Anonymously sourced hit pieces have hammered Tulsi Gabbard the past few months in The Guardian, The New York Times, The Washington Post, the New Republic, CNN, NBC, MSNBC, you...
Former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.), who had a brief but notable stint in Congress in 2023, said he is becoming a parent for the first time. “So, we are having kids next year, and that's a big deal for us,” Santos said on Meghan McCain’s livestreamed show “Citizen McCain.” “We're going to be parents next...
President Trump went after the NATO alliance following a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte -- comments that came after the Trump administration had recently expressed frustration with members of the alliance. “NATO WASN’T THERE WHEN WE NEEDED THEM, AND THEY WON’T BE THERE IF WE NEED THEM AGAIN. REMEMBER GREENLAND, THAT BIG, POORLY RUN,...
While spring has officially begun, concerns about respiratory viruses are lingering longer than usual, with cases of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) cropping up later than expected and a new COVID-19 variant spreading across much of the country. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a recent update that RSV had started later...
The U.S. military has not yet escorted any oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Tuesday, contradicting a now-deleted post from Energy Secretary Chris Wright. “I was made aware of this post. I haven’t had a chance to talk to the Energy secretary about it directly, however, I...
Kian Tajbakhsh, an Iranian American scholar who was imprisoned in Iran, said Monday that he does not see the regime’s leadership giving in to President Trump’s demands, even as the president vows to accept nothing less than “unconditional surrender” from Tehran to end the conflict. “When [the regime] says death to America, it’s sometimes referred...
President Trump's top federal prosecutor in Milwaukee will not have his temporary term extended by judges on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, the court announced Tuesday. Brad Schimel, interim U.S. attorney for the district, will see the clock on his appointment run out on March 17. A majority of the...
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday warned that strikes on Iranian oil depots causing "black rain" could lead to respiratory problems as toxic pollutants disperse through the air. "Black rain," also referred to as "acidic rain," falling over Tehran "is indeed a danger" to the city's inhabitants, WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier told reporters in...
President Trump on Monday described Vice President JD Vance as being “maybe less enthusiastic” at the start of the U.S. war in Iran. “We get along very well on this,” Trump told reporters in Miami when asked if there were any divides with Vance on the war. “He was, I would say, philosophically a little...
Americans are bracing for expected economic impacts of the Trump administration's military operations in the Middle East, with a majority in a new poll expressing pessimistic views about the future of gas prices. In the Reuters/Ipsos survey, released Monday, 67 percent of respondents said they anticipate gas prices to surge even higher in the U.S....
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is holding a briefing alongside Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Dan Caine on Tuesday morning. President Trump on Monday gave conflicting messages on the progress of Operation Epic Fury, calling it a "short excursion" yet threatening more "fury" to achieve the operation's goals, as the economic ramifications of the...
From Jeffrey Epstein to Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) and beyond, Republicans are reckoning with classic questions: Should powerful figures accused of sexual misconduct be immediately exposed, or should they be given the presumption of innocence until proven otherwise? Call it a part two to the “Me Too” movement from nearly a decade ago, which saw sweeping structural and cultural...
When Iran’s Assembly of Experts selected Mojtaba Khamenei as the country’s new supreme leader, some observers held out hope that a generational transition might open a path to diplomacy.
That hope is misplaced.
All JetBlue flights were temporarily grounded early Tuesday morning, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Reports on the FAA’s website show the ground stop was enacted at 5:22 a.m. and canceled around forty minutes later at the request of the airline. In a statement provided to The Associated Press on Tuesday, a JetBlue spokesperson...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Dan Caine will speak with the media Tuesday morning as tensions with Iran persist following U.S. strikes on the Middle Eastern nation earlier this month. The Pentagon and President Trump have given conflicting accounts on how long the U.S. conflict with Iran will last in...
