Iran launched a new wave of strikes against Israel and neighboring Gulf States late Monday, just hours after President Trump said negotiations were underway to end the conflict. The attacks continued into Tuesday morning, with The Associated Press reporting that a missile with a 220-pound warhead slammed into a street in the center of Tel...
President Trump is set to swear in his new Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), on Tuesday, as a deal to fund the department is taking shape. Worsening airport security lines and flight delays have turned up the pressure on Capitol Hill to end the partial government shutdown. Immigration and Customs...
First lady Melania Trump will deliver remarks Tuesday morning at a global summit as part of her Fostering the Future Together initiative — which focuses on ways "to address challenges children face in the digital era." During the event, Trump will welcome a group of first spouses from 45 nations, senior Trump administration officials, "select...
The Trump administration announced on Monday two new civil rights investigations into Harvard, ramping up its latest attacks against the country’s oldest and richest university. The Education Department said it is investigating Title VI violations, alleging Harvard has used affirmative action in admissions despite a ban on the practice by the Supreme Court in 2023. ...
A year ago, Joe Kent, Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Greene were undeniably a core part of the MAGA movement that supported President Trump and helped propel him back into power. Now, they’re either on the outs, or actively challenging Trump’s biggest policy moves. Kent, who first came to prominence for primarying a Republican who voted to impeach Trump after...
(NEXSTAR) – What is the ideal place to live in the United States? A new study claims to have the answer. On Monday, education research platform Niche.com released the findings of its annual "Best Places to Live in America" ranking, which identifies those coveted communities using data from the U.S. Census, FBI, Bureau of Labor,...
Lawmakers in both parties to do the right thing by paying TSA officers, rather than play politics with the safety and security of the nation’s air system and the 2.5 million passengers that fly on average every day.
The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday that long lines at airport security checkpoints caused by the ongoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown delayed investigators arriving at the scene of a deadly collision between a jet and a fire truck at LaGuardia International Airport. An air traffic control specialist was stuck...
A coalition of historic preservation and architectural groups sued President Trump and the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees on Monday, seeking to block the planned renovations of the performing arts center set to start in July. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., argues that the project would cause “irreparable harm” to the...
Senate Republicans believe that President Trump is willing to accept a potential deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security following a White House meeting on Monday night. It would be a significant shift for Trump, who over the weekend repeatedly he would not make a deal with Democrats unless they moved separate voting legislation...
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Monday expressed doubt about President Trump's claim that the U.S. and Iran are negotiating a resolution to the weekslong conflict. “If what the president is saying is true, that’s encouraging. But of course, we’ve heard the president say things that proved to be completely untrue in the past,” Schiff told...
Former White House strategist and podcaster Steve Bannon said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers assisting with airport operations is a “test run” for the 2026 midterms. During a conversation with conservative lawyer Mike Davis on his “War Room” program, Bannon asked, “We can use what’s happening with these ICE [officers] helping out at...
The Senate on Monday confirmed Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after President Trump dismissed his first Cabinet official. Mullin earned support from both sides of the aisle, with two Democrats joining Republicans to approve his nomination in a 54-45 vote. Mullin was fast-tracked through the Senate, with the...
