Iran on Wednesday threatened the safety of vessels attempting to pass through a key Red Sea strait amid the Strait of Hormuz’s closure. The Bab el-Mandeb strait, located approximately in between Yemen and Djibouti, is 1,200 miles off the Strait of Hormuz and could be subject to military threats from Iran’s proxies. “We are constantly…
President Trump made his first public call for a clean extension of the nation’s warrantless spy powers Wednesday, pointing to the ongoing conflict in Iran as a rationale. Trump, through legislative channels, has called for an 18-month extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which authorizes the government to spy on…
President Trump on Wednesday praised U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers for their work at airports this week as lengthy security wait times stack up amid the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding lapse. “I am so proud of our ICE Patriots! They were unfairly maligned by the Lunatic Democrats for years, and now,…
Democrats in Florida had a good night on Tuesday, flipping two state Legislature seats in districts President Trump carried two years ago to give the party a boost as it looks to make inroads in red states ahead of November. The party scored wins in contests for a Florida state House seat that represents Trump’s…
Iranian author and journalist Tara Kangarlou said Tuesday that Iranian citizens are concerned “their story will end like Afghanistan,” amid uncertainty about the country’s post-conflict future. Kangarlou told NewsNation’s Elizabeth Vargas that “ordinary Iranians” were currently trapped between a “brutal dictatorship” and a “lack of policy” from the U.S. that has them questioning what comes…
A federal appeals court upheld the Trump administration’s policy allowing mass detention of migrants awaiting deportation without bond. In a 2-1 ruling Wednesday, the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals determined that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was justified in detaining people without the possibility of bond. The GOP-appointed panel’s decision specifically applies to the…
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who has encouraged President Trump to invade Kharg Island as part of the Iran war, on Wednesday said he would prefer a negotiated end to the conflict, arguing that war “literally is hell.” “Not only do I support @POTUS and his team’s efforts to negotiate with Iran to find a solution…
Iran offered a counterproposal Wednesday to end the war in the region after rejecting a ceasefire plan backed by the Trump administration. Leaders in Tehran are asking for sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz and a complete end to “aggression” from the U.S. and Israel, among other demands. “Iran will end the war at a…
The 71-year-old’s conviction comes years after he requested absentee ballots in 2022 using two politicians’ personal information without their consent.
Emily Gregory made her Trump-humbling remarks after Jen Psaki celebrated the “unbelievably delicious rebuke” of Trump.
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The potential 2028 presidential aspirants have publicly supported Trump’s decision to launch a major war, but in recent weeks have been less visible.
Nearly 6 in 10 Americans think U.S. military action against Iran has gone too far, according to a new AP-NORC poll, as the escalating conflict shows few signs of slowing down. The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey, released Wednesday, found that 59 percent of U.S. adults said the American operation has been excessive,…
🧳 Plus: TSA reports highest wait times in history {beacon} It’s Wednesday. Happy Opening Day!! ⚾🌭 Have you seen the 🎥 clips of a robot walking out with first lady Melania Trump at the White House this morning? I don’t know how I feel about this… In today’s issue: Iran rejects U.S. ceasefire proposal…
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The Trump administration has reportedly floated a 15-point plan to Iran to end war there. It was met with a flat-out rejection from Tehran, with Iranian leaders opting to instead issue its own plan, as the war nears the one-month mark. The U.S.’s 15-point plan to end the war was sent to Iran on Tuesday,…
Democratic Rep. Gregory Meeks (N.Y.) moved Wednesday to subpoena Secretary of State Marco Rubio and U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner before the House Foreign Affairs Committee regarding the war in Iran. Meeks, the ranking member on the panel, introduced motions to subpoena Rubio, Witkoff and Kushner after his opening statement at a hearing…
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt will brief reporters Wednesday afternoon after the U.S. reportedly proposed a 15-point peace plan to bring an end to the Middle East conflict and as strikes in the region persist. Pakistani intermediaries who delivered the proposal to Iran told The Associated Press that it includes sanctions relief, civilian nuclear…
Peter Navarro said Wednesday that the Supreme Court striking down the bulk of President Trump’s emergency tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) was the “best possible outcome” for the administration. “Even though we lost the IEEPA tariffs, it was the best possible outcome because the justices ratified and affirmed the use…
An assistant U.S. Attorney acknowledged to a federal judge earlier this month that the Justice Department had no criminal evidence against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. Andrew Massucco, a deputy to U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro, made the admission to Judge James Boasberg on March 3, according to a sealed transcript…
Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) said Tuesday that she would oppose any new funding for the U.S. war with Iran if it involved putting troops on the ground, becoming the latest Republican to show hesitation over the Pentagon’s $200 billion request. “I’ll be voting against the funding if we’re putting troops on the ground. I’m not…
House Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar (D-Calif.) and other Dem leaders will speak with the media Wednesday morning as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown drags on, despite pressure on both sides to come to a deal to reopen the department. Democrats have largely held firm on their demands for reforms to the Trump…
The Democrat offered a brief yet blunt analysis of her GOP colleagues’ claims after federal immigration agents were deployed to airports nationwide.
Jimmy Kimmel calls out Donald Trump’s hypocrisy, Barry Keoghan talks about being bullied for his new look and Barry Manilow opens up about his cancer battle — just some of the stories HuffPost is following today.
The right-wing congresswoman doubled down on a wacky claim about ICE and got into an “embarrassing” spat with a journalist.
White House border czar Tom Homan on Tuesday expressed the Trump administration’s commitment to cracking down on sanctuary cities following the killing of a college student in Chicago last week. “President Trump wants to take sanctuary cities on, and we’re going to continue taking them on,” Homan told NewsNation’s Katie Pavlich. “We got to end…