Pope Leo XIV denounced President Donald Trump‘s threat to Iranian civilization on Tuesday, telling reporters he thought the president’s words were “truly unacceptable.” The pope’s words came hours after Trump posted to social media that “a whole civilization will die tonight” if the Iranian regime does not strike a deal with the U.S. ahead of […]
The prime minister of Pakistan is begging President Donald Trump to postpone his bombing campaign against the Islamic Republic of Iran, simultaneously pleading for the Trump regime to open up the Strait of Hormuz as a gesture of good faith. Shehbaz Sharif published the plea to social media on Tuesday afternoon, claiming that “diplomatic efforts […]
Former Vice President Kamala Harris slammed President Donald Trump’s threats to “commit war crimes” against Iran. Trump demanded that the Iranian regime “open the f***in’ Strait” of Hormuz or “all Hell will reign down,” setting a deadline of Tuesday at 8 p.m. The president’s threats are drawing major pushback from Democratic lawmakers, calling it “unhinged” […]
Iran’s representative at the United Nations is vowing a “proportionate” response if President Donald Trump follows through on his threats to destroy the country’s power plants. At a Security Council session on the Strait of Hormuz blockade, Amir-Saeid Iravani, Tehran’s representative at the U.N., decried Trump’s Truth Social post saying a “whole civilization will die” […]
An appeals court hearing in the legal fight by environmental activists to shutter the Alligator Alcatraz immigration detention facility turned into a battle on Tuesday over who controls the facility: the state or the federal government. The lawsuit, filed by Friends of the Everglades, claims that the construction of the immigration detention facility on the […]
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has requested a transcribed interview with Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates as part of its investigation into the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. A source familiar with the matter told the Washington Examiner that the committee has asked Gates to appear for the interview on June 10 […]
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton put U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) on blast in a new campaign ad. The ad used artificial intelligence to show the senator sitting on the beach and going down a water slide on spring break. “President Trump is fighting to protect our nation and stop illegals from voting, but his […]
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche used his first public remarks since the ouster of his predecessor, Pam Bondi, to unveil an aggressive new anti-fraud initiative while also signaling a more combative, personally hands-on style atop the Justice Department. At a wide-ranging press conference at DOJ headquarters on Tuesday, Blanche praised Bondi at the outset, calling […]
A federal judge has rejected the Minnesota government’s request to stop the Trump administration from halting more than $243 million in Medicaid funds from flowing to the fraud-fraught state pending an administrative review. Judge Eric Tostrud, an appointee of President Donald Trump, denied the state’s motions for a temporary restraining order and an expedited preliminary […]
American journalist Shelly Kittleson is expected to be released on Tuesday after a week in captivity following her kidnapping in Baghdad, according to statements from the militia that held her. Kittleson, an award-winning journalist with Al-Monitor, was reporting on regional developments in the Iraqi capital on March 31 when she was abducted by Kataib Hezbollah, […]
