Politics

Former Rep. Charles Rangel, who served in Congress for more than four decades, has died at the age of 94.The New York Democrat, who served from 1971 until 2017, was a founding member of the Congressional Black Caucus, and the first Black lawmaker to helm the House Ways and Means Committee, according to the City College of New York. A Korean War veteran, Rangel earned a Purple Heart and Bronze […]

A House Republican sharply criticized comments President Donald Trump made regarding the Russia-Ukraine war, flatly calling some of them "dumb."In a Truth Social post, Trump first called out Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying the foreign leader "has gone absolutely CRAZY!" and is "needlessly killing" — but then the president pivoted to slam Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, declaring, "Everything out of his mouth causes problems, I don’t like it, and it […]

At the former Soviet base-turned-CIA black site and U.S. military base in Uzbekistan, researchers knew early on danger lingered not just from the enemy but from the ground itself. Karshi-Khanabad Air Base, known as K2, was a launchpad for U.S. operations into Afghanistan after 9/11. But for thousands of American troops who served there, it may have been a death sentence.Matthew "Nick" Nicholls, an Army environmental technician and preventive medicine specialist, was […]

Marine veteran Anthony Longo is acutely aware of the inner battles many veterans face long after leaving the combat zone. He has also experienced the healing that can come from having "man’s best friend" as a companion.That is why Longo, who served in Fallujah, Iraq, and earned the Department of State’s Medal of Heroism in Afghanistan, founded the Warriors Choice Foundation in 2016 with the mission of helping fellow veterans […]

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday evening.Noem met the Israeli leader in Jerusalem, where she voiced "strong appreciation for the Prime Minister’s policies, particularly the construction of the border fence with Egypt and the conduct of the ongoing war," Netanyahu's office said. Others who attended the meeting were Israeli Military Secretary Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman; Foreign Policy Advisor Dr. Ophir Falk; Prime Minister’s […]

President Donald Trump told journalists that he was "not happy" with Russia's recent large-scale strike against Ukraine while speaking to the press on Sunday.Speaking to reporters at Morristown Municipal Airport in New Jersey, Trump accused Putin of "killing a lot of people" in the attack, which was launched on Sunday afternoon."I'm not happy with what Putin is doing," Trump explained. "He's killing a lot of people, and I don't know […]

House Speaker Mike Johnson went to battle with Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., over spending cuts and the national debt in President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" this weekend. Johnson made the comments during an appearance on "Fox News Sunday" with host Shannon Bream, after Paul had called the spending cuts in the current version of the bill "wimpy.""It sounds like his biggest objection is the fact that we are extending the […]

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth denied China’s claim the Golden Dome would turn space into a "war zone.""All we care about is protecting the homeland," Hegseth told Fox News Digital while departing from a trip to Fort Bragg, North Carolina. President Donald Trump has said for a long time defense of the homeland is critical to his "America First" policy, and the Golden Dome is a generational investment. Chinese Foreign Minister Mao […]

Former President Joe Biden's decision to run for re-election divided longtime Democratic advisors, a new book about Biden's cognitive decline and his administration's alleged cover-up revealed. Biden's former Chief of Staff, Ron Klain, shut down former President Barack Obama advisor David Axelrod for repeatedly calling Biden's age an issue. "The presidency is a monstrously taxing job and the stark reality is the president would be closer to 90 than 80 at the […]