Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Wednesday afternoon released a letter to Americans attempting to sway public opinion away from the war, just hours before President Donald Trump gives a high-profile speech on the conflict.  Pezeshkian argued that joint U.S.-Israeli strikes against Iran’s vital infrastructure, “including energy and industrial facilities,” are planting “seeds of resentment.” Trump […]

President Donald Trump is set to give an operational update on the conflict in Iran on Wednesday night. The televised address — which will be broadcast on all four major U.S. stations — will be his opportunity to quell growing confusion about the state of play in Iran, the ongoing oil crisis caused by Iranian […]

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was panned by Democrats on Wednesday for appearing to cave to Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and agreeing to end a weekslong Department of Homeland Security shutdown that omits funding for immigration enforcement. Johnson is scrapping the 60-day stopgap bill passed by the House, which included more money for […]

Justice Sonia Sotomayor questioned on Wednesday whether a ruling in favor of the Trump administration’s executive order on birthright citizenship would retroactively strip citizenship from people born on U.S. soil to illegal immigrant or tourist parents. The justices heard arguments in Trump v. Barbara, a challenge to Trump’s 2025 executive order that sought to reestablish […]