An irate Senator Thom Tillis offered a sharp rebuke of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at a Senate Judiciary hearing on Tuesday afternoon, attacking her for her aggressive immigration quotas, her detainment of American citizens, and murdering her dog and family goat.
While Costco is expanding, there remain two states that don't yet have a warehouse of their own.
In some states, the price at the pump jumped more than 20 cents overnight.
Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) on Tuesday called Secretary of State Marco Rubio's explanation that the U.S. carried out a preemptive attack on Iran because Israel struck first "breathtaking" during a Senate hearing with a top official from the Pentagon. King and Sen. Jack Reed
The Justice Department has asked a federal judge to let it renew its defense of President Trump’s executive orders targeting several of the nation’s top law firms — a stunning reversal just a day after the government deserted the appeals. In a court filing Tuesday, DOJ asked
Thousands of flights intended to depart from the Middle East have been cancelled amid the expanding conflict between Iran and joint U.S.-Israeli forces. More than 6,000 flights from countries in the region have been cancelled as of Tuesday, with major airlines diverting trips
Minnesota on Monday sued the Trump administration for withholding hundreds of millions in Medicaid funds to the state, alleging it is a "political punishment" that will only serve to harm the more than 1 million Minnesotans who are enrolled in the program. Last week, Vice
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Tuesday said it can confirm that Iran’s Natanz enrichment site did sustain damage from U.S. and Israeli strikes. The United Nations’ nuclear watchdog said the entrance to the building was recently damaged. “No radiological
President Trump on Tuesday said he “might” have forced Israel’s hand to strike Iran first, saying his opinion was that the Islamic Republic was going to launch a military strike first. “It was my opinion that they were going to attack first,” Trump told reporters in the Oval
The Iran war could be entirely in vain, according to Donald Trump. Seated beside German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at the White House on Tuesday, Trump spelled out that the worst case scenario for U.S. involvement in Iran could see another authoritarian regime taking control of
Donald Trump is attacking Spain over the country’s refusal to let the U.S. use its air bases to bomb Iran. “Spain has been terrible. In fact, I told [Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent] to cut off all dealings with Spain,” Trump said Tuesday while in a meeting with German
Two top staffers in Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer’s office have reportedly resigned amid an internal probe into allegations of misconduct. Chavez-DeRemer’s chief of staff, Jihun Han, and his deputy, Rebecca Wright, were under investigation regarding accusations that
President Trump publicly lambasted U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Spain over the countries’ stances on the recent U.S. strikes in Iran. "Some of the European nations have been helpful, and some haven't, and I'm very surprised,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office,
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) tore into Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in a 10-minute tirade criticizing her from everything to her handling of the deaths of two Minnesotans to killing her own dog in a monologue that garnered applause from the audience of the Senate
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Sam Brown, a retired Army captain who ran who previously ran twice for Senate, announced on Tuesday that he would be forgoing a run for retiring Rep. Mark Amodei’s (R) seat in Nevada's 2nd Congressional District. “Amy and I will always call Nevada home. But at this moment, I
Chronic kidney disease is a silent epidemic that is often diagnosed too late, leading to limited treatment options and poor outcomes, and the U.S. health care system needs to prioritize early intervention and evidence-based therapies to improve patient outcomes.
Without any clear message coming from the White House with regard to the purpose of the Iran war, U.S. military commanders have turned to Jesus, apparently telling American troops that the war is “biblically sanctioned.” The U.S. joined Israel in striking Iran early Saturday
Smoothie King on Monday said two employees are “no longer” with the company after they denied service to a customer in a Trump shirt. “As a brand, Smoothie King is committed to ensuring our stores are a place free of discrimination of any kind, where every guest and team member
By any conventional measure of power, the U.S. remains formidable. Its military power is unmatched, and it still possesses the world’s largest national economy. Yet power in the 21st century has never rested on material capabilities alone. For decades, America’s true strategic
Early turnout in the Texas Democratic primary outpaced the state’s GOP race as voters headed to the polls Tuesday, a signal of intense focus on the state’s marquee Senate race. Roughly 1.4 million voters cast ballots in the Democratic primary during early voting, which ended
Hispanic Americans overwhelmingly support voter ID laws, which are seen as a way to protect the integrity of elections and ensure that only citizens are able to vote.
The Trump administration is going to defend the president’s executive orders targeting law firms one day after apparently deciding to stop the fight in court. Administration lawyers asked an appeals court Monday if it could pull back from appealing its losses to the law firms.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has teamed up with Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) to propose a 5 percent annual wealth tax on the nation’s billionaires that would raise an estimated $4.4 trillion over the next decade to help “working families” cope with higher living costs. The tax hike
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday was met with skepticism from Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), who argued during a hearing that a more than $200 million ad campaign was primarily “effective in your name recognition.” The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem crumbled Tuesday when confronted about smearing Alex Pretti, the 37-year-old ICU nurse who was shot and killed by federal immigration agents earlier this year. During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar
On Tuesday, Israel bombed Iran’s Council of Experts while it was in the process of choosing a new supreme leader. That same day, it was reported that President Trump is open to supporting armed militias in the region. These two events seem to indicate that Trump has entered
Sadly, we know how the story is going to end when a vaccine skeptic in a doctor's clothing is given the bully pulpit.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday said the Trump administration will move to offset oil price increases as strikes on Iran jolt the global market. “We knew that going in would be a factor, and so we have a program in place that will begin to be implemented by [Energy]
FBI Director Kash Patel didn’t want the bureau’s forensic experts examining the scene of Renee Good’s killing in Minneapolis because he didn’t want her referred to as a “victim” in the warrant, according to Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee . In a post on X, the
Stocks dropped sharply Tuesday morning as financial markets braced for broader economic blowback from war in Iran. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down more than 1,100 points shortly before 11 a.m. EST Tuesday, declining 2.3 percent on the morning. The S&P 500 index was
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) on Monday announced it has narrowed down its choices for cities that will hold the 2028 presidential convention and halted any likelihood for an event for this year's November midterm elections. Boston, Denver, Atlanta, Philadelphia and
Former CIA Director John Brennan said Monday the Trump administration is “making things up” to justify its military operations against Iran. “But what we've seen in the past several days is devastating attacks against Iran,” Brennan said on MS NOW’s “The Weeknight." ”And the
Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) pressed Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to apologize to the families of Renee Good and Alex Pretti for implying the two were domestic terrorists. In the wake of the killings, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) repeatedly floated that
The six U.S. service members initially killed in U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran died from a direct Iranian drone strike on a makeshift office space in Kuwait with no apparent warning beforehand, multiple outlets have reported. At least six Americans were killed in the Sunday
Democrats’ path to winning on crime is clearer than one might think.
A California family whose home was surrounded by FBI agents and SWAT Team members after “suspicious” items were found in its garage says there is nothing nefarious about the discovery.
The six American service members killed in an Iranian drone attack in Kuwait reportedly received no counter-rocket, artillery, and mortar defense; didn’t get the drone defense systems they asked for; didn’t hear the warning sirens in time; and were in a makeshift office based
Kash Patel baselessly fired an elite team of agents specializing in foreign threats from the Middle East just days before Donald Trump launched an illegal military campaign in Iran. Patel terminated a dozen employees and staff after accusing them—without providing evidence—of
The man accused of killing two Israeli Embassy staffers outside a Jewish museum in Washington, D.C. last year has pleaded not guilty to new terrorism-related charges. Elias Rodriguez appeared in federal court Tuesday to be arraigned on four counts alleging acts of terrorism
The harm is not just physical.
The United States has ordered its citizens across the Middle East to swiftly depart in the wake of strikes on Iran. Additionally, U.S. embassies in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait were closed after Tehran struck both consulates. The U.S. Embassy in Beirut was also closed on Tuesday
Conservative commentator Bill O’Reilly said Monday he was “appalled” that the House Oversight Committee deposed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as part of an ongoing probe into disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes. “Hillary Clinton
Donald Trump really doesn’t have an Iran war plan, he told Congress on Monday. In a letter to Congress regarding the War Powers Resolution for Iran, Trump wrote, “Although the United States desires a quick and enduring peace, it is not possible at this time to know the full
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) on Monday ripped President Trump for “following” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in launching a major military action against Iran, something that senior administration officials said they felt compelled to do after Israel revealed its
Forty-one states have laws prohibiting female genital mutilation, but only 27 states ban gender-affirming care for minors, with the American Society of Plastic Surgeons recently recommending against permanent gender surgeries on minors and a detransitioning patient winning a $2
A Minnesota prosecutor launched an investigation Monday into tactics used by the Trump administration's federal agents during immigration enforcement operations. Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said she is looking into 17 cases where federal officers potentially acted in
The State Department has urged all Americans in the Middle East to leave immediately, but U.S. embassies in the region are telling people trying to flee that they are on their own. U.S. allies within the region are at high risk of being targeted by Iranian missiles, with Iran
