Illinois Democratic Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton defeated nine competitors to secure the Democratic nomination for Senate on Tuesday night, a win for Gov. JB Pritzker (D-IL) in a primary race that drew in millions of dollars in spending. The Associated Press called the race for Stratton at 10:38 p.m., over two hours after the polls […]
The International Atomic Energy Agency warned parties in the Iran war to use “maximum restraint” after Iranian officials reported a projectile hit a nuclear power plant on the Persian Gulf. “The IAEA has been informed by Iran that a projectile hit the premises of the Bushehr NPP on Tuesday evening. No damage to the plant […]
An Iranian airstrike on the Israeli city of Ramat Gan killed two people on Tuesday evening. “At the scene in Ramat Gan, medics and paramedics confirm the deaths of a man and a woman with severe shrapnel injuries,” Magen David Adom, Israeli emergency response services, said in a statement. Magen David Adom announced that the […]
A federal appeals court grilled the Justice Department on Tuesday as the DOJ asked the panel to reverse a lower court’s release of a foreign researcher, who the DOJ claims espoused praise for Hamas, from immigration detention. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit heard arguments in a case […]
Chief Justice John Roberts warned Tuesday that increasingly personal attacks against judges can be “quite dangerous.” Speaking at an event hosted by Rice University’s Baker Institute, Roberts, an appointee of former President George W. Bush, said criticism of court decisions is often warranted but warned it can cross a line when it becomes personal. “The […]
French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday that his country would not consider helping to secure the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian influence in the “current context.” The United States has pressed France and other NATO members to help facilitate the free flow of oil tankers and other vessels through the tiny, immensely strategic waterway leading […]
President Donald Trump is participating in the Shamrock Bowl presentation with Irish Taoiseach Micheal Martin, beginning at 5:20 p.m. in the East Room of the White House The event was preceded by a tense meeting in which the two leaders subtly clashed over immigration. TRUMP SAYS HE NO LONGER WANTS NATO ALLIES INVOLVED IN IRAN […]
Rumors swirled this week that Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, was secretly flown to Russia for life-saving surgery. The Iranian ambassador to Russia, Kazem Jalali, told Russian News Agency TASS on Tuesday that those reports are nonsense, comparing them to previous false reports about the ayatollah’s father and predecessor, Ali Khamenei. “Until […]
White House officials detailed their latest Department of Homeland Security funding proposal to Capitol Hill on Tuesday, which includes requiring immigration officers to self-identify if confronted during immigration enforcement proceedings, a major sticking point for Democrats during the weekslong shutdown negotiations. The Washington Examiner obtained a letter sent Tuesday by President Donald Trump‘s border czar, Tom […]
Forty House Republicans defied Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) on Tuesday in a failed attempt to stall Senate-backed legislation until Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) advances the SAVE America Act. The GOP rebels opposed a measure sponsored by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) on two small business innovation programs that passed the Senate on March 3. […]
