Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) dropped his reelection bid on Thursday after coming under pressure from Republican leaders and other GOP colleagues to do so after admitting to an affair with his staffer who later died by suicide. He indicated he would stay in office through the end of his term. “After deep reflection and with...
Listening to music or watching a movie without headphones could now get you removed from a United Airlines flight and potentially permanently banned, according to the airline’s updated passenger guidelines. The airline’s “Contract of Carriage” rules were reportedly updated in late February to include passengers “who fail to use headphones while listening to audio or...
Vice President Vance has postponed a town hall with CBS News that was scheduled for next week “due to the war” in the Middle East, the network announced on Thursday. “A new date and more details to come soon,” a network statement posted on the social platform X said. Vance was supposed to participate in...
FBI agents searched a home west of Nancy Guthrie’s house as the investigation entered Day 32.
Austin Police released new information and video about the deadly mass shooting at a bar on West Sixth Street during a news conference Thursday.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said Thursday that the company would fight the Pentagon’s supply chain risk designation in court, while suggesting the “vast majority” of its customers would be unaffected. The Pentagon confirmed the designation, which Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced last week, in a letter to the AI firm Wednesday, Amodei noted. “As we...
Senate Democrats will return to the table to negotiate an energy and infrastructure bill, they announced Thursday night. “After discussions with our colleagues, we have decided to reopen negotiations on permitting reform,” said Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) in a written statement. Whitehouse and Heinrich, the top Democrats on key energy and...
Teamsters President Sean O’Brien offered unexpected praise on Thursday for Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s (R-Okla.) nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the latest sign of reconciliation between the two men who nearly came to blows during a Senate hearing in 2023. “If anyone is willing to stand their butt up to protect America,...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday that Kristi Noem did an “excellent job” at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), hours after President Trump announced he had tapped Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to replace her as the department's secretary. “We all serve at the pleasure of the president,” Hegseth told reporters during a briefing on...
The Pentagon officially informed Anthropic leadership Thursday that the company and its products are deemed a supply chain risk “effective immediately,” a senior Pentagon official told The Hill. “From the very beginning, this has been about one fundamental principle: the military being able to use technology for all lawful purposes,” the official said. “The military...
The U.S. military struck and set on fire an Iranian drone carrier ship Thursday as forces continue to degrade the Islamic Republic’s navy and continue pummeling the nation with missiles and bombs. Adm. Brad Cooper, commander of U.S. Central Command (Centcom), said during a Thursday press conference that the vessel was roughly the size of...
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) on Thursday slammed Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas) for entering the GOP Senate primary in the Lone Star State. “Wesley Hunt should have never gotten in this race,” Patrick said on “The Mark Davis Show.” Hunt came in a distant third in Tuesday’s primary, garnering 13.5 percent of the vote....
Kristi Noem’s assertion at a Senate hearing Tuesday that President Trump had given his blessing to a $220 million Department of Homeland Security (DHS) advertising campaign promoting Noem’s leadership was the final straw that cost the DHS secretary her job on Thursday, according to Republican senators and other sources familiar with the events. Trump considered...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday said there will “come a moment” when President Trump or the Iranian people decide to rise up against the country's government, though he stressed they should not protest during the ongoing U.S.-Israeli military campaign against the regime. “No one's done more than President Trump to reopen the opportunity for...
Four Democrats defied party leaders on Thursday to oppose a resolution curbing President Trump’s war powers in Iran. Some defections had been expected headed into the vote, given the thorny nature of the conflict and its relationship to Israel, which has divided Democrats on and off of Capitol Hill for years. Before Trump struck Iran...
Two House Democrats are demanding answers from FBI Director Kash Patel about his reported decision last week to fire multiple employees, many of whom allegedly worked in counterintelligence roles. Reps. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) and Seth Magaziner (D-R.I.) asked Patel in a Wednesday letter to come before the House Homeland Security Committee and explain why he...
During the first few days of the U.S.-Israeli operations against Iran, the Pentagon has deployed multiple assets for the first time in major combat. Adm. Brad Cooper, the head of U.S. Central Command (Centcom), said Tuesday in a video on the social platform X that American forces have struck nearly 2,000 Iranian targets, including 17...
President Trump praised interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez amid reports that his administration was threatening to indict her if she did not continue to cooperate with the U.S. “Delcy Rodríguez who is the President of Venezuela, is doing a great job, and working with U.S. Representatives very well. The Oil is beginning to flow, and...
A spike in energy prices due to the ongoing U.S. strikes on Iran has put the Trump administration on the defensive. Low oil and gasoline prices have long been part of the White House’s pitch to voters. Now that they’re on the rise, key officials have argued they are doing their best to bring them down,...
Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on Thursday praised his fellow Senate Republican, Sen. Markwayne Mullin (Okla.), as Kristi Noem’s replacement for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) secretary, saying Mullin would "restore competence" to the organization. “Senator Markwayne Mullin is a great guy and a great choice to lead DHS, restore competence, and refocus efforts on quickly...
President Trump on Thursday fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and announced he will replace her with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), hours after the president reportedly said he did not approve a scrutinized $220 million ad campaign pushed by the secretary. The ad features Noem, donning a cowboy hat on horseback, moving out of a...
Stocks closed Thursday with losses as the escalating war in Iran and the Middle East drove oil prices higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed with a loss of 784 points, a decline of 1.6 percent after falling more than 1,100 points earlier in the day. The S&P 500 index closed 0.6 percent lower, and...
President Trump on Thursday said Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem would leave her role and be appointed as a special envoy for The Shield of the Americas, bringing her tumultuous tenure atop DHS to an end. Noem faced scrutiny and intense questioning about the fatal shooting deaths of two American citizens by...
Kristi Noem on Thursday responded to being removed from her post as Homeland Security secretary moments after giving a speech at a conference in Nashville, Tennessee, where she mentioned nothing about the ouster. President Trump announced Thursday he would replace Noem with Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R), who is expected to step into the role...
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