President Donald Trump participates in the swearing-in ceremony for former U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin as he is sworn in as secretary of homeland security by Pam Bondi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., March 24, 2026. (DHS photo by Tia Dufour) DHS Secretary scrambles with damage-control statements after backlash over […]
Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced he is endorsing MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell as the Republican candidate for Minnesota governor, saying he is one of “America’s greatest and most hard working Patriots.” “Mike will be SPECTACULAR!!! He truly loves Minnesota, as do I, and wants to bring […]
U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton testified before Congress in a nomination hearing for the Director of National Intelligence on July 15, 2026. Jay Clayton, the current U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, sat for a confirmation hearing for the position of Director of National Intelligence (DNI). […]
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), who is exploring a possible run for president in 2028, says that Democratic leaders have not done a good job explaining what the party is for and how it would improve Americans’ lives, instead focusing too much on opposing President Trump. “I chaired the DSCC once, I chaired the DCCC… […]
Two of President Trump’s most recent health nominees, including his newest pick to be head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), appeared before the Senate on Wednesday where a reluctance to break with the administration put Democrats and some Republicans on edge. Erica Schwartz, nominee to be the next director of the […]
Two years after a gunman opened fire at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, killing one attendee and wounding President Donald Trump, the widow of the man who was slain has expressed deep skepticism about the circumstances of the attack. Helen Comperatore, whose husband Corey, a 50-year-old volunteer firefighter and father of two, was fatally […]
Cuba’s national power grid has collapsed for the third time in less than 10 days, plunging the communist-run Caribbean island into darkness and leaving roughly 10 million people without electricity. The cascading failures show the regime’s accelerating loss of control over critical infrastructure, just as senior U.S. defense officials evaluate potential military options aimed at […]
WASHINGTON — Kathryn Ruemmler, the former top lawyer at Goldman Sachs who was White House counsel to President Barack Obama, is being questioned by a House committee Wednesday about her relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Ruemmler is the latest prominent figure called before the House Oversight Committee as lawmakers investigate the network of powerful people connected […]
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche faced a tough confirmation hearing on Wednesday as lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary Committee grilled him on a variety of topics. Blanche, formally President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, stands as Trump’s nominee to formally serve as the next attorney general. CNN notes that the confirmation hearing ahead of the committee […]
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), chair of the Senate Health Committee, grew angry with President Trump’s nominee to lead the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday over a misleading social media post about the hepatitis B vaccine. Sean Kaufman, Trump’s nominee to lead ASPR, appeared before the Senate Committee… […]
