Trump says U.S. will “take over the Gaza Strip”

President Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. would “take over the Gaza Strip” and “own it,” continued to promote the idea that the Palestinian people should live elsewhere.  Mr. Trump, whose comments came at a joint news conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said the Palestinians in Gaza “should not go through a process of

Senate Confirms Pam Bondi as Attorney General

Bondi encountered opposition from Democrats concerned about her ability to remain independent from Trump. The Senate voted on Feb. 4 to confirm former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Department of Justice. The 54-46 vote came a week after the Senate Judiciary Committee voted along party lines to

Trump Says Iran Faces ‘Total Obliteration’ If It Assassinates Him

Trump said he’s ‘left instructions’ for the United States to take out Iran if the regime kills him. WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump said on Feb. 4 that the state of Iran will be annihilated if it assassinates him. “It would be called total obliteration,” he told reporters in the Oval Office in response to a question