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Trump threatens to put ICE agents in airports starting Monday amid DHS funding impasse
Travelers wait in line at a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Friday, March 20, 2026. (Photographer: Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — [Read More…]
Senate once again fails to advance DHS funding bill
The U.S. Capitol is seen on March 16, 2026, in Washington, DC. The U.S. House of Representatives postponed its votes for the day due to the chance of severe thunderstorms around the DC area. (Photo [Read More…]
Trump reverses course in Colorado House race, backing GOP incumbent he once scorned
Rep. Jeff Hurd arrives for the House Republican Conference caucus meeting at the Capitol, May 6, 2025. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump made a stunning reversal Friday by again backing a [Read More…]
2,200 more Marines, 3 Navy ships likely headed to Middle East: Officials
In this handout image provided by the U.S. Navy, the USS Boxer (LHD 4) departs from Naval Air Station North Island January 14, 2004 in San Diego, California. (Tiffini M. Jones/U.S. Navy via Getty Images) [Read More…]
Traumatic brain injury emerging as signature injury in Iran war: US official
Ohio Army National Guard Brig. Gen. Stephen Rhoades commander of Special Troops Command pins the Purple Heart medal on Staff Sgt. Aaron Futrell April 10, 2022, during a ceremony at the Army Aviation Support Facility [Read More…]
Epstein’s longtime lawyer claims ‘no knowledge whatsoever’ of sex trafficking in deposition
Richard Kahn, an accountant for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, arrives for a House Oversight Committee deposition about Epstein, in Rayburn building on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) [Read More…]
Pentagon seeking $200B more for Iran war, official says
U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth provides updates on military operations in Iran during a press briefing at the Pentagon on March 19, 2026 in Arlington, Virginia. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Pete [Read More…]
Some IVF parents launch campaign against former Alabama justice who made controversial ruling
The Alabama Supreme Court in Montgomery, Alabama, US, on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024. (Andi Rice/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — The former Alabama Supreme Court justice who wrote the controversial ruling that temporarily halted [Read More…]
Markwayne Mullin’s nomination to be DHS secretary narrowly clears Senate committee with Democratic support
U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) arrives to testify during a confirmation hearing to be the next Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 18, 2026 in Washington, [Read More…]
House Oversight committee to depose Epstein’s longtime lawyer
Richard Kahn, an accountant for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, arrives for a House Oversight Committee deposition about Epstein, in Rayburn building on Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) [Read More…]
‘I will follow the law,’ Bondi says after Democrats storm out of Epstein files briefing
Attorney General Pam Bondi arrives ahead of a closed briefing before the House Oversight Committee at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC on March 18, 2026. (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — [Read More…]
Gabbard questioned on whether Iran posed ‘imminent nuclear threat’
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard attends an event where President Donald Trump delivered an announcement on his Homeland Security Task Force in the State Dinning Room of the White House on October 23, [Read More…]
‘Low impulse control’: GOP Sen. Paul confronts Trump’s DHS pick Markwayne Mullin over ‘violence’ at confirmation hearing
Chairman Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) delivers an opening statement during a confirmation hearing for U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) to be the next Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security in the Dirksen Senate Office [Read More…]
DNI Tulsi Gabbard testifies at threats hearing amid questions about Iran war, counterterrorism official’s resignation
U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard attends an event where President Donald Trump delivered an announcement on his Homeland Security Task Force in the State Dinning Room of the White House on October 23, [Read More…]
Chief Justice Roberts: ‘Personally directed hostility is dangerous, and it’s got to stop’
John Roberts, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, during the formal group photograph at the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, April 23, 2021. Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation by the Senate last [Read More…]
Trump blasts NATO after allies rebuff his call to help reopen Strait of Hormuz
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media onboard Air Force One on March 15, 2026 while en route to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland from West Palm Beach Florida. President Trump returned to [Read More…]
Trump says he’ll have ‘honor’ of taking Cuba as country struggles with energy crisis
.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a lunch with the Trump Kennedy Center Board Members in the East Room of the White House on March 16, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — [Read More…]
Mississippi River mayors warn AI, fuel costs and drought are straining key waterway
Tugboat pushing a barge upstream on the Mississippi River at West Memphis, Arkansas. (Ron Buskirk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Mayors from Minnesota to Louisiana traveled to Washington earlier this month with a [Read More…]
Senate is expected to take up the SAVE America Act this week. Here’s what to know
President Donald Trump speaks as Vice President JD Vance listens in the Oval Office of the White House, March 16, 2026, in Washington. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Senate is expected to take up [Read More…]
Top Trump counterterror adviser resigns over Iran war: ‘No imminent threat’
Joe Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, testifies during the House Homeland Security Committee hearing titled “Worldwide Threats to the Homeland,” in Cannon building on Wednesday, December 11, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via [Read More…]