European leaders have reportedly expressed fears about the Trump administration using peace negotiations to “betray” Ukraine as the country seeks to end its nearly four-year war with Russia. During a conference call on Monday, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, German
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth asked the four-star Navy admiral overseeing the U.S. military’s strikes against boats in the Caribbean to step down after the top officer voiced concerns about the “murky” legality of the attacks. U.S. Southern Command head Adm. Alvin Holsey will
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey (D) on Wednesday shot back at President Trump after the president called him a “fool” amid tensions between Minnesota officials and the White House over Somali immigrants. “That’s neither clever, nor is it right,” Frey told CNN’s Erin Burnett on
Republican Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) said Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth should testify before Congress “under oath” about the orders to strike suspected Venezuelan drug boats. Paul, who has criticized the Trump administration’s policy of using lethal force to take out suspected
Navy Adm. Frank Bradley, the commander who oversaw the Sept. 2 strikes on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, denied that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered his subordinates to “kill everybody” aboard the vessel during briefings to lawmakers on Capitol Hill. The denial
President Donald Trump “accidentally” let slip on Thursday the next target for Trumpification: the Kennedy Center. “You have a big event on Friday at the Trump-Kennedy Center—op, excuse me. The Kennedy Center,” Trump said with a laugh. “Pardon me, such a terrible mistake,” he
Members of Congress were just permitted to view the video of the second boat-bombing strike that’s consuming Washington in controversy during a classified briefing with Admiral Frank Bradley, who oversaw the operation. What they saw was deeply unnerving. And it pushes Defense
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said Thursday a Department of Defense (DOD) watchdog report did not exonerate Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth from using an encrypted messaging app to share details about a pending strike on Houthis in Yemen. "No, that is total baloney," Bacon said during
The Trump administration may revoke H-1B visa eligibility from people who worked in content moderation, fact-checking, and online safety. Their family members would lose visa status as well. A cable , dated Tuesday, obtained by Reuters moves U.S. consular officers to increase
The jab was most likely in reference to the president referring to himself as a king in a Truth Social post in February.
Donald Trump insulted the presidents of two countries right before signing a peace deal when he introduced the duo as “courageous leaders”—but couldn’t follow the flattery up with the correct pronunciation of their names. The U.S. president couldn’t wrap his mouth around the
Will we be safer living inland, away from coastal storms? What about forest fires? Should we have children, and if so, how many? Can we handle old age in a flooding basement, or at the end of a dirt road? What if everywhere we love is dangerous? When we try to plan our lives
The head of the Food and Drug Administration's vaccine division claimed in a leaked email that “at least 10 children" died from COVID-19 vaccination, using that to justify major vaccine regulatory changes. Experts, however, say too little information was provided to verify the
Days after Donald Trump fell asleep during a televised Cabinet meeting, the president on Thursday again dozed off during a ceremony to mark the signing of a peace agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Trump was visibly closing his eyes as Rwandan
Nearly a dozen Democratic lawmakers pressed major tech companies Wednesday on their donations to President Trump’s ballroom, raising concerns about “any potential quid-pro-quo arrangement” related to antitrust cases and investigations. In letters to leaders at Amazon, Apple,
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Thursday that the Pentagon’s strikes on alleged drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific could be a preview of an incursion into Venezuela. “I think the boat attacks are a prelude to an invasion of Venezuela,” the libertarian senator
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The Government Accountability Office (GAO) on Thursday confirmed it has launched an investigation into Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Bill Pulte, who has opened numerous investigations into the mortgage dealings of adversaries of President Trump. Pulte has
A co-founder of the “Uncommitted” movement, which pressed Democratic voters to cast a protest vote against former President Biden in the 2024 primary over the administration’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war, launched a campaign on Thursday for a state Senate seat in Michigan.
Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) on Thursday announced he will file articles of impeachment against Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, who is at the center of two scandals at the Defense Department. "This secretary has to go," Thanedar told Fox News host Josh Breslow. "He's
The more politics starts to look like a VIP club, the fewer seats the public has inside.
To the GOP, I say, please avoid the tendency to paint with a broad, racial brush.
Serena Williams announced in 2022 that she was bidding farewell to tennis "on her own terms."
Germany is increasing its defense spending in response to the threat posed by Russia, with plans to reach the NATO target of 3.5 percent of GDP on core defense requirements and an additional 1.5 percent on wider resilience and security.
JD Vance hit up his buddies in the Signal chat used to coordinate bombing Yemen with a late-night plea for companionship—hours after the chat’s existence was revealed to the public by Atlantic editor Jeff Goldberg. “This chat’s kind of dead,” Vance texted at 2:26 a.m. “Anything
Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), a member of the House Armed Services Committee, said Thursday that those on the committee are “very concerned” by the Pentagon’s double-tap strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean. “Quite frankly, the many members have very much concerns as to
Trump administration officials will brief reporters Thursday afternoon after the FBI made an arrest in its nearly 5-year-old probe of who placed pipe bombs near the offices of the Democratic and Republican national committees in 2021. The news marks the latest movement in the
Americans’ confidence in the economy slipped in November to negative 30, according to the latest Gallup poll, the lowest level recorded since July 2024. Gallup’s Economic Confidence Index — which combines Americans’ assessments of current economic conditions and the economic
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Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (D) said Wednesday that the Minnesotan Somali community is part of “the fabric of our state,” comments that follow attacks on Somalians from President Trump. “I just watched the video of Donald Trump attacking the beautiful Somali community
It's the first time the national average has dropped below $3 since 2021, but not every state is seeing such low prices at the pump.
The Office of the Inspector General’s Signalgate report is out, and it does not fully exonerate Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, regardless of his supporters’ claims . Hegseth overwhelmingly declined to cooperate with the OIG’s report on his early-term scandal, refusing to hand
It's the first time the national average has dropped below $3 since 2021, but not every state is seeing such low prices at the pump.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Thursday called a federal vaccine advisory committee "totally discredited" ahead of a vote on whether to change hepatitis B vaccine guidelines, an issue very close to the Louisiana physician. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)
House Republican leaders are finalizing health care legislation for early next week, with a plan to bring it to the floor by the end of the year. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) told reporters Thursday that a GOP-only plan is on track to be unveiled next week. “From the very
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández thanked President Trump on Wednesday for pardoning him of charges related to assisting drug traffickers. "I said it as I left my home, I said it as I was wrongfully convicted, and I will say it again now that I have my liberty,"
President Trump on Wednesday will oversee a peace treaty signing ceremony between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda, after meeting separately with Presidents Felix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame. The deal, facilitated by the U.S. and other allies, aims to end the conflict
Oscar-winning actor Halle Berry slammed California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) for vetoing bipartisan legislation to increase menopause-related care and coverage within the state for the second year in a row — an action she said should disqualify him from being the next president.
After 83 people have lost their lives in dubiously legal boat strikes in the Caribbean, some prominent Republican senators seem to finally be ready to part ways with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Hegseth’s Pentagon was revealed to have levied a second strike against a boat in
A report from the Department of Defense’s (DOD) watchdog released publicly Thursday found Secretary Pete Hegseth endangered troops and violated department policy in using his personal cell phone to send classified information about a pending strike on Houthi targets in Yemen.
Five years after pipe bombs were found near the Democratic National Committee and Republican National Committee headquarters, the FBI has arrested a suspect. On Thursday morning, Virginia resident Brian Cole was taken into custody by the bureau and charged with placing the
Women with an average risk of developing cervical cancer may test themselves at home for the virus that causes the disease, the American Cancer Society (ACS) advised on Thursday. The new guidance from the ACS, published in CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians, says that at-risk
A majority of Americans want Congress to extend subsidies on ObamaCare set to expire at the end of the year, according to a survey from the health nonprofit KFF released Thursday. Of those enrolled in ObamaCare marketplace plans, KFF found that 84 percent want Congress to
The Pentagon on Wednesday released a highly critical inspector general report that found Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth jeopardized troop safety and violated department policy by using the Signal app on his personal cell phone to discuss a pending strike on Houthi targets in
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he met with President Trump on Wednesday and discussed export controls amid a faltering push in Congress to place new restrictions on advanced chip sales to China. “We talked in general about export controls, and I wished him a happy holidays,”
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said Wednesday that President Trump resorts to “very bigoted” rhetoric when he is trying to deflect from “actual failures,” comments that follow Trump’s recent attacks on the lawmaker and the Somali-American community. “We know that the president
More than a third of President Trump’s 2024 voters say they are struggling more than ever to afford life’s everyday expenses, according to The Politico Poll. In the mid-November survey, conducted shortly after this year’s elections, 37 percent of Trump voters agree that “the