Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said Monday he hopes to hold a confirmation hearing next week for Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), President Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
President Trump on Monday threatened the Iranian regime against halting the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, as gas prices back home rise amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. “If Iran does anything that stops the flow of Oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be
Presented by the Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story Public trust in NIH, FDA and CDC continues to fall New polling released last week found that public trust in federal agencies and authorities regarding health
President Trump suggested the war with Iran could be coming to a close during a press conference at his Miami resort on Monday, which immediately followed his address to House Republicans at their annual retreat. “Very soon,” Trump said when asked when the war would end.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday designated Afghanistan as a “state sponsor of wrongful detention” and urged the ruling Taliban to release two U.S. citizens he said are “unjustly detained.” “Today, I am designating Afghanistan as a State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention.
DORAL, Fla. - President Trump on Monday pushed for the passage of a GOP voting requirements bill, telling House Republicans that enacting the legislation will “guarantee the midterms” and reiterating that he won’t sign any other bills until it gets passed. “It will guarantee
A group of Senate Democrats are threatening to use every procedural tool at their disposal to hold up business on the Senate floor unless Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and other senior officials testify before key committees under oath on the
President Trump on Monday described the war against Iran as an “excursion” that would be over soon, as the president contends with spiking oil prices, troop casualties, allies under attack and low support among the American public. “This was just an excursion into something
President Trump and the Pentagon are offering conflicting signals on how long the U.S. war with Iran will last, as officials in Tehran prepare to dig in for a longer fight and with the economic fallout from the clash hurting the U.S. and global economy. Trump on Monday
President Trump’s remarks blaming Iran for the recent bombing of an all-girls school in southern Iran, where more than 160 people were killed, run counter to the mounting evidence that the U.S. military is likely responsible for the attack. The Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary
Nearly three-quarters of respondents to a new Quinnipiac University poll do not support the U.S. sending ground troops into Iran, as the conflict in the Middle East hits 10 days on Monday. The survey, released Monday, found that 20 percent of respondents support such a move,
Democrats are pouncing on a spike in gas prices and expected soaring airline fares, blaming President Trump’s handling of the war in Iran for deepening economic pain on Americans. In interviews, statements and in a flurry of social media posts, Democrats have sharpened their
The president focused on an elections bill as cost-of-living concerns weigh on the midterms.
Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) defended his Islamophobic comments on Monday by blaming Democrats for shutting down the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “To Hakeem Jeffries, Gavin Newsom, and the high-ranking Democrats flooding X to condemn me: A Muslim shot and killed three
Ed Davey, the leader of the U.K.’s Liberal Democrats, is calling on King Charles III to postpone his state visit to the U.S. amid President Trump’s war in Iran. Davey wrote Sunday on the social platform X that U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer “should advise the King to call off
The Pentagon spent more money in September—the end of the 2025 fiscal year—than it had in any other year since 2008. But a good chunk of the budget wasn’t used for anything that could be considered a pertinent military expense. The Defense Department burned through $93 billion
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Oil briefly reaches $119 per barrel The conflict in Iran is causing a massive disruption in the global oil supply and sending energy prices skyrocketing. © Erin Hooley, Associated Press It’s unclear how long
Do Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner actually understand nuclear energy enough to describe Iran’s capabilities to Donald Trump, let alone negotiate a nonproliferation agreement with Tehran? Several nuclear experts have raised questions about the disastrous duo’s technical
Despite a dip in job approval ratings, President Trump is still beating out former Vice President Kamala Harris (D) and California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) in an overall popularity contest. In new NBC News survey results released Monday, 41 percent of respondents expressed
A federal judge has rejected President Trump’s new appointees to the New Jersey U.S. Attorney’s Office, ruling that the president is illegally trying to get around Senate confirmation. Chief U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann ruled Monday that the three-prosecutor team running
President Trump on Monday is scheduled to address Republicans at their annual retreat in Miami. House Republicans are gathering at Trump’s Doral, Fla., resort for a three-day issues conference aimed at charting their legislative agenda for the year ahead and sharpening their
War-related gasoline price impacts come as House Republicans plot how to sell voters on their megabill.
Telehealth company Hims & Hers on Monday announced a "strategic shift" in its business model, partnering with pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk to sell its blockbuster GLP-1 medication and stop selling the "copycat" compounded versions it has long advertised. In a press
The majority leader said conversations are ongoing, but he remains skeptical the procedural tactic will get the result conservatives are hoping for.
The trio of officials tapped to succeed Alina Habba by splitting the role of New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor are leading the office unlawfully, a federal judge ruled Monday, slamming the Trump administration for seeking to skirt congressional approval once again. U.S.
The Iranian Assembly of Experts named Mojtaba Khamenei the country’s new supreme leader just a week after the U.S. and Israel assassinated his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei , along with other senior officials. Now President Trump wants to kill him too—unless he capitulates to
Global energy markets have been rocked by the U.S. war with Iran, as shipments through the Strait of Hormuz have been all but completely cut off. But one location that has not been hit is Kharg Island, which is roughly 16 miles off the coast of Iran and 300 miles from the
A libertarian public-interest firm that helped topple President Trump’s emergency tariffs at the Supreme Court sued him Monday over his new levies, contending they also are illegal. “This Court has been down this road before,” Liberty Justice Center wrote in its complaint.
The United Kingdom’s HMS Dragon warship will set sail in the coming days to a military base in Cyprus, British Defense Secretary John Healey confirmed on Monday amid escalating military operations from the U.S. and Israel against Iran. The Ministry of Defense first announced
President Trump is scheduled to conduct a news conference Monday afternoon, with the U.S.-Israeli military operation in Iran in its second week. "Many important meetings and phone calls taking place today while I am at Trump National Doral, in Miami," the president said in a
President Trump is holding a press conference Monday evening, after addressing the House Republican caucus in Miami. It follows a weekend of developments in the war against Iran. Oil prices surged overnight Monday, settling near $100 a barrel as the conflict shows no signs of
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday went after Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) for his blanket attack on Muslims. Ogles posted a message on social media Monday morning declaring that Muslims have no place in America, prompting Jeffries to say that Ogles has no
Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs (D) vetoed a bill that would have honored the late conservative activist Charlie Kirk on license plates in the Grand Canyon State. “Charlie Kirk's assassination is tragic and a horrifying act of violence. In America, we resolve our political
The Department of Homeland Security is trying to hide hundreds of ICE-mobiles they can’t actually use to detain immigrants. ICE’s former deputy director, Madison Sheahan, wasted millions of taxpayer dollars on 2,500 vehicles custom-wrapped to say “ICE” on the side, three
The Trump administration issued a grand jury subpoena for records pertaining to the Arizona Senate’s 2020 audit of Maricopa County election results, Arizona Senate President Warren Petersen confirmed on Monday in a post on the social platform X. Petersen, who said he had
IndyCar will host the first-ever street race on the National Mall later this summer, the auto racing organizer announced on Monday. The Freedom 250 Grand Prix will be held Aug. 22-23 in Washington, marking the first sanctioned auto race on the National Mall. The 1.7-mile
While President Trump has left the door open to putting boots on the ground in Iran, he told the New York Post on Monday he is “nowhere near” taking that step. “We haven’t made any decision on that. We’re nowhere near it,” Trump said, regarding sending ground troops to
Rep. Kevin Kiley (Calif.) announced Monday that he will formally leave the Republican Party this week to become an independent. Kiley had previously announced that he will run for reelection in the midterms as an independent. But he accelerated the process on Monday, saying he
The White House is working to dredge up another election conspiracy with eight months on the clock until midterms. The Trump administration subpoenaed records related to the 2020 presidential election Monday from Maricopa County, Arizona. Arizona Senate President Warren
Donald Trump has fired a Republican member of the National Transportation Safety Board, or NTSB, accusing him of misconduct on the job. J. Todd Inman was fired late last week and said he was given no explanation why. On Monday, the White House released a statement accusing him
The conflict in Iran is causing a massive disruption in the global oil supply and sending energy prices skyrocketing. It’s unclear how long the disruption will last — and therefore how long the markets will be squeezed and how high prices will ultimately go. "The absolute
One of the same law firms that President Trump tried and failed to suppress is now representing AI company Anthropic in its lawsuit against the Trump administration. Last year, Trump signed an executive order demanding that government agencies eliminate WilmerHale’s government
Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Justice Department has indicted two people in connection with an attempted attack at a protest and counterprotest near the New York City mayor’s mansion on Saturday. “We have indicted the two alleged ISIS-inspired terrorists who attempted to
The U.S. will only pull out of Iran when Israel decides it’s time to call it quits. That’s according to Donald Trump, who told The Times of Israel on Sunday that the decision to end the Iran war will be a “mutual” decision he makes with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Republican Representative Andy Ogles decided to write off an entire religious community in America on Monday. “Muslims don’t belong in American society,” Ogles posted on X . “Pluralism is a lie.” The Tennessee congressman has a long history of bigoted comments. He said America
Russia may be about to get rich off of Donald Trump’s illegal war in Iran. The spiraling regional conflict, sparked by ongoing attacks from the U.S. and Israel, has sent the price of oil skyrocketing to almost $120 per barrel . As a result, demand for discounted Russian oil has
It seems that President Trump has scared every man in his Cabinet into wearing the matching shoes he bought for all of them. The Wall Street Journal has reported that Trump has developed a strong affinity for the American shoe brand Florsheim, and has bought a pair for Vice
The Tennessee Republican recently introduced legislation banning immigration from some Muslim-majority nations.
At least two members of the president’s Cabinet have recently purchased bomb-proof bunkers. Ron Hubbard, the creator of Atlas Survival Shelters, told The Telegraph over the weekend that orders have gone up “tenfold” since the United States and Israel attacked Iran earlier this
A woman who says Donald Trump abused her when she was 13 years old in 1984 shared information about her life that turned out to be true. While her story about Trump is still unproven, The Post and Courier, a newspaper in Charleston, South Carolina, was able to corroborate
