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By MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday narrowly passed a resolution to halt U.S. military action in Iran, sending a warning to President Donald Trump for the second time as the war has escalated and the future of the conflict is increasingly uncertain. The 214-208 vote requiring congressional approval for the war … Read more
By ERIC TUCKER WASHINGTON (AP) — A key Republican lawmaker says he believes that special counsel Jack Smith may have made false statements to Congress while testifying about his investigation of President Donald Trump and that the Justice Department should consider prosecuting him. Lawyers for Smith deny the allegation and say he testified truthfully.continue reading …
By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and JOCELYN NOVECK WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Navy is taking a major step to restrict press access to information about service members by no longer releasing information about any sailor’s service history — information that has been freely offered by the service for decades. The move, which officials say is being … Read more
Extreme snow droughts like the one that plagued the West last winter will become more frequent — and eventually the norm — across much of the Western U.S. as climate change fuels warmer temperatures, according to a new study led by a Colorado School of Mines professor. Climate change made the season’s low snowfall four … Read more
A federal judge opened the door for an appeals court to decide whether President Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 tweet — sent as rioters stormed the Capitol — was protected by presidential immunity. U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta ruled Wednesday that he would not reverse his earlier decision shielding the tweet from a civil lawsuit … Read more
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) was the subject of a likely premature obituary from a veteran political reporter from his hometown. The 84-year-old Kentucky Republican remains out of sight, recovering in a rehabilitation facility from pneumonia after a fall last month that left him briefly unconscious, but the vague explanations for his lengthy absence continue … Read more
Prosecutors on the Justice Department’s voter roll seizure team told a journalist’s lawyers they won’t put anything in writing because their own words might be used against them in court. The admission came in a federal case against independent journalist Georgia Fort, who was arrested at her Minneapolis home in January while covering an … Read more
CNN anchor Jake Tapper stunned one of his colleagues on Wednesday while discussing the findings of a new investigation into the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis. Tapper investigated the Trump administration’s Operation Metro Surge, which sent about 3,000 immigration agents into Minneapolis in January 2026, and the corresponding continue reading … Read more
Reactions were mounting on Wednesday after President Donald Trump made a questionable remark about slain military service members — in front of one of the Gold Star families. Trump was speaking at Wheeler High School in Marietta, Georgia, when he spoke about the men and women killed in the Iran war. He had just arrived … Read more
First lady Melania Trump’s legal battle against one of her husband’s biographers intensified this week after her lawyers moved to sanction the author for filing what they described as a “meritless” lawsuit against Trump. Trump’s lawyers moved to sanction Michael Wolff, who has written four books about President Donald Trump, after a judge tossed … Read more
