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.
A federal judge unloaded on the Trump administration and its attempt to re-vet refugees in Minnesota, calling is a "dystopian nightmare" that breaks America's promise to those fleeing persecution in their home countries.
The Pentagon is designating artificial intelligence company Anthropic a "supply chain risk" to U.S. national security, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Friday.
President Trump traveled to Texas touted the candidates in the state's hotly contested three-way GOP primary, but did not back a candidate, calling two of them "great."
Former Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday endorsed U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett in Texas' Democratic primary for U.S. Senate, a notable stamp of approval from a major establishment figure as Crockett fights fears that she's seen as too controversial to win a general election.
The Pentagon will forbid members of the military from attending Columbia, Yale, Brown and other universities starting next school year amid a campaign to cut ties with institutions that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called "factories of anti-American resentment."
House Republican women are taking a stand against their male colleagues' alleged sexual misconduct after the release of inappropriate text messages that Texas GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales sent to an employee.
Renee Good loved sparkles and laughter and any excuse for a celebration. She loved pretty much everyone she met, and was late for pretty much everything.
It has been seven weeks since the Iranian government used brute force to extinguish huge nationwide protests. But public resistance to the Islamic Republic is still flickering on Iranian college campuses.
Former President Bill Clinton told House lawmakers he "saw nothing" that ever "gave him pause" during his years associated with sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein or his associate, Ghislaine Maxwell.
President Trump is ordering all government agencies to stop using artificial intelligence from Anthropic after the company disputed the Pentagon's use of the technology.
Washington state Democratic lawmaker Joe Fitzgibbon apologized after drinking alcohol before a House committee hearing where he appeared with slurred speech.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced a ban on Department of War attendance at elite universities including Princeton, Columbia, MIT, Brown and Yale, starting next year.
President Donald Trump called the Texas GOP Senate race "interesting" but wouldn't say who he would back among Sen. John Cornyn, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton or Rep. Wesley Hunt.
DHS is pressing Virginia to cooperate with ICE after Fairfax police charged an illegal immigrant with second-degree murder in a bus stop stabbing that left a 41-year-old woman dead.
