President Trump has threatened Russia with "secondary" sanctions, but experts argue that the US cannot afford to impose 100 percent tariffs on Russia's energy trading partners without damaging its own trade relationships, and suggest instead linking tariffs to the actual amount of money countries pay to Moscow for Russian energy resources.
Former Virginia Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D) leads Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R) in the state’s gubernatorial race, according to the latest polling average from Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). Spanberger leads with an average of 45.2 percent support, while Earle-Sears trails with an average of 36 percent support. The latest averages remain unchanged from last month. ...
Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan has joined the Democratic Party after falling out with the GOP, saying the switch has been coming for a while. Duncan, in an op-ed published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Tuesday, said his journey to becoming a Democrat began well before President Trump tried to “steal” the 2020 presidential...
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) said Tuesday that President Trump “being clueless” about the prison transfer of Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell is “on brand” for the president. “When it came to what the president told me today, that he was not personally aware of the Ghislaine Maxwell prison transfer, do you believe that?” CNN’s Kaitlan...
Five U.S. soldiers were shot Wednesday morning at Fort Stewart, Ga., before the shooter was apprehended, Army officials have confirmed. The incident, which took place in the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team area, caused a base-wide lockdown that lasted just more than an hour. Parts of the installation, including the area where the shooting took...
The US nuclear command, control and communications system is designed to ensure a credible response to a nuclear attack, with multiple layers of redundancy and resilience to ensure that the president can still employ the nation's nuclear weapons.
The Trump administration will reverse a Biden-era approval of a major wind energy project — marking the latest in a string of anti-renewable moves by the Trump administration. In a press release, the Interior Department said it was “reversing the Biden administration’s misguided, last-minute push to approve the Lava Ridge Wind Project.” It did not...
President Donald Trump expressed support for Virginia Lt. Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears as she fights to become governor, but stopped short of endorsing her, despite backing candidates in other races.
Former President Barack Obama accused Lone Star State Republicans of seeking to engage in gerrymandering in "a power grab that undermines our democracy"