U.S. Representative Ryan Zinke (R-MT) walks past protesters as Pete Marocco, deputy administrator-designate at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), attends a meeting with members of Congress to discuss foreign assistance, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S. March 5, 2025. Kent Nishimura | Reuters President Donald Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill are downplaying…
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, next to U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, speaks to the media on the day of a briefing for the House of Representatives on the situation in Venezuela, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., Jan. 7, 2026 Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday that…
The U.S. seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker that was being shadowed by a Russian submarine on Wednesday, after a more than two-week-long pursuit across the Atlantic as part of a U.S. “blockade” of Venezuelan oil exports, two U.S. officials told Reuters. This appeared to be the first time in recent memory that the U.S. military…
The move comes a day after Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said he would not seek reelection amid political fallout over a massive fraud probe in his state. <
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) walks out of the Senate Chamber of the U.S. Capitol Building on Oct. 1, 2025 in Washington, DC. Andrew Harnik | Getty Images Sen. Ruben Gallego said Tuesday that he was introducing a resolution to block President Donald Trump from invading Greenland. “WAKE UP,” Gallego, D-Ariz., wrote on the social media…
Trump critic, George Conway, attends an event for the group Principles First off site of the RNC on day three of the convention at Pabst Best Place on July 17, 2024. Sara Stathas | The Washington Post | Getty Images George Conway, who was once married to a former adviser to the president before becoming…
A view of houses in the old town of Nuuk, Greenland, March 27, 2025. Leonhard Foeger | Reuters Donald Trump is interested in annexing Greenland, an Arctic island offering a wealth of untapped mineral resources. But as the U.S. president dialled up the rhetoric about America annexing the self-governing Danish territory, sparking a backlash from…
Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-Calif., leaves a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the Capitol Hill Club on Wednesday, January 22, 2025. Tom Williams | Cq-roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images California Republican Rep. Doug LaMalfa has died, House GOP officials said on Tuesday. He was 65. LaMalfa’s death tightens the razor-thin House majority and…
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks during a news conference at the Wilshire Federal Building in Los Angeles, June 12, 2025. Patrick T. Fallon | Afp | Getty Images The Department of Homeland Security on Monday blasted Hilton Hotels, saying that DHS officers had a reservation abruptly canceled by a Minneapolis hotel because…
Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota and Democratic vice-presidential nominee, watches as US Vice President Kamala Harris, not pictured, speaks at Howard University in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. Kamala Harris has called Donald Trump to concede the election to the President-elect, a senior aide to the Vice President told Bloomberg. Al Drago…
