President Donald Trump suggested social media influencer and professional boxer Jake Paul may run for office while speaking at the Verst Logistics packaging facility in Kentucky. “He’s a great guy. He’s a courageous guy and a talented guy,” Trump said after inviting Paul onstage to address the rally on Wednesday. “He’s a hell of a […]
EXCLUSIVE — The campaign arm of Senate Republicans is using a new deepfake ad generated by AI to spotlight past tweets from Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico that the GOP hopes will undermine his bid to flip the Lone Star State. In a nearly 1.5-minute digital ad first seen by the Washington Examiner, an […]
The Justice Department asked the Supreme Court to lift the latest lower court block on ending temporary protected status for people from various countries, also asking the justices to consider formally taking up the case to stop lower court judges from blocking a policy they have already allowed the Trump administration to pursue. Although the […]
Every member of the Senate Democratic Caucus signed a letter Wednesday to War Secretary Pete Hegseth demanding answers on the deadly school bombing in Iran, with one exception — Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA). On Feb. 28, the first day of Operation Epic Fury, missiles destroyed an Iranian girls’ elementary school in Minab, killing around 175 […]
The pause in shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is creating economic disruptions beyond the oil and natural gas markets, affecting the shipment of goods and commodities needed for semiconductors, fertilizer, and more. Since the start of the war in Iran, the Strait of Hormuz, a key trading route, has been effectively closed. The most […]
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the United States has won the Iran war despite his previous vague statements that the conflict would end when the Islamic Republic presents an “unconditional surrender.” While speaking in Kentucky, Trump bragged that “Operation Epic Fury,” the joint U.S.-Israel operation against Iran, was a “great name.” “Is that […]
Republican Steve Hilton is gaining momentum in California’s crowded and chaotic governor’s race, but the development might actually end up a good thing for Democrats. Hilton, a former Fox News host, is leading the 10-candidate deep primary race with 19% of likely voters, according to the latest UC Berkeley Citrin Center for Public Opinion Research-POLITICO poll. […]
A federal appeals court allowed the Trump administration to continue deporting illegal immigrants to third countries, temporarily blocking a lower court’s order that found the policy unlawful. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit issued an administrative stay of a Feb. 25 order that had blocked the policy, which was due […]
Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) introduced legislation on Wednesday that would revoke the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone for abortion, staking out a more aggressive anti-abortion position as many Republicans aligned with President Donald Trump have preferred to avoid a new federal fight over abortion. The measure, titled the Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion […]
Democratic California lawmakers on Wednesday urged the Justice Department’s inspector general to investigate concerns that Attorney General Pam Bondi inappropriately intervened in her brother’s legal cases. Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Rep. Dave Min (D-CA) suggested that clients for Brad Bondi, who practices law in D.C. and New York, saw favorable results in several court […]
