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Three Secret Service officials were placed on leave in a misconduct investigation, the details of which aren’t public.The suspension included Secret Service communications chief Anthony Guglielmi. The trio, all of whom are in the Secret Service’s communications office, have lost their security clearances and access to their work devices, as... Read more

President Donald Trump is honoring the life of country music legend and philanthropist Dolly Parton by ordering federal buildings across the country to lower flags to half-staff for a week.“Very sad to report that Dolly Parton, one of the greatest Country singers, and far beyond, EVER, has just passed away,”... Read more

Washington Examiner economics columnist Tiana Lowe Doescher on Monday praised Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, who appears to be the new face of economic pressure placed on Iran.“Bessent is indeed the best-equipped person to handle this. Not only because, in my estimation, Bessent is the most consequential treasury secretary in some... Read more

Second lady Usha Vance said she has always felt loved and embraced by Vice President JD Vance’s family after she was drawn into a clash between her husband and Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed.The comments came after a campaign rally where el Sayed appeared to take a swipe... Read more

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. Navy has completely cleared the Strait of Hormuz of Iranian-laid mines, indicating a possible major step toward ending the war, now approaching its sixth month.Since the memorandum of understanding negotiations with Tehran broke down earlier this summer, the United States and Iran... Read more

Recent blemishes on President Donald Trump’s generally strong Republican primary endorsement track record may be attributable to the L-word: not liberalism, but loyalty. A few Trump loyalists received coveted presidential endorsements that were not enough to salvage their floundering candidacies.Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC) will be the latest candidate to put... Read more

President Donald Trump has increasingly amplified his pro-family policies, parts of which have garnered unlikely cross-party support, in a midterm push, but voter concern over the economy may thwart Republican chances in the midterm elections.Trump, alongside Education Secretary Linda McMahon, on Monday used the start of the school year to... Read more

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) confirmed his private meeting with Jared Kushner, then backtracked and vowed that no one in the “Trump cartel” would get a pass.Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and an influential figure in the Trump administration, met with Jeffries sometime recently to discuss housing, immigration, and... Read more

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent promised an “economic D-Day” against Iran and the foreign financial institutions helping keep its economy afloat. Economic experts say what arrived Monday looked more like a warning that D-Day is still to come.The Trump administration rolled out a broad new sanctions package targeting Iran’s aviation, digital... Read more

The Supreme Court clears a path for President Donald Trump’s mail-ballot executive order ahead of the midterm elections, marking another key win for the administration on the high court’s emergency docket.The emergency petition was brought to the high court last month by the DOJ and a coalition of GOP states,... Read more

President Donald Trump’s super PAC is pouring nearly $828,000 into a last-minute push to help Sen. Darline Graham Nordone (R-SC) fend off Rep. Ralph Norman (R-SC) in the special South Carolina Senate GOP primary runoff.Make America Great Again Inc. reported spending $827,711.11 on text messages and phone calls supporting Graham... Read more

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent unveiled new economic penalties and sanctions against Iran and the countries and foreign actors propping up the regime’s war machine.Bessent told reporters at a Monday press conference that the sanctions will target Iran’s ability to exploit “digital assets, technology, gold, aviation, and shipping.”“This is economic asphyxiation... Read more