Nashville, Tenn. On Saturday, two AH-64 Apache helicopters from Fort Campbell conducted low-altitude maneuvers over downtown demonstrations and later hovered near musician Robert 'Kid Rock' Ritchie’s suburban Nashville residence, with social media videos showing the aircraft alongside his swimming pool during nationwide 'No Kings' protests. This week the U.S. Army opened...
Olympia — Gov. Bob Ferguson signed Senate Bill 6346 on March 30, enacting a 9.9% income tax on households earning more than $1 million; the law schedules collections to begin in 2029 and is projected to raise roughly $3 billion annually from approximately 21,000 filers. The signing prompted immediate legal and...
Washington — White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that backchannel talks between the United States and Iran are ongoing despite Tehran's public denials, and President Donald Trump announced a ten-day suspension of strikes as he seeks a deal by April 6. Leavitt said this week the administration is sustaining...
United States President Donald Trump on March 30 publicly warned Iran that U.S. strikes could target Kharg Island and Iranian energy infrastructure if a deal is not reached and the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened, and he told The Post a formal response would arrive "shortly." The warnings coincided with...
Washington: On March 30 President Trump posted that while 'great progress' had been made in talks with Iran, he warned that if no deal is reached shortly and the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened, the United States would target Iranian energy infrastructure including power plants, oil wells and Kharg...
Washington — The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments over President Trump's executive order seeking to end automatic birthright citizenship for children born in the United States to parents lacking permanent status, a legal test of whether the order violates the Citizenship Clause and related federal statutes. This week, advocates and...
Washington — The U.S. allowed a sanctioned Russian-owned oil tanker to approach and deliver crude to Matanzas, Cuba, on Sunday, March 29, after ship-tracking placed the Anatoly Kolodkin near Cuban waters with about 730,000 barrels aboard, according to multiple reports and official statements. The White House said on Monday the decision...
Washington — President Donald Trump on March 30 said the US military is constructing a large complex beneath a privately funded ballroom he is building at the White House, speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One. He described the ballroom as matching the White House and cited bulletproof glass and...
Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump told the Financial Times on March 29 that he favours 'taking the oil in Iran' and said U.S. forces could seize Kharg Island, Iran's principal oil export hub, adding he believed Iranian defences there to be minimal. The remarks this week coincided with reports of a...
Washington: A DHS funding standoff left thousands of TSA employees unpaid and produced long security lines at major U.S. airports as of March 29, with White House border czar Tom Homan saying TSA pay depends on Congress reopening funding and an executive action promising near-term payments. Airports reported extended waits and...
