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…
Elon Musk amplified a clip of California attorney Erin Friday this week that alleges school staff and child welfare officials can pressure parents into affirming a child’s gender identity — reigniting a long-running fight in the state over student privacy, parental rights and what triggers intervention by Child Protective Services. Musk wrote, “Those who pushed…
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer accused the Department of Homeland Security on Thursday of lying about the circumstances surrounding the death of a nearly blind refugee who was found dead in Buffalo days after U.S. Border Patrol agents dropped him off alone at a Tim Hortons on a cold night. Schumer posted…
CHAPPAQUA, N.Y. — Former President Bill Clinton said Friday that he had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse and would have reported the financier to authorities if he had “any inkling” of what was happening, as Clinton sat for a closed-door deposition before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. “As someone who grew…
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi credited President Barack Obama with using diplomacy to block Iran’s path to a nuclear weapon and accused President Donald Trump’s administration of “throwing away” that progress as U.S.-Iran tensions rise and nuclear negotiations continue. “President Obama masterfully used diplomacy to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon,” Pelosi said in…
BOSTON — A claim circulating widely on social media that “the first openly trans lawmaker” has pleaded guilty to child sex charges refers to Stacie-Marie Laughton, a former New Hampshire state representative who pleaded guilty in federal court to child sexual exploitation charges stemming from sexually explicit images taken at a Massachusetts day care, according…