A drone boat filled with explosives launched from the part of Yemen controlled by Iran-backed Houthi militants drew within “a couple of miles” of U.S. Navy and commercial ships in the Red Sea before detonating on Thursday, according to the Pentagon.  The explosion of the unmanned surface vessel (USV) — which had transited 50 miles from Yemen out into Red Sea shipping lanes — came after the U.S. and 11 other countries called on Yemen's Houthis to stop...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis knocked former President Trump as someone who is “not pro-life" and argued that the former president “flip-flipped” on the issue of abortion on Thursday.  “Of course not,” DeSantis said during a CNN town hall in Des Moines, Iowa when he was asked if Trump was not “pro-life.” “I mean, when you're...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said at a town hall that the Jan. 6 rioters did not display patriotism when asked by an Iowa voter on Thursday.  "Did the Jan. 6 insurrectionists display patriotism, as some of them claim they did?" the voter asked at a CNN town hall in Iowa.  "No, of course not....

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) stayed on message when asked about immigration and gun reform during a presidential town hall in Iowa on Thursday.  When asked by an Iowa voter about how he would deal with school shootings without infringing on gun rights, DeSantis cited policies he implemented in Florida following the 2018 shooting at...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) appeared to take a shot at his 2024 competitor Nikki Haley for seemingly mixing up the names of an Iowa Hawkeyes basketball player and CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins. DeSantis kicked off a CNN town hall in Iowa Thursday by giving Collins a jersey with Iowa Hawkeyes basketball player Caitlin Clark’s...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis held a CNN town hall in Iowa on Thursday and discussed a wide variety of issues including why he says he's a better candidate than Trump and Biden.