Politics

President Donald Trump split with immigration hawks by defending Chinese students in the U.S. while also softening on Chinese-owned farmland — creating friction inside MAGA and unexpected overlap with moderate Democrats.Fox News’ Sean Hannity asked Trump in a recent interview from Beijing about concerns surrounding Chinese nationals attending school in the U.S. and China-linked entities purchasing farmland, including in sensitive areas like near a North Dakota military base that raised […]

Alabama is one step closer to anointing the Republican successor to Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala.But determining which candidate will come out on top is still weeks away, given that Tuberville’s decision to run for governor and vacate his Senate seat ignited a crowded race to replace him. And in Alabama, if a candidate doesn’t get a majority of votes, a runoff is triggered.Out of the field of Republican hopefuls, Rep. […]

President Donald Trump was the biggest winner of Tuesday’s wide slate of primary elections as the president celebrated a large swath of his preferred candidates winning GOP primaries or advancing to runoff elections. In the most expensive primary in U.S. House history, a longtime thorn in Trump’s side, Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., lost to former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein in Kentucky’s 4th District. Gallrein defeated Massie soundly with nearly 55% of […]

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy turned the tables on two Democratic senators who accused him of allowing companies under his oversight to bankroll his "Great American Road Trip," firing back by highlighting donations they received from industries and groups tied to policies they regulate.In celebration of America's 250th birthday, the bipartisan America 250 commission sanctioned Duffy's participation in a 10-state road trip with his family to encourage tourism. The expedition was […]

President Donald Trump wants Senate Republicans to boot the upper chamber’s rules referee after security funding for his ballroom was nixed. Trump pointed his fury on Wednesday at Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough, who holds a nonpartisan role that dictates what can and cannot make it through the budget reconciliation process. Republicans are currently trying to ram through a $72 billion immigration enforcement funding package, but MacDonough over the weekend stripped out one […]

Vice President JD Vance said Tuesday that President Donald Trump is still pursuing a diplomatic deal with Iran but remains "locked and loaded" to restart the military campaign if nuclear talks collapse."It takes two to tango," Vance told reporters at a White House press briefing. "We are not going to have a deal that allows the Iranians to have a nuclear weapon."So as the president just told me, we're locked […]

The commander of U.S. Africa Command warned lawmakers that Africa has become Russian President Vladimir Putin’s "purse" for fueling the war in Ukraine, as a shrinking American military footprint leaves the U.S. facing an "intelligence black hole" across the continent.Gen. Dagvin Anderson told the House Armed Services Committee Tuesday that Russia, China and terrorist groups are rapidly expanding their influence in Africa while the U.S. and allied drawdowns have weakened […]

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche accused Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., of lying during a line of questioning after the senator said a Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by President Donald Trump had discussed using future restitution money to ensure his child sexual abuse victims stayed quiet.Blanche appeared before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Tuesday to answer questions about the Justice Department's fiscal year 2027 budget. The hearing came a day […]

Days after another violent teen brawl broke out in Washington, D.C., a socialist mayoral candidate being hailed as D.C.’s version of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani is facing criticism for her "exactly backwards" response to the "unchecked chaos" rocking the nation’s capital.During the D.C. mayoral debate Monday night, City Council member and candidate Janeese Lewis George condemned curfews for youth in the city, calling the policy "dangerous." Instead, Lewis […]