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On Tuesday, the U.S. Treasury Department announced sanctions against entities in Iran and Russia for their attempts to interfere in the 2024 presidential election. The sanctions target an Iranian organization affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and a Moscow-based group linked to Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency. “These …

President Joe Biden addressed the nation on Wednesday following a devastating terror attack in New Orleans that claimed 15 lives and injured dozens more during New Year’s celebrations. Speaking from Camp David, Biden called the attack “despicable” and offered condolences to the victims and their families. “I want you to …

New Orleans was struck by tragedy early Wednesday when a man drove a pickup truck into a crowd on Bourbon Street during New Year’s celebrations, killing 10 people and injuring more than 30. Authorities have classified the incident as a terrorist attack. The suspect, identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, 42, a …

A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury’s finding that former President Donald Trump sexually abused magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll in a luxury department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed the $5 million award Carroll received after a 2023 civil …

President Joe Biden announced Monday that the U.S. will send nearly $2.5 billion more in weapons to Ukraine, aiming to bolster Kyiv’s defenses against Russia before President-elect Donald Trump takes office on January 20. The package comprises $1.25 billion through presidential drawdown authority, enabling rapid deployment of existing stockpiles, and …

Funeral services of former President Jimmy Carter will span from Jan. 4 to Jan. 9, the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region said Monday. Carter, who died Sunday at 100 in his hometown of Plains, Georgia, lived the longest of any U.S. president in history. Following a service in Georgia and a …

President-elect Donald Trump issued a strong endorsement for House Speaker Mike Johnson ahead of Friday’s critical vote for the speakership. Writing on his Truth Social platform, Trump praised Johnson as a “good, hard-working, religious man” and urged Republican unity as Congress prepares to certify his 2024 election victory and advance …

Former President Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, passed away on Sunday, prompting an outpouring of tributes from across the political spectrum. Leaders hailed Carter for his lifelong dedication to service, humanitarian efforts, and advocacy for global peace. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden called …

Former President Jimmy Carter has died at age 100. Carter served as the 39th president of the United States and 76th governor of Georgia and won a Nobel Prize for his work as a global humanitarian dedicated to waging peace and fighting disease. He was the longest-lived U.S. president, as well as the one …

Senator Bernie Sanders has a message for Fox News readers: The United States is increasingly a country of have and have nots, and it will “move rapidly down the path of oligarchy and the rule of the super-rich” unless the people and political leaders fight for a government and economy …

President-elect Donald Trump has asked the Supreme Court to delay enforcement of a potential TikTok ban, citing a need for time to address the issue through a political resolution once his administration takes office. In a legal brief filed Friday, Trump, who assumes the presidency on January 20, urged the …

The House Republican Party is on the brink of a political standoff that could delay the certification of the Electoral College results on January 6, 2024. Speaker Mike Johnson, struggling to unite his party, faces an uphill battle to retain the gavel amid internal dissent. The GOP’s slim majority has …

A fierce debate has erupted over high-skilled immigration within the MAGA movement after comments from two incoming advisers to President-elect Donald Trump ignited backlash over the H-1B visa program. The controversy underscores deep divisions in Trump’s camp regarding immigration policy and the future of U.S. innovation. The conflict began when …

President-elect Donald Trump announced plans on Tuesday to “vigorously pursue” capital punishment after President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 federal death row inmates. Biden’s decision, which reduced their punishments to life in prison without parole, aimed to align with a moratorium on federal executions, except in cases of …

President-elect Donald Trump sparked fresh international controversy on Christmas Day with a series of Truth Social posts suggesting U.S. control over Canada, Greenland, and the Panama Canal. Trump’s comments ranged from sharp criticism of foreign leaders to a revival of past territorial ambitions, drawing swift reactions from political leaders and …