The Senate on Tuesday failed to advance a measure directing President Trump to withdraw U.S. forces from hostilities against Iran despite four Republican senators breaking ranks and voting in favor.
GOP Sens. Rand Paul (Ky.), Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska) and Bill Cassidy (La.) voted for a motion, sponsored by Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), to discharge the war powers resolution out of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday criticized former President Biden’s decision to go for another White House term in 2024. Read more. |
President Trump, in France at the G7 Summit, looked ahead to the next stage of talks with Iran, but urged Israel to tone down its attacks on Lebanon. Read more. |
Pundit Bill O’Reilly said Monday that Israel’s response to the new deal to end the war between the U.S. and Iran is “a big tell” and that “the Israelis want the ability to strike back any time they want for any attack on them.” Read more. |
“The View” hosts Whoopi Goldberg and Sunny Hostin on Tuesday pressed Vice President Vance on the Trump administration’s removal of Black history from sites around the country and the dismantling of majority-Black voting districts. Read more. |
Anthropic took down its newest AI models last week, after the Trump administration slapped the company with an export control order requiring it to block foreign nationals from accessing its latest technology.
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Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) met with Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday for what he described as a “positive interview,” but did not commit to backing his nomination to head the Department of Justice.
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Vice President Vance mocked Major League Baseball for issuing a warning to a handful of San Francisco Giants players who wore Bible verses on their Pride Night ball caps during a recent game.
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The Trump administration on Tuesday announced that special education and civil rights oversight would no longer be helmed by the Department of Education.
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