President Donald Trump’s administration is defending Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick against bipartisan calls for the Cabinet secretary to resign due to his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The latest trove of Epstein files released by the Justice Department showed that Lutnick planned to visit Epstein’s island in the U.S. Virgin Islands in December 2012 after claiming […]

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Tuesday that President Donald Trump raised the idea of renaming New York’s Penn Station and Virginia’s Washington Dulles International Airport after himself in a conversation with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). During the White House press briefing, Leavitt was asked about allegations Schumer has made that […]

President Donald Trump’s complicated relationship with NATO will shape how far Russia goes to further fracture those ties, according to a new report from Harvard University’s Belfer Center. Trump has pressured America’s NATO allies to increase their own defense spending and capabilities to reduce their reliance on U.S. support since returning to office, raising concerns […]

The head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement refused to defend Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem when asked if she should resign during a heated House hearing where Democrats intensified calls for Noem to step down. Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons was asked by Rep. Tim Kennedy (D-NY) during the House Homeland Security Committee’s first oversight […]