In the streets surrounding a drab federal office complex next to the Minneapolis airport, the beleaguered resistance to President Donald Trump found its footing.
Sen. Chris Murphy said Sunday he would support a "bad deal" to end the U.S. war against Iran because Americans are suffering from the conflict and the price to reopen the Strait of Hormuz "increases by the day."
Sen. Bill Cassidy said Sunday he is optimistic that Todd Blanche will serve admirably as U.S. attorney general after his swing vote salvaged his embattled nomination.
Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, said Sunday he has spoken with Barack Obama and hopes the former president campaigns with him as the party tries to unite after a bitter primary that exposed deep rifts between its progressive and moderate wings.
Michigan's Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, Abdul El-Sayed, on Sunday said the party has its differences but stands united in its desire to combat the "moral rot" at the Trump administration and corporate interests.
Mark Lynch, who lost to late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) in the GOP Senate primary last month, said Monday he will seek the nomination to replace the longtime South Carolina lawmaker on the ballot after the latter died on Saturday. “A lot of you have asked. Yes, it’s official,” Lynch wrote on social platform X....
President Trump on Monday said the U.S. could soon attack Pickaxe Mountain in Iran as American forces launched a new round of strikes against the country. “Pickaxe is a possible target for a nice big fat shot right near the front door,” Trump said in an interview on "The Hugh Hewitt Show" Monday afternoon. “We're...
The U.S. military launched a new round of strikes against Iran on Monday, hours after President Trump announced the U.S. Navy would reinstate the naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. The fresh strikes, which kicked off at 4:45 p.m. EDT at Trump’s direction, mark the third consecutive day of U.S. attacks against Iran. “These...
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Maine’s two senators are demanding an impartial investigation into the fatal shooting of a Colombian man by immigration authorities, with Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) relaying claims from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) that the man had weaponized his vehicle. King told the Associated Press that he spoke with Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin about...
The federal watchdog for the Department of Health and Human Services generated $5.56 billion in expected recoveries and projected savings over a six-month period, according to a report issued Monday, and barred just over 1,200 individuals and companies from federal programs. The HHS Office of Inspector General, in a semiannual report to Congress, said it...
A Mississippi man allegedly spotted with a handgun in his lap outside the U.S. Capitol's North Barricade is in custody, U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) said Monday. Wendell J. Royster, 67, of Columbia, Miss., faces one count of carrying a pistol without a license and no permit, according to a USCP statement. At around 11:22 a.m.,...
Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) sudden death over the weekend has prompted a frenzy among Republicans as they eye to succeed him in the Senate next year. Gov. Henry McMaster (R) appointed Darline Graham Nordone, Graham’s sister, to fill the remainder of her brother’s term through January, while a special Senate GOP primary will take place...
The U.S. military used one-way attack seaborne drones in an assault on an Iranian port on Sunday — the first instance of U.S. forces utilizing sea drones in combat operations. The military utilized three Corsair unmanned surface vessels to strike a ship maintenance facility and a submarine at the Bandar Abbas Naval Base, the headquarters...
The sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has responded to a recommendation from President Trump for her to fill her brother’s seat. “Actually, I’m just kind of like devastated right now,” Darline Graham Nordone said during a call with The New York Post on Monday, according to the outlet. On Monday, President Trump...
A dozen state attorneys general on Monday filed a joint lawsuit seeking to block Paramount's pending takeover of Warner Brothers Discovery, the sprawling media company that owns one of the world's largest movie and television studios and cable news channel CNN. The deal would harm competition and have a negative impact on the business of...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday issued a new broadside in the U.S. fight with the International Criminal Court (ICC), announcing a diplomatic effort by the Trump administration to dismantle the global tribunal. Rubio issued the action call in an opinion article with the Wall Street Journal and a video message shared on social media. His announcement...
Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, seen as potential a 2028 presidential hopeful, said Sunday that there is a “carnival of corruption” in Washington, D.C. “Right now, what's at stake is nothing less than the American Dream. It is endangered. If you were born the year that my mother was born, at the end of World...
