Venezuela’s opposition leader María Corina Machado held private talks in the White House Friday as she struggles to retain her political voice in the face of the Trump administration’s growing support for her rival in Caracas, interim President Delcy Rodríguez.

The talks prompted dual narratives from people familiar with the discussions ...Read more

It’s not just that Marco Rubio is eclipsing other Cabinet members in President Donald Trump’s second term.

Or even that he has reignited long-dormant speculation that he could become president.

It’s that Rubio, in little more than a year, is becoming arguably the most consequential U.S. secretary of state in decades by ditching the last ...Read more

In recent days, tensions over the U.S. war in Iran have steadily mounted.

Polls have shown the campaign is widely unpopular. An entire flank of President Donald Trump's MAGA base has criticized it as a clear departure from the "America First" mantra Trump has long espoused. Leaders within the Trump administration have pushed against claims it ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump demanded Iran capitulate in the war’s seventh day, suggesting a longer timeframe for the conflict even amid energy-market tumult and worries about whether the U.S. has the military stockpiles to carry on the fight indefinitely.

Trump called for “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” and noted a plan for the U.S....Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump demanded Iran capitulate in the war’s seventh day, suggesting a longer timeframe for the conflict even amid energy-market tumult and worries about whether the U.S. has the military stockpiles to carry on the fight indefinitely.

Trump called for “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” and noted a plan for the U.S....Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States would accept nothing short of Iran's "unconditional surrender," signaling that the possibility of regime change may be emerging as an objective as the expanding war in the Middle East entered its seventh day.

In a Truth Social post, Trump indicated that diplomatic ...Read more

As the deadline approaches to file to run for office, veteran Republican Rep. Darrell Issa has decided not to run for reelection in his newly-configured congressional district in California's San Diego and Riverside counties, according to two GOP strategists familiar with his plans.

An Issa spokesperson did not respond to requests for comment, ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A federal court in New York took the first official steps this week to start the refund process for the worldwide tariff regime that the Supreme Court said violated the law.

Judge Richard K. Eaton of the U.S. Court of International Trade said in an order Wednesday that importers were due refunds for tariffs paid under the ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States would accept nothing short of Iran's "unconditional surrender," signaling that the possibility of regime change may be emerging as an objective as the expanding war in the Middle East entered its seventh day.

In a Truth Social post, Trump indicated that diplomatic ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s decades-old fixation on Iran threatens to derail his second term, as he displays the kind of “magical thinking” about the Middle East that has hobbled previous commanders in chief.

Overly optimistic views helped spawn the lengthy and expensive post-9/11 conflicts that Trump ran against during three ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas announced Thursday night he was dropping his reelection bid after the Ethics Committee opened an investigation into his alleged affair with a staffer who later died by suicide.

Gonzales’ decision came hours after House Republican leadership called on him to abandon his bid for another term...Read more

WASHINGTON — Bills that would seek to provide greater online protections for kids moved forward on both sides of Capitol Hill on Thursday, though a House measure was pulled back from a committee vote in a bid for bipartisan support.

The Senate passed a bipartisan bill by unanimous consent that would amend current law to enhance protections ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States would accept nothing short of Iran’s “unconditional surrender,” signaling that the possibility of regime change may be emerging as an objective as the expanding war in the Middle East entered its seventh day.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said negotiations with ...Read more

President Donald Trump said he doesn’t want to negotiate an end to the war with Iran in a post on social media that demanded Tehran capitulate as U.S. and Israeli airstrikes continue.

“There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding that the U.S. and its allies would select a “GREAT &...Read more

U.S. President Donald Trump demanded Iran surrender as the war on the Islamic Republic raged for a seventh day, with the impact reverberating across global supply chains and energy markets.

Washington won’t negotiate an end to the conflict and will only accept “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Friday, raising fears...Read more

President Donald Trump said he doesn’t want to negotiate an end to the war with Iran in a post on social media that demanded Tehran capitulate as U.S. and Israeli airstrikes continue.

“There will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” Trump wrote on Truth Social, adding that the U.S. and its allies would select a “GREAT &...Read more

President Donald Trump Friday demanded the “unconditional surrender” of Iran and installation of “acceptable” leaders as conditions to end the weeklong war with Tehran that has spread across the volatile Middle East.

“There will be no deal with Iran except unconditional surrender … and the selection of a great & acceptable leader(s)...Read more

The Trump administration’s aggressive policies on immigration are receiving pushback not just on Capitol Hill but across the country. Democratic leaders in multiple states are refusing to cooperate with immigration arrests.

In response, the federal government is refusing to share evidence with state investigators in the deaths of ...Read more

Three FBI interviews that contain graphic sexual and physical assault allegations against President Donald Trump were released Thursday by the Justice Department.

The reports were follow-up interviews a woman gave to the FBI in 2019, when the agency was investigating Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking crimes.

There is no...Read more