Secretary of State Marco Rubio filled in for White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Tuesday, fielding foreign policy questions ranging from Cuba and Iran to the Vatican and more. The press conference, which lasted approximately an hour, gave the state secretary a chance to speak at length about issues that have fallen away from […]
A federal grand jury indicted the alleged gunman who attempted to disrupt the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on four charges on Tuesday. Cole Allen, 31, was charged with attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump, assaulting an officer or employee of the United States with a deadly weapon, and two other related firearms charges: transportation […]
The briefing room door slid open 6 inches and Marco Rubio pushed his face through the gap. It was less like Jack Nicholson in The Shining, and more like a goofy substitute teacher pulling a face to win over what he knew would be a difficult room. It worked. Up to a point. The audience […]
The Supreme Court’s striking down of race-based redistricting in Louisiana has begun the next stage of the gerrymandering fight between Republicans and Democrats. Republicans are eyeing new maps in Tennessee and Alabama, while House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) sent his right-hand man, Rep. Joe Morelle (D-NY), to Albany, New York, to discuss moving forward […]
CNN analyst Van Jones jumped to defend Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) as the senator continues to face criticism over his voting record and calls to switch his party affiliation ahead of his reelection campaign. “Look, I think he is a moderate Democrat, and that should not be illegal in this party,” Jones said on CNN’s […]
Secretary of State Marco Rubio slammed the United Nations for its silence over Iran’s use of mines in the Strait of Hormuz during a Tuesday afternoon press briefing at the White House. Rubio’s comments came after the State Department announced a U.N. Security Council resolution pressuring Iran to cease attacks, mining, and tolling in the […]
Brendan Carr, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, stressed in a recent letter to lawmakers that the FCC Media Bureau’s approval of the Nexstar-Tegna merger is “not a final action by the full Commission.” The April 13 letter, published by the agency on Tuesday, suggested that the full commission could consider reversing the bureau’s March […]
A federal appeals court questioned the Justice Department’s insistence on Tuesday that a Supreme Court emergency docket ruling from last year settled a lawsuit over the Trump administration’s policy restricting the gender on a person’s passport to his or her biological sex. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit heard arguments […]
Washington Examiner economics columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher weighed in on the shutdown of Spirit Airlines, suggesting the collapse highlights broader problems with government intervention in the airline industry. “I’m trying to think of a better example of the overzealousness of [Joe] Biden blocking [mergers and acquisitions] and how we are all worse off,” she said […]
President Donald Trump veered off script during a White House proclamation on youth sports and a presidential fitness event at the White House, addressing the war in Iran. “So these next few years will be a golden age for American sports, just like it’s a golden age for America,” Trump said during the event Tuesday. […]
