DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin turned his first House budget hearing into a shouting match Wednesday, repeatedly interrupting a Democratic congressman grilling him over his use of what the lawmaker called an $80 million luxury jet — forcing the Republican chairman to threaten to shut the whole thing…
Senate Republicans removed funding for security upgrades to President Trump’s White House ballroom from their immigration package after the provision threatened the entire legislative effort, according to revised text released WednesdayThe Senate parliamentarian had determined the ballroom language …
The mood in farm country is sour, and Democrats are betting that anger boils over at the ballot box in November.Tariffs have battered agriculture-heavy economy in Iowa, which Donald Trump carried by 13 points just 18 months ago, while Medicaid cuts have shuttered rural health clinics across the stat…
A tense exchange at a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing Wednesday turned into a dramatic public confrontation over President Donald Trump’s health, as Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) played three videos he said showed Trump sleeping at official events — then accused Secretary of State Marco Rubio of lyin…
Republican lawmakers and right-wing commentators erupted Tuesday night after Dr. Adam Hamawy, a progressive plastic surgeon and Army veteran, won the Democratic primary in New Jersey’s 12th Congressional District — zeroing in on his decades-old association with a convicted terrorist cleric while lar…
A seemingly innocuous remark from President Donald Trump raised alarm bells for renowned international security expert Robert Pape on Wednesday, who went on to warn that the president’s comments were a likely precursor to an imminent military escalation in the Middle East.In a video interview with t…
I was a news junkie long before it was cool — was it ever cool? — or even common.Growing up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, I was probably the only kid on my block, maybe in the entire city and state, who planted himself in front of the television every night to watch Walter Cronkite on CBS News. When …
President Trump’s decision to nominate Bill Pulte as director of national intelligence caught many of his closest advisors off guard and dealt a significant blow to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, with whom the Federal Housing Finance Agency head has engaged in an ongoing power struggle.According …
Mike Pence faced some pushback on CNN in his defense of President Donald Trump’s policy priorities.Trump’s former vice president appeared Wednesday morning on “CNN News Central” to promote his new book, “What Conservatives Believe: Rediscovering the Conservative Conscience,” and he justified some of…
President Donald Trump has not appeared at a single public event in eight days — and the White House isn’t saying when that will change.Trump’s last confirmed live public appearance was May 27, when he presided over a Cabinet meeting at the White House. Since then, his schedule has been a wall of cl…