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Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) along with Rep. James McGovern (D-Mass.) wrote a Wednesday letter to President Trump questioning his foreign policy initiatives in Cuba.  The neighboring island reportedly has been crippled by Trump administration’s sanctions on oil, leaving hospitals, transportation and food preparation in flux as resources dwindle. “The situation in…

The poll, conducted just before Trump’s polarizing State of the Union address, comes amid heightened scrutiny of his health and mental acuity. 

Cuba’s Interior Ministry on Wednesday said four people aboard a U.S. speedboat were killed following a confrontation with Cuban border security officers amid worsening conditions in the island nation and rising tensions with the U.S. Five Cuban border guards intercepted the “violating” speedboat about 1 nautical mile northeast of Cayo Falcones, in Villa Clara province,…

Former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said that Democrats skipping Tuesday’s State of the Union speech from President Trump does not help them. “I think the Democrats should have shown up. Don’t be, don’t play junior varsity in that area, and listen to the president’s remarks and then go out with the — and say what…

Who better than the “Wicked” star to let the president know?

A federal judge in Boston ruled against the Trump administration’s request to lift a block on a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy that allows federal officials to deport migrants to countries other than their own. In a Wednesday order, U.S. District Judge Brian Murphy said this third-country removal policy “is not fine, nor is…

The U.S. is imposing new sanctions on Iranian individuals, companies and ships accused of enabling the country’s illicit oil sales and ballistic missile programs as President Trump escalates pressure on Tehran over its nuclear program. The Treasury Department on Wednesday announced additional action targeting vessels in Iran’s “shadow fleet” that officials said have collectively transported…

Another state of the union speech, another opportunity for Democrats to beclown themselves with pointless theatrics and feckless resistance.

Emissions from data centers can cause breathing issues and premature deaths for those living nearby, according to a new report.

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Wednesday questioned Dr. Casey Means, President Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, on her previously recommending psilocybin use. During Means’s confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, Collins, holding a copy of the nominee’s 2024 book “Good Energy,” said she was “concerned” that Means encouraged…

The conservative pundit praised Trump’s address while bashing the children of immigrants.

The veteran Democrat called Tuesday’s address an “utter failure” for the historically unpopular president.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Wednesday defended heckling President Trump during his record-long State of the Union address, calling the action “unavoidable.” “The president talked about protecting Americans, and I just had to remind him that his administration was responsible for killing two of my constituents,” Omar told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, referencing the deaths of…

“The longest State of the Union address in history. In some ways, vintage Trump: combative, populist, historic for other reasons as well,” Tony Dokoupil said.

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) shared his reason on social media after Donald Trump’s extra-long State of the Union address.

President Trump’s nominee for surgeon general, Casey Means, on Wednesday said she won’t broadly encourage parents to vaccinate their children against measles, the flu or whooping cough, as previously done by her predecessors.  Means testified before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee as a crucial step in her confirmation, but faced aggressive…

House Democrats kicked off their annual retreat Wednesday afternoon, less than a day after President Trump criticized and clashed with members of the caucus during his record-long State of the Union address. While many Democrats in both chambers of Congress chose to boycott the speech altogether, Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Al…

Vice President Vance on Wednesday said the U.S. is seeking a diplomatic deal with Iran in their upcoming talks, adding that President Trump has the sole authority on whether the U.S. will strike the Middle Eastern country. “The president has been crystal clear as he could be,” Vance told Fox News’s Bill Hemmer on “America’s…

Trump’s address was not a pivot to persuasion — it was a doubling down on confrontation as strategy. And it revealed was how much of this presidency depends on maintaining narrative control.

Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman (D) condemned the “yelling and screaming” from some Democratic legislators during President Trump’s State of the Union address Tuesday.  “I don’t care if it’s a Republican or Democrat, it’s a president. Just don’t do that,” Fetterman told Fox News’s Bill Hemmer early Wednesday. Some Democrats heckled the president during his remarks,…

Over a dozen states sued the Trump administration for rolling back vaccine recommendations for children, which the officials argued pose a health risk to Americans. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. district court for the Northern District of California, challenged the Jan. 5 decision memo from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC), which…

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) branded the president’s Tuesday State of the Union speech as “Donald Trump’s state of delusion.” “He’s in a bubble. He doesn’t even know what the average American is going through,” Schumer said of President Trump on Wednesday in an appearance on CNN’s “News Central.” The Democratic leader accused Trump…

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Wednesday slammed President Trump’s State of the Union address as a speech “riddled with dirty rotten lies.” “The president’s speech was riddled with dirty, rotten lies, including his unwillingness to confront the affordability crisis that Donald Trump has made worse throughout his entire time in office,” Jeffries said…

It was one of many ironic moments from the president’s State of the Union address.

The Defense Secretary is appealing a judge’s order that blocks him from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a former Navy pilot, for participating in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful orders.