Month: February 2026

The U.S. is preparing for a pullout of all troops stationed in Syria, readying to end its military presence deployed to fight against ISIS in the country, two U.S. officials told The Hill on Wednesday. The move comes as the U.S. military has withdrawn service members from the al-Shaddadi base in northeast Syria and from…

One race equity expert called the president’s remarks “petty, unpresidential and disrespectful to Jackson’s legacy.”

“Hopefully it’s going to be able to be told to all of us very soon,” the president’s daughter-in-law said.

The Department of Justice’s (DOJ) latest disclosure under the Epstein Files Transparency Act — a long list of names as disparate as Janis Joplin, Julian Assange and former Vice President Dick Cheney — has sparked an outcry on Capitol Hill, where lawmakers are accusing the DOJ of failing to comply with its final obligation under…

President Trump will deliver the first State of the Union address of his second term on Feb. 24, but several House and Senate Democrats plan to skip the high-profile address in favor of counter-rallies and other forms of protest. Trump’s speech comes as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is shut down amid a standoff…

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) warned Lone Star State Republicans against nominating state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) in the Texas Senate GOP primary. “If Ken Paxton is the nominee, we could well experience a massacre, and the first Democrat elected since 1994 in the state of Texas,” Cornyn told supporters in Fort Worth, Texas, according…

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) countered a threat from Iran’s supreme leader against American warships with a famous movie quote on Wednesday. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei threatened to sink U.S. vessels amid nuclear talks between the two countries this week.  “The Americans constantly say that they’ve sent a warship toward Iran,” Khamenei said. “Of…

Maryland and Virginia Democrats are pressing local utility DC Water over a recent wastewater spill that leaked into the Potomac River, an incident that has also sparked some political tension in the region. In a Wednesday letter to DC Water CEO David Gadis, the lawmakers said they were reaching out “to express our serious concern…

CNN panelists on Tuesday sparred over Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s (D-N.Y.) remarks at the Munich Security Conference, where she stumbled over statements regarding foreign policy and diplomacy. Ocasio-Cortez mistakenly referred to Venezuela as being positioned “below the equator” and hesitated to answer a question about whether U.S. troops should defend Taiwan if China invades. President Trump…

President Trump again took a swing at the United Kingdom on Wednesday for giving Diego Garcia, an island that is part of the Chagos Islands in the Indian Ocean, to Mauritius. “I have been telling Prime Minister Keir Starmer, of the United Kingdom, that Leases are no good when it comes to Countries, and that…

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt called a counterproposal sent by Democrats on Tuesday to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) “unserious” during the White House press briefing Wednesday. “Last night, they sent over a counterproposal that frankly was very unserious, and we hope they get serious very soon because Americans are going to…

This isn’t about partisan score-settling. It’s about whether the presidency is being used to serve the public, or to serve the president’s portfolio.

U.S.-Israeli relations are in trouble as both political parties are being pulled away from Israel, with far-left critics of Israel winning Democratic nominations and young Republicans and evangelicals showing unfavorable views of Israel.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has joined forces with singer Kid Rock in a new ad promoting the department’s Make America Healthy Again initiative. “I’ve teamed up with @KidRock to deliver two simple messages to the American people: GET ACTIVE + EAT REAL FOOD,” Kennedy captioned the 90-second video on Tuesday…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said on Wednesday that he had met with Maryland Senate President Bill Ferguson (D), a critic of mid-cycle redistricting, and urged him to have his chamber vote on a new set of congressional lines passed by the Maryland House of Delegates. Jeffries said in a statement that he met…

Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) on Tuesday said he filed criminal charges with the Harris County Constable’s Office after a senior member of Sen. John Cornyn’s (R-Texas) campaign team allegedly released personal information about his family. Matt Mackowiak, who serves as the campaign communications director, originally posted unredacted documents with the lawmaker’s personal address, driver’s license…

President Trump’s job rating is underwater, inflation is a major concern for Americans, and his policies have only exacerbated economic issues, leading to a mass exodus of Republicans from his party.

Democrats in New York and New Jersey touted the release of all federal funding for the Gateway tunnel project on Wednesday, after a federal judge ordered the Trump administration to lift its spending freeze earlier this month. New York Attorney General Letitia James (D), who brought litigation against the administration to unfreeze the funds, said…

President Trump’s top White House economic adviser suggested Thursday that a group of Federal Reserve researchers should be punished for a paper exploring the costs of Trump’s tariffs. In a Thursday interview, National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett condemned a new paper from Federal Reserve Bank of New York economists, who found that consumers paid…

Texas state Rep. James Talarico’s (D) Senate campaign said he raised $2.5 million in the first 24 hours after his appearance on Stephen Colbert’s “The Late Show” was pulled. Talarico’s segment was axed from the broadcast after CBS’s lawyers advised that it could trigger the Federal Communications Commission’s equal-time rule for two other candidates, including…

Several House and Senate Democrats will skip President Trump’s State of the Union address next week to attend counterprogramming events near the U.S. Capitol highlighting the impact of the administration’s policies.  Trump is scheduled to address Congress on Feb. 24, a speech that comes amid an uproar over his immigration policies, fueled in part by…

A Tucson, Ariz., area gun store owner said an FBI agent stopped by his store with a three-page list of names and photographs to ask whether any of the individuals had purchased a firearm within the past year amid the ongoing search for missing 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie. “The way that our system is set up…

The Trump administration is now facing two federal lawsuits over its renewed push to open the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska for more oil and drilling opportunities.  Separate groups sued the Department of the Interior and sub-agencies on Tuesday, citing concerns for the 23-million-acre reserve, located on federal land within Alaska’s North Slope. As mandated by the…

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will speak with reporters Wednesday afternoon as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown persists. The funding fight comes as Democrats push for reforms in how the DHS implements President Trump’s deportation agenda, from agents wearing masks to the use of force. While the department oversees several immigration enforcement…

New York Attorney General Letitia James (D) said the Trump administration released nearly $130 million in funds for the Gateway tunnel project on Wednesday following a judge’s order. “This funding freeze was unlawful from the start. We took swift action in court, and now every dollar that was illegally withheld has been released,” James said in a statement. Last week, a…