WASHINGTON — A disruption at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing over the U.S. military campaign involving Iran is ricocheting across social media after video showed a former Marine being forcibly removed while shouting, “No one wants to fight for Israel,” and appearing to suffer an injury during the struggle. The protester was identified by…
WASHINGTON (Now Rundown) — Sen. Elizabeth Warren is drawing fresh attention — and a fresh wave of online backlash and support — after posting a clipped warning about what she called a growing gap between the Trump administration’s campaign messaging, its written defense strategy, and its widening use of military force. “The policy of the…
Former President Barack Obama is wading into a fast-moving redistricting fight in Virginia, warning that “free and fair elections” are under attack as both parties escalate a broader, state-by-state scramble over congressional maps ahead of the next midterms. Obama’s message centers on a Virginia ballot question tied to a Democratic-backed plan to temporarily redraw the…
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says “Sharia Law will be completely banned in Texas” next legislative session after Republican primary voters overwhelmingly backed a nonbinding ballot proposition calling for such a ban. In a post Wednesday, Abbott said 95% of Republican primary voters supported banning Sharia law and added he is “100%” certain it will be…
Former Georgia lawmaker Vernon Jones accused Democrats of “white supremacy” and “cheating” after Texas Democrats nominated state Rep. James Talarico for U.S. Senate over U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett, a claim that circulated widely online as election officials in Dallas County faced scrutiny over voting-site confusion on primary day. “White supremacy at an all time high…
House Speaker Mike Johnson accused Democrats of putting “illegal aliens over the welfare of the American people” as congressional leaders prepared another vote on a stalled Department of Homeland Security funding bill and the agency’s shutdown stretched into a third week. In a video statement and accompanying post, Johnson said Democrats “spent four years presiding…
U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett lost the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate in Texas, but viral posts claiming the loss “puts an END to her career in Congress” leave out key context: Crockett will leave the House at the end of her term because she did not run for reelection after launching her Senate bid, not…
Sen. Marsha Blackburn accused Democrats of “shutting down” the Department of Homeland Security at a moment of heightened global tension, as a partial, single-agency shutdown at DHS entered a new week with no clear path to reopening the department. “The Democrats are playing a dangerous game by shutting down DHS at a time when protecting…
WASHINGTON — Sen. Tom Cotton on Monday urged Democrats to end a standoff over Department of Homeland Security funding, saying lawmakers should “come to their senses and fully fund our government” as the U.S. conflict with Iran raises concerns about potential threats at home. In a post on X, Cotton, an Arkansas Republican and chair…
WASHINGTON — A resurfaced 2011 clip of then-House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi saying President Barack Obama did not need congressional authorization for U.S. military action in Libya is being shared by Republicans to accuse Democrats of applying a double standard as they criticize President Donald Trump’s expanding military campaign against Iran. Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas,…
U.S. Sen. John Fetterman said “every member in the U.S. Senate agrees we cannot allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon” as Congress headed toward a new showdown over President Donald Trump’s expanding military campaign against Iran and the limits of presidential war powers. Fetterman, a Pennsylvania Democrat, argued Monday that the goal of preventing…
NEW YORK — A viral post from an Iranian American commentator calling New York City Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani “human garbage” has intensified the online backlash to the mayor’s condemnation of U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, as city and state law enforcement agencies increased patrols at sensitive sites amid heightened tensions. Sana Ebrahimi, who…
A viral post asking, “Do Leftists literally stand for EVERY COUNTRY but America?????” ripped across X on Friday as protests over the U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran produced familiar images that critics say keep repeating: antiwar crowds, anti-U.S. foreign policy chants — and foreign flags in the frame. The post, shared alongside protest video, listed a…
WASHINGTON — A conservative social media personality on Friday revived an allegation about Rep. Ilhan Omar’s late father, claiming he “led” atrocities against Somaliland’s Isaaq clan — an accusation that historians and fact-checkers have previously said is not supported by publicly available evidence tying Omar’s father personally to the campaign. The post, shared by an…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani condemned the United States’ and Israel’s military strikes on Iran as a “catastrophic escalation” and said “Americans do not want this,” as officials and analysts warned the operation could reshape the Middle East and trigger economic and security fallout far beyond the region. “Today’s military strikes on Iran —…
Rep. Ilhan Omar said “the American people are exhausted by endless wars built on false promises and paid for with American and foreign lives” as lawmakers from both parties moved to force a congressional vote on U.S. military involvement in Iran following a major U.S.-Israeli strike campaign and Iran’s retaliatory attacks. Omar, a Minnesota Democrat,…
President Donald Trump said he would prefer a peaceful resolution to the standoff with Iran but warned the U.S. is weighing “a very big decision” as indirect nuclear talks grind on and Washington increases its military presence in the region. “I’d rather do it the peaceful way, but I want to tell you that these…
WASHINGTON — Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a onetime loyal ally of President Donald Trump, said the president is abandoning his “no more foreign wars” message and moving the United States toward conflict with Iran, as the administration ramps up military pressure while pursuing talks aimed at limiting Tehran’s nuclear program. “This is the Trump…
Former President Joe Biden pushed back against President Donald Trump’s border and economy messaging in remarks highlighted by Fox News, saying illegal crossings were lower when he left office than when he entered and insisting he handed Trump “the strongest economy in the world.” “The day I left office, border crossings in the United States…
WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday accused Rep. Ilhan Omar of misinformation after the Minnesota Democrat renewed calls to abolish the agency, escalating a public back-and-forth as immigration enforcement remains a political flashpoint early in President Donald Trump’s second term. “Rep. Ilhan Omar doesn’t know what she’s talking about,” ICE wrote in…