President Trump on Monday said U.S. strikes on Iran energy infrastructure would halt for five days after “very good” and “productive” conversations with leaders in Tehran. In a Monday morning Truth Social post, Trump wrote in all-caps that the U.S. and Iran “over the last two days” have had “conversations regarding a complete and total…
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Former FBI analyst John Sullivan, who recently dropped a New York congressional bid, is launching a new group to support former public servants running for office, according to plans first shared with The Hill. The group, a hybrid political action committee called Integrity PAC, is looking to support candidates who have served in the government or military and are fighting back…
The “Last Week Tonight” host tore into the “pretty s**tty” operations of undercover cops and government agents.
The first U.S. pope said that he continues to follow with “dismay” the situation in the Middle East.
The CNN data analyst also found a number that made him say “yikes.”
Henrietta Treyz placed a possible timeline on prices returning to normal, but with a major caveat.
The newspaper’s editorial board dropped a damning reality check on the president’s war messaging.
The Republican senator from South Carolina urged Trump to seize a key Iranian island.
President Trump on Sunday said Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will help with airport security for “as long as it takes” as passengers complain of longer wait times amid the partial government shutdown. Earlier Sunday, White House border czar Tom Homan said ICE would assist at airports but would not be involved specifically in…
Florida Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R) on Sunday said Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) was acting as if U.S. soldiers were “expendable cattle” following his comments about the possibility of losing servicemembers in battle. “I am deeply upset at the lack of respect for life Senator Lindsey Graham is displaying when talking about our troops. He…
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Sunday said people need to give President Trump more “empathy” after Trump posted that he was “glad” former FBI Director Robert Mueller was dead. “I think that given what has been done to President Trump and his family it is impossible for either of us to understand what he has…
The president has been vocal about being a “president for life” since at least 2018.
Trump is cycling through what seems to be an increasingly desperate list of options as he searches for a solution to the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz.
The president didn’t seem to mind being ridiculed for his war-hungry attitude as he cosigned the new show’s opener on Truth Social.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Sunday said his country would not be “swayed by more threats” after President Trump threatened to “hit” and “obliterate” Iran’s power plants if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened. “Strait of Hormuz is not closed. Ships hesitate because insurers fear the war of choice you initiated—not Iran,” Araghchi…
The Senate’s marathon debate on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act is set to enter its second week, as President Trump and conservative allies ramp up pressure to push the measure through the upper chamber. Trump declared on Truth Social last week that the SAVE America Act is “one of the most IMPORTANT…
Democrats on Capitol Hill are sounding alarms over the potential commutation of an election denier and convicted felon’s sentence in Colorado, warning the state’s Democratic governor that clemency for Tina Peters would undermine the justice system and diminish the gravity of her crimes. Gov. Jared Polis (D) has been under heavy pressure from President Trump…
The congressional candidate laid out why the president is totally not “in the running” for the Kennedy family-created award.
Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), said in an interview that aired Sunday the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran has not done as much damage to the latter’s country nuclear program as U.S. and Israeli strikes did last June. “This time around, I think the focus of the campaign does…
Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Carlos Fernández de Cossío on Sunday said the country’s soldiers are preparing for the “possibility” of aggression from the Trump administration. “Our military is always prepared. And in fact it is preparing these days for the possibility of military aggression. We, we would be naive if, looking at what’s happening around…
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz said Sunday that American allies are beginning to “come around” on providing support to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, which President Trump has urged them to do. “We are seeing our allies come around as they should, but at the same time, the president is not going…
The treasury secretary didn’t seem one bit bothered by Trump’s callous reaction to former FBI director Robert Mueller’s death.
NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Sunday asked for President Trump’s “understanding” amid his frustrations with allied countries expressing hesitancy to provide support to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. “I understand the president’s frustration that it takes some time, but again, I also ask for some understanding, because nations had to prepare for this, not knowing…
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) is leaning into his support for Israel as the war in Iran escalates and as speculation about a potential 2028 presidential run grows. In recent interviews with progressive podcast hosts, Shapiro has not shied away from the topic, engaging at length on an issue that has become increasingly fraught for…
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