A new law signed by President Trump at the end of last year authorizes the automatic registration of most young men into the military draft pool. The change is not tied to the U.S.’s military operations against Iran, which began after the U.S. and Israel launched strikes at
Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) on Friday pressed the White House physician for a full evaluation of President Trump’s cognitive abilities. In a letter to Sean Barbabella, a Navy captain serving as Trump’s official doctor, Raskin argued that Trump’s words and actions in recent
Palantir’s stock briefly jumped Friday morning after President Trump praised the data analytics company for its “great war fighting capabilities.” “Palantir Technologies (PLTR) has proven to have great war fighting capabilities and equipment. Just ask our enemies!!!” Trump
Donald Trump’s administration admitted that it spread faulty claims of health care fraud in New York state, raising questions about the federal government’s crusade to cut waste in Democratic states across the country, according to an exclusive report from the Associated Press
Enthusiasm to actually fund the Gaza redevelopment proposal is waning. The Board of Peace, a pet project cooked up by Donald Trump late last year, has received just a tiny part of the total $17 billion pledged to the charter by various countries, reported Reuters Friday. Ten
The White House revealed the designs for Donald Trump’s planned arch at Memorial Circle in Washington, D.C., Friday, and they heavily feature his preferred gold aesthetic. The renderings were filed by the Department of the Interior along with the Commission of Fine Arts. The
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is asking a judge to deny a motion of dismissal made by the man suspected of planting two pipe bombs in Washington, D.C., on the eve of Jan. 6, 2021, after the defendant argued he should be exempt from his charges under President Trump’s related
A 20-year-old suspect was taken into custody Friday morning after allegedly throwing a Molotov cocktail toward OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s home in San Francisco, the company confirmed to The Associated Press. The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) said in a statement that
The “bimbofication” scandal surrounding Kristi Noem’s husband has somehow gotten even worse. Just weeks after reporting that Bryon Noem—currently married to proudly anti-LGBTQ former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem—liked to dress in drag as a large-breasted woman in his
U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee on Friday described his living situation prior to the ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran, saying he lived in one room and had very limited movement. “After 6 wks of living at command center in one room w/ 2 dogs, sleeping on cots, making
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell brought together a group of bank executives this week to discuss cybersecurity concerns in the wake of Anthropic’s new Mythos model, multiple people familiar with the meeting told The Hill. The meeting,
A federal judge in Boston dismissed a lawsuit from the Department of Justice (DOJ) that sought access to Massachusetts state voter rolls amid the Trump administration's push for registration lists from nearly every state. U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin wrote in his Thursday
More than three weeks ago, Virginia legislators passed a bill that would severely restrict ICE operations in the state, preventing local police and sheriff’s departments from signing contracts with the agency unless it followed a strict set of state laws. For some reason,
Donald Trump unleashed a raging Truth Social tirade on Friday attacking former MAGA allies who have turned on him over his threat to obliterate Iranian civilization. This is making news mostly because it was unusually deranged even by Trump’s standards: It dragged on for 482
Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham was skeptical Thursday about President Trump’s statement he was unaware of what first lady Melania Trump was going to say at her White House press event, in which she denied any relationship with convicted sex offender
Former national security adviser John Bolton on Thursday said Iran's government "senses weakness" and will "push and push" President Trump until the Middle Eastern country is able to get concessions from him. Iranian officials will hold negotiations with a U.S. delegation
Kristi Noem might be fired soon from her latest position within the Trump administration. The former Homeland Security chief has barely put in a lick of work at her new government job, sparking questions about Noem’s ongoing tenure within the Trump administration, State
The traditional “free trade agreement premium” has effectively disappeared.
Congress must pass real reforms and protections to FISA 702 before it expires on April 20, including a warrant requirement to ensure Americans' Fourth Amendment rights are protected.
It seems that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has made good on his promise to sidestep those pesky rules of engagement: The United States and Israel have reportedly attacked schools and hospitals in Iran—a serious war crime. At least 22 schools and 17 health care facilities have
🎤 Plus: Melania Trump denies Epstein ties in surprise statement {beacon} Happy Friday! The Artemis II astronauts are set to splash down to Earth this evening! The capsule will lose communication with Mission Control for about six minutes while it falls through the atmosphere.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Friday he was ousting Spain from the U.S.-led civil-military strategy center, in charge of maintaining peace in Gaza, following persistent criticism from Spain of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. “Israel will not remain silent
President Trump said Friday that he is ready to use the U.S. military to resume strikes on Iran if peace talks in Pakistan are not successful. “We have a reset going. We’re loading up the ships with the best ammunition, the best weapons ever made — even better than what we did
The Vatican backed up the Pentagon in pushing back against news reports claiming a meeting earlier this year between the Holy See’s then-envoy to the U.S. and a top Pentagon official turned heated, resulting in threats made against the Catholic Church. The Pentagon’s policy
Washington should be careful about what it reads into that number.
President Trump took time out of his day to specifically praise defense company Palantir, causing its stock to spike on Friday. “Palantir Technologies (PLTR) has proven to have great war fighting capabilities and equipment,” the president wrote on Truth Social , even going so
President Donald Trump endorsed Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán for reelection just days after Vice President JD Vance slammed the European Union for supposedly interfering in Hungary’s elections. Writing on Truth Social Thursday night, Trump once again endorsed Orbán,
Justice Sonia Sotomayor in a Thursday speech at the University of Alabama School of Law said the Trump administration’s increase in emergency appeals is “unprecedented in the court’s history.” The emergency docket is made up of appeals that seek quick intervention from justices
Consumer sentiment sank to a record low in April as weeks of U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran have impacted oil prices globally, a new University of Michigan survey found. Consumer confidence has dropped nearly 11 percent since March, a downward trend that started after the U.S.
Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, the Speaker of Iran’s Parliament, said Friday there will be no negotiations with the U.S. without a ceasefire in Lebanon and a release of blocked Iranian assets. Qalibaf wrote on the social platform X that two measures "mutually agreed upon between the
Pope Leo XIV has issued another holy missive against Donald Trump’s war with Iran. “God does not bless any conflict,” wrote the official X account for the Chicago-born pontiff on Friday. “Anyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, is never on the side of those who
Large fiscal imbalances leave the Fed in a box that limits its ability to lower rates.
Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.), a fierce advocate for Israel, on Thursday slammed the increasing Democratic criticism of the country over its joint operations with the U.S. against Iran. The lawmaker cited a Pew Research survey released this week, which found that 80 percent of
President Trump on Thursday slammed The Wall Street Journal, panning the editorial board for claiming his declaration of victory amid the Iran conflict was “premature." “The Wall Street Journal, one of the worst and most inaccurate “Editorial Boards” in the World, stated that I
Former NATO Cmdr. James Stavridis on Friday dismissed Iran's declaration that the Strait of Hormuz is open amid a shaky ceasefire with the U.S. as "nonsense." Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh said the strait was open, but vessels would need to coordinate with
The White House warned staff last month against using nonpublic information to trade on financial markets, as a series of well-timed bets on oil and prediction markets related to the war in Iran have raised concerns about insider trading. A White House official confirmed to The
If the Democrats control Congress, we will have a deadlocked government. And business owners like me will breathe a sigh of relief. We could use a couple of years of inaction to actually focus on our businesses.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he is “fed up” with how the U.S.-Israeli military operation in Iran has impacted energy prices in the United Kingdom, drawing a parallel between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. "I'm fed up with the fact that
The Trump administration is warning staffers not to bet on world events in futures markets. The Wall Street Journal reports that the White House Management Office sent out a staff-wide email on March 24 telling administration employees not to engage in the practice following
Former Vice President Kamala Harris, who has stepped up her public profile in recent months, will give remarks at the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network (NAN) conference in New York on Friday morning. The speech comes as speculation swirls around whether she will launch
Hey, Donald Trump, you just launched a war that you’re losing , that’s costing you millions of supporters, that’s tanking your standing among even Republicans, that has the likes of Alex Jones accusing you of contemplating “genocide” and Tucker Carlson labeling your comments
Donald Trump just drove a wedge into the MAGA movement. The president reamed out several of his longtime acolytes Thursday, smearing ex-Fox News hosts Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly, as well as far-right influencers Candace Owens and Alex Jones. The quartet had each issued
It is not just Trump — the strains began under Obama, who took to calling the Europeans “free riders."
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly convinced President Donald Trump not to include Lebanon in America’s ceasefire deal with Iran—even though the U.S. agreed to stop the bombing there. Trump was initially told that the ceasefire would apply to the entire Middle
Rep. Linda Sánchez (D-Calif.) joined other Democrats on Thursday in calling for President Trump’s removal following his threats against Iran. The Democratic lawmaker accused the president of “unhinged” behavior, after he posted that “a whole civilization will die tonight”
Survivors of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein lambasted first lady Melania Trump's denial that she had any ties to him, saying it "diverts attention" from former Attorney General Pam Bondi's handling of the Epstein files. The Thursday statement was signed by 15 names,
Donald Trump's loyalty and good looks are not enough to save his servants from being fired if they make him look bad, as evidenced by the firing of Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem.
Inflation has hit record highs in the U.S. thanks primarily to the war President Trump and Israel started on Iran. The most recent consumer price index report reveals inflation rose by 3.3 percent in March from one year ago, with energy prices being hit particularly hard. Gas
The Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA) issued a final order of removal for Mahmoud Khalil on Thursday after the board denied his bid for the deportation case to be thrown out, according to Khalil’s lawyers. While the rulings by the board are not public, his lawyers shared the
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