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President Trump revealed Thursday that he will be announcing his pick to chair the Federal Reserve “sometime next week.”   “We are going to be announcing the head of the Fed, who that will be,” Trump said at his monthly Cabinet meeting at the White House. “It will be a person that will, I think, do…

Iran is preparing live fire drills in the Strait of Hormuz following tensions ratcheting up between Tehran and the U.S., according to Iranian state media. In a post Thursday on social platform X, Iranian state television’s English-language arm Press TV said that naval forces with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps “will carry out live-fire exercises…

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem acted unlawfully when she lifted deportation protections for Venezuela and Haiti, a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeal ruled late Wednesday. A concurring opinion noted that both Noem and President Trump repeatedly made statements that “were overtly founded on racist stereotyping based on country of origin,” agreeing…

A top aide for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) dismissed a Wednesday report that the senator was upset with the White House over not getting a chance to take a photo with Nicki Minaj. Macarena Martinez, Cruz’s communications director, posted a photo on social platform X of Cruz, White House adviser Alex Bruesewitz and Minaj. Politico’s…

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) said Wednesday that President Trump compared his federal immigration crackdown in the North Star State to the U.S. military operation in Venezuela that ousted President Nicolás Maduro. “He told me that he doesn’t understand what’s wrong with Minnesota,” Walz told MS NOW’s Jacob Soboroff, recalling his call with Trump on Monday….

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Wednesday that relatives of children should donate to their new “Trump accounts” as opposed to buying them a toy. “Relatives, rather than giving a toy for a birthday, for a holiday, they can contribute to these accounts,” Bessent said on “Fox and Friends.” The Treasury secretary also called contributions to…

The former Transportation Secretary highlighted some “telling” reasons involving President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance.

Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) went after the Trump administration Wednesday, saying it is “out of control” and accusing officials of “running around like they are kings.” “They are running roughshod through our own country and through others. And Donald Trump and his cruel, tyrannical Cabinet are out of control,” Rosen said in a clip posted…

House Republicans unveiled a sweeping elections reform bill Thursday that would mandate long-sought requirements like presenting photo ID when voting and citizenship verification to register to vote.  Dubbed the Make Elections Great Again Act, the bill is led by House Administration Committee Chair Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) and marks an evolution of election reform legislation that…

The Trump administration is moving to limit obligations on certain upwind states to cut smog pollution from their power plants that can flow to downwind states. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Wednesday proposed “phase 1” of its rollback of the Biden-era “Good Neighbor” plan. The “Good Neighbor” regulations broadly seek to prevent pollution in…

Rapper Nicki Minaj said Wednesday she received a “gold card” from President Trump, hours after praising the president during an event touting his administration’s child investment accounts. Minaj posted a photo of the immigration card, emblazoned with Trump’s face on it, to social platform X with the caption “Welp.” She later wrote on X that…

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Wednesday shared Reuters’s photo of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard during the FBI’s search of 2020 voting records at the Fulton County, Ga., elections office, questioning why she was there. “Why is Tulsi Gabbard at an FBI raid on an election office in Fulton County?” Warner asked in a…

Starmer spent around three hours with Xi at a formal summit and a lunch, during which the pair discussed trade and security, the war in Ukraine, and also soccer and Shakespeare.

Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) on Wednesday suggested President Trump is “certainly” to blame for the recent attack on Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar (D). A man, later identified as 55-year-old Anthony Kazmierczak, was tackled to the ground and arrested Tuesday evening after spraying Omar with an unknown substance during a town hall in her district. The…

The new head of artistic programming at the Kennedy Center, Kevin Couch, has resigned after just weeks on the job, according to several reports. The Kennedy Center announced on Jan. 16 that Couch, the former programming head for a UK-based theater owner and production company, had been named its senior vice president of artistic programming….

Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) signaled Wednesday that he’s not at all bothered by President Trump labeling him a “loser.” “I am thrilled about that. That makes me qualified to be [Department of Homeland Security] secretary and senior advisor to the president,” Tillis told CNN’s Manu Raju on Capitol Hill, referring to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi…

President Trump on Thursday morning will hold a Cabinet meeting at the White House as the administration faces scrutiny over its immigration enforcement tactics. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem has taken on the brunt of the criticism after she defended immigration officers involved in the fatal shootings of two Minneapolis residents earlier…

A narrow majority of Virginia voters support mid-cycle redistricting, new polling shows, as Democrats in the state work to put forward an amendment this spring. The Wason Center for Civic Leadership at Christopher Newport University found 51 percent of Virginia voters backed a constitutional amendment that would let the state legislature temporarily draw new district…

In a Minneapolis press conference, border czar Tom Homan admitted that ICE activity in the city had not been “perfect” and said he would improve immigration enforcement.

Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (N.Y.) and President Trump are moving toward a deal to separate Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding from five other House-passed appropriations bills in hopes of avoiding a partial government shutdown this weekend, according to a source familiar with the discussions. No agreement has been reached yet but the discussions…

The Minnesota governor’s chat with the president took an unexpected turn.

Border czar Tom Homan will speak with reporters Thursday morning in Minneapolis, as the city reels following two fatal shootings involving federal immigration authorities. President Trump sent Homan to Minnesota earlier this week to oversee the administration’s ramped up immigration crackdown in the city after Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino left the area on Tuesday….

Trump administration border czar Tom Homan will hold a press conference Thursday morning as he assumes command of the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis. The Senate is also scrambling as a Jan. 30 partial shutdown deadline quickly approaches and Democrats dig their heels in on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding. After Saturday’s fatal shooting of…

The president promised to carry out “retribution” on the state that he actually lost every time.

New video revealed Wednesday appears to show Alex Pretti, the ICU nurse who was shot and killed over the weekend by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis, in an altercation with federal authorities over a week before his death. The footage, taken on Jan. 13, shows an alleged Pretti hurling expletives at the officers next to…