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Padilla cuffed, McIver indicted: Can Congress come back from the brink?

As gratuitous displays of protest and their ensuing repercussions become commonplace among members of Congress, some wonder how our discourse's temperature could possibly dial down.

Israel is serving the entire world — taking huge risks to stop Iran from going nuclear

Good for Israel, acting as it has before (the 1967 war, the takedown of Saddam Hussein’s nuclear program in 1981 and strikes on Syria...

Judge says Trump illegally deployed National Guard to help with L.A. protests

A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order Thursday directing President Donald Trump to return control of the National Guard to California.

Israeli strikes in Iran kill Revolutionary Guards chief

The Israeli military’s overnight attack inside Iran killed Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Crops (IRGC) Commander Hossein Salami, according to multiple Iranian state media reports. “Major General Hossein Salami, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, was martyred in the Israeli regime’s attack on the IRGC headquarters,” the Tasnim news agency, associated with the IRGC, reported. ...

Appeals court temporarily lifts judge’s block on Trump’s National Guard deployment 

A federal appeals court panel late Thursday temporarily lifted a judge’s order ruling President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard illegal, enabling the troops to remain assisting with immigration raids in Los Angeles, for now. The ruling from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals landed mere hours after U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer ordered the...

Swalwell calls for Noem to resign following Padilla incident

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) called for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem to resign after Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was forcibly removed and later handcuffed at her Thursday press conference in Los Angeles. “Kristi Noem should resign for what has happened under her watch. No one asked for this. We were promised violent...

Padilla denies claims he lunged at Noem during LA press conference

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) denied the Trump administration’s claims that he lunged at Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a Thursday presser in Los Angeles. "I wasn't lunging at her or anybody, and yes, I identified myself," Padilla told CNN's Erin Burnett Thursday night after being forcibly removed from the presser and placed in handcuffs. ...

Rubio: US ‘not involved’ in Israel’s strike inside Iran

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday evening the U.S. was not involved in Israeli strikes inside Iran in an effort to distance Washington from getting in between the two adversaries. “Tonight, Israel took unilateral action against Iran. We are not involved in strikes against Iran and our top priority is protecting American forces in...

Judge blocks Trump’s National Guard deployment in Los Angeles

A federal judge on Thursday ruled President Trump must return control of California’s National Guard to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) by Friday afternoon, prompting a lightning-fast appeal that began within minutes. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer, an appointee of former President Clinton, temporarily blocked the president from deploying thousands of guardsmen to Los Angeles,...

Greene calls for Padilla to be charged over incident

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Thursday Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) should be charged after being apprehended by law enforcement during a Department of Homeland Security presser. Padilla verbally identified himself as a senator but was not wearing the pin that identifies lawmakers from civilians. “I think he should be charged. He should be prosecuted,”...

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