President Donald Trump was not fazed by Russian President Vladimir Putin opting not to attend peace talks with Ukrainian officials in Turkey, saying he did not expect Putin to go if he was not there. The Kremlin confirmed Thursday that Putin would not attend talks in Turkey with Ukrainian officials, after he proposed the meeting […]
The acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday pushed back against claims that the agency is underfunded or falling behind on deportations, telling lawmakers that ICE is operating “daily” removal flights and remains on track to meet its aggressive enforcement targets. Todd Lyons, testifying before the House Appropriations Committee, said ICE conducted more […]
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) argued that district court judges cannot rule as if they are politicians, which includes issuing executive orders against President Donald Trump. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments over the president’s executive order ending birthright citizenship on Thursday, where the focus will be on whether a single federal judge can issue a […]
President Donald Trump’s border crackdown has resulted in a 99% reduction of crossings and sent such a strong stay away message to possible illegal migrants that the main passage way to the United States has seen traffic drop 99.5%. Pete Flores, the acting commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection, revealed on Thursday that the […]
Former President Joe Biden was reportedly shielded from his Cabinet for much of his final two years in the White House, with secretaries claiming anonymously in a new book they were “kept at bay.” Anonymous Cabinet secretaries told Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson about their concerns regarding Biden for the journalists’ upcoming book, Original Sin: […]
The Senate could scramble an already difficult negotiation over President Donald Trump’s agenda, with Republicans promising further changes to his “big beautiful bill” once it clears the House. The legislation, which sweeps together Trump’s tax, border, and defense priorities, has torn apart the Republican conference ahead of a House vote planned for next week. Republicans […]
When then-President Joe Biden invited comparisons to Franklin D. Roosevelt during a meeting with historians, the possibility he might end up in a wheelchair while in office was surely not what he had in mind. But FDR went down in history as a Democratic icon who changed the presidency. He was also successful in a […]
Several state laws concerning whether noncitizens can vote are being tested in court, as Republicans attempt to limit voting rights to citizens while Democrats seek to expand them to noncitizens. Some GOP-led states, such as Louisiana and Wyoming, have passed their own versions of a U.S. House bill, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, which requires […]
President Donald Trump is showcasing his cordial relationship with counterparts in the Middle East during the first major foreign trip of his second administration, but critics contend he is also capitulating to them, some of whom have weak human rights records and others who have direct ties to terrorism. Trump has always adopted an untraditional […]
The “Golden Dome for America: Current and Future Missile Threats to the U.S. Homeland” assessment was released by the Defense Intelligence Agency earlier this week, specifying the kinds of threats the U.S. will face from advanced missile weaponry in the next decade. The report provided information on the “agency’s unclassified intelligence on adversary missile threats” […]
