Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Thursday that the United States would not lift sanctions on Iran until the country hands over all of its enriched uranium and commits to not working toward obtaining a nuclear weapon. Earlier in the day, U.S. officials confirmed to the Washington Examiner that American and Iranian officials had agreed […]
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent rebuffed Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D-CA) threat to tax the nearly $1.8 billion “anti-weaponization fund” with a simple response during a Thursday afternoon press briefing. “There is no cure for stupid,” Bessent told reporters when asked to respond to Newsom’s threat. The California governor and possible 2028 presidential candidate announced on Wednesday […]
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) on Thursday offered Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’s campaign for reelection his endorsement, just days before voters head to the polls. Bass faces an uneasy path to a second term ahead of the June 2 election, amid concerns about her handling of the 2025 Los Angeles fires, homelessness, crime, and economic […]
Police responded to a swatting attempt at the Virginia home of Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett after a false report of gunfire prompted officers to rush to the residence. The incident occurred on Wednesday night when authorities received a report of shots fired outside Barrett’s home, triggering a police response. Officers quickly determined the […]
President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace is not hoarding lump-sum payments from member states and collecting on each nation’s pledges bit by bit as required for its projects in Gaza instead. The international committee, of which Trump is the inaugural and permanent chairman, received pledges of $1 billion from dozens of charter members. However, an […]
Celebrity performers set to headline the Great American State Fair in Washington, D.C., were announced Wednesday, as the exposition marking the country’s semiquincentennial draws near. Freedom 250, the organization spearheaded by President Donald Trump that is hosting the 16-day fair, revealed a combination of country, rap, pop, rock, soul, and funk artists will be performing, […]
The Supreme Court sided with a death row inmate in Mississippi who challenged the dismissal of four black potential jurors during jury selection for his trial in a sharply divided ruling Thursday. Terry Pitchford was convicted by a state jury to death for his role in the 2004 killing of the owner of a grocery store during […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he directed the country’s military to take control over 70% of Gaza, much more than the 53% it controlled under the October 2025 ceasefire agreement. To bring an end to the devastating Israel-Hamas war, which left most of Gaza in ruins, the Israeli military agreed to withdraw to positions […]
U.S. lawmakers confirmed Thursday that U.S. Central Command officials told them foreign adversaries are using commercially available tracking and location data to target American service members in war zones. A bipartisan group of 14 lawmakers wrote a letter addressed to War Department Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davies that noted CENTCOM — the combatant command that […]
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) snapped back at Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) over an AI-generated image that depicts Cruz as a dog, as the two quarreled on X over rising gas prices. “Gavin, you’re a clown who gave Californians $6 gas, sat idle while your state burned & chased hundreds of thousands of jobs (including Chevron) […]
