Politics

Caspar Benson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump’s remarks over the weekend that he would “encourage” Russia “to do whatever the hell they want” to NATO allies that fail to meet defense spending guidelines have raised a lot of questions and drew rebuke from the White House and NATO’s leader. “You don’t pay […]

U.S. Republican presidential hopeful and former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at a campaign event at Summerville Country Club on Feb. 13, 2024 in Summerville, South Carolina. (ALLISON JOYCE/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was pressed in a new interview about her different positions on rival Donald Trump’s viability in […]

Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday poured cold water on Democrat Tom Suozzi’s win over Republican Mazi Pilip in New York’s 3rd Congressional District, waving off the defeat despite the fact it will make their razor-thin majority even tighter. “The result last night is not something, in my view, that […]

PACE Satellite. (NASA) (WASHINGTON) — New reporting about intelligence related to Russia wanting to put a nuclear weapon into space, possibly to use against satellites, raises key questions about the country’s intentions and the potential ramifications of an orbital detonation. The Outer Space Treaty of 1967 — signed by Russia, the U.S. and numerous other […]

PACE Satellite. (NASA) (WASHINGTON) — The White House’s national security adviser and leading lawmakers on Capitol Hill sought to allay public concerns on Wednesday after the House Intelligence Committee chairman warned of a “national security threat” related to a “destabilizing foreign military capability” so serious that President Joe Biden should declassify “all information” about it. […]

joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith filed a brief Wednesday urging the Supreme Court to deny former President Donald Trump’s request to stay his federal election subversion case from moving forward as Trump appeals his claim that he should be immune from prosecution. In the filing, Smith requested if the Supreme […]

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a Get Out The Vote campaign rally held at the North Charleston in Charleston, S.C. on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump reacted to Russian President Vladimir Putin saying he prefers President Joe Biden over […]

Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congressional House Ethics investigators have obtained text messages allegedly showing that a few months after first joining Congress, Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz asked a young woman, who at the time had received payments for sex from Gaetz’s then-close friend Joel Greenberg, to join him and others on a three-day […]

Lauren Leigh Bacho/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The White House said Wednesday it wants protecting democracy — not conspiracy theories — to be a key message heading into the general election, mentioning the recent conspiracy that alleged Taylor Swift was part of a psyop plot to help President Joe Biden win reelection. Asked about the Taylor […]

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson wants a one-on-one meeting with President Joe Biden to find a way forward to provide aid to Ukraine, Israel, Taiwan and border security, but those requests have been denied. Johnson on Wednesday reiterated his call for a sit down with Biden, seeking to put the onus on […]