Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has expanded the number of political parties affiliated with his "People’s Alliance" to include a far-right Islamist party: Huda Par, a religiously conservative Kurdish political party. Huda Par is an extremist entity linked to Turkish Hezbollah. While not affiliated with the Lebanese equivalent, Turkish Hezbollah retains links to Iran. It is widely perceived to be a sponsor of terrorism, and its leaders are on record for stating their belief that "Hezbollah is not a terrorist organization."
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has not yet announced an intention to run for president in 2024, but among registered Republicans voters he is already leading former President Donald Trump 39% to 37%, according to CNN’s latest national poll.
Maryland will become the latest state to adopt the clean-car rules that originated in California, phasing out new gas-powered car sales by 2035, Gov. Wes Moore (D) announced Monday. The Advanced Clean Cars II rule, first implemented in California in 2022 under a provision of the Clean Air Act, allows states to impose stricter car...
President Biden is set to deliver remarks Tuesday afternoon on gun control in Monterey Park, California. Tuesday's speech comes after the president signed an executive order on Tuesday to increase background checks before firearms sales. The order also asks Biden's Cabinet to explore how the federal government can better assist communities after a mass shooting...
Former President Trump said in a recent interview that everyone who sent him letters included in his forthcoming book “kissed my a--.” “I think they’re going to see a very fascinating life,” Trump told Breitbart News of the book. “I knew them all — and every one of them kissed my a--, and now I only have...
Tennessee senators on Monday voted in favor of proposed legislation to define male and female in state law — running the risk of losing billions in federal education funding. The measure, Senate Bill 1440, would define sex in state law to mean a person’s sex assigned at birth, which the proposed legislation says is “immutable.” Tennesseans...
Former Vice President Mike Pence slammed the Biden administration for what he called a "bailout" of the failed Silicon Valley Bank, arguing that it is “disingenuous” for federal officials to suggest that Americans will not pay for backstopping depositors. “President Biden says taxpayers won't pay for the bailout, but that is disingenuous – every American...
Former President Trump leads Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) by 4 percentage points for a hypothetical 2024 GOP presidential nomination among Republicans and Republican-leaning independents in a new poll. The CNN survey found 40 percent of the Republican respondents said they’d most likely support Trump, who launched his campaign for another White House term back...
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said on Tuesday that the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war is not a “territorial dispute,” pushing back against remarks made by his home-state Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on the matter. In a questionnaire sent out by Fox News personality Tucker Carlson to potential 2024 presidential candidates, DeSantis said "becoming further entangled in a...