The signed preliminary agreement between the United States and Iran has a strong majority approval rating amongst American voters, a national survey from Quantus found. President Donald Trump signed his copy of the memorandum of understanding (MOU) to end the hostilities with Iran following the G7 on Wednesday at the Palace of Versailles, with Iranian […]
Top Senate Democrat calls on FAA to reject White House arch approval pressure
Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) urged the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Thursday to reject the White House’s plans to erect a triumphal arch near the Lincoln Memorial. The ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation called the arch President Trump’s “newest vanity project” in her letter to the federal agency and expressed… […]
Senator Thune Flummoxed as Bill Pulte Anticipated to Begin as Acting DNI Tomorrow
Speaking to Politico reporters on Capitol Hill, Senate Majority Leader John Thune says, “ask the White House,” when questioned about the status of Jay Clayton’s DNI nomination. Apparently, Thune is in the dark as to what comes next. POLITICO – […] Asked whether Clayton’s nomination was being withdrawn, Thune pointed to the White House for answers. “I’ve […]
Rule Limiting Foreign Students in US Cleared by White House
The White House has completed review of a rule limiting the status of foreign students in the US on F-1 visas. A proposed rule released by the Department of Homeland Security last year called for replacing the current open-ended admission of those students—known as duration of status—with a fixed four-year period of admission. F-1 students […]
GOP's Ernst on Iran deal: 'I don’t want to see JCPOA 2.0'
A Republican senator on Thursday expressed skepticism about the tentative agreement struck by Iran and the U.S., which replaces the previous Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) dissolved under the first Trump administration. “They’re going to have to come explain this because we did have very serious problems with the JCPOA. I don’t want to… […]
Top Foreign Relations Democrat on Trump's Iran deal: 'Catastrophically bad outcome'
The top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee slammed the reported contents of the deal between the U.S. and Iran, calling them a “catastrophically bad outcome.” “The White House has not released the memorandum of understanding, so neither Congress nor the American people can fully assess what the Administration agreed to. If the reported… […]
Ossoff: Trump 'making a terrorist attack more likely' with Pulte nomination
Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) on Wednesday slammed President Trump for appointing Bill Pulte as acting director of national intelligence, arguing the move increases the risk of a terrorist attack on the U.S. “The installation of a thug and a hack like Pulte as the acting director of national intelligence is maybe the most chilling and… […]
RFK Jr. Announces More Than $700 Million To Target Mental Illness, Homelessness
Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times,The Trump administration is going to spent more than $700 million on programs aimed at reducing drug addiction, homelessness, and mental illness, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on June 17.Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in Washington on May 18, 2026. Kent Nishimura/AFP via Getty ImagesThe […]
JD Vance Holds White House Press Briefing – 11:00am Livestream
While Karoline Leavitt continues her maternity leave, Vice-President JD Vance will take another turn at the podium for a White House briefing on the first day of President Trump’s return from the G7 in France. The majority of the questions are likely to surround the topic of an agreement with Iran that halts U.S. military […]
Hegseth Torches ‘Paper Tiger’ NATO: You Have Six Months to Shape Up
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said the decline of European NATO as a warfighting organisation has mirrored the continent’s crisis of faith in itself and the open borders era, telling a meeting of alliance leaders they now need to step up if they want America to keep contributing. A meeting of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation […]
