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President Trump is reportedly considering a return to all-out war against Iran as he seeks to break a stalemate in the Strait of Hormuz and force Tehran’s hand in nuclear negotiations. The U.S. military has resumed strikes over the past week, mostly targeting air defense and radar systems and missile and drone launch sites near...
Views of the United States and President Trump are worsening around the globe, according to a survey published by the Pew Research Center on Wednesday. At the same time, China and its leader, Xi Jinping, are gaining more favorability, marking a reversal in worldwide opinions. The Pew survey highlights the increasing challenge for the U.S....
Following the collapse of the cease-fire with Iran, President Trump ordered U.S. warships and aircraft to stop vessels going to and from Iran.
Even a single Republican “no” vote would block Mr. Blanche’s nomination from consideration by the full Senate, which could sink his confirmation.
Data centers are expected to add billions in electricity costs across 13 states in the years ahead after a recent power auction. Grid operator PJM this week announced the results of an auction to buy power for the 13 states that it serves for June 2028 through May 2029. Monitoring Analytics, an independent market monitor...
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche appeared to have a verbal slip-up about his role during his confirmation hearing for attorney general on Wednesday. In the hearing, Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) asked Blanche if he has a friendship with President Trump. “I'm his lawyer — was his lawyer, and now I'm the deputy attorney general,” Blanche...
House Democrats on Wednesday slammed Russell Vought over his tenure as acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), heralding his upcoming departure. It marked Vought’s first appearance before Congress in his role leading the consumer watchdog agency, which has faced a tumultuous stretch in President Trump’s second term. Vought is reportedly poised to...
“If the categorical ban on those countries was needed," the Obama appointee asked, "why did we let the soccer players in?"
Shadow Democratic 2028 primary heats up after FEC filings Washington Examiner
The U.S. military conducted a second wave of strikes against Iran on Wednesday, targeting Tehran’s ability to threaten ships attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz, as President Trump mulls attacks against the nation’s bridges. The strikes, which began at 3 p.m. EDT, come hours after U.S. forces targeted coastal defense systems and cruise missile...
Mexico has formally asked U.S. state attorneys to open criminal investigations into the deaths of Mexican migrants who died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody during the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. At least 17 Mexican nationals have died during immigration enforcement operations throughout President Trump’s second term — 14 died while in ICE custody...
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.), the most vulnerable Senate Democrat up for reelection this year, took Jay Clayton, President Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence, to task over the administration's focus on debunked claims that the 2020 elections were fraudulent. In a tense confirmation hearing for Clayton on Wednesday, Ossoff and other Democratic senators pressed...
A trio of Democrats are raising alarm that a bipartisan sanctions bill targeting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine gives President Trump unacceptable tariff authorities. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-N.Y.), the ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the Sanctioning Russia Act 2026, released Tuesday, amounts to a “Trojan horse for tariff authorities...
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Minority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) will join with survivors of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein to voice their opposition to President Trump's nomination of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche to serve full-time as the nation's top federal prosecutor. Blanche was grilled by senators earlier Wednesday about...
President Trump will participate in a roundtable at the Pennsylvania Defense and Innovation Summit on Wednesday afternoon. The event comes as the Pentagon has ramped up its military operation against Iran in recent days after a temporary ceasefire with the Islamic Republic fell apart. Tit-for-tat strikes in the Strait of Hormuz and the reinstatement of...
Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) on Wednesday hammered Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought over the Trump administration's budget cuts, invoking faith and Vought's past writings to excoriate him and President Trump's "reckless policies." Speaking to the OMB chief at a House Committee on Financial Services hearing, where Vought was testifying on the...
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) urged caution to the media over President Trump’s upcoming speech about election integrity. “I don't think that we should be contributing to any platforming of lies about our election," Ocasio-Cortez told journalist Pablo Manríquez in a clip posted to the social platform X Tuesday afternoon. "Many news outlets oftentimes may receive...
President Trump bashed New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) over the state's first-ever statewide freeze on new "hyperscale data centers," calling it a "terrible decision." Trump, in a lengthy post on Truth Social Wednesday, alleged Hochul decided to enact the first-in-the-nation freeze for "political reasons." "Data Centers are tremendous WINS for the States and Communities...
Critics question whether the coins are legal and argue that President Trump is using the currency to celebrate himself.
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chair of the Senate Health Committee, grew angry with President Trump's nominee to lead the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday over a misleading social media post about the hepatitis B vaccine. Sean Kaufman, Trump's nominee to lead ASPR, appeared before the Senate Committee...
During his confirmation hearing, the acting attorney general refused to discuss the termination of an investigation into a commutation issued by President Trump.
Jay Clayton, President Trump’s nominee for director of national intelligence (DNI), faced sharp questions from Democratic senators Wednesday about Trump’s attempts to revive investigations into the 2020 election. Clayton’s confirmation is essential to reauthorizing the U.S.’s foreign spy powers, which expired more than a month ago. Democrats have refused to reauthorize Section 702 of the...
Michigan Democrats have a favorite for president in 2028, poll shows The Detroit News
Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) on Tuesday praised a bipartisan housing bill that became law without President Trump’s signature, saying he wished Trump had publicly celebrated the measure more. “I wish the president would have leaned in and helped promote all the great things that are in the housing bill,” Husted said in an interview with...