Washington — White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday that the Trump administration doesn’t have any meetings scheduled with Iran, one day after President Trump said that the U.S. and Iran would talk and meet “next week.” “We don’t have anything scheduled as of now,” Leavitt told reporters during …
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Update: President Trump announced the U.S. launched strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities, including Fordo, on Saturday, June 21. Read the latest here. Israel’s strikes against Iran have killed a number of its top nuclear scientists and battered its nuclear facilities, but complete destruction of Iran’s ability to make weapons-grade uranium is believed to …
Read More »Washington — President Trump is hosting a parade celebrating the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army today, bringing tanks and soldiers to the streets of Washington, D.C., for the capital’s first major military parade in more than three decades. The event — which is expected to cost between $25 million …
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Washington — President Trump spoke to Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday morning about the ongoing trade dispute between the U.S. and China, with Mr. Trump saying the two leaders agreed to have their teams resume talks “shortly.” Mr. Trump wrote on Truth Social that he and Xi spoke for …
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The Trump administration issued sanctions on four individuals serving as judges of the International Criminal Court, citing the court’s “politicization and abuse of power,” after one ruling authorizing an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and another targeting the actions of U.S. personnel in Afghanistan. Last year, Judges …
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The Trump administration is threatening California with steep fines and legal action days after a transgender athlete won two statewide high school track-and-field events, ramping up the legal threats aimed at the state over transgender issues. The student, AB Hernandez, a transgender 16-year-old, won both the high school girls’ high …
Read More »President Trump said Wednesday he will “take a look at” pardoning a group of men charged with planning to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, calling the case — which has resulted in two convictions and two guilty pleas — a “railroad job.” “I will take a look at …
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Washington — Sixteen Michigan residents are facing felony charges for falsely claiming to be presidential electors for former President Donald Trump after he lost the 2020 election and submitting documents certifying they were the electors to the Senate and National Archives, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Tuesday. Each of …
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Former Republican Rep. Denver Riggleman of Virginia — who served as a senior technical adviser to the House select committee probing the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol — is working with the legal team advising President Biden’s son, Hunter Biden, who is facing increasing scrutiny from House Republicans …
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Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester made history as the first woman and first African-American to represent Delaware when she won a seat in Congress in 2017. Now she hopes to make history again, if she’s elected as the state’s first African-American female U.S. senator. “Representing the First State has been the …
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