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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Republican leaders will give remarks Wednesday morning as funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is up in the air, despite proposals from both sides of the aisle. Mounting callouts and resignations at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) amid the stalemate have caused travel delays and long wait…

The shift to interactive digital programming will represent a generational change in how consumers engage with the media. Our civic discourse will be better for it. 

Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Tuesday that senators should not leave Washington for recess without securing funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), as Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) staffing problems snarl airport security lines. “You can’t leave until this is done,” McCarthy said during an appearance on NewsNation’s “The Hill.” “I mean,…

American Dennis Coyle, who the Taliban released on Tuesday after more than a year in detention, said the people of Afghanistan are “not all evil.” “People live life daily on the streets, doing their best to make do. So, there are not all evil, wicked people there,” he reflected in an interview with NewsNation’s Chris…

Lawmakers are scrambling to end the partial government shutdown ahead of a planned two-week recess as both Democrats and Republicans find fault with a compromise plan. President Trump indicated earlier this week he was open to funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) without new money for federal immigration enforcement — an idea that GOP…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio testified Tuesday that he was not aware of connections his longtime friend, former Rep. David Rivera (R-Fla.), had to Venezuela. Rivera, who represented Florida’s 25th Congressional District from 2011-2013 and roomed with Rubio early in their political careers, is facing federal criminal charges of acting as an unregistered foreign agent…

The U.S. sent a 15-point ceasefire proposal to Iran through intermediaries, Pakistani officials unveiled Wednesday, though the Islamic Republican seemingly dismissed the terms, according to The Associated Press. The Iranian military launched more strikes on Israel and the Persian Gulf region overnight, including an attack that sparked a massive fire at Kuwait International Airport, the…

“It started feeling like I was in f**king a class I didn’t want to take.”

“Do something your father didn’t have the courage to do,” said the former Minnesota governor and pro wrestler.

The Lone Star State, home to one of this year’s marquee Senate contests, will play host to a mix of Republican candidate hopefuls, influencers and activists, and Trump administration officials at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) beginning on Wednesday. The gathering, which has historically served as a temperature check for the Republican Party, has…

“Iran will end the war when it decides to do so and when its own conditions are met,” the hardliner-controlled Press TV quoted the official as saying.

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) suggested in a letter to Pam Bondi that the new documents were handed over by mistake to discredit the criminal case against the president.  

One particular line prompted the same taunting gag.

“Ahh, the musings of the human pet trick at the Pentagon while Trump perfects the art of not giving a damn,” said former RNC Chair Michael Steele.

Trump has railed against mail-in voting since his 2020 election loss. 

The late night host called the president’s actions “unbelievable.” 

The CNN conservative commentator is “a perfect metaphor for the GOP,” argued Miles Taylor.

Trump said the gift indicated that he is “dealing with the right people.”

The former White House communications director gave “Trump derangement syndrome” a new definition. 

Earlier this year, Bannon made similar statements about ICE being deployed to polling locations.

Multiple Iranian officials on Tuesday denounced negotiations with the Trump administration amid a push for a ceasefire in the region, despite President Trump’s characterization of the talks as “productive.” “This is the tip of the iceberg,” Saeed Jalil, the Supreme Leader’s representative to the Supreme National Security Council’s Secretariat, said, according to a translation during…

The party’s run of success in special elections across the country over the past year continues even in Republican dominated Florida.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) union workers on Tuesday criticized President Trump’s deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers at select airports, saying the move will do little to reduce the long security lines driven by the partial government shutdown affecting the Department of Homeland Security. At a virtual press conference hosted by the American…

“That’s where this feels abnormal,” one political science expert said while breaking down the much-talked-about exchange. 

The Big Story Hegseth ‘disappointed’ with possible ceasefire with Iran, Trump says President Trump said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine were “disappointed” by the prospect of a U.S.-negotiated ceasefire with Iran. AP The president said in the Oval Office, following the swearing in of Homeland Security Secretary…