Trump holds emergency Situation Room meeting as Iran escalates Strait of Hormuz standoff

President Donald Trump gathered his top national security officials in the Situation Room on Saturday as Iranian gunboats opened fire on cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz and Tehran reversed its decision to reopen the critical waterway, a move that sent oil prices surging toward $100 a barrel. The high-stakes session came with a […]

Kash Patel threatens lawsuit against The Atlantic over drinking allegations he calls fabricated

FBI Director Kash Patel threatened Friday to sue The Atlantic over what he and his attorney called a "categorically false and defamatory" report alleging that bouts of excessive drinking have compromised his leadership of the bureau. The threat came with a pointed promise: litigation is not just talk, it is being filed. Patel did not […]

Rep. Ilhan Omar blames accounting error after $30 million in disclosed assets drops to under $100,000

Rep. Ilhan Omar's household went from reporting as much as $30 million in assets to no more than $95,000, and her office says the whole thing was just a bookkeeping mix-up. An amended financial disclosure filed by the Minnesota Democrat slashed the previously reported figures by more than 99 percent, a correction so large it […]

Obama Presidential Center charges $30 admission — and requires ID from locals seeking a discount

Visitors to the new Obama Presidential Center in Chicago will pay $30 per adult to walk through four floors of museum exhibits, a price tag the Wall Street Journal found is higher than any other U.S. presidential library. Illinois residents can get in free on Tuesdays or claim a $4 discount the rest of the […]

Senate approves stopgap FISA Section 702 extension after House conservatives block five-year renewal

The Senate passed a 10-day extension of FISA Section 702 by unanimous voice vote Friday morning, a last-ditch move to prevent the government's most powerful foreign surveillance tool from going dark before an April 20 deadline. The House had already approved the same stopgap by unanimous consent hours earlier, after conservative Republicans sank both a […]

Singer D4vd arrested for murder of 14-year-old girl found in Tesla at Hollywood tow yard

Los Angeles police arrested 21-year-old singer David Burke, known by his stage name D4vd, on Thursday for the murder of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas, whose remains were discovered last September inside a Tesla that had been impounded and towed from a Hollywood Hills street. The arrest took place at a rental property in the Hollywood Hills, […]

Secret Service tackles man who attempted to scale White House fence while president was inside

A man tried to jump the perimeter fence at the White House on Thursday afternoon and was tackled by Secret Service agents before he could breach the complex, the Daily Mail reported. The president was inside at the time. The suspect's identity has not been released. Officers intercepted the individual almost immediately after he made […]

Tulsi Gabbard reportedly pushed back on Trump over clean FISA Section 702 renewal

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard told President Donald Trump in a February meeting that she did not support a clean reauthorization of FISA Section 702, putting her at odds with the president on one of the most contentious surveillance tools in the federal government's arsenal, the Daily Caller News Foundation reported, citing Politico's Morning […]

Senate votes to end Biden-era mining ban on Minnesota's Boundary Waters

The Senate voted 50-49 on Thursday to terminate a 20-year mining ban the Biden administration imposed on more than 225,000 acres of mineral-rich federal land in northern Minnesota, sending the measure to President Donald Trump's desk and dealing a permanent blow to one of his predecessor's signature environmental restrictions. The resolution, advanced under the Congressional […]

House Democrats introduce five impeachment articles against Defense Secretary Hegseth — with zero chance of passage

House Democrats filed five articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Wednesday, accusing him of war crimes, abuse of power, and obstruction of congressional oversight tied to the U.S. military campaign in Iran. The effort, led by Rep. Yassamin Ansari of Arizona, drew an immediate dismissal from the Pentagon, and faces certain defeat […]
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