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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. (IRGC) on Wednesday warned the world to expect oil to reach $200 per barrel as the main pathway for exported oil, the Strait of Hormuz, stays closed amid the U.S.-Israeli military operation in Iran. “Get ready for oil to be $200 a barrel, because the oil price depends on regional…

Rep. Kevin Hern (R-Okla.) on Wednesday announced his bid for U.S. Senate in Oklahoma, running to replace Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R), who was tapped last week to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Hern, a wealthy businessman, is the first candidate to formally enter the GOP primary to succeed Mullin, whose seat was already up for…

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, praised President Trump’s nominee for chair of the Federal Reserve, Kevin Warsh, but said he cannot vote for him amid the Department of Justice (DOJ) probing current Fed Chair Jerome Powell. “I thoroughly enjoyed my meeting yesterday with Fed Chair nominee Kevin Warsh,” Tillis…

Senators overwhelmingly confirmed Gen. Joshua Rudd to lead the National Security Agency (NSA) and U.S. Cyber Command on Tuesday, adding to his responsibilities after already being the deputy chief of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command. Rudd was confirmed in a 71-29 vote in the Senate.  Lawmakers were able to sidestep Sen. Ron Wyden’s (D-Ore.) procedural hold intended…

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) said Wednesday that gas prices will stay above prior levels until the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran ends.  “I think, unfortunately, prices are going to be up for a while until this ends. But with Venezuela coming on, with American oil and gas coming on, with hopefully a positive resolution to this…

Every Democrat in the Colorado state Legislature signed on to a Wednesday letter urging Gov. Jared Polis (D) to not give Tina Peters clemency for her 2024 conviction on charges related to an election security breach.  The group of 66 lawmakers said granting Peters clemency would create a “figurehead” for election deniers to “rally around.”…

Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said gas prices might fall a few weeks after the U.S. bombardment against Iran is done. “Listen, you’re going to probably be surprised by what I’m saying because I’m generally a critic of President Trump, but, if they solve this, if they de-escalate, and I think what your…

Former national security adviser Jake Sullivan on Tuesday accused President Trump of having “no answers” for reopening the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S.-Israeli offensive in Iran led the Middle Eastern country to close the passage. Sullivan, who served under former President Biden, said on MS NOW’s “Morning Joe” that it was “very obvious from…

Former Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) said Tuesday farmers are already dealing with higher energy prices amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. “I don’t know when you’ll see at the grocery store, but I’m telling you, farmers are feeling it already,” Tester, a farmer himself, said on MS NOW’s “The Weeknight.” As the conflict in Iran…

Former CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus offered a frank assessment of the burgeoning conflict between the U.S. and Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, arguing that Tehran’s decision to lay mines in the passageway has created a challenge for the U.S. militarily. Petraeus, who previously served as commander of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), said in…

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), who is in the middle of a heated GOP runoff race, threw his support behind changing the Senate filibuster rule to advance the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act. “After careful consideration, I support whatever changes to Senate rules that may prove necessary for us to get the SAVE America…

Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) on Tuesday said he “was wrong” about past comments he made suggesting that it would take Iran years before it could restart its nuclear program, prior to the initial U.S.-Israeli strikes that hit the country late last month. Marshall previously said it will “take them years” to restart their program. CNN’s…

President Trump’s nominee for a State Department role withdrew himself from consideration on Tuesday after lawmakers questioned his past comments on race. Jeremy Carl, who was nominated to be the assistant secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, said the lack of support from senators on the Foreign Relations Committee posed a barrier to his…

A handful of special and primary elections in Georgia, Mississippi and New Hampshire on Tuesday underscored Democrats’ overperformance streak as well as the enduring strength of President Trump’s endorsement as midterm season ramps up. Democrats flipped a Republican-held state House seat in The Granite State while the party’s candidate placed first in the special election runoff to…

Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) said Tuesday the Department of Justice (DOJ) asked New Mexico investigators to end a previous probe into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s ranch in the state during President Trump’s first term.  “I do know this: The federal government asked New Mexico to stop their investigation, I believe back in 2019, of…

The head of FIFA says he anticipates the Iranian men’s national soccer team will be able to compete in this summer’s World Cup, including in matches slated to take place in the United States, despite an ongoing war between the U.S. and Iran. In a social media post Tuesday, FIFA President Gianni Infantino said he…
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Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) warned this week that the danger posed by Iranian-linked sleeper cells operating inside the U.S. has “never been higher,” as tensions escalate between the two nations. “The risk of terrorism right now is quite high,” Cruz said, responding to a question from NewsNation’s Jackie Koppell. “We tragically saw in Austin, Texas,…

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) on Tuesday said that a strike on an all-girls school in Iran that killed around 175 people, which President Trump blamed on Tehran, was a mistake. Airstrikes hit the Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school, located in the city of Minab in southern Iran, on Feb. 28, when the U.S.-Israeli joint strikes began in…

Former Virginia first lady Dorothy McAuliffe announced Wednesday that she’s running for Congress, joining a crowded Democratic primary for a district situated in the Washington, D.C., suburbs.   “Virginians are working harder than ever, but the middle class is still out of reach for too many,” McAuliffe, who served as U.S. Special Representative for Global Partnerships during the Biden…

Special envoy Steve Witkoff said Tuesday that he didn’t “know” how the U.S. conflict against Iran will end as the fighting nears its third week. “So how do you see this ending, this war?” CNBC’s Sara Eisen asked Witkoff on “Money Movers.” “I don’t know, Sara. I know this, that President Trump is the wrong…

Will Los Angeles voters support reelecting Democratic Mayor Karen Bass? According to an Emerson College Polling/Inside California Politics survey about the June primary released Wednesday, March 11, the majority (50.9%) is still undecided. The poll of 1,000 registered voters, conducted March 7-9, found that incumbent Mayor Bass is entering her re-election campaign with just 19.5%…

President Trump doubled down on his support for Capt. Ed Gallrein, who is eyeing to unseat outspoken Trump critic Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) in November, ahead of his visit to Kentucky. Trump wrote late Tuesday Truth Social on Tuesday that voters “want desperately to get rid of Thomas Massie, the Worst ‘Republican’ Congressman we have…

President Trump on Wednesday hits the road, heading to Kentucky to visit the district of one of few GOP foes: Rep. Thomas Massie. After a stop in Cincinnati, Trump will cross the Ohio River to visit a packaging plant in Hebron, Ky., in Massie’s 4th Congressional District. The president has endorsed the incumbent’s primary opponent,…

Unknown projectiles struck three ships in the Strait of Hormuz early Wednesday, with one of the strikes causing a fire onboard one vessel and prompting most of its crew to evacuate, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). The maritime security agency posted on social platform X that the fire on one vessel…

The president took some time out from the Iran war for an attempted troll of Canada’s prime minister.