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How Trump Is Pitching the Iran War to the American People

White House officials have finally gotten the message that maybe, just maybe, the administration needs to recalibrate its messaging strategy on the Iran war.

Fears spread about businesses implanting microchips in workers

Never mind microchipping your dog. Some companies are giving employees microchip implants that give them access to facilities, company accounts and vending machines with the wave of a hand.

Trump budget seeks $1.5T in defense spending alongside cuts in domestic programs

President Trump has proposed boosting defense spending to $1.5 trillion in his 2027 budget released Friday, the largest such request in decades, reflecting his emphasis on U.S. military investments over domestic programs.

Rahm Emanuel tests 2028 run, vows to fight Trump’s MAGA but also ‘weak and woke’ liberals

Rahm Emanuel has been telling audiences that plenty of rivals have learned the hard way what happens when they get in his way.

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani wants to crack down on ‘bad landlords.’ First he has to find them

On a recent weeknight, three tenants of an aging Bronx building were trading apartment horror stories inside a packed ballroom lined with city bureaucrats.

DHS Employees Have Worked Unpaid for More Than Half The Current Fiscal Year

If you are an ‘essential worker’ for DHS, you have worked without pay for 75 days, or 54 percent of this fiscal year so...

What’s Going Through DNI Tulsi Gabbard’s Mind These Days?

This cannot be the foreign policy that Tulsi Gabbard thought she was signing on to help enact.

President Softie Pushover

President Trump shrugged at Vladimir Putin helping the Iranians, so Putin is helping the Iranians even more now.

White House distances itself from counterterrorism official who resigned over Iran war

The White House on Wednesday sought to distance itself from Joe Kent, a top counter-terrorism official who resigned in protest of the Iran war, by depicting him as not involved in U.S. intelligence assessment.

Rand Paul lashes out at Trump’s DHS nominee, says Markwayne Mullin is ‘a man with anger issues’

Sen. Rand Paul unloaded on fellow Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin Wednesday, calling him "a man with anger issues" and saying his combativeness makes him a questionable choice to become secretary at the Department of Homeland Security.

Sen. Mitch McConnell calls out antisemitism in Joe Kent’s resignation over the Iran war

Sen. Mitch McConnell said Joe Kent revealed his antisemitism when resigning from the National Counterterrorism Center in protest of the Iran war.

Trump says he might destroy Iran’s leadership and let other countries deal with Strait of Hormuz

President Trump said Wednesday the U.S. might finish off the Iranian regime and let countries that rely on the Strait of Hormuz as an oil-shipping channel deal with its security.

GOP candidate cites ‘failure’ of Newsom, Dems as new poll shows Republicans leading crowded California field

Steve Hilton, a Republican running for governor, said that the “absolute failure" by California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Democrats means that the GOP has a real shot at victory this year.

Blue-state Democrat on fast track to Senate defies Schumer

Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton wins Democratic Senate primary race but vows not to support Chuck Schumer as majority leader in Washington.

Sen Rand Paul grills Mullin on past comments on assault: ‘Tell it to my face’

Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul confronted Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin during a confirmation hearing on Mullin's nomination for homeland security secretary.

NATO heavyweights balk at Hormuz mission as Trump warns alliance at risk

UK, France and Germany decline combat roles in protecting key oil choke point, drawing warnings from Trump and GOP allies about NATO’s reliability.

Top DOJ officials to brief House Oversight Committee for Jeffrey Epstein probe

Top DOJ officials are on Capitol Hill for a closed-door briefing as the House Oversight Committee intensifies its investigation into the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files.

Federal judge refuses to recuse himself from Minnesota DHS, ICE case

The Department of Justice plans to appeal an order from U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Bryan refusing to recuse himself from an immigration case.

New audit exposes flawed system critics say let Minnesota fraud to slip through cracks: ‘Didn’t act for years’

A new Office of the Legislative Auditor reveals that one of the Minnesota agencies plagued by fraud incorrectly believed it didn't have the authority to investigate kickbacks.

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