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 […]
As Iran responds militarily to the United States’s bombing of its nuclear facilities, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei remains out of sight and closely guarded. Officials in Israel have asserted for days that the supreme leader is on the cusp of fleeing the embattled Islamic Republic. Khamenei‘s camp maintains that he has no such plans, as he […]
The Iranian attack on a U.S. military base in Qatar was coordinated in a way to ensure that there is little to no escalation in the conflict, getting the “off-ramp that it wanted.” Iran launched short- and medium-range ballistic missiles on Monday around 7:30 p.m. Qatar time at Al Udeid Air Base, according to a […]
ABC News chief Washington correspondent Jonathan Karl said Monday that several of President Donald Trump’s most vocal anti-war allies have been “remarkably quiet” following the former president’s surprise airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend. Appearing on ABC News’s The View, Karl addressed both the constitutional concerns surrounding Trump’s decision to bypass Congress and […]
Ford is planning to proceed with opening an electric vehicle battery plant in Michigan, even as Republican lawmakers move to eliminate the Biden-era EV tax credits. On Monday, Ford gave reporters a tour of the $3 billion factory in Marshall, Michigan, ahead of an expected Senate vote on the draft language of the budget reconciliation […]
President Donald Trump’s strikes on nuclear strongholds in Iran have prompted debate about presidential war powers and whether Congress should have been given more information and oversight ahead of the surprise attack. The War Powers Resolution, enacted in 1973, gives the president the ability to carry out certain military actions before requesting congressional approval. However, […]
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem will travel to Central America to meet with leaders in the region, and the arrival of a plane carrying migrants who have been deported from the United States. The senior Trump administration official will depart Washington early this week on a four-nation tour through Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama. […]
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier asked the Supreme Court on Monday to pause a lower court’s order blocking a state law that makes it a misdemeanor for an illegal immigrant to be present in the Sunshine State. Uthmeier filed a petition to the high court asking for a stay pending appeal of District Judge Kathleen […]
