Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR), Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, downplayed the severity of messages sent by Trump administration officials to a Signal group chat that inadvertently included a journalist, calling the reporting an exaggeration by a partisan critic of President Donald Trump. “There’s no locations listed there. There are no sources and methods. There’s […]
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt is briefing reporters after a journalist was inadvertently included in a Signal group chat of senior Trump administration officials about strikes against the Houthis. REPORTER PUBLISHES OPERATIONS DETAILS FROM SIGNAL GROUP CHAT. WHITE HOUSE PUSHES BACK ON ‘WAR PLANS’ CLAIMS The press briefing is scheduled to begin at 1 […]
Russia is walking back its agreement to establish a maritime ceasefire on the Black Sea, saying that Western nations must first lift their economic sanctions. The White House announced Tuesday that it reached an agreement with Ukraine — matching a similar agreement with Russian counterparts — to finally “ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of […]
The Washington, D.C., Metro system has begun decorating rail cars with American flag decals. This comes as the capital city expects an influx of traffic, with President Donald Trump issuing an executive order requiring federal employees to report to the office. As a result, the Metro is set to exceed 1 million daily passengers on […]
U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff denied using a sensitive Signal chat while in Moscow. An article from the Wall Street Journal, which cited “press reports,” alleged that Witkoff received messages from the Signal app while in Moscow. It used the report to say there was a “building perception” that Witkoff was “out of his depth […]
President Donald Trump suggested that a “very innocent staffer” may have been the source of the recent Signal group chat, which has rocked the administration this week. The Atlantic released a report on Wednesday in which editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg included messages in the chat from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the timeline for strikes planned […]
Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) said she was referring to Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) busing migrants north when she called him “Governor Hot Wheels” and was not making fun of his disability. However, a new report revealed she liked social media posts calling Abbott “Hot Wheels” before the busing began. Crockett drew outrage on Saturday when […]
The Trump administration has been withholding information from a judge in Washington, D.C., in a case about Alien Enemies Act deportations because the information is, according to the Department of Justice, too sensitive to divulge. But in a twist, that same judge is now set to preside over a new court case against five of […]
The Supreme Court upheld a federal rule targeting ghost guns on Wednesday, preserving a key Biden-era regulation that treats “readily convertible” gun kits, commonly referred to as “ghost guns” due to their often untraceable characteristics, as firearms under federal law. Justice Neil Gorsuch, writing for the 7-2 majority, concluded that the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, […]
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) confirmed that the House Judiciary Committee will investigate recent orders from judges that impede President Donald Trump’s deportation plans. Over a week has passed since Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a ruling prohibiting deportation flights while he oversees a case involving five immigrants with active […]
