A competitive House race in upstate New York heats up as Republican Peter Oberacker attacks Democrat Josh Riley over his ties to a utility company.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a press conference on U.S. military action in Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, on March 2, 2026. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said Friday that there is no evidence that Iran is laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. When asked in
The U.S. military has eliminated Iran’s “entire ballistic missile production capacity” in just under two weeks of intensive operations, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth told reporters on Friday, adding that “every company that builds every component of those missiles has been functionally defeated.” “We’re shooting down and destroying what missiles they still have in stock,
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer in Brussels, Belgium, on Nov. 24, 2025. Piroschka van de Wouw/Reuters The United States is hoping for little change in trade with China in the short term, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer signaled on March 13, ahead of his Paris trip for the first cabinet-level sit-down since the Supreme Court
Two Democratic lawmakers are proposing tax overhauls that would eliminate federal income taxes for millions of Americans. The two bills — one backed by Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey, and the other from Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland — are rolling out as Republicans tout the impact of the tax cuts enacted under
President Donald J. Trump’s relentless pursuit of American energy dominance has “prepared the U.S. and its allies for the current troubles in the Persian Gulf,” Kimberley Strassel writes in The Wall Street Journal. “The Democratic-media complex seems determined to get everything wrong about Iran, though few efforts compare with this week’s work to tag the
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) on Thursday said Americans “can live with” higher gas prices, a surge that’s a result of the nearly two-week-long joint U.S.-Israeli military operation in Iran. Jordan told CNN’s Kasie Hunt that Americans have the “common sense” to “understand that to stop this regime that for 47 years has killed Americans, killed…