A federal judge again struck down a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) policy seeking to block lawmakers from making unannounced visits to immigration detention facilities. U.S. District Court Judge Jia Cobb on Monday found the latest iteration of an order from Secretary
Spain on Sunday said it would not allow the United States to use its air bases for operations related to the strikes in Iran, deeming the attacks a violation of international law. “The joint-use bases, but under Spanish sovereignty, will not be used for anything not included
Tucker Carlson reportedly sought to talk President Trump out of going to war with Iran, The New York Times reported Monday. In a lengthy piece that outlined how Trump, at the urging of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, decided to launch military action against Iran,
More than half of Americans expect the recent strikes against Iran to grow into a long-term conflict, according to a poll released Monday. In the CNN poll, 56 percent of respondents said they believed “a long-term military conflict between the US and Iran" is "very likely” or
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday said President Trump has launched an “all-out war” in the Middle East after a series of strikes on Iran over the weekend. Jeffries and other Democrats have remained unsupportive of the attacks, questioning the military
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Sunday lauded U.S. strikes in Iran and said Cuba is “next.” “Cuba's next. They're going to follow this communist dictatorship in Cuba. Their days are numbered,” Graham said during an appearance on Fox News’s “Sunday Night in America.” “The
It was U.S. District Judge Jia Cobb's third time blocking or limiting DHS's efforts to prevent unannounced lawmaker visits.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said he is “baffled” by some of his fellow senators not backing the recent U.S. military action against Iran. “Every member in the U.S. Senate agrees we cannot allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon,” Fetterman said in a post on the social platform X
Three dozen people, including a woman from Missouri, touring Israel together. A 17-year-old, her father, and their members of their North Carolina church. A husband and wife from Pittsburgh. They're all among the unknown number of Americans who found themselves stranded in the
Claude downloads spiked amid backlash to OpenAI’s "Department of War" deal.
The Justice Department filed an emergency motion to the 6th District Court that was rife with basic spelling errors, including spelling voters as “votors,” United States as “United Staes,” and emergency as “emeregency.” The DOJ filed an emergency appeal Friday after a Michigan
President Trump dismissed polls showing low approval among Americans for the U.S. military operation in Iran, saying public sentiment actually reflects otherwise. “I think that the polling is very good, but I don’t care about polling. I have to do the right thing. I have to do
President Donald Trump appeared to have a large red rash on the back of his neck Monday. While speaking at the White House about his illegal war with Iran, Trump was spotted with a dark red patch of skin peeking out from under his collar. In a photograph taken by AFP
The announcement comes after complaints from some of Southwest’s longtime travelers.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) on Monday issued a legal opinion that it is illegal for mental health care providers to "transition" children under state law. In 2023, Texas S.B. 14 went into effect, banning gender-affirming care to treat gender dysphoria in adolescents.
President Donald Trump began raving about curtains and his new ballroom while talking about his war plans for Iran on Monday. At a ceremony to award the Congressional Medal of Honor to three U.S. military service members, Trump discussed how his attacks on Iran are going,
Ali Larjani, the secretary of the Iranian Supreme National Security Council, said his country will not negotiate with the U.S. amid the ongoing war and slammed President Trump as “delusional.” Larjani wrote on the social platform X late Sunday that Trump “plunged the region
President Trump on Monday said U.S. military operations in Iran could go on for at least “four to five weeks” but acknowledged the situation may be ahead of schedule, or take longer. “We have the strongest and most powerful, by far, military in the world, and we will easily
No matter how powerful the U.S. military may be, can it sever the Iranian Gordian knot?
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday said the United Kingdom does not support joining air operations against Iran, despite joining defensive operations in the region. “This government does not believe in regime change from the skies,” Starmer said, responding to a
Iran had to be attacked because the U.S. was “very nearly under threat” by its advanced weapons systems, according to the president. Addressing the war for the first time during a Medal of Honor ceremony on Monday, Donald Trump claimed that Iran’s “pursuit of nuclear weapons”
John Bolton, President Trump’s former national security adviser, criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday, accusing him of muddling the administration's message regarding the goals of the weekend's U.S. strikes against Iran. “Pete Hegseth needs to check with his boss
12:30 Report is The Hill's midday newsletter. Subscribe here. 🪖 Plus: Hegseth’s fiery press conference on Iran {beacon} It’s Monday. Welcome back. So much has happened since my last edition on Friday. Whew, let’s get into it. In today's issue: Trump won’t rule out boots on
The Trump administration has developed a two-fold approach to addressing the barriers to U.S. food and agricultural exports, including negotiating trade deals and promoting U.S. agricultural exports around the globe.
Tech company Anthropic restored service to its artificial intelligence chatbot Claude after a nearly three-hour outage Monday that affected thousands, the company said in a statement. “Claude is back up and running across claude.ai and our apps. We're grateful to our users as
Two people were killed and three others were injured in a road-rage stabbing on I-495 in Fairfax County, Virginia, and the suspect was shot and killed by a trooper in self-defense.
President Donald Trump is warning that “the big one” is still coming for Iran. CNN’s Jake Tapper on Monday recounted a nine-minute phone call with Trump, including a chilling message from the president for the people of Iran. “Right now we want everyone staying inside, it’s not
Democrats must hold Trump accountable for his actions in Iran, ensuring that any regime change is complete and democratic, or risk repeating past mistakes of supporting oppressive regimes.
President Trump wants to use his kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro as a template for his current plan for regime change in Iran. Fox News’s Brett Baier reported this development after speaking with the president on Monday morning. “He said there is a plan. He
The United Nations top nuclear watchdog on Monday rebutted allegations by an Iranian diplomat that U.S. and Israeli strikes have targeted the Natanz nuclear facility in the country. Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), told reporters that
The U.S. Embassy in Lebanon is urging Americans to leave the country, as fighting breaks out between Israel and Hezbollah after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran. In a Monday advisory, the embassy said U.S. citizens should “depart Lebanon now while commercial flight
The Democratic Party must recognize the role of the far-left wing of their party in their loss to Trump and take steps to remove the faction that allowed Trump to paint everyone on the left as more deranged than his own unhinged brand of populism.
Attacking Iran has severely diminished America’s air defense supplies, a predictable outcome that has Pentagon officials panicking mere days into the conflict. Donald Trump declared war on Iran without congressional approval early Saturday. He has so far failed to provide a
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth basically admitted during a press conference Monday that he doesn’t care about military rules of engagement, and is grateful that Israel doesn’t either. “Israel has clear missions as well for which we are grateful. Capable partners, as we’ve
President Trump said Monday the U.S. operation in Iran is “ahead of schedule,” noting the “big wave” has yet to take place in the operation. “I don’t want to see it go on too long,” Trump said in a phone interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper. “I always thought it would be four
The wife of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has died after her husband was killed in joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Saturday, according to Iranian state television. In a post on the social platform X Monday morning, Iranian state television outlet Press TV said
The brazen lack of accountability for the rich and well-connected undermines public faith in our democracy.
Iranian-backed militias across the Middle East carried out strikes against American forces and partners across the region, a new escalation following the U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran, which killed the country’s supreme leader and much of its military leadership. An
Did President Donald Trump order a deadly military strike on a girls’ elementary school in Iran because the Pentagon was using an out-of-date map? At least 175 people were killed Saturday in an attack on Shajarah Tayyebeh, a girls’ primary school in Minab, a southern town miles
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth offered a fiery defense Monday of the U.S. operations in Iran, arguing the Trump administration can achieve its objectives without being “foolish” about it. Hegseth during his remarks at a press conference appeared to push back on any arguments
Three U.S. fighter jets were shot down over Kuwait in what the U.S. Central Command described as a “friendly fire incident.” Each pilot involved reportedly ejected from their jet and survived. “At 11:03 p.m. ET, March 1, three U.S. F-15E Strike Eagles flying in support of
The stock market opened with losses Monday as oil prices spiked in the wake of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down more than 400 points, falling 0.9 percent shortly after the market opened. The S&P 500 index was down 0.6 percent, and the
A new survey found that Americans are split on whether U.S. strikes on Iran were necessary, as the Middle Eastern conflict enters its third day. The Morning Consult poll, released late Saturday night, found that 41 percent of registered voters said that “Operation Epic Fury”
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President Trump during a White House event on Monday morning is expected to address the U.S. military operation in Iran. The United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran early Saturday, putting a renewed focus on U.S. military operations. Trump called for regime change in
Donald Trump declared war against Iran over the weekend, killing dozens of people in the country’s senior leadership in the process, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Yet Trump still doesn’t have a clear reason for doing so—or a plan for what to do next. The
