Joe Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, resigned Tuesday over concerns about the war in Iran, becoming the first senior Trump administration official to leave because of the military operation.
Rep. Jasmine Crockett broke her silence on her bodyguard who was shot and killed following a standoff with Dallas police, saying there was "never any reason to suspect that he wasn't who he held himself out to be."
Twice on Monday, President Donald Trump said he'd wrangled a confession of sorts from an Oval Office predecessor who he said had expressed regret in a private conversation about not attacking Iran the way Trump has been doing for more than two weeks.
Republicans are launching an unprecedented effort on Tuesday to hold the Senate floor and talk for days about a bill that they know won't pass - an attempt to capture public attention on legislation requiring stricter voter registration rules as President Donald Trump pressures Congress to act before November's midterm elections.
President Trump on Tuesday threatened lawmakers with consequences in future campaigns if they vote against his top legislative priority, the SAVE America Act.
Illinois voters are deciding primaries Tuesday for six open U.S. House and Senate seats that will spur a new generation of leadership in the state's heavily Democratic congressional delegation.
The New York Post published an eyebrow-raising report this week that President Donald Trump recently received a surprising intelligence briefing about the possible sexuality of Iran’s new so-called “supreme leader.” According to the newspaper’s sources, the president was “stunned to learn last week that U.S. intelligence indicates new Iranian supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei may be […]
In Washington, D.C., policy circles, Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces are often described as a legitimate national force that emerged in 2014 to fight the Islamic State. Many policymakers view the PMF as a formal component of Iraq’s security apparatus, an institution that gained legitimacy through religious authority, parliamentary legislation, and its role in defeating ISIS. […]
Radical Left Democrats are trying to mask their partisan outrage after Warner Bros.-Discovery rejected Netflix’s acquisition bid and accepted an offer from Paramount, a media company owned by President Donald Trump ally David Ellison. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and a dozen House Democrats recently signed a letter to the Treasury and […]
Financial markets are too pessimistic about how the Iran war will affect the U.S. economy. Yes, oil prices have surged, volatility has returned to global equity and commodity markets, and many commentators are warning about either a recession or a long period of stagflation. But these fears are misplaced. The U.S. economy of today should weather the storm of the […]