President Donald Trump is keeping all options open in his deliberations on the future of Iran, but violent intervention to protect protesters could sour relations with allies in the Middle East and beyond. The president on Thursday walked back his promise that “help is on the way” for protesters, citing the regime’s decision not to […]
The Senate has now passed half of its annual spending bills after a Thursday afternoon vote to fund the Justice Department and several other federal agencies. The overwhelming majority of senators supported a three-bill package that also keeps the Interior, Commerce, and Energy departments operating past a Jan. 30 government funding deadline. Senators left town […]
Telecommunications company Verizon is offering its customers $20 on Thursday if they were affected by an hourslong network outage on Wednesday. This outage started at 12:30 p.m. EST and continued for roughly 10 hours. At its peak, Down Detector reported more than 180,000 issues. The last time Verizon had a major outage was in October 2024. […]
A judge on the Delaware Court of Chancery has denied a motion filed by Paramount Skydance to expedite its lawsuit against Warner Bros. Discovery as the latter Hollywood studio remains up for sale. In a ruling issued Thursday morning, Vice Chancellor Morgan Zurn determined Paramount has not suffered any “cognizable, irreparable harm” from what the […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt implored Democrats to spend time with Immigration and Customs Enforcement following violent clashes between law enforcement officers and protesters in Minnesota. “I would encourage Governor [Tim] Walz and other Democrats who are demeaning law enforcement to sit down and have a cup of coffee with an ICE agent or […]
New Jersey lawmakers approved a package of three bills this week that would sharply limit cooperation between state and local authorities and federal immigration officers, a move Republicans say unlawfully interferes with federal authority and mirrors a growing Democrat-led effort nationwide to curb Immigration and Customs Enforcement. “You want boundaries that legally can’t be crossed […]
Charlie Kirk will receive a second posthumous award in the coming weeks, this time from Israel. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office confirmed to the Associated Press that Kirk will be honored at the International Conference on Combating Antisemitism. This honor comes four months after Kirk was shot and killed. This event marks Israel’s second […]
The House Committee on Homeland Security GOP leaders are seeking answers from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem over a multimillion-dollar device that could be linked to “Havana syndrome.” A letter sent to Noem requested further information on a device purchased by DHS during the Biden administration that could be linked to anomalous health incidents, also […]
Rappers Ludacris and Nelly will be among the headliners for this year’s Rock the Country festival. The festival includes eight shows, with performances from Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, Jelly Roll, and Miranda Lambert, among others, also slated to headline. Each concert will happen in a different small town over the course of two days per […]
The House will see its three-year extension of enhanced Obamacare subsidies return much sooner than anticipated after the chamber accidentally sent the wrong version of the bill text to the Senate. The lower chamber voted to extend the COVID-19-era subsidies on Jan. 8, with several Republicans joining all Democrats to pass the bill. It has […]
