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The Israeli military’s overnight attack inside Iran killed Tehran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Crops (IRGC) Commander Hossein Salami, according to multiple Iranian state media reports. “Major General Hossein Salami, head of the Islamic Revolutionary…

A federal appeals court panel late Thursday temporarily lifted a judge’s order ruling President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard illegal, enabling the troops to remain assisting with immigration raids in Los Angeles, for now. The ruling from the…

Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-Calif.) called for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem to resign after Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was forcibly removed and later handcuffed at her Thursday press conference in Los Angeles. “Kristi Noem should…

Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) denied the Trump administration’s claims that he lunged at Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem during a Thursday presser in Los Angeles. "I wasn't lunging at her or anybody, and yes, I identified myself," Padilla told CNN's…

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday evening the U.S. was not involved in Israeli strikes inside Iran in an effort to distance Washington from getting in between the two adversaries. “Tonight, Israel took unilateral action against Iran. We are not…

A federal judge on Thursday ruled President Trump must return control of California’s National Guard to Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) by Friday afternoon, prompting a lightning-fast appeal that began within minutes. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer, an appointee…

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) said Thursday Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) should be charged after being apprehended by law enforcement during a Department of Homeland Security presser. Padilla verbally identified himself as a senator but was not wearing…

An Air India commercial jet carrying more than 200 passengers en route to London crashed minutes after taking off Thursday morning from the Indian state of Gujarat. The Boeing 787-7 aircraft had 242 passengers and crew members on board. Air India said later…

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday closed out his third and final day of hearings on Capitol Hill with several clashes with lawmakers as he dodged questions on invading Greenland, Ukraine aid, his use of the app Signal, and troop deployment in Los…

A federal judge warned at a Thursday hearing that accepting the Trump administration’s assertion he has no authority to review the president’s National Guard deployment in Los Angeles is a slippery slope. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said he hoped…

Democratic Rep. John Mannion erupted at fellow New York Rep. Mike Lawler (R) on the House floor Thursday afternoon — with no shortage of f-bombs — in apparent outrage over Sen. Alex Padilla’s (D-Calif.) incident with law enforcement earlier in the day.…

President Trump’s top diplomat in Africa, Troy Fitrell, will retire from the State Department next month, and Jonathan Pratt, the Bureau of African Affairs deputy assistant secretary, will take his place.  “After a long and distinguished career, the…

Democrats on Capitol Hill were furious Thursday after Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.) was forcibly removed and handcuffed after trying to question Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at a press conference in Los Angeles.   After Padilla identified himself…

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