Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced late Thursday that the Trump administration will expand its travel ban to more than 30 countries, representing a dramatic escalation of restrictions that began in June with 19 nations and now threatens to isolate America from nearly one-sixth of the world’s nations. The expansion would build on a travel […]
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Supreme Court agrees to hear Trump birthright citizenship case as FIFA breaks tradition to award president controversial peace prize
The Supreme Court agreed, Friday, to decide whether President Donald Trump possesses constitutional authority to eliminate birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to illegal immigrants or temporary visitors, setting up a landmark ruling that could fundamentally reshape American immigration policy and the meaning of the 14th Amendment’s citizenship clause. The justices will […]
Democrats cry “war crimes” after classified boat strike briefing while Cotton says survivors were “trying to stay in the fight”
Congressional lawmakers emerged from a classified Pentagon briefing Thursday, bitterly divided along partisan lines about whether Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s follow-up strike targeting drug boat survivors constituted a war crime or legitimate military action against narco-terrorists attempting to salvage their cargo. GOP Sen. Tom Cotton called the strikes “entirely lawful and needful,” and described seeing […]
Trump vows strikes inside Venezuela “soon” while distancing himself from Hegseth “kill them all” order that triggered war crime allegations
President Donald Trump announced, Monday, that the United States will carry out military strikes inside Venezuelan territory “soon” while simultaneously denying knowledge of the controversial September 2 follow-up attack on a drug boat that killed two survivors clinging to wreckage in the Caribbean Sea. Speaking at a Cabinet meeting, the president also said he and […]
Netanyahu requests presidential pardon after Trump pressure campaign, claims corruption trial tears Israel apart
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu submitted a formal request Sunday, November 30, 2025, asking President Isaac Herzog to grant him a full pardon in his six-year-old corruption trial, arguing that continuing the proceedings divides the nation and prevents him from devoting full attention to Israel’s security challenges. Netanyahu claimed, without offering evidence, that it was […]
Trump calls for execution of Democratic lawmakers who urged troops to disobey illegal orders as Cheney funeral unites Washington establishment
President Donald Trump called Thursday, November 20, 2025, for the execution of six Democratic lawmakers who released a statement urging military personnel to refuse illegal orders, escalating his authoritarian rhetoric to unprecedented levels that even some Republicans characterized as dangerous incitement to political violence. Trump called for the arrest of lawmakers who urged troops to […]
Lone Republican voted to protect pedophiles as house passes Epstein files bill 427-1 as Trump caves to political pressure after months of resistance
The House voted overwhelmingly Tuesday, November 18, to force the Justice Department to release all information about the case it built against convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, delivering a stunning rebuke to President Donald Trump who spent months fighting to kill the legislation. The 427-1 vote came after a long campaign to circumvent House Republican […]
Trump defends Carlson’s interview with Fuentes as MAGA fractures over Indian American appointments
President Donald Trump defended former Fox News host Tucker Carlson on Sunday after the conservative commentator’s interview with right-wing commentator Nick Fuentes sparked a civil war within the Republican Party over the boundaries of acceptable political discourse. Trump told reporters in Florida that you can’t tell Carlson who to interview, stating if he wants to […]
Federal workers return to chaos as agencies scramble to process back pay, October jobs and inflation data likely lost forever
Federal employees returned to their offices Thursday, November 14, 2025, confronting mountains of paperwork and uncertainty about when they’ll receive back pay for the 43 days they worked without compensation during the longest government shutdown in American history. The government shutdown is over, but hundreds of thousands of federal workers are coming back after 43 […]
Federal government reopens after 43 days as Trump signs bill, furloughed workers ordered back to offices Thursday morning
President Donald Trump signed legislation late at night, formally ending the longest government shutdown in American history as more than 650,000 furloughed federal workers received orders to return to their offices Thursday morning. The federal government is set to reopen after being shut down for a record-setting 43 days after the House on Wednesday evening […]