President Donald Trump told reporters that he’s working with his Cabinet to drop sanctions on Turkey, originally imposed over the country’s purchase of Russian air defense systems. Trump met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on Tuesday morning ahead of the NATO summit, where he heaped praise on his close ally. Despite Erdogan’s controversial record […]
California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton on Monday urged Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr to rescind approval of AT&T’s plan to update service for thousands of customers in the state. In late June, the FCC advanced AT&T’s plan to end landline service via copper wiring to around 184,000 residential customers, a move that overrode opposition […]
President Donald Trump heralded automaker Toyota’s announcement that it plans to shift much of its production from Mexico to the United States as evidence that his tariff policies are working. Late Monday night, Toyota outlined plans for a $3.6 billion expansion of its manufacturing center in San Antonio, Texas, which will include shifting nearly all […]
Tyler Robinson, the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk, will appear in Utah court for a second time Tuesday at 11 a.m. Eastern as the weeklong preliminary hearing continues. The court is expected to see body camera footage from the day Robinson surrendered and a recorded statement from his roommate, who prosecutors say […]
President Donald Trump claimed he was weighing selling F-35 fighter jets to Turkey during a bilateral press conference with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday. “It’s a decision we are going to make,” Trump said during the first full day of the NATO summit. “Turkey has been, in many ways, much more loyal than other […]
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has so far remained silent on Maine Democratic Senate candidate Graham Platner after a new set of sexual assault allegations were revealed Monday. Sanders’s silence comes as Platner’s support on Capitol Hill and beyond has crumbled since new allegations from a woman who previously dated Platner said he sexually assaulted […]
A group of Democratic lawmakers is pressing War Secretary Pete Hegseth for more information on his decision to remove several officers from consideration for promotion. The Democratic senators urged Hegseth to clarify his “decision-making process and rationale for removing qualified Officers from promotion consideration” after the secretary made headlines for blocking several Navy officers’ promotions […]
A progressive who is eying a bid to replace Democratic Maine Senate nominee Graham Platner demanded on Monday that he suspend his congressional campaign, citing concerns over sexual abuse allegations. Troy Jackson, a former state senator who lost last month’s Democratic primary for Maine governor, has been floated as someone who could succeed Platner, should the […]
Vice President JD Vance drew public pushback over the weekend from one of Washington’s most influential free-market groups after embracing President Donald Trump’s tariffs and industrial policy, exposing a growing divide inside the GOP coalition over the party’s economic future. Club for Growth President David McIntosh rebuked Vance after the vice president argued Trump’s approach […]
Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) is betting that publicly branding himself as an anti-socialist Democrat will help him survive in one of the nation’s most competitive House districts, even as the Democratic Party‘s left flank gains momentum. The strategy comes as socialists notch primary victories from New York to Colorado, forcing centrist Democrats to decide whether […]
