Washington, D.C., officials outlined sweeping security preparations on Wednesday for the city’s upcoming events, as it gears up for major celebrations marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. July 4, the centerpiece of America 250 festivities, has been designated a National Special Security Event by the Department of Homeland Security, allowing the Secret […]
Chinese President Xi Jinping, while meeting with President Donald Trump in Beijing overnight, warned there would be “clashes” and “conflicts” over Taiwan if the United States does not handle the regional dispute well. China has claimed sovereignty over Taiwan for years, while the U.S. has backed the self-governing island’s military capabilities through arms sales and […]
Vice President JD Vance is making his own lane for the 2028 Republican presidential primary and using his anti-fraud task force to do it. Vance on Wednesday delivered an ultimatum to all 50 of the nation’s governors: crack down on fraud or lose federal Medicaid funding. “Today, we are sending across 50 Medicaid programs letters […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio wonders what the point of the United States remaining in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization is if countries in the alliance won’t help the United States when needed. Rubio made the comments on Wednesday in an interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity aboard Air Force One en route to […]
Republicans are under increasing political pressure to get bipartisan housing legislation to President Donald Trump’s desk in time to address voters’ dismay about affordability before the midterm elections. The bipartisan legislation in question is the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which cleared the Senate in March, but has been held up in the House […]
Support for $1 billion in new security upgrades at the White House is cratering among Republicans over President Donald Trump’s ballroom. Holdouts in both chambers span across the ideological spectrum, from centrists to fiscal hawks. Some are even demanding that the administration produce a more detailed accounting of how a portion of the federal funds […]
A veterans group that runs multimillion-dollar ad campaigns in support of Democratic candidates, typically retired service members, has been spending heavily on a nonmilitary Senate hopeful who is considered one of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) recruits to win several crucial races in the 2026 midterm elections. VoteVets, a political action committee that presents […]
HELSINKI, Finland — Finland joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization just over three years ago, expecting to walk into an efficient and well-funded defensive alliance capable of warding off their belligerent Russian neighbors. Finnish government leaders are not afraid to admit that they found NATO to be much more disorganized and underfunded than they hoped […]
Before President Donald Trump left Washington for Beijing this week, he made stark comments about the economic woes facing the public. The “financial situation” of voters was not a priority, Trump said, as he seeks to end the Iran war. “The only thing that matters, when I’m talking about Iran: They can’t have a nuclear […]
With Georgia’s Republican Senate primary days from voting, the party’s once-promising bid to unseat Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) is descending into a bitter blame game. Republicans are openly question whether a drawn-out and expensive intraparty fight has weakened one of the GOP’s top pickup opportunities of 2026. Instead of coalescing around a single heavyweight […]
