Israel launched airstrikes against the world’s largest natural gas field in Iran, signalling an escalation of its targeting of energy infrastructure. Videos shared on social media showed the South Pars natural gas field in southern Iran engulfed in flames. Iranian state media confirmed the strike, saying firefighters were working to extinguish the flames. Around the […]
Washington Examiner chief political correspondent Byron York said that Senate Republicans would experience a “very short-term concession” if they give up the SAVE Act filibuster. The Senate began a dayslong debate over the SAVE America Act on Tuesday, bringing the voter identification bill to the floor. This legislation is being debated during the partial shutdown […]
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) lambasted his fellow Republican, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), during Mullin’s confirmation hearing on Wednesday to become the next secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Paul, chairman of the Senate homeland security committee tasked with advancing Mullin’s nomination, condemned the Oklahoma senator for past comments on political violence, including remarks sympathizing […]
Washington Examiner columnist Guy Benson dismissed “loud voices” potentially misrepresenting a split between President Donald Trump and his supporters on Tuesday. Joe Kent resigned as the director of Trump’s National Counterterrorism Center on Tuesday, making him the first high-ranking Trump administration official to leave his post based on the war in Iran. Kent said in […]
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe will testify before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on Wednesday at around 10 a.m. JOE KENT, TRUMP’S COUNTERTERRORISM DIRECTOR, BECOMES FIRST ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL TO RESIGN OVER IRAN WAR This will be Gabbard’s first public testimony since the start of the war in Iran, […]
EXCLUSIVE — The Sentinel Action Fund has endorsed Mike Rogers in Michigan’s closely watched Senate race and will spend more than $15 million to boost his bid, injecting significant outside money into one of the GOP’s top pickup opportunities of the 2026 midterm elections. While Rogers has reported the largest cash-on-hand totals in the race, […]
Neither Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) nor Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton dropped out of the competitive Senate race on Tuesday before the 5 p.m. deadline passed. Both GOP primary candidates are set to face off next in the May 26 runoff election. In the primary election earlier this month, Cornyn performed slightly better than Paxton. […]
President Donald Trump’s dislike of multilateral alliances and organizations has only increased since the start of his war with Iran. Trump announced on Tuesday that the United States no longer needs assistance from North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies to secure the Strait of Hormuz, despite spending the weekend putting pressure on countries, including China, France, […]
Two Democratic senators and likely presidential contenders have unveiled plans to cut taxes, a shift in strategy for the party heading into the midterm elections and the 2028 presidential election. Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) each released tax plans in recent weeks that equate to middle-class tax cuts and are advertised as moving families off the tax rolls. […]
The second round of March Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued today. When will payments arrive? Retirees born between the 11th and 20th of a month will receive this payment on Wednesday, March 18. The first round went out on March 11 to those born on or before the […]
