A party-line tactic to ram legislation through Congress and bypass the Senate filibuster has become a dumping ground for Republicans’ legislative priorities throughout the year. Now, as Democrats refuse to fund immigration operations, Republicans are once again readying a budget reconciliation package. The hard part will be getting enough of the GOP on the same page to craft a bill ...
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s departure last week was the latest in a series of high-profile firings or resignations of America’s top law enforcement officer, from a key Watergate figure to a well-respected attorney whose differences with the president became irreconcilable. Former President George Washington appointed Founding Father and former Virginia Gov. Edmund Randolph the nation’s first attorney general in 1789, ...
In a scene that unfolded like a Hollywood script, hundreds of American troops descended into the rugged mountains of southwestern Iran on Saturday to rescue a wounded airman who spent nearly two days hiding from Iranian forces. What followed was a high-stakes combat search-and-rescue mission deep inside Iran, with U.S. forces racing to locate and extract the wounded officer before ...
High-level sources have informed Fox News that during rescue efforts in Iran after a U.S. fighter jet was shot down, the commander of U.S. Central Command directed an attack against an underground Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps headquarters. While the airman rescue was going on, CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper directed a strike on an IRGC headquarters in an underground facility ...
President Donald Trump touted the “historic” rescue of the downed F-15E airmen behind enemy lines and issued a warning to Iran to make a deal before Tuesday night’s 8 p.m. ET deadline or face being “taken out.” “This is a rescue that’s very historic,” Trump told the White House press corps in a Monday news conference. “It’ll go down to ...
Oil prices surged Thursday, threatening to further drive up the price of gas as hopes for a near-term resolution to the Iran war faded following President Donald Trump’s address to the nation. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. Stocks were volatile, with major indexes plunging early in the day before moving ...
The United States added 178,000 jobs in March, blowing past expectations and showing a resilient labor market just as the war with Iran began escalating, sending up oil prices. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The unemployment rate fell to 4.3% last month, down from 4.4%. The gains were concentrated in ...
Savannah Guthrie returned to the “TODAY” anchor desk Monday, more than two months after her mother disappeared. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “We are so glad you started your week with us, and it is good to be home,” Guthrie said at the start of the show. She wore a ...
The daring U.S. military rescue of a seriously wounded airman is being hailed as an American success story, as President Donald Trump announced “we got him!” and detailed the “AMAZING show of bravery and talent,” turning a potential American setback into a show of might. Details about the rescue are trickling in, including senior administration officials telling Fox News how ...
President Donald Trump directed a profanity-laced message to Iran on Sunday, signaling the U.S. will target the regime’s power plants and bridges on Tuesday if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened. “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran,” Trump’s post read. “There will be nothing like it!!!” “Open the F—– ...