There are moments in Washington when the vote itself tells you everything. Wednesday was one of them. Senate Republicans closed ranks behind President Trump, defeating a Democratic resolution that would have curbed the administration’s military authority in Iran. The margin was not surprising. The meaning was not subtle. Senate Republicans, by and large, have decided this is their war too
They were counting votes. Israel was counting targets. On Tuesday, Israeli forces struck a meeting of Iran’s Supreme Council as officials gathered to select a successor to the late Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to a senior Israeli official who spoke to Fox News. “Israel struck while they were counting the votes for the appointment of the supreme leader,” the official
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio strode into the Capitol and delivered a message as crisp as a gavel strike: President Trump did not need Congress’s permission to hit Iran. “No,” Rubio said, when asked if lawmakers had to weigh in first. The answer was not wrapped in legalese. It was wrapped in confidence. “We notified Congress. We notified the Gang
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The past has a way of pulling up a chair. Former President Bill Clinton sat before the House Oversight Committee on Friday and denied knowing anything about Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes. The setting was closed-door. Clinton, the first former president compelled to testify before Congress, read from a prepared statement. He defended his past interactions with Epstein and said he saw
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The reckoning has come to the Hoover Building. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has dismissed at least 10 agents and analysts who worked on Jack Smith’s classified documents investigation of President Donald Trump. Bureau officials confirmed the move Thursday. It is part of a broader personnel shakeup under FBI Director Kash Patel. Critics call it retaliation. Supporters call it reform.
The mask slipped. Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger took the stage to deliver the Democratic rebuttal to President Trump’s State of the Union, and conservatives immediately pounced. Spanberger, who campaigned as a “moderate,” framed her remarks around “affordability” and a critique of Trump’s immigration enforcement. But online reaction from the right was swift and unforgiving. Her speech drew fire for highlighting
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a man widely thought to harbor White House ambitions, found himself in the familiar modern storm: a viral clip, a moment meant as a connection recast as condescension. At a book event in Atlanta, speaking with Mayor Andre Dickens, Newsom leaned into self-deprecation, triggering a multitude of racist accusations. “I’m not, you know, I’m not trying
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Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has ordered U.S. airlines to implement merit-based hiring processes for pilots, requiring each carrier to certify that selected candidates are chosen solely on the basis of experience and aptitude. Failure to comply could invite federal investigation. It is, on its face, a bureaucratic adjustment — an “Operations Specification.” But it is also a cultural marker. “When
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Democrat Rep. Jared Huffman (CA) accused the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) of politically weaponizing religion by “rebuking” Democrats who support abortion, and the congressman suggested that these Catholic churches should
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