House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) criticized the White House for not yet briefing the “Gang of Eight” on Capitol Hill over the strikes in Iran that took place Saturday night. The “Gang of Eight” consists of the top members in both chambers, including Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer […]
The U.S. Embassy in Sweden issued a security alert to U.S. citizens, warning that Iran could use local criminal gangs to carry out attacks against U.S. and Israeli interests. The embassy in Stockholm posted a security alert on Monday, citing local media reports speculating that Tehran could use connections within criminal gangs to carry out […]
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and second lady Usha Vance defended the value of larger families on Monday, pushing back against what they see as growing cultural and media hostility toward traditional family life and pro-natalist views. Duffy, a father of nine, became the subject of a critical New York Times profile on Monday. The piece, […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom‘s (D-CA) lawyers argued to a federal judge Monday that the lower court still has some authority to block President Donald Trump’s use of the National Guard in Los Angeles, despite an appeals court blocking a previous order from that judge, which ordered Trump return control of the California National Guard to Newsom. […]
EXCLUSIVE — The Office of Management and Budget on Monday sent a memo to executive department and agency heads directing them to change the way they perform internal audits, citing findings from the Department of Government Efficiency indicating that traditional audits have missed matters ranging from “fund control lapses to procurement irregularities,” according to a […]
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) took a swipe at New York City’s political future on Monday, joking that more New Yorkers could head south after support for a self-described Democratic socialist surged in the city’s latest mayoral poll. “Just when you thought Palm Beach real estate couldn’t go any higher …” DeSantis quipped on X, reacting […]
The Supreme Court on Monday handed a win to the Trump administration by allowing it to resume deporting criminal noncitizens to “third countries,” or places where they did not originate, such as South Sudan, without first giving them a chance to argue that they would face harm if removed. In a brief, unsigned order, the justices granted the Justice Department’s […]
A former Clinton administration official and longtime Democrat stunned political observers over the weekend by praising President Donald Trump for ordering airstrikes on Iran‘s nuclear sites and saying former Vice President Kamala Harris would not have had the “courage or fortitude” to make the same decision. Jamie Metzl, who served on the National Security Council […]
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy rebuked a “hit piece” from the New York Times, suggesting the writer is “genuinely disturbed” that he is married and has a large family. The piece spotlights various actions Duffy has taken since becoming secretary, such as signing a memo to prioritize transportation funding to communities with higher marriage and birth […]
Iran’s missile strike against a U.S. military base in Qatar was met with near-unanimous rebuke in the Middle East, including from sympathetic powers such as Oman. Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Bahrain, Oman, Morocco, the Palestinian Authority, and the Muslim World League all issued condemnations of the attack. Many of them also condemned […]
