for Iran to strike a peace deal. “Let me be clear: I do not support the destruction of a ‘whole civilization.’ That is not who we are, and it is...
President Trump hit back at conservative pundit Tucker Carlson, who on Monday blasted the president over a social media post in which he used an expletive and threatened Iran ahead of a ceasefire deadline Tuesday evening. “Tucker’s a low IQ person that has absolutely no idea what’s going on,” the president said during an interview...
U.S. journalist Shelly Kittleson was released Tuesday afternoon a week after she was abducted in Baghdad at the end of March, an Iraqi official told The Associated Press. Iraqi militia group Kataib Hezbollah said in a statement earlier Tuesday that it would free Kittleson but mandated that she “leave the country immediately” after her release,...
A Bahrain-led resolution aimed at reopening the Strait of Hormuz failed at the United Nations on Tuesday, unable to withstand opposition from Russia and China despite attempts to weaken its provisions to win their support. Nearly a dozen countries — Bahrain, Democratic Republic of Congo, Denmark, France, Greece, Latvia, Liberia, Panama, Somalia, United Kingdom and...
A spokesperson for Iran's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday mocked President Trump's latest threat toward Iran, saying his "civilized" country will win over "brute force." Trump has set a deadline for Iran to submit a peace proposal and reopen the Strait of Hormuz at 8 p.m. EDT on Tuesday. On Tuesday morning, he reiterated his existential...
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Monday characterized President Trump as someone who is “undisciplined, immature and narcissistic” but not “stupid.” “He knows he is in trouble. When that happens, he flails and that is what he is doing now. He is flailing. That is the way to explain what you see now....
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Tuesday called on Republican members of Congress to "stop the madness" after President Trump delivered an ominous threat toward Iran. Jeffries responded to Trump's Truth Social post from earlier in the day, when he wrote that unless Iran does "something revolutionarily wonderful," then a "whole civilization will die...
