The death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Saturday following joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran was met with praise from some lawmakers and world leaders, and left others condemning the Trump administration and declaring its actions illegal. Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.), the only Iranian American member of Congress, called Khamenei the "epitome of evil" and said,...
Iran now stands without its supreme leader for 36 years, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, after joint strikes from the U.S. and Israel on Saturday killed him and attacked military command posts and missile sites across the country. President Trump announced the strikes at 2:30 a.m. EST in a video shared on Truth Social. The mission, dubbed...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth late on Saturday broke his silence about the U.S. strikes on Iran, which he described as the "most lethal, most complex, and most-precision aerial operation in history." "The Iranian regime had their chance, yet refused to make a deal — and now they are suffering the consequences," Hegseth said in a...
Tuesday is one of the most consequential days of the year in Texas politics. Voters will decide who appears on the November ballot - or in many cases, who advances to a May runoff.
NYC socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani faces conservative backlash after condemning Trump's Iran strike that killed Ayatollah Khamenei, calling it an illegal war.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, confirmed dead Saturday after a joint U.S.-Israeli military strike on Tehran, was one of the world's longest-serving authoritarian rulers -- a cleric who held near-absolute power over the Islamic republic for more than three decades.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and former Ambassador Mark Wallace praised President Donald Trump's strikes on Iranian targets that apparently left dictator Ali Khamenei dead.
Democrats of all stripes quickly accused President Donald Trump of starting another prolonged conflict in the Middle East on Saturday and demanded limits to...
At least two retail customers pursuing tariff-related refunds have filed proposed class-action lawsuits in U.S. courts against companies that also sued to recoup costs from the import taxes the U.S. Supreme Court ruled President Trump imposed without the legal authority to do so.
The Treasury Department has terminated its collective bargaining agreement with unionized workers employed at the Internal Revenue Service, the agency said Friday, in an escalation of President Donald Trump 's push to exert more control over the federal workforce.
Joe Biden made a rare public appearance on Friday in South Carolina, basking in the appreciation of Democrats who resuscitated his presidential campaign six years ago. Although Biden faces scorn in many corners for his failed attempt at a second term that preceded Donald Trump's return to the White House, the audience here welcomed him as a political hero.
Congressional Republicans are amping up pressure on Democrats to vote for funding the Department of Homeland Security after President Trump's bombing of Iran early Saturday.
U.S. and Israel military action against Iran marks a significant policy shift for President Trump, who used to oppose military force to oust threatening foreign regimes.
With U.S. bombs still falling on Iran, Congress is barreling toward a constitutional confrontation with President Trump -- and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle are demanding a reckoning over who has the authority to take the country to war.
