President Trump on Sunday argued the U.S. has already forced regime change in Iran, pointing to the death of multiple Iranian leaders since joint U.S.-Israeli forces launched attacks a month ago. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said he wasn’t sure if the U.S. would reach a deal with the current Iranian leadership to…
President Trump on Sunday suggested his priority in Iran is taking control of the country’s oil industry as he weighs next steps one month into the war he launched with Israel. “To be honest with you, my favorite thing is to take the oil in Iran but some stupid people back in the US say:…
Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) on Sunday warned against putting American boots on the ground on Iran’s mainland and Kharg Island, noting it could lead to future requests that suggest the possibility of a longer war. President Trump hasn’t ruled out the possibility of an invasion, but has in recent weeks suggested Operation Epic Fury was…
Competitive races for governor and Senate in Ohio could give Democrats rare openings in the red state once seen as a critical bellwether. Two major election handicappers shifted the governor’s race more toward Democrats this month, citing surveys that have shown a formidible campaign from Democrat Amy Acton and baggage around her rival, Republican former…
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Rep. Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.), who is Iranian-American, said President Trump needs to find an off-ramp for the ongoing U.S. conflict with Iran soon. “’We’re already in this war, so what can be done?’ And I’ve been thinking a lot about that. Ultimately, I do think we need an off-ramp, quickly, to the war. We need…
Sen. Cory Booker accused Trump of creating a “global crisis.”
Rep. Adam Smith (D-Wash.) on Sunday said immigration policy could have been “more secure” during the Biden administration while weighing in on lawmakers’ current impasse on reforms for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). “The Biden administration did not do immigration enforcement the way it should have. We should have [had] the border more secure than…
Sen. James Lankford dodged answering whether Trump would need congressional approval to send troops to the Middle Eastern country.
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said Sunday that Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) has become a “thorn in the side” of her party, after House GOP leadership rejected a Senate-passed bill to fund the bulk of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “We’re not the problem. It’s the left that’s a problem,” Mace said on…
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) said Sunday that some senators “expressed buyer’s remorse” over a Senate bill to fund only part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) amid a shutdown of the department. “Well, we actually read their bill, and, frankly, a number of senators have expressed buyer’s remorse with what they did…
The ’90s icon is facing backlash for allegedly sharing a bonkers conspiracy theory about Michelle Obama on social media.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Sunday criticized President Trump over paying Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers amid the ongoing Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown. “I just want to continue to emphasize that we are seeing a colossal failure in presidential leadership. Because this president has said, again, ‘I have the power to pay TSA…
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) on Sunday did not rule out running for president in 2028, the next chance Democrats have to take the White House. In an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, the outlet’s Kristen Welker asked Booker about his new wife and her comfort with him making a presidential bid….
The actor, who joined protesters marching against the Trump administration in New York City, declared that the president “must be stopped now.”
Sen. Andy Kim (D-N.J.) said Sunday that the American people are paying the price of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran on multiple fronts. “There’s a reason why Donald Trump is not coming before the American people for approval for this war,” Kim told host Jake Tapper on CNN’s “State of the Union.” “It’s because he…
Democratic Sen. Andy Kim (N.J.) said Sunday that if the Senate-backed bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reached the House floor, it would pass. “What we know is that we have a bill that passed the Senate unanimously, a bipartisan piece of legislation that sits over at the House of Representatives. If…
Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) on Sunday pushed for federal workers to be paid following recent tensions over funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in Congress. “We, by the way, I’ve got a bill that ends government shutdowns forever. You and I have talked about it before, this is a bipartisan bill, I believe…
White House border czar Tom Homan expressed uncertainty Sunday at whether federal immigration officers will leave airports once Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees receive their delayed paychecks. “We’ll see. It depends [on] how many TSA agents come back to work, how many TSA agents have actually quit and have no plans [on] coming back to…
The health secretary claimed the president showed off his “encyclopedic, molecular knowledge” while the two dined on McDonald’s.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told NBC News on Saturday that Russian forces took satellite images of a U.S. air base in Saudi Arabia three times in the days before Iran attacked the site. During an interview in Doha, Qatar, Zelensky said he was “100 percent” confident that Russia was sharing that intelligence with Iran. On…
The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey will meet in Islamabad on Sunday, as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran hits the 30-day mark. Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs wrote Saturday on the social platform X that Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan arrived in Islamabad “along with Foreign Ministers of Saudi Arabia and…
One American studies expert said that the Oklahoma Republican’s past interaction with the Texas Democrat was “indicative of an explosive temper.”
Therapists told HuffPost that Donald Trump’s penchant for gold is highly symbolic, particularly for a president. Here’s why.
“The prop becomes a replacement for facts.”
“MAGA Christianity is a cult,” one former church member said. “I know because I was in it.”