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Iran's Deadline is here. What happens next? The world is watching
As a critical geopolitical deadline arrives, the world is waiting to see how Iran and the international community respond to rising tensions. This episode explores the potential consequences of this p...
WORLD WAR THREE IS NOW
Iran mobilizes civilians to form human chains around key power plants as fears grow over imminent U.S. strikes on critical infrastructure. Trump escalates threats, warning that the country could face ...
GOP’s Clay Fuller to replace Taylor Greene in Congress
Republicans have avoided an upset and elected the President Trump-endorsed Clay Fuller to fill former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s (R-Ga.) seat in Congress, according to Decision Desk HQ. Fuller, a ...
Plea deal reached for man charged with threatening to torture Supreme Court justices
An Alaska man charged with threatening to torture and assassinate six Supreme Court justices and some of their family members has reached a plea deal, according to a new court filing on Tuesday. Pano...
Carville: Trump ‘deteriorating at a really rapid rate’
Democratic strategist James Carville on Monday said President Trump is deteriorating at a “rapid rate” as he weighs options regarding Iran and works on messaging to the American people. Trump, who an...
Pope Leo calls Trump’s ‘whole civilization’ Iran threat ‘truly unacceptable’
Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday called President Trump’s latest threat against Iran “unacceptable.” “Today, as we all know, there was this threat against the entire people of Iran, and this is truly unaccept...
Trump suspends attacks on Iran for 2 weeks amid negotiations
President Trump said Tuesday that he would “suspend” an escalation of attacks on Iran for two weeks as long as Iran agrees to open the Strait of Hormuz. In a Truth Social post less than two hours befo...
House Republican breaks with Trump, says he doesn’t support destruction of a ‘whole civilization’
Rep. Nathaniel Moran (R-Texas) said Tuesday he doesn’t support President Trump’s threat that a “whole civilization will die tonight” ahead of his 8 p.m. deadline for Iran to strike a peace deal. “Let ...
Trump announces Iran ceasefire ahead of 8 p.m. deadline
He said the ceasefire was subject to Iran opening the Strait of Hormuz.
Crow urges US service members to ‘follow the law’ if ordered to carry out strikes on Iranian civilians
Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) on Tuesday urged U.S. service members to “follow the law” if directed to strike Iranian civilians targets, after President Trump issued a dire threat to Iran earlier in the d...
Murkowski: Trump, Iran must de-escalate ‘unprecedented saber-rattling before it is too late’
Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) on Tuesday called on President Trump and Iran to de-escalate from their “unprecedented saber-rattling before it is too late” after the president issued an ominous warnin...
Pelosi calls for Cabinet to invoke 25th Amendment on Trump over Iran remarks
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Tuesday urged members of President Trump’s Cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment and hand his powers to the vice president over his remarks about wiping ...
Trump with no guard rails: ‘Civilization will die’ post shows his growing power over social media
"In his first term, I think people would have been a lot more worked up about whether or not a post like this should or should not stay up," former Facebook official Katie Harbath said.
Trump announces slate of Indiana endorsements ahead of May primary
President Trump on Tuesday announced a slate of endorsements for various Indiana state legislative races ahead of the state’s May primary. Although several of Trump’s endorsements, which were posted ...
GOP uneasiness over Trump Iran threats grows as deadline ticks closer
President Trump’s scathing threats against Iran sent tremors across Capitol Hill, as anxiety mounted among some GOP lawmakers ahead of Trump’s 8 p.m. deadline. Less than two hours before that time, he...
Trump’s Iran rhetoric on wiping out civilization faces deep backlash
President Trump’s extraordinary rhetoric threatening Iran’s civilization faced a severe backlash Tuesday amid conflicting signals over whether he was poised to make a deal with Tehran or intensify the...
4 ways Trump has suggested the Strait of Hormuz could be reopened — and why they're a tough lift
President Donald Trump has floated several — at times contradictory — ways for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, even as Iran’s blockade is already driving up prices and squeezing economies amid an unce...
Allegations Rep. Tony Gonzales sent explicit texts to second staffer spark calls for action
New allegations that Rep. Tony Gonzales sent sexually explicit text messages to a campaign staffer marked the second time the Texas Republican has been accused of sexual advances toward an employee an...
Live results: Wisconsin Supreme Court election underway
Wisconsin voters will decide Tuesday between liberal candidate Chris Taylor and conservative contender Maria Lazar for a seat on the state’s Supreme Court. Although the race has not garnered the same ...