Secretary of State Marco Rubio will host delegations from dozens of countries on Thursday to discuss the “resurgence of political terrorism.” Leaders from over 60 countries will gather in Washington, D.C., to discuss how to “combat the growing international threat of far-left violence.” The conference comes at a time when socialist candidates are gaining traction in […]
A Tehran billboard displayed an image of a dead President Donald Trump as Iran ramps up its death threats against the American president, after the collapse of the deal and ceasefire between the two countries. Trump has faced repeated death threats from Iran since the United States assassinated former Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani in […]
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is at the Senate Judiciary Committee for Day 2 of his confirmation hearing to become attorney general. The hearing is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. FIVE TAKEAWAYS FROM TODD BLANCHE HEARING AS TRUMP’S ATTORNEY GENERAL PICK GAINS MORE GOP FAVOR Blanche was grilled on a variety of topics on […]
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) donated $19,000 that he had received from former Democratic California Rep. Eric Swalwell’s campaign to an Arizona nonprofit organization focused on preventing sexual and domestic violence. Gallego made the donation to the Arizona Coalition to End Sexual and Domestic Violence in early May, about a month after Swalwell resigned from Congress, […]
Vice President JD Vance was back on Joe Rogan’s popular podcast Wednesday, defending diplomacy with Iran and admitting the Trump administration made mistakes on the Epstein files. The appearance was a way of reconnecting with low-propensity voters who were crucial to putting President Donald Trump back in the White House with a plurality of the […]
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appeared to make progress with key Republican skeptics on Wednesday, putting President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Justice Department on a smoother path toward confirmation before the August recess. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) said after the confirmation hearing that Sens. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and John Cornyn […]
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) found himself in the minority opinion of his party on a vote to cut off U.S. aid to Israel, with a majority of Democrats backing the failed proposal. The proposal, offered by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), would have struck $3 billion of foreign aid to Israel in the annual […]
Thousands of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers are caught in a disagreement between President Donald Trump and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin over ICE’s ability to conduct traffic stops, all while sentiment about the president’s second DHS boss turns negative among some of the president’s closest supporters. In the wake of two ICE-involved fatal […]
Maine Democrats are racing to reunify a fractured party after Graham Platner‘s abrupt withdrawal from the Senate race, with eight candidates competing to inherit the progressive coalition he built while navigating an unusually compressed nominating process that will determine who takes on Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) this fall. What would normally unfold over several months […]
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) last month paid a pro-Palestinian activist who previously raised funds for refugee camps in the West Bank that Israeli authorities say have become hubs for Hamas, a Washington Examiner review of the congresswoman’s campaign spending receipts found. According to Ocasio-Cortez’s recently released Federal Election Commission disclosures, she gave $375 to Naurin […]
