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The stalemate over DHS funding could disrupt World Cup security preparations as Democrats and Republicans clash while the summer tournament rapidly approaches.
The real dilemma is not between war and negotiation. It is between episodic action and sustained architecture.
Top Democratic 2028 presidential candidates unite against Trump's Iran strikes, calling the military action unnecessary and unconstitutional warfare.
The president is visiting Congress in a dramatically different place from where he was a year ago.
President Donald Trump's strike against Iran is constitutional and not in violation of federal law, Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz said Sunday on Newsmax while rejecting claims from "dead wrong" critics that the action amounts to a…
Latino voters will probably decide the primary contest between Rep. Jasmine Crockett and state Rep. James Talarico -- two rising stars who are stylistic opposites.
Increased buying of mortgage securities by Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae marks a return to a risky business model
If they take control of the chamber after the midterms, Democrats are planning to summon Trump to testify and launch an array of probes of the administration.
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Iran's U.N. ambassador condemned U.S. strikes that killed Supreme Leader Khamenei, calling the attack a sovereignty violation at a Security Council meeting.
President Donald Trump must choose between a military strike on Iran, whose consequences no one can predict, and a deal that would leave the Islamic Republic still able to attack its own citizens, menace Israel, and export terrorism worldwide.
Sen. Rick Scott on Sunday praised President Donald Trump's approach to Iran and the broader Middle East, calling it a return to "peace through strength" and crediting U.S. intelligence and military forces following the death of Iran's Ayatollah Al…
There's no four-dimensional chess here. There's just the president, and what we know he's like.
The appearance in New York marks the first time a former president has been compelled to testify before Congress under a subpoena.
All three leading Republican candidates in the state’s GOP Senate primary attended Trump’s rally, “Apprentice”-style, in a staging befitting of the former reality-TV host.
The America First president who built his political brand on opposing foreign military adventures has unleashed a war of choice aimed at regime change
A forthcoming book reveals new details about Kristi Noem and Corey Lewandowski.
President Trump did not deliver a formal address to the American public to explain why the country was at war, a departure from his predecessors.
Trump launched a military operation in Iran, raising constitutional questions about presidential war powers and congressional authorization requirements.
Vice President Kamala Harris, a former US senator from California who previously served as the state's attorney general, could be the first Black woman and Asian American to lead a major party ticket after receiving President Joe Biden's support t…
An ex-prisoner reflects on Jeffrey Epstein, the Epstein files, Prince Andrew, and the rise of online conspiracy theories.
They found a bizarre, crass way to push back against Trump.
Approaching midterm elections and a growing battle over the party’s post-Trump identity heighten the political stakes of military action.
Only one in four Americans approves of the U.S. strikes that killed Iran's leader on Saturday, while about half - including one in four Republicans - believe President Donald Trump is too willing to use military force, according to a Reuters/Ipsos…
The president spoke to The Washington Post early Saturday after announcing that the U.S. had begun striking Iran to bring about regime change.
How an unlikely duo of lawmakers partnered with victims to try to hold the powerful accountable
Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman said Sunday that President Donald Trump is carrying out warnings he previously delivered to Iran and that Tehran should not be surprised by the U.S. response.
NYC socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani faces conservative backlash after condemning Trump's Iran strike that killed Ayatollah Khamenei, calling it an illegal war.
Lawmakers and DHS sound the alarm over unpaid agency employees as homeland security comes into focus after Trump and Netanyahu's Iran strikes.
(Bloomberg) - Donald Trump was done negotiating.
Exchanges between two X accounts appear to offer a vivid example of how campaigns may sidestep campaign-finance law to share strategic information.
In geopolitics, moral culture shapes whether influence is experienced as leadership or domination, cooperation or coercion.
Managing Editor Iona Italia speaks with Maureen Callahan about her book "American Predator", which chronicles the crimes of serial killer Israel Keyes.
Should Democrats concentrate on swing voters or their base? Can more traditional Republicans win in the MAGA era? Tuesday’s Senate primary in Texas will show the direction the parties are taking.
Go beyond the soundbites and get to know some of the most interesting players in politics.
The aggressively rumpled former senator from Ohio is back. Will working-class voters follow?
President Trump’s envoys negotiated with Iran over its nuclear program. But Mr. Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel wanted much more.
President Trump’s ambiguous appeal comes after he undermined U.S.-funded media outlets that normally would have helped the administration reach people inside the country.
A new report reveals the struggles of people in public office - and should raise concern about local politics.
President Joe Biden's federal student loan forgiveness program, which promises to deliver up to $20,000 of debt relief for millions of borrowers, is on hold indefinitely as legal challenges work their way through the courts.
All eyes are on former President Donald Trump, who has launched another White House bid.
U.S. counterterrorism agencies monitor suspected sleeper cells following joint strikes on Iran that killed Ayatollah Khamenei, amid fears of retaliation.
Bill Clinton faces renewed scrutiny over his Jeffrey Epstein ties as lawmakers question his past. A look at decades of sexual misconduct allegations.
Our reporter Elaine Godfrey on getting kicked out of a Jasmine Crockett rally
In early January, President Trump warned Iran's Islamist government that if it killed peaceful civilians protesting the economy's collapse, the United States of America will come to their rescue....
Representative Jasmine Crockett claimed I wasn’t kicked out of her rally. Here’s the audio.
Trump is on the side of a revolution based on self-government that does not serve a radical philosophy. That was his theme in the SOTU.
Congress is expected to vote on two resolutions that seek to block further military action, the latest test of a long-shot strategy to reassert lawmakers’ war powers.
President Donald Trump is "finally solving" the threat posed by Iran following a sweeping series of coordinated strikes, Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., said on Newsmax Sunday, calling the operation devastating and long overdue.
Dozens of direct or indirect attacks on Americans both militarily and civilian-wise have been carried out or aided by Iran's Supreme Leaders Khomeini and Khamenei
Lawmakers say their constituents are focused on other issues, like mail service and inflation.
President Trump has become increasingly willing to assert American power overseas, a decade after propelling himself to the highest office by promising to focus on “America first.”
Congressional Republicans are trying to pass a strict “election integrity” law that seems almost custom-designed to disenfranchise their own supporters.
Let's start with the positive: Republicans and Democrats are coming together to protect same-sex marriage from the Supreme Court.
U.S. officials say limited military strike against Iran is feasible, but sustained conflict complicated by missile defense shortages from Ukraine.
Look closely at almost anything and you'll find data—lots of it. But what are those numbers really saying about who we are and what we believe? Harry Enten is on a mission to find out.
Liberals must act aggressively to uphold the values of free society.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin on Sunday defended President Donald Trump's military action against Iran, telling Newsmax that the operation was aimed at protecting U.S. interests and deterring future threats, not launching a broader war or pursuing regime …
Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., said Sunday that President Donald Trump's strikes against Iran were "entirely appropriate," breaking with many Democrats as questions mount on Capitol Hill about the legal basis, the risk of escalation, and what comes n…
The crowd was fired up. The candidate was on her game. And I was escorted out by armed guards.
Republicans largely supported the decision, while Democrats mostly opposed it — but divisions appeared in both parties.
Ben Rhodes, the Obama official behind the 2015 Iran deal, faces conservative backlash after criticizing Trump's military strike on Iran on social media platforms.
President Trump launched a wide-ranging attack on Iran after weeks-long lobbying by an unusual pair of U.S. allies in the Middle East: Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) is accused of having an affair with an aide who later killed herself. His primary challenger, Brandon Herrera, is running on a pro-gun platform.
The Biden administration managed to rack up a long list of major legislative wins in its first two years despite facing one of the most closely-divided Congresses in history. From bipartisan action on infrastructure, gun safety and same-sex marria…
Questions remain about how much effort the Trump administration will put into changing the Iranian government.
Jonathan Kay speaks with journalist Adam Zivo about the 10 February school shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia—a mass murder perpetrated by a trans-identified male gunman who was initially identified by police and journalists as a woman.
This regime has been waging war against Americans well since 1979, and after half a century of being one of the worst actors in the world, President Trump has called time on it.
South Dakota Republicans worry that she might return.
Either universities appoint and promote professors who display and disseminate intellectual virtues, or they reward those who exemplify and cultivate intellectual vices.
A man who fatally shot two people and wounded 14 others at a bar in Austin, Texas early Sunday morning may have been motivated by the U.S. attack on Iran.
The sad and curious case of the chronic fatigue syndrome.
President Donald Trump on Sunday said U.S. forces battered the Iranian navy during the weekend strikes. Trump wrote on Truth Social, "I have just been informed that we have destroyed and sunk 9 Iranian Naval Ships, some of them relatively large an…
The surge in support for Australia’s populist right-wing party One Nation suggests that immigration restrictionism has become increasingly popular with voters: a political trajectory that echoes that of many other Western nations.
Many Iranians are celebrating Saturday's U.S. strikes against Iran's regime, as "47 years of oppressive history ended in one fell swoop," Rep. Dan Crenshaw said Sunday on Newsmax.
Fareed explains why AI's massive energy demands are straining the power grid, but also why AI could enable big breakthroughs in sustainability and clean energy.
Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema decided to shake up the political world on Friday by becoming an independent. The former Democrat is still caucusing with the party in the Senate, so the Democratic caucus still has 51 members. Now, instead of 49 Democr…
Sen. Mike Rounds said Sunday that neutralizing Iran's nuclear ambitions would mark "a major step forward" for peace in the Middle East and let the U.S. refocus its military priorities worldwide.
The Democrats' reaction to both the State of the Union and now the bombing of Iran will have a sobering effect on anyone who hasn't already been red-pilled by a party that has, it's fair to say, collectively lost its mind.
On a warm July afternoon in 1935, four thousand steel and coal workers carrying American flags gathered at a playground in Homestead, Pennsylvania to commemorate the great strike of forty-four years earlier, and to send a message to US Steel, the …
The public’s appetite for a U.S. attack on Iran was low before President Trump and Israel took action on Saturday.
The president made unsupported and exaggerated claims in a speech announcing the attack on Iran.
Iran has never been weaker and America has never been more poorly led.
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Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton, R-Ark., said Sunday that U.S. military strikes in the coming days would methodically target Iran's missile stockpiles, launchers, and manufacturing sites.
Our national security correspondent David E. Sanger examines the war of choice that President Trump has initiated with Iran.
The killing of Iran’s supreme leader and other top Iranian officials came after close intelligence sharing between the United States and Israel, according to people familiar with the operation.
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Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and former Ambassador Mark Wallace praised President Donald Trump's strikes on Iranian targets that apparently left dictator Ali Khamenei dead.
In the wake of the Republican National Convention earlier this month, Fareed speaks with historian Niall Ferguson about how and why the modern-day GOP has changed since the Reagan era of the 1980s.
Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead. This is not only Justice for the people of Iran, but for all Great Americans, and those people from many Countries throughout the World, that have been killed or mutilated by Khamenei and …
They will let Trump be Trump, but everyone else needs to stay focused on the economy.
The British establishment tends to deflect attention from the dangers of Islamism by attempting to silence those who point them out.
The centennial of what became Black History Month offered a microcosm of President Donald Trump’s views on race and progress.
President Donald Trump took necessary measures against Iran to counter an imminent and longstanding threat to the United States, Rep. Brian Mast said on Newsmax Sunday.