Indiana farmer Todd Armstrong, who backed Donald Trump in 2024, says he feels betrayed after the president suggested buying beef from Argentina to lower prices — a move he calls hypocritical to “America First.” His frustration mirrors a rare GOP split: senators pressed Trump at the White House, House Republicans...
President Donald Trump says he deserves compensation for investigations he calls politically driven, and the Justice Department under his control could sign off on any payout. He has filed two administrative claims totaling $230 million over the FBI’s Mar-a-Lago search and the earlier Trump-Russia probe; neither has advanced to a...
Arizona Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva sued in federal court to compel Speaker Mike Johnson, or another official, to swear her into Congress after her Sept. 23 special-election win to succeed her late father. With the House in recess during the shutdown, Johnson has not seated her despite brief sessions, a delay...
A new report from the nonprofit Cyberspace Solarium Commission 2.0 says U.S. cyber defenses are eroding as adversaries intensify attacks on communications and infrastructure. Senator Angus King cites Trump administration cuts that shrank CISA by a third, the firing of U.S. Cyber Command leader Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, and the...
New York’s final mayoral debate opened with sharp clashes as Democrat Zohran Mamdani, independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa sparred over ICE raids, Trump and housing. All three condemned Tuesday’s Canal Street raid; Sliwa faulted bystander pushback, Cuomo said he’d press Washington to pull officers, and Mamdani called ICE...
On Day 22 of the shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson conceded at his Capitol news conference that the GOP’s message feels "old" and said a strategy shift may be needed, even as he insisted Republicans are "99.8%" united in refusing to negotiate with Democrats until the government is funded. With...
NATO chief Mark Rutte, after meeting President Donald Trump at the White House, praised US–NATO ties and backed fresh U.S. sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, urging sustained pressure for a Ukraine ceasefire. Rutte said Trump uniquely opened a dialogue with Vladimir Putin, though Trump canceled a planned meeting...
President Donald Trump said the White House East Wing will be torn down to make way for a new $250m ballroom, with crews already demolishing sections and officials telling CBS the entire wing will be gone by the weekend. He insisted the project has been transparent and said it is...
Graham Platner, a 41-year-old Marine veteran and Democratic US Senate hopeful in Maine, apologized and says he has covered a chest tattoo that resembled a Nazi Totenkopf after backlash to a wedding video where it was visible. He said he chose the skull-and-crossbones in 2007 while drinking with fellow Marines...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are heading to the San Francisco Bay Area starting Wednesday for an immigration enforcement operation, gathering at the Coast Guard base in Alameda, officials said. The Coast Guard confirmed its property will serve as a hub for Department of Homeland Security agencies; there’s no...
