TLC singer Chilli on Sunday said she “made a mistake” by donating to President Trump and distanced herself from the MAGA movement. “I WANT TO BE CLEAR: I am not MAGA and do not support any of the many policies that are causing great harm to the American people. I made a
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Saturday slammed FBI Director Kash Patel for reportedly pushing to release files related to Rep. Eric Swalwell’s (D-Calif.) interactions with a suspected Chinese spy. “The FBI is attempting to smear a sitting U.S. Congressman, candidate for
The U.S.-Israeli war in Iran hit its one month anniversary on Monday, marking a critical mile marker for the Trump administration amid pressure to wrap the operation. President Trump and his deputies initially suggested the conflict would last four to six weeks following the
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said Monday that while officials from his country have not negotiated with members of the Trump administration since the U.S.-Israeli war began, the U.S. has submitted a “negotiation request.” “We have had no negotiations
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The Trump administration on Monday said it is renewing processing of asylum applications from some countries, a move that will have limited impact but nonetheless scales back current restrictions. The administration further paused asylum processing by U.S. Citizenship and
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers started getting retroactive paychecks on Monday for the weeks they have worked without pay during the partial 44-day shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). House Republicans on Friday rejected a bipartisan
Spain won’t allow American aircraft involved in the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran to fly in its airspace, a move likely to further drive a wedge between the two NATO allies. Madrid said March 1 it would not allow Washington to use its air bases for military operations in Iran,
OkCupid and its parent company, Match Group—which also owns massively popular dating apps like Hinge and Tinder—allegedly shared sensitive user data to a facial recognition software company. President Trump’s Federal Trade Commission is letting them off with a slap on the
The Pentagon has spurned a federal court ruling that blocked its press policy meant to limit journalists’ access to the building, setting up new rules that are just as restrictive, an attorney for The New York Times asserted Monday. The Times claims the Department of Defense
Usha Vance said there’s “no expectation” in her relationship with Vice President Vance that the two will see “eye to eye” on everything, but she added the second spouses try to maintain an open mind with each other. “I’m not his staffer. I’m not involved in this in any
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Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel on Monday outlined six agenda items for Democrats to prioritize in the 2026 midterm elections. The former Chicago mayor and former U.S. ambassador to Japan pitched his “six for ’26” plan in a talk at Saint Anselm College’s New
Republican Sen. Mike Lee said that he believes there are "at least tens of thousands, probably hundreds of thousands" of noncitizens illegally registered to vote in the U.S., adding that a federal tool used in nearly two dozen states would help identify the number. But the tool
More than one major U.S. adversary is assisting Iran. China has been sharing intelligence with Iran since roughly two weeks into the war, a “well-placed,” unidentified source “with knowledge” of the situation told HUMINT’s Sasha Ingber. The military cooperation has been ongoing
Democrats pulled off another upset in Florida, winning a normally very Republican state Senate district in West Tampa. Navy veteran and electrical workers union leader Brian Nathan was declared the winner Monday of a special election in Senate district 14 by the Associated
President Trump’s approval rating dipped to a new low, and even fewer people surveyed in a new poll said they support his administration's war efforts against Iran. In a University of Massachusetts Amherst poll released Monday, 33 percent of respondents said they approve of the
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt had nothing to say Monday to reports that the United States appears to be placing land mines in Iran. During a White House press briefing, Leavitt was questioned about recent reports that U.S.-made land mines had been spotted on the
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday said the decision to allow a Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba despite a blockade does not amount to a change in U.S. policy. "This is not a policy change; there has not been a formal change in sanction policy," she said.
Fox News host Joey Jones on Sunday urged caution about nation-building in the U.S.-Israeli conflict against Iran as speculation about troops on the ground ramped up. “But I'm going to say this: President Trump, [Defense Secretary] Pete Hegseth, [Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair]
A golden toilet mocking President Trump was set up on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Monday. The toilet is spray-painted gold and set up on a fake marble pedestal—a jab at the president’s preferred design aesthetic—and directly references his renovation of the Lincoln
Killing people abroad is apparently more important to Republicans than keeping Americans healthy. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt refused Monday to say whether or not Donald Trump was considering cutting health care access in order to continue funding the Iran war,
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that President Trump is “not afraid” to commit war crimes against innocent Iranian civilians. “The president posted this morning … he [threatened] ‘blowing up and completely obliterating all of their electric
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller’s outrageous order to immigration officials may have sparked the confrontation that killed an American citizen. During one of his many furious morning calls with immigration enforcement officials, Miller demanded that federal
The U.S. Army is investigating why two AH-64 Apache attack helicopters flew over a No Kings protest in Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday, and then performed low-altitude maneuvers near the home of musician Kid Rock. In a statement, Major Jonathon Bless, public affairs officer
The Trump administration is citing a racist confederate lawyer who argued for “separate but equal” segregation and Jim Crow law in its attempt to end birthright citizenship. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear the Justice Department’s attempt to argue that being born in
After Israel’s military killed three journalists in a strike on Lebanon Saturday, they took to social media to gloat about the death of one in particular. “ELIMINATED: For years, Ali Hassan Shaib operated as a Hezbollah Radwan Force terrorist under the guise of a journalist.
Nebraska’s Senate primary has been thrown into chaos, all because of a 79-year-old pastor who is either an extremely bizarre Democrat or a Republican plant meant to split the vote. William Forbes entered Nebraska’s Democratic primary in early March, just before the state’s
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf called it: President Trump is using his war on Iran for blatant market manipulation. “Heads-up: Pre-market so-called ‘news’ or ‘Truth’ is often just a setup for profit-taking. Basically, it’s a reverse indicator. Do the
Rioters who took part in the January 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection, and were then pardoned by President Trump, are now suing Capitol and D.C. Police for excessive force. Several of the rioters filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida Friday alleging
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday signaled progress in talks with Iran, saying Iranian officials are saying the right things in private despite their defiant public stance. “You have people over there that are saying some of the right things privately,” Rubio, who also
United States District Judge Katherine Menendez has dismissed the Trump administration’s challenge to Minnesota law that allows in-state tuition for undocumented students. The federal government sued Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and other state officials over a law that allows
Most Americans say the Trump administration has not done enough to “Make America Healthy Again, (MAHA)," according to a Monday poll. In the Politico poll, 52 percent of respondents said the administration “has not done enough to Make America Healthy Again,” while 26 percent
It seems that life is cheap and killing is good politics in the Trump administration.
Well, that was quick. Secretary of State Marco Rubio directly contradicted Donald Trump’s claims about negotiations with Iran. Less than an hour after Trump declared Monday that the U.S. was in talks with a “A NEW, AND MORE REASONABLE, REGIME,” Rubio presented an entirely
Oil prices have jumped up again as the war in Iran rages on and President Trump threatens escalations. On Monday morning, international benchmark Brent Crude was trading at about $114 per barrel, up significantly from last week, when prices were floating closer to $100 or $105
Former federal prosecutor Chris Christie (R ) on Sunday said Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is “obliterating” the Justice Department’s reputation after the official touted the mass firing of employees tied to President Trump’s past indictments. “We didn’t obliterate the
A woman who alleged that Donald Trump sexually assaulted her when she was just 13 years old has had new details about her story verified, following work from the South Carolina–based newspaper The Post and Courier and Substack journalist Ellie Leonard. The anonymous victim was
President Trump on Monday ripped birthright citizenship ahead of Supreme Court arguments regarding his efforts to thwart the 14th Amendment later this week. “Birthright Citizenship is not about rich people from China, and the rest of the World, who want their children, and
More than 70 people were arrested at a “No Kings” protest near a federal detention center in Los Angeles on Saturday, The Associated Press reported. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) told the AP that 74 people were arrested after they did not comply with an order to
Recently appointed College Republicans of America political director Kai Schwemmer—an open supporter of white supremacist commentator Nick Fuentes—can envision a world in which slavery is legal. The Guardian discovered a paywalled video from July 2025 of Schwemmer debating on
There are no good reasons — legal, educational, economic or moral — to overturn Plyler.
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), who is eyeing a potential presidential run in 2028, said Sunday the Democratic Party “has failed this moment” by not embracing a political vision that transcends traditional party lines and the left-versus-right divide. Booker made his comment during
Republicans are eyeing massive cuts to health care spending in order to scrounge up $200 billion for Donald Trump’s reckless war in Iran. Top Republicans are looking for ways to offset the massive price tag the Pentagon has requested in order to pass the additional funding for
The Dow and Nasdaq indexes both closed Friday in correction territory—a market dip of 10 percent from the last peak—and the S&P 500 wasn’t far behind . We’re now likely headed into a bear market, which is a dip of 20 percent. Probably we’d be there already if the market didn’t
The Trump administration used untested weapons in a strike in Iran that hit a school and sports hall on February 28. The New York Times reports that the United States launched a newly designed ballistic missile at a school in the city of Lamerd on the first day of the war—the
The smartphone is now the closest relationship many people have.
Iran said that any U.S. ground troops who enter the country would be “set on fire,” as U.S.-Israeli military operations against the Middle Eastern country stretch into a second month. Iranian state media reported that Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf said Tehran was
President Trump's planned trip to China has been indefinitely postponed due to the economic fallout and geopolitical chaos caused by his decision to start a war with Iran, which has strained the U.S. relationship with China and caused confusion among Chinese leaders and the
President Trump threatened Iran’s energy infrastructure on Monday in spite of what he said was “great progress” in talks with officials in Tehran. Tensions in the Middle East are flaring, as the buildup of U.S. troops near Iran has raised speculation of a possible ground