
The Hill - 1 hour 22 min ago
Democratic strategist James Carville on Wednesday said President Trump's reaction to being called a "pedophile protector" revealed a "sore spot" for the leader. "Trump had a massive negative reaction to it. And when you find a sore spot, you keep hitting it. Keep hitting it," Carville said on his Wednesday Politics War Room podcast. "Hit...

Nation Review - 1 hour 28 min ago
President Trump assures Americans that Venezuelan acting president Delcy Rodriguez is a ‘terrific person.’...

The Hill - 1 hour 32 min ago
President Trump has threatened to deploy more federal troops to Minnesota using a seldom-used law passed by Congress over 200 years ago. The Insurrection Act of 1807, in conjunction with several other laws, permits the president to deploy members of the military or federalize members of the state National Guard to contain an insurrection in...

New York Times - 1 hour 34 min ago
Newly recruited Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at a training center last year. President Trump and administration officials have given tacit approval for more aggressive tactics by the agency.

Newser - 1 hour 59 min ago
Blame for the stalled Ukraine peace talks, President Trump says, lies in Kyiv not Moscow. In an Oval Office interview with Reuters , Trump asserted that Vladimir Putin is "ready to make a deal" to end Russia's nearly four-year invasion, and that it is Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky who is hesitating ...

The Hill - 2 hours 5 min ago
The U.S. seized its sixth Venezuela-linked oil tanker Thursday morning in the Caribbean, just ahead of President Trump's meeting with Venezuela's opposition leader Mar a Corina Machado. The U.S. Coast Guard's tactical team seized oil tanker Veronica, part of the so-called "ghost fleet" that was operating in "defiance" of Trump's quarantine on sanctioned vessels coming in...

The Hill - 2 hours 8 min ago
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) says the Iranian regime is still killing protesters at an alarming rate, contradicting President Trump's statement on Wednesday that Iran has stopped indiscriminate executions of anti-government demonstrators. "Every indication that I've seen says that the Iranian regime's killing of protesters I still very much in full swing. The death toll is...

The Hill - 2 hours 14 min ago
Troops from multiple European countries arrived in Greenland Thursday, amid President Trump's escalating interest in acquiring the Arctic island. French President Emmanuel Macron wrote Wednesday on social platform X that France will participate in the joint exercises organized by Denmark in the semi-sovereign territory, dubbed "Operation Artic Endurance." Macron noted that the first French military...

The Hill - 2 hours 55 min ago
Lt. Gen. Francis Donovan, acting commander of the U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), will testify before the Senate Armed Services Committee on his nomination to lead the military agency. President Trump tapped Donovan to head SOUTHCOM last month amid the U.S. strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean. The attacks have sparked widespread critique and...

The Onion - 3 hours 31 min ago
With its proposal of the first-ever $1 trillion defense budget, the White House has sought a dramatic increase in funding for the armed forces. Here, The Onion breaks down President Trump's military spending by the numbers. The post Trump's Military Spending By The Numbers appeared first on The Onion .

Engadget - 3 hours 31 min ago
President Trump has signed a proclamation imposing a 25 percent tariff on "certain advanced computing chips," the White House has announced. As The New York Times notes, the administration previously threatened much bigger and broader tariffs for chips. Trump even said that he was going to impose a 100 percent tariff on companies unless they invest on semiconductor manufacturing in the United States. The new tariff will only affect advanced chips imported into the US and are meant to be...

The Hill - 3 hours 38 min ago
After days of sometimes violent protests in Minneapolis, including a shooting Wednesday involving Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE), President Trump on Thursday morning threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act. That would allow him to send the military to quell unrest. "If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don't obey the law and stop the professional agitators and...

Newser - 3 hours 43 min ago
President Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act to tamp down the growing unrest in Minneapolis a move that would allow him to deploy military troops on the city's streets, per the AP . "If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don't obey the law and stop the professional agitators...

NY Post - 3 hours 55 min ago
President Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act against Minnesota if the state declines to stop rioters from attacking Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers.

The Hill - 4 hours 50 sec ago
President Trump early Thursday threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act following another shooting involving a federal agent overnight in Minnesota. "If the corrupt politicians of Minnesota don't obey the law and stop the professional agitators and insurrectionists from attacking the Patriots of I.C.E., who are only trying to do their job, I will institute the...

Tech Meme - 5 hours 30 min ago
New York Times : Sources: the US cyberattack that plunged Caracas into darkness during the Maduro mission shows its offensive capabilities; Senators plan to question officials — Senators are expected to ask Lt. Gen. Joshua M. Rudd, President Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Cyber Command, about the mission in Caracas.

The Hill - 6 hours 31 min ago
Senate Republicans are vowing to block any effort by President Trump to seize Greenland by military force, as Trump officials on Wednesday refused to back off their demands to control the island during a meeting with top diplomats at the White House. Republican senators are flummoxed by Trump's insistence that he's willing to use military...

The Hill - 6 hours 31 min ago
President Trump may face some real political risks as global issues encroach further and further into his agenda. What once seemed a strong tendency toward isolationism on Trump's part has been increasingly supplanted by a focus overseas. The shift holds obvious dangers, especially given public discontent with domestic issues, most notably the economy. An Economist/YouGov...

Boston Herald - 6 hours 45 min ago
Battenfeld: An ICE surge into Massachusetts would be a risky gambit for President Trump, who would face unanimous resistance from political leaders and push back from voters in the bluest of blue states.

NPR - 7 hours 44 min ago
After meeting with President Trump's top aides, Danish officials say they will form a working group to talk through U.S. security concerns about control of Greenland.

NPR - 7 hours 45 min ago
The White House says the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is moving into its second phase, which includes the demilitarization of Gaza, a key point in President Trump's peace plan.

NPR - 7 hours 45 min ago
NPR's Michel Martin talks to Vali Nasr, a professor of Middle East studies at Johns Hopkins University, about how President Trump's threats against Iran are escalating regional tensions.

Newser - 9 hours 31 min ago
A year into President Trump's second term, the grocery checkout line is telling a very different story than the one coming from the White House. While Trump told a Detroit crowd this week that "grocery prices are starting to go rapidly down," federal data released the same day show the...

NY Post - 10 hours 42 min ago
The new mom said little Margot "goes everywhere" with her and has already traveled to 16 states and met President Trump.