MAGA Hates This Holiday  —  Thanks to their operational control of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran was able to get away with murder in setting the terms of further peace talks with the United States—and now they're pushing for even more.  The first round of scheduled peace talks under …

Italian foreign minister cancels trip to US over Trump's comments about Meloni  —  US President Donald Trump's comments to an Italian media outlet about the country's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni have sparked a fresh diplomatic incident.  —  Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani announced Friday …

Trump's new acting intel chief Bill Pulte arrives early, eyes firing hundreds  —  Donald Trump National security Tulsi Gabbard Trump appointments  —  President Donald Trump's pick for acting director of national intelligence, Bill Pulte, showed up at his new job a day early on Thursday …

Obama says U.S. may be ‘worse off’ now than before Iran war  —  The former president told NBC's “TODAY” show he questioned the rationale for President Donald Trump's war on Iran.  —  Former President Barack Obama said it seems like the United States has either returned to the status quo or is …

Firm Tied to Trump Donor Got No-Bid Contract to Clean Reflecting Pool  —  A White House spokeswoman said the president was not involved in selecting Greenwater Services, the business owned by a trust led by John J. Cafaro.  —  A business tied to a longtime supporter of President Trump …

Pentagon Tells Lawmakers It Needs $80 Billion for Iran War and Other Bills  —  Military officials say the services could run out of money for operations this summer unless Congress passes a new wartime spending bill  —  WASHINGTON—The Pentagon needs $80 billion to cover costs from the Iran war …

Secret Vetting and Blocked Promotions: Inside Hegseth's War on Diversity  —  A Black admiral fixed one of the Navy's worst messes.  Mr. Hegseth blocked his promotion anyway.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has blocked the promotions of at least 40 senior officers to general and admiral ranks this year.

Behind Trump and Melania's separate White House bedroom doors: Missing decorations, simmering tension and the habit that stunned staff  —  Call it the battle for the better bedroom.  —  It's long been lore that President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump keep separate quarters on the second floor of the White House residence.

Russia threatens escalation after Ukraine hits Moscow with largest-ever drone attack … Russia has pledged to carry out frequent and “massive group strikes” against Ukraine shortly after Kyiv launched a barrage of drones on Moscow, triggering a huge explosion in one of the Russian capital's key oil refineries.

The Minneapolis 15 ICE-protester indictments are meant to shut you up  —  In the tumultuous five-plus months since masked federal immigration agents descended on her hometown, the Rev. Jen Crow of the First Universalist Church of Minneapolis has already been arrested at an airport sit-in …

ICE is offloading seven concentration camp warehouses.  What does it really mean?  —  A Q+A with Michael Wriston of Project Salt Box … As soon as I saw the New York Times report drop Thursday afternoon about ICE looking to sell seven of the 11 warehouses they'd purchased to convert …

The Most Surprising Miscalculation of Trump's Second Term … The populist premier of Alberta, Smith enjoyed lively relationships across the American right, even hosting Tucker Carlson in Western Canada in 2024.  —  Yet when I asked Smith last fall, at a policy summit in Toronto …

Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional  —  The defense secretary described the vaccine requirement, which he lifted in April, as an “absurd, overreaching” mandate.  —  A major flu outbreak has sickened nearly 160 troops at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas less …