President Donald Trump’s administration is on the defensive, not only from Iranian strikes in the Middle East but also from incoming criticism from members of his own base. Secretary of State Marco Rubio‘s concession on Monday that the U.S. started proactively striking Iran in the early hours of Saturday morning because Trump was concerned Israel […]
The District of Columbia Council passed a pair of bills on Tuesday, boosting efforts to make law enforcement body camera footage more accessible to the public. Council members unanimously passed an emergency version of Brooke Pinto’s Body-Worn Camera Transparency for Use of Force Amendment Act of 2026, defying Mayor Muriel Bowser’s request to leave changes […]
President Donald Trump’s escalating conflict with Iran and fears of potential domestic retaliation have failed to break the partisan logjam in Congress over funding the Department of Homeland Security. Republicans and Democrats dug in Tuesday on their positions on immigration enforcement, as each side sought to leverage the unrest abroad to their benefit in the […]
Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, perhaps the greatest Iran hawk in Congress, is already calling the United States military’s next shot. Graham told Fox News’s Sunday Night in America that the Islamic Republic is already functionally destroyed following a joint bombardment by the U.S. and Israel over the weekend. “The Iranian regime, the mother […]
A trio of Democratic states is asking a judge to let them defend a federal law barring the U.S. Postal Service from shipping guns, after the Trump administration said it would not defend the statute in an open lawsuit. The Justice Department announced in a filing earlier this year in a lawsuit brought against USPS […]
Both Democrat and Republican lawmakers grilled Elbridge Colby, the undersecretary of defense for policy, about how the ongoing war with Iran fits into the administration’s broader national security strategy. Colby’s appearance in front of the Armed Services Committee on Tuesday morning made him the first Pentagon official to appear in front of Congress since the […]
Six House Democrats are bucking House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and introducing alternative legislation to give President Donald Trump 30 days to oversee the conflict in Iran before having to seek congressional approval for use of military force. Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) is introducing a war powers resolution that would give Trump “30 days […]
Former Major League Baseball star Mark Teixeira, 45, has put down the bat and is hoping to pick up a congressional seat in Texas’s Tuesday primary race for Rep. Chip Roy’s (R-TX) seat. Teixeira, one of many former professional athletes to secure an endorsement from President Donald Trump, is the heavily favored candidate in the […]
The Department of War extended the deployment of 120 Louisiana National Guard troops in New Orleans through August, Gov. Jeff Landry (R-LA) announced Monday. President Donald Trump first deployed 350 Guard members in late December to support local law enforcement as the city expected large numbers of tourists visiting for New Year’s, the Sugar Bowl, […]
The Justice Department reversed course on Tuesday and told a federal appeals court it will continue defending President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting several major law firms — less than 24 hours after seeking to abandon the fight. In a short filing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, DOJ […]
