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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,…

The “Last Word” host called him “breathtakingly incompetent” while covering recent reports that Russia was assisting Iran in the ongoing war. 

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.

The famed economist warned of what the war could trigger next.

The “Late Show” host mocked the president over a reported gift to his inner circle. 

“Insane the kinda crap they get away with saying to the media.”

The late-night host called the exchange between the first lady and the president “one of the funniest conversations I’ve ever heard.” 

The South Carolina senator seemed to have forgotten a key achievement that President Donald Trump claimed last summer. 

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) may have his first scandal before even stepping foot into his confirmation hearings for DHS secretary.