Trump floats making Venezuela the 51st state, citing $40 trillion in oil reserves
President Donald Trump told Fox News he is "seriously considering" making Venezuela a permanent part of the United States, floating statehood for the South American nation months after U.S. military officials captured former dictator Nicolas Maduro and the administration began managing the country's vast oil sector. The remark, delivered during a phone call with Fox […]
Rep. Darrell Issa advances House resolution to expunge both Trump impeachments
Rep. Darrell Issa, the California Republican, has introduced a resolution to wipe both of President Donald Trump's impeachments from the congressional record, and the effort now has the backing of Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan, one of the most influential voices on the right side of the Capitol. House Resolution 1211, as identified in the […]
U.S. strips all enriched uranium from Venezuela's research reactor, ships it to South Carolina
The United States and its partners have removed every gram of enriched uranium from a legacy research reactor in Venezuela and shipped the material to South Carolina, the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration announced Friday. The operation, completed in months rather than the years such efforts typically require, marks a significant nonproliferation win […]
Trump announces U.S. helped free five prisoners held in Belarus and Russia
President Donald Trump announced Sunday that five prisoners from Poland and Moldova had been released from detention in Belarus and Russia, crediting American diplomatic pressure and his Special Presidential Envoy John Coale for pushing the deal across the finish line. The releases cap months of quiet engagement between Washington, Warsaw, and Minsk, and mark another […]
Biden moves to block DOJ from releasing 2017 ghostwriter audio, court filing reveals
Former President Joe Biden's legal team is preparing to intervene in a federal lawsuit to prevent the Justice Department from releasing redacted audio recordings and transcripts of his 2017 conversations with a book ghostwriter, recordings that became central to Special Counsel Robert Hur's investigation into Biden's handling of classified documents. A court filing made Friday […]
Kash Patel says FBI's hidden 'burn bag' room held classified Russia probe documents
FBI Director Kash Patel told Sean Hannity this week that he discovered classified documents sealed inside "burn bags" in a locked, off-the-books room at FBI headquarters, records he says are tied directly to the bureau's investigation into Donald Trump's 2016 campaign and its alleged links to Russia. The 46-year-old FBI director, appearing on Hannity's podcast, […]
