
The Hill - 50 min 46 sec ago
The ousted interim U.S. attorney in Milwaukee will remain in charge of cases after Attorney General Pam Bondi assigned him a new title that allows him to stay atop the federal prosecuting office. It's the latest example of the Justice Department maneuvering to keep President Trump's appointees in their positions beyond their temporary terms as their Senate...

Attack of the Fanboy - 1 hour 32 min ago
The Senate has again voted down an effort to limit President Trump's authority to escalate the conflict with Iran, marking the third failed attempt as the...

The Hill - 2 hours 7 min ago
Political commentator Bill O'Reilly said Wednesday that Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard "lost all credibility" with President Trump for initially opposing the U.S. raid to capture ex-Venezuelan President Nicol s Maduro in January. "I don't particularly care about Tulsi Gabbard and whatever she's doing. I know that she has a title there, but I also...

The Hill - 2 hours 48 min ago
President Trump warned Iran against continued attacks on Qatar late Wednesday, after the Islamic Republic targeted key energy facilities in neighboring Gulf States in response to an Israeli attack on its South Pars natural gas field. Trump wrote on Truth Social that Israel "violently lashed out" at the South Pars facility "out of anger for...

New York Times - 2 hours 56 min ago
Jay Powell, the Fed chair, addressed his future amid President Trump's unrelenting pressure campaign against him and the U.S. central bank.

The Hill - 2 hours 57 min ago
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Gen. Dan Caine will speak to reporters Thursday morning to provide an update on the U.S. military operation in Iran. While President Trump has signaled that Operation Epic Fury has weakened Tehran both economically and militarily, he has stopped short of taking a victory lap....

NPR - 3 hours 44 min ago
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Nate Swanson, former director for Iran at the National Security Council, about what President Trump understood about Iran before going to war.

NPR - 3 hours 44 min ago
NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., who questioned Sen. Markwayne Mullin, President Trump's nominee to lead the Department of Homeland Security.

NY Post - 3 hours 56 min ago
Reports of Republican fractures over President Trump's decision to go to war with Iran have been greatly exaggerated, according to a new poll shared exclusively with The Post Thursday.

NPR - 4 hours 8 min ago
Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will be the first U.S. ally to visit the White House since President Trump asked for help in sending ships to patrol the Strait of Hormuz.

The Hill - 4 hours 32 min ago
President Trump is weighing a seizure of Iran's critical oil depot on Kharg Island in a bid to force Tehran's hand and open the Strait of Hormuz. Such a move, which would require U.S. boots on the ground to capture the strategic terminal, would mark a major turning point in a war in which Trump...

The Hill - 4 hours 32 min ago
Senate Republicans say the debate within their conference over how hard to push for passage of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE America) Act, a sweeping voting reform bill, is becoming a "circular firing squad" as President Trump's allies ramp up pressure on their GOP colleagues to use extraordinary tactics to pass the bill. ...

New York Times - 5 hours 28 min ago
Using his social media site X, Elon Musk has led a pressure campaign against Senator John Thune of South Dakota, the majority leader, over the SAVE America Act, a voting bill pushed by President Trump.

New York Times - 5 hours 30 min ago
President Trump said that Israel had "violently lashed out" at Iran's South Pars gas field, hitting a "relatively small section" of the site.

NPR - 5 hours 32 min ago
President Trump started a war with no clear end in sight. If his predecessors' experiences are an indication, conflicts don't bode well for presidential approval ratings.

NPR - 6 hours 15 min ago
President Trump said that Israel acted alone when it struck the South Pars gas field in Iran. Trump threatened Iran to halt its attacks on Qatar's facilities, or face a "blow up" of their South Pars field.

Newser - 6 hours 58 min ago
Nicholas Kristof sees the Iran war as a major miscalculation by President Trump, and he warns in a New York Times opinion piece that things could get far worse if Trump doubles down instead of finding a way out. What to do? "His least-bad option, I believe, is to do...

The Hill - 14 hours 4 min ago
French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday called for strikes in the U.S. and Israeli conflict against Iran on energy and water infrastructure to be stopped. "I have just spoken with the Emir of Qatar and President Trump following the strikes that hit gas production facilities in Iran and Qatar today," Macron said in a post...

The Hill - 14 hours 31 min ago
Senate Republicans on Wednesday defeated a Democratic-sponsored motion to advance a war powers resolution to halt President Trump's military strikes against Iran, a conflict that has caused oil and gas prices to soar. The Senate voted 47-53 against discharging the resolution to rein in Trump's authority from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) was...

Fox News - 14 hours 39 min ago
Senate Democrats plan multiple war powers resolutions to challenge President Trump's Iran military operations in a bid to force public testimony from top administration officials.

New York Times - 15 hours 30 min ago
President Trump and Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi of Japan aboard the U.S.S. George Washington at Yokosuka Port south of Yokohama, Japan, in October.

PBS Newshour - 16 hours 1 min ago
All eyes are on Cuba as the world waits to see what will happen to its leaders and people. President Trump says he wants to take action as Cuba defies his sanctions. Two tankers carrying crude oil are on their way to the island after Russia declared its "unwavering solidarity." Amna Nawaz discussed more with Lillian Guerra of the University of Florida. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...

The Hill - 16 hours 5 min ago
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has none of President Trump's penchant for controversy or headline-grabbing language but these days, he's putting emphatic distance between Berlin and Washington all the same. Merz is not only declining to answer Trump's call for help in reopening the vital Strait of Hormuz. He is being scathing of the president's...

The Hill - 16 hours 11 min ago
Presented by Lanteris Space Systems {beacon} Defense &National Security PRESENTED BY The Big Story U.S. intelligence officials dodge questions on Iran's missile capabilities before war Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe spent Wednesday avoiding questions about President Trump's planning for the war with Iran. Getty Lawmakers attempted to...