President Donald Trump clarified comments he made on Wednesday about hundreds of millions of barrels of oil he claimed to have secretly taken from Iran. Trump hosted reporters on Wednesday morning at a bill signing ceremony in the Oval Office, where he claimed the mystery operation had been driving down global oil prices, even as […]
The Postal Service proposed a new rule pushing states to turn over their mail-in and absentee voter rolls to the agency, a move in line with President Donald Trump’s March executive order tightening regulations on mail-in voting in federal elections. Since the start of his second administration, Trump has made election integrity and security a […]
The president and chief executive officer of ActBlue repeatedly invoked her Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination on Wednesday when lawmakers pressed her about the Democratic donation platform allegedly accepting foreign payments. ActBlue, the primary payment processor of the Democratic Party, is accused of allowing foreign actors to influence U.S. elections in favor of Democrats and […]
EXCLUSIVE — Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) expressed interest in running the Senate health committee chaired by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) next year, adding to the number of Republicans vying for the post. Cassidy’s loss in his Louisiana primary last month means that Republicans will need to choose another person to serve in his place, and […]
House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) is working with the Department of Justice to bring in acting Attorney General Todd Blanche for an interview on his handling of the Epstein files release. Comer told reporters Wednesday that he is in “communication” with the Justice Department, as he entered a closed-door interview with Bill Gates […]
Late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel trolled Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt on Tuesday, renting him a U-Haul after his primary loss. Kimmel’s monologue comes after Pratt said he would leave the city if incumbent Mayor Karen Bass or city councilwoman Nithya Raman were elected for mayor, and that he would be done “trying to […]
President Donald Trump previewed more U.S. strikes against Iran after a U.S. Apache helicopter was downed over the Strait of Hormuz. “We’re going to be attacking them and attacking them very hard,” Trump told reporters at the White House on Wednesday. He declined to specify whether that would include U.S. strikes against Iranian bridges, power […]
President Donald Trump endorsed Sen. Susan Collins‘s (R-ME) reelection bid against Graham Platner, the embattled Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine, despite his checkered relationship with Collins. “She does because she’s a sane woman,” Trump said during a Wednesday event at the White House when asked about his support of the Maine senator. “She’s not […]
Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage is leading opposition calls for stricter immigration policies amid national unrest triggered by a Sudanese migrant’s attempted beheading of a local in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Belfast, a city historically scarred by sectarian violence, experienced some of its worst rioting in years on Tuesday, this time against immigration. Organized groups […]
President Donald Trump heartily attacked Graham Platner on Wednesday following the latter’s victory in Maine’s Democratic Senate primary the night prior. Platner has faced a litany of issues and scandals throughout his campaign, but he bested Gov. Janet Mills (D-ME) Tuesday night by a healthy margin and is slated to face incumbent Sen. Susan Collins […]
