Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) on Thursday said she will not back the Pentagon’s bid for $200 billion in supplemental funding amid the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran, as her GOP colleagues grapple with how to approve…
The Senate will stick around Washington for an uncommon weekend session, as conservatives work to get the SAVE America Act, and other legislative priorities, passed. Lawmakers on Friday will vote to advance funding for the…
It has been more than a decade since artificial intelligence and military experts were calling AI and autonomous weaponry “the third revolution in warfare,” after gunpowder and nuclear weapons. Now, with the joint U.S.-Israel operation…
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said Israel “acted alone” in its attack on Iran’s largest gas compound, action that President Trump said he did not approve of. Netanyahu, during a press conference, said…
Get ready for a rare working weekend in the Senate with no break in sight. Majority Leader John Thune is keeping senators at the Capitol the next few days to continue debating an all-but-doomed elections…
The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) formally voted to oppose reauthorization of the nation’s warrantless surveillance powers, a move that could signal difficulty for a House GOP tasked with meeting President Trump’s demand for an 18…
Voters used to say they wanted a president they could have a beer with. Now, would-be presidential candidates are chasing that authenticity in a different way: appearing on podcasts, sports shows, and other new media…
The Senate is planning to debate and vote on the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, called the SAVE America Act, through this weekend as Senate conservatives warn that a failure to make significant progress on…
One year after President Trump signed an executive order calling for the shuttering of the Education Department, the agency has taken its biggest step yet toward self-elimination. On Thursday, the department announced that it would…
MIDLAND, Michigan — Pete Buttigieg is known for going everywhere to get his message out in the media. In 2026, he’s taking that strategy offline, too, traveling virtually everywhere. A source close to Buttigieg tells…
Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these…
The U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, is urging American citizens to avoid large crowds amid reports of “anticipated pro-Cuban regime and anti-U.S. policy protests and rallies” in the coming days. The Embassy issued an alert…
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Callers hoping to voice complaints about federal animal testing with the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) earlier this week instead reached what sounded like the voicemail for a popular pizza chain after a…
A senior Transportation Security Administration (TSA) official warned Thursday that the growing backlog at airport security checkpoints nationwide is likely “going to get worse before it gets better” as staffing becomes more strained as a…
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Department of Justice (DOJ) have cleared Nexstar Media Group’s acquisition of fellow local broadcaster Tegna, the company announced on Thursday. The company announced the deal’s closure after the FCC…
The U.S. military’s lethal strikes against alleged drug-trafficking boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific “aren’t the answer” to the country’s drug problems, Gen. Francis L. Donovan, the commander of U.S. Southern Command (Southcom), said…
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