Sen Chris Murphy says he ‘should give up on sarcasm’ after backlash over one-word Iran blockade post
Sen. Chris Murphy faced backlash over a sarcastic post about Iran-linked ships reportedly bypassing a U.S. naval blockade, sparking a White House response.
Read MoreUS interdicts stateless sanctioned tanker sailing from Iran to China
U.S. forces boarded the M/T Tifani, a stateless sanctioned crude oil tanker tied to Iran, marking the second naval interdiction in as many days.
Read MoreRFK Jr. says he did not speak to Trump about CDC nominee
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. did not speak to President Trump about nominating Erica Schwartz to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, he told lawmakers Tuesday. Kennedy told a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee that he met with Schwartz on “multiple occasions” prior to her being tapped as the new nominee, including to discuss her views on…
Read MoreBolton: Trump ‘afraid’ of making bad Iran deal ‘because he’ll look like’ Obama
Former White House national security adviser John Bolton on Monday accused President Trump of being “afraid” of making a bad deal with Iran as the end of the two-week ceasefire approaches “because he’ll look like” former President Obama. Bolton told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that Trump is “really desperate to get out” of the conflict with…
Read MoreWhich Bible passage is President Trump reading during marathon event?
President Trump is one of several Republicans participating in the marathon reading of the Bible.
Read MoreHouse GOP resists passing Senate DHS bill until after ‘skinny’ ICE, Border Patrol funding
House Republican leaders are resisting calls to bring up a bipartisan Senate bill to fund the bulk of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) until after passage of a “skinny” bill to fund immigration enforcement — despite grumbles in the Senate GOP and pressure from the White House as DHS runs out of options to…
Read MoreLieu on Trump Cabinet shakeups: ‘Kash Patel is next’
Rep. Ted Lieu (D-Calif.) said FBI Director Kash Patel is “next” following the recent departures from President Trump’s cabinet. “The reality is that this cabinet’s out of control incompetence and corruption have made it the worst cabinet since 1776, and Kash Patel is next,” Lieu said during a Tuesday morning press briefing on Capitol Hill….
Read MoreEmmer warns Ilhan Omar will ‘be held accountable’ if found to have committed fraud
House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) said Tuesday that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) will “be held accountable to the fullest extent” if it is discovered that she was involved in or benefited from “any fraud.” His remarks follow a Wall Street Journal report that a financial disclosure listed her and her husband’s assets at between…
Read MoreSDSU agrees to Title IX settlement over female athlete scholarships
San Diego State University (SDSU) on Monday agreed to a Title IX settlement after it was accused of giving less scholarship money to female athletes compared to male ones. The university has agreed to pay $300,000 for almost 800 female former athletes to split. The payout will go to athletes from the 2018-2019 to the 2024-2025 academic years. SDSU will also…
Read MoreYoung adults to be charged in North Carolina park shooting that killed 2 teens, wounded 5
The Winston-Salem Police Department is investigating a mass shooting that claimed the lives of two teens and left another five teens injured on Monday morning.
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