Trump says U.S. forces seized Chinese ship carrying 'gift' to Iran as Beijing meeting looms

President Donald Trump disclosed Tuesday morning that American forces intercepted a vessel carrying what he called "a gift from China" bound for Iran, escalating tensions with Beijing just weeks before a planned summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. The revelation, made during a CNBC interview, injected a sharp new confrontation into the already fraught U.S.-China […]

Nancy Mace escalates GOP feud with expulsion resolution against Cory Mills — and he fires one right back

Rep. Nancy Mace introduced a resolution Monday to expel fellow Republican Cory Mills from the U.S. House, accusing the Florida congressman of domestic violence, arms dealing, stolen valor, and profiting off federal contracts from his seat. Hours later, Mills filed his own expulsion resolution targeting Mace, turning an intra-party feud into one of the most […]

Obama claims shooter's motive is unknown — despite manifesto targeting Trump administration

Barack Obama posted on X Sunday evening that "we don't yet have the details about the motives" behind the shooting at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, a statement that arrived hours after a manifesto allegedly written by the suspected gunman had already surfaced publicly, detailing plans to target members of the Trump administration at the […]

Ben Sasse, facing terminal cancer at 54, delivers a sharp rebuke to a Congress he says has lost its way

Former U.S. Senator Ben Sasse of Nebraska, now 54 and dying of pancreatic cancer that has spread to his lungs, liver, and vascular system, sat for an extended interview in which he laid out what he believes Congress refuses to confront, and what matters most when time runs short. Given a three- to four-month life […]

Fetterman calls TDS the real leader of the Democratic Party, backs Trump's White House ballroom after WHCD shooting

Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman told the Daily Mail on Monday that Democrats need to "drop the TDS" and get behind President Trump's proposed White House ballroom, a message delivered hours after a gunman opened fire at the White House Correspondents' Dinner and a Secret Service agent took a round to his bulletproof vest. The Saturday […]

Rep. Tom Kean Jr. misses nearly 50 House votes as month-long absence raises questions

Republican Rep. Tom Kean Jr. of New Jersey has not cast a single vote on the House floor since March 5, missing nearly 50 roll calls while colleagues say their calls and texts went unanswered for weeks. His team has offered only a vague reference to unspecified health issues, and until House Speaker Mike Johnson […]

Democrats face scrutiny over heated rhetoric after third assassination attempt on Trump at WHCD shooting

A 31-year-old man barged into the Washington Hilton on Saturday night during the White House Correspondents' Dinner, reportedly intending to kill President Trump and other administration officials, and within hours, the same Democratic leaders who have spent years labeling the president a fascist and an existential threat were posting somber calls for calm. The accused […]

DOJ demands preservation group drop White House ballroom lawsuit after WHCA dinner shooting

The Department of Justice gave the National Trust for Historic Preservation a blunt ultimatum on Sunday: drop your lawsuit against the White House ballroom project by Monday morning, or the government will move to dissolve the court injunction itself. The demand came less than 24 hours after a gunman exchanged fire with law enforcement at […]

Ilhan Omar's massive financial disclosure gap draws deeper scrutiny of husband's business dealings

Rep. Ilhan Omar's household wealth went from as much as $30 million on paper to under $95,000, and her office calls it an accounting mistake. The Minnesota Democrat amended her congressional financial disclosure after the original filing placed her and husband Tim Mynett's combined assets between $6 million and $30 million. The revised figure: somewhere […]

Labor Secretary Chavez-DeRemer resigns amid inspector general probe into misconduct allegations

Lori Chavez-DeRemer stepped down as Labor Secretary on Monday, becoming the third cabinet-level departure from the Trump administration this year as an inspector general investigation into a widening set of misconduct allegations continued to unfold around her and her husband. White House Communications Director Steven Cheung confirmed the resignation, saying Chavez-DeRemer would be "leaving the […]
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