Tag: history

A key House Republican says Israel will continue to have bipartisan support from Congress as its conflict with Iran worsens tensions in the Middle East. “Yeah, absolutely,” Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., said when asked about a hypothetical supplemental funding package in the event the crisis became a prolonged conflict.  “There’s very, very, very strong bipartisan […] ...

Gov. Tim Walz has condemned the assassination of former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband as politically motivated, but questions remain about the suspect’s political affiliation.  The Democrat Minnesota governor immediately denounced what he said “appears to be a politically motivated assassination,” following the attacks Saturday morning. Vance Luther Boelter, 57, is charged […] ...

A three-judge panel appeared skeptical on Tuesday during a hearing of California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s argument that President Donald Trump violated the law when he deployed thousands of National Guard members to respond to protests and riots in Los Angeles County. All three judges on the panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the […] ...

New York City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested by Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents on Tuesday after allegedly assaulting a federal officer. Hours later, Lander walked out of the federal courthouse where he was being held alongside New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. During a news conference outside the courthouse, Hochul said […] ...

FIRST ON FOX: A fundraising group dedicated to helping Democrats flip Republican seats is releasing a dark new advertisement it hopes will help the left win over young men ahead of the 2026 races. The Progress Action Fund has gained attention for its risqué viral ads featuring a fictional “Republican congressman” who invades private moments […] ...

The Supreme Court on Monday granted a faith-based pregnancy nonprofit’s request to review its case against the New Jersey attorney general in which it alleged he violated the nonprofit’s free speech rights. The case was brought by First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, a group of five Christian-based centers that provide services to women facing unplanned […] ...

President Donald Trump on Sunday said ICE must “expand efforts to detain and deport” illegal immigrants in “America’s largest [c]ities,” including Los Angeles, Chicago and New York.” The president’s comment came in a Truth Social post on Sunday evening after a week of anti-ICE protests that have taken place in major cities across the country, […] ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s delivered remarks Saturday evening at a historic military parade honoring the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary. “Every other country celebrates their victories,” he said. “It’s about time America did too — that’s what we’re doing tonight.” “As we celebrate tonight, we also think of the hundreds of thousands of Army soldiers who […] ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s delivered remarks Saturday evening at a historic military parade honoring the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary. Trump spent the parade seated, or often standing and saluting the troops, flanked by first lady Melania Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Thousands of Americans, including veterans, youth and dads celebrating Father’s Day, flocked […] ...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s historic military parade honoring the U.S. Army’s 250th anniversary kicked off in the nation’s capital Saturday evening.  Thousands of Americans, including veterans, youth and dads celebrating Father’s Day, flocked to downtown D.C. wearing “Make America Great Again” hats and patriotic gear displaying Old Glory despite the balmy weather and brewing thunderstorms. […] ...

A new national poll indicates that Americans are divided over President Donald Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and U.S. Marines to the nation’s second most populous city. Aiming to extinguish escalating protests in Los Angeles sparked by immigration raids carried out by ICE at his administration’s direction, Trump sent in National Guard troops and […] ...

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., called for the president to go “all-in” for Israel should a diplomatic end to the conflict with Iran not be met. Earlier in the day, President Donald Trump called on Iranian leaders to return to the negotiating table to strike a nuclear deal to avoid “even more brutal” attacks. Graham lauded […] ...

Lawmakers and mainstream media figures were blasted online Friday morning over some of their responses to the development that Israel executed a widespread bombing campaign against key Iranian targets. Sen. Chris Murphy, D-CT., wrote on X that Israel’s attack was “clearly intended to scuttle the Trump administration’s negotiations with Tehran,” and is “further evidence of […] ...

EXCLUSIVE: More Americans support rather than oppose Israeli airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, according to a new national poll conducted before Israel’s Friday attack on Iran. But the survey, released by the Ronald Reagan Institute, indicates that most Democrats and Republicans don’t see eye-to-eye on the issue. MAJORITY OF AMERICANS BACK ISRAELI AIRSTRIKES ON IRAN, […] ...

A federal judge has ruled that President Donald Trump acted illegally when he seized control of California’s National Guard during ICE-related riots in Los Angeles. U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer issued the decision Thursday, siding with Governor Gavin Newsom and ordering Trump to return control of the Guard to the state “forthwith.” “His actions […] ...

Ahead of the second New York City mayoral debate, former New York Democrat Gov. Andrew Cuomo admitted that, despite previous testimony to Congress to the contrary, he did see the report detailing the number of COVID nursing home deaths and that he may have altered the report. Speaking with local outlet PIX 11 News on […] ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Wednesday that he has selected eight new people to join the national vaccine panel after firing all 17 of its members.  In an X post, Kennedy revealed that he “took a major step towards restoring public trust in vaccines” on Monday by reconstituting the Advisory […] ...

David Hogg, the 25-year-old progressive firebrand, will not compete in the new Democratic National Committee (DNC) vice chair elections that were decided today after a majority of members voted for a new election. After three days of submitting electronic ballots, DNC members voted to uphold the Credentials Committee’s resolution proposed by longtime Democratic Party activist […] ...

The Department of Homeland Security announced that several convicted criminals who are in the United States illegally were arrested as part of Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Los Angeles on Monday and Tuesday. The ICE operations in Los Angeles triggered protests and riots in parts of the city, and President Donald Trump deployed National […] ...

FIRST ON FOX: A national security-focused nonprofit organization has released a comprehensive report detailing the workings of a well-funded nominally U.S.-based organization that it says is undermining American energy, pushing left-wing green initiatives and ultimately advancing Chinese interests.  The report, published by State Armor, outlines the money trail of Energy Foundation China (EFC), registered as a […] ...

Fareed explains why AI’s massive energy demands are straining the power grid, but also why AI could enable big breakthroughs in sustainability and clean energy. ...

Vice President Kamala Harris, a former US senator from California who previously served as the state’s attorney general, could be the first Black woman and Asian American to lead a major party ticket after receiving President Joe Biden’s support to become the next Democratic presidential nominee. ...

In the wake of the Republican National Convention earlier this month, Fareed speaks with historian Niall Ferguson about how and why the modern-day GOP has changed since the Reagan era of the 1980s. ...

The brother of retired liberal Justice Stephen Breyer was assigned Tuesday to preside over the lawsuit that Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom brought against the Trump administration in California this week. Judge Charles Breyer, an appointee of former President Bill Clinton, is set to oversee the case, which alleges President Donald Trump deprived California of its […] ...

On CNN’s State of the Union, Republican Sen. Tom Cotton criticizes Harris’ comments on the war in Gaza and calls her a “San Francisco liberal who cannot keep this country safe.” ...