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The U.S. military launched a new round of strikes against Iran on Monday, hours after President Trump announced the U.S. Navy would reinstate the naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. The fresh strikes, which kicked off at 4:45 p.m. EDT at Trump’s direction, mark the third consecutive day of U.S. attacks against Iran. “These...
President Trump is supporting the late Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) Russia sanctions bill, a White House official confirmed to The Hill on Monday. The confirmation comes amid a push on Capitol Hill led by Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) to get members of Congress to pass the legislation in Graham’s honor. Graham and Shaheen, along with...
President Trump formally notified Congress last week that the U.S. has resumed military strikes against Iran, providing the Pentagon an extra 60 days to utilize U.S. forces in the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) theater absent congressional approval. Trump told lawmakers in a 2-page letter on Friday that U.S. strikes resumed against Iran on July 7,...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that the United States will “dismantle” the international court that tries grave crimes “brick by brick, if necessary.”
President Trump said Monday that he will be addressing the nation later this week amid escalations with Iran over the Strait of Hormuz. The speech is set to be delivered on Thursday at 9 p.m. EDT, Trump announced on Truth Social. He did not say what the speech would be about, but it comes amid...
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) is set to announce his pick to fill the remainder of Sen. Lindsey Graham's (R) Senate term after the lawmaker's unexpected death over the weekend. Graham, who easily won his primary election last month, died Saturday of an aortic dissection, preliminary findings showed. President Trump suggested Monday that Graham's...
President Trump said the United States could collect tolls or fees, despite Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying no country could do so.
President Trump said the United States could collect tolls or fees, despite Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying no country could do so.
The sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has responded to a recommendation from President Trump for her to fill her brother’s seat. “Actually, I’m just kind of like devastated right now,” Darline Graham Nordone said during a call with The New York Post on Monday, according to the outlet. On Monday, President Trump...
Despite President Trump's imposition of tariffs, the EU and other countries have refrained from retaliating, instead choosing to uphold the principles of multilateralism and non-discrimination in trade, and to take their trade elsewhere.
A federal judge Monday voided President Trump’s settlement with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that awarded $1.776 billion and barred the agency from auditing his previous filings. Trump, who sued his own administration in January over the leak of his tax returns, struck an agreement with the IRS in late May. “In sum, the facts...
It’s Monday. Welcome back! The World Cup is down to four teams: Argentina, England, France and Spain. The final is less than a week away! In today's issue: 🚢 IN THE WHITE HOUSE A game of tug of war with the Strait of Hormuz: President Trump justreimposed the U.S. naval blockade on the Strait of...
He initially called Donald Trump a “kook” who was “unfit for office,” only to join the new president’s Mar-a-Lago circle. “I’m still in the game,” Mr. Graham once explained of his much-analyzed turnabout.
Con man Leonard Glenn Francis, also known as "Fat Leonard," the mastermind of one of the largest U.S. military bribery scandals, plans to ask President Trump to pardon him or commute what's left of his prison sentence. Francis, also a former Malaysian defense contractor, told The Washington Post in a story published Monday that he...
The decision did not explicitly kill the deal that President Trump had worked out with his own government to receive what amounted to amnesty from investigations into tax returns that he, his family and their businesses have already filed.
President Trump called on the Senate to pass a cryptocurrency regulation bill Monday in honor of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), who unexpectedly died over the weekend. “In honor of Senator Lindsey Graham, a big supporter, the U.S. Senate should pass the Clarity Act,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social. “China, and...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday issued a new broadside in the U.S. fight with the International Criminal Court (ICC), announcing a diplomatic effort by the Trump administration to dismantle the global tribunal. Rubio issued the action call in an opinion article with the Wall Street Journal and a video message shared on social media. His announcement...
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, slammed Senate leaders Monday over the lack of ethics restrictions in a cryptocurrency regulation bill that is poised to hit the Senate floor in the coming weeks. Warren, a longtime crypto skeptic, raised concerns about President Trump’s recent financial disclosures, which showed he...
Gov. Henry McMaster of South Carolina will name a replacement for Senator Lindsey Graham, who died on Saturday.
President Trump on Monday said the U.S. military would resume its blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and charge a 20 percent rate "on all cargo shipped," declaring the U.S. to be the "guardian" of the waterway, as tensions and strikes escalated with Iran. "The Hormuz Strait is OPEN, and will remain OPEN, with or...
President Trump said on Monday that he recommended Sen. Lindsey Graham’s (R-S.C.) sister to replace him as interim South Carolina senator during a conversation with South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R ). “I recommended, to Governor Henry McMaster, Lindsey Graham’s wonderful sister, Darline, to serve as interim Senator from the Great State of South Carolina....
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster is expected to announce the interim replacement later Monday.
Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), a former White House physician and staunch supporter of President Trump, on Monday announced his bid to serve as the top Republican on the House Armed Services Committee next year. A retired Navy officer who already chairs the panel’s Intelligence and Special Operations subcommittee, Jackson enters a competitive field that already...
President Trump said Monday that the U.S.’s naval blockade on the Strait of Hormuz will be reinstated as Washington and Tehran fight for control of the crucial waterway after strikes were exchanged over the weekend. “The Hormuz Strait is OPEN, and will remain OPEN, with or without Iran,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “We are...