Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday said Cuba needs to change its political leaders after reports this week that the Trump administration is seeking to push President Miguel Díaz-Canel from power. Rubio did not rule out relaxing the U.S.’s long-standing embargo on Cuba in exchange for political reform. “Suffice it to say that the…
Conservative commentator Tucker Carlson on Tuesday said that “neocons will now try to destroy” Joe Kent, who resigned earlier in the day from his role as the director of the National Counterterrorism Center in protest of the Trump administration’s conflict with Iran Carlson praised Kent’s decision to resign, he told The New York Times in a…
President Trump and White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday railed against Joe Kent after he resigned from his post as director of the National Counterterrorism Center. “I read his statement. I always thought he was a nice guy, but I always thought he was weak on security, very weak on security. I didn’t…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Tuesday lambasted European allies over their reluctance to send military assets to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, threatening “wide and deep” repercussions for alliances. In a post to social media, Graham said he had spoken with President Trump “about our European allies’ unwillingness to provide assets to keep the Strait…
GOP Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) on Tuesday blasted Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, for resigning over the war in Iran. “Good riddance. Iran has murdered more than a thousand Americans. Their EFP land mines were the deadliest in Iraq,” Bacon wrote in a Tuesday post on X. “Anti-Semitism is an evil…
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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) on Tuesday ripped into her Senate Republican colleagues for failing to advance President Trump’s Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act after weeks of pressure. The legislation, which has faced an uphill battle in the Senate due to talks around the filibuster, would require Americans to show proof of citizenship…
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett on Tuesday said that the economic toll that American consumers are feeling as a result of the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran is “the last of our concerns right now.” “The fact is that the U.S. economy is fundamentally sound and that if it were to be extended, it wouldn’t…
The man accused of planting two pipe bombs outside the Democratic and Republican national committee offices on the eve of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack says the sweeping clemency President Trump bestowed on rioters extends to his alleged conduct. Lawyers for Brian Cole Jr. said in a Monday motion that the suspect maintains his…
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President Trump will meet with Ireland’s Taoiseach Micheál Martin on Tuesday morning in honor of St. Patrick’s Day. The event comes as many European leaders have balked at Trump’s request for help in the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing Iran conflict. Martin has thus far tried to strike a careful balance ahead of the…
Iran is in talks to move its World Cup games out of the U.S. and into Mexico, the Middle East nation’s sports minister said this week. “When [President Trump] has explicitly stated that he cannot ensure the security of the Iranian national team, we will certainly not travel to America,” Mehdi Taj, president of the…
House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) and Vice Chair Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) will speak with reporters Tuesday as negotiations over funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) remain stalled after a partial shutdown began over a month ago. Despite President Trump’s ouster of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, Democrats have remained adamant about their…
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House GOP leaders will speak with reporters Tuesday morning as Republicans in the lower chamber push their Senate colleagues to pass President Trump‘s Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act. The legislation would require Americans to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote and present a valid ID in…
“Maybe he just can’t stop himself,” the MS NOW host said.
Pentagon officials will testify before the House Armed Services Committee Tuesday morning on the U.S. military’s posture in the Western Hemisphere and potential national security challenges. Among the witnesses are U.S. Southern Command Chief Gen. Francis L. Donovan, U.S. Northern Command Chief Gen. Gregory Guillot and Joseph Humire, the acting assistant secretary of Defense for homeland…
Aides who served under former Presidents Joe Biden, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton denied speaking with President Trump about military action in Iran — after Trump suggested one told him they wished the U.S. had bombed the Middle Eastern nation earlier. “Look, for 47 years, no president was willing to do what…
“That’s a problem,” noted the late night host.
Israel’s military said Tuesday that its latest strikes on Tehran have taken out two top Iranian officials, Ali Larijani, the secretary of the country’s Supreme National Security Council, and Gholamreza Soleimani, who commanded Iran’s Basij unit. Larijani is the second-most senior leader to be killed in the conflict since Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei’s death on…
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Israel claimed Tuesday that two top Iranian officials were killed in its latest round of strikes on Tehran. Ali Larijani, the secretary of the country’s Supreme National Security Council, was pronounced dead by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). His alleged death makes him the second most senior leader to be killed in the conflict since…
Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu have launched a costly and unnecessary war in Iran, which has further eroded public opinion of Israel in the United States.
“When Trump has explicitly stated that he cannot ensure the security of the Iranian national team, we will certainly not travel to America.”
“Yes … yes, that is ironclad logic,” mocked the “Late Show” host.
Several of this year’s creations have depicted the president in unflattering, grotesque ways, alongside Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu.
President Trump’s push to eliminate voting by mail without excuses such as illness or military duty, a component of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, has put him on a collision course with Republicans from states where absentee voting is widespread and popular. The SAVE America Act’s core reform would be to require…
Tensions are running high between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and its inspector general, a Trump appointee who is pushing back on agency leadership, claiming they are trying to stifle his investigations. DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari has had his own rocky tenure as the head of that office, but he’s clashed with outgoing…