Politics

Vance says 'goal No. 1' of Iran war is to lower gas prices

Vice President JD Vance said Thursday that President Donald Trump's immediate priority regarding the war with Iran is to lower oil and gas prices, ahead of preventing Tehran from obtaining nuclear weapons.

Kennedy Center board votes to put Trump name on facade despite court order

President Donald Trump's name was removed from the Washington, D.C., performing arts center in June as the result of a lawsuit by an Ohio congresswoman.

Interior Blames Vandals for Bubbles Pouring Out of WWII Memorial

The Interior Department on Thursday said vandals were responsible for bubbles filling the National World War II Memorial fountain on the National Mall.

Zelensky’s missile plea shows dire state of Ukraine’s war machine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky‘s confirmation of Ukraine’s crippling Patriot interceptor missile shortage and plea for more has showcased the dire position the country is in as it stares down another harsh winter.

The Lesson Watergate Was Supposed to Teach

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. thought Nixon's downfall would restrain presidents for generations. Instead, Watergate helped write the script for the scandals that followed.

Dire conditions on ship are 'completely misrepresented': Hegseth

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Thursday that reports of dire conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln, from rotten meat to a lack of milk for cereal, are “completely misrepresented.”

Nancy Mace Introduces Bill to Restore Death Penalty in DC

The death penalty may fully return to Washington, D.C., if a bill introduced by Rep. Nancy Mace (R-SC) on Thursday becomes law.

Trump’s New Plan to Get His Name Back on the Kennedy Center

The center’s board voted—again—to shut down for a renovation. It threw in a design tweak.

Over 100,000 Canadians sign petition to remove US ambassador

A petition to strip U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra of his position is gaining steam in Canada after backlash over stances he took that critics say undermined Canadian-U.S. diplomatic relations.

DOJ's 'isolated and episodic' Harvard antisemitism lawsuit dropped

A federal judge dismissed the Department of Justice's discrimination lawsuit against Harvard University on Tuesday, calling instances of antisemitism at the Ivy League university too 'isolated and episodic' to justify the case.

Pete Hegseth dismisses reports of deteriorating conditions on USS Abraham Lincoln

Defense secretary said conditions on aircraft carrier deployed in support of Iran war have been ‘completely misrepresented’

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