U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz faced questioning from House Democrats on Friday about the flow of humanitarian aid into Gaza, after the Trump administration backed major changes to how vital supplies are distributed. Rep. Lois Frankel (D-FL), the leading Democrat on the House Appropriations Subcommittee on National Security,...
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President Donald Trump rolled out an artificial intelligence policy framework on Friday, outlining six different objectives that encourage Congress to champion deregulation, promote workforce education, and protect free speech on platforms.The Trump administration has made AI policy a domestic priority, as chatbot developers and technology companies rapidly expand data center...
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Congress sets a statutory deadline for the president to deliver a budget request for the coming fiscal year by the first Monday of February, but recent presidents have trended toward submitting their requests weeks after delivering the annual State of the Union address. Still, Trump is just days away from...
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The new nominee to head the Department of Homeland Security walked into his confirmation hearings with an unexpected endorsement in tow.“If anyone is willing to stand their butt up to protect America, it’s Markwayne Mullin,” said Teamsters President Sean O’Brien in a playfully worded statement from early March, shortly after...
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s high-profile role in the Trump administration’s response to the Iran war is boosting his standing in the early jockeying for the 2028 Republican presidential nomination — and positioning him as a possible rival to Vice President JD Vance, the early front-runner.Rubio has emerged as one...
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The U.S. Mint can move forward with producing a commemorative gold coin honoring President Donald Trump after a federal arts advisory panel signed off on the design, advancing a controversial proposal tied to the nation’s 250th celebrations. The Commission of Fine Arts, which reviews the design of federal coins, medals, and...
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President Donald Trump bragged that the military might of the United States against Iran had led to members of the Middle Eastern nation’s military abandoning it during a Thursday bilateral in the Oval Office.“There’s a lot of military defections. You have a lot of military defections in Iran,” Trump said...
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President Donald Trump claimed he did not tell Japan and other U.S. allies about the joint operation to launch strikes against Iran because he wanted the element of surprise akin to the attack on Pearl Harbor.“We didn’t tell anybody about it because we wanted surprise. Who knows better about surprise...
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President Donald Trump pledged not to deploy U.S. troops on the ground in the Middle East, despite speculation he may need to order a special mission to secure Iran’s enriched uranium almost three weeks into the war.“No, I’m not putting troops anywhere,” Trump said Thursday at the White House. “If...
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President Donald Trump’s Iran war campaign is increasingly hinging on a waterway of which most Americans have never heard. The Strait of Hormuz, which connects the Persian Gulf to the open ocean and, at its narrowest, is 24 miles wide, is considered the world’s most important maritime chokepoint because about 20...
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President Donald Trump threatened to destroy Iran’s South Pars gas field on Wednesday if Tehran carries out another strike on Qatar’s liquefied natural gas facilities, warning of massive retaliation as tensions escalate across the Gulf. In a Truth Social post, Trump said the United States would respond with overwhelming force if...
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