Sen. Mark Kelly said he fears that the U.S. strike against Iran's nuclear facilities will trigger retaliatory attacks against Americans at home and abroad.
President Trump's unilateral decision to strike Iran's nuclear facilities is reigniting a constitutional clash over whether the commander-in-chief overstepped his constitutional authority by green-lighting the attacks without congressional approval.
Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, the former commander of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), said on Sunday that he thinks U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria are "certainly vulnerable" to retaliatory attacks by Iran. In an interview on CBS News’s “Face the Nation,” McKenzie said he’s not surprised that Iran has not yet retaliated following U.S....
President Trump’s decision to authorize a military strike on Iran is a seismic moment that could reshape the future of the Middle East and his presidency. The administration on Sunday signaled it wants to contain the conflict, underscoring that it does not want an all-out war with Iran but will not accept a world where Tehran has...
The Iranian Parliament on Sunday approved a measure to close the Strait of Hormuz after the United States bombed three nuclear sites in Iran. The strait, located between Iran and Oman, remains a critical oil choke point, and closing it could have serious implications for both the global and U.S. economy. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in several Sunday...
Kamala Harris is leaning toward entering the California gubernatorial race, sources familiar with the former vice president’s thinking tell The Hill. While the sources caution that Harris hasn’t made a final decision yet and is still considering all her options, they say she has made it clear that she is not done with public service...
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Sunday slammed the United States's recent strikes against Iran, saying there was “no imminent threat” to the U.S. to authorize them. In an interview on CBS's "Face the Nation," host Margaret Brennan stated that House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said that "'the Article One power of Congress really allows for...
The Senate parliamentarian has ruled against a controversial provision in the Senate Republicans’ megabill that would have made it significantly more difficult for courts to enforce contempt findings against the Trump administration. The parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, ruled that limiting courts’ ability to hold Trump officials in contempt violated the Senate’s rules governing what can be...
Senate Republicans have directed the Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) to score the cost of extending the 2017 Trump tax cuts as a continuation of current policy that would not add significantly to federal deficits, which would allow them to make those tax rates permanent. The joint panel on taxation, which projects the deficit impact...
The United States is warning of a “heightened threat environment” after President Trump ordered strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites on Saturday evening. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a National Terrorism Advisory System (NTAS) bulletin on Sunday, alerting the public to the potential of cyberattacks carried out by those who support Iran or...