Washington — Sen. Joni Ernst, an Iowa Republican, officially announced Tuesday that she won’t seek reelection in 2026 after two terms in the Senate. “After a tremendous amount of prayer and reflection, I will not be seeking reelection in 2026,” Ernst said in a video announcement. Ernst, 55, was elected to the Senate in 2014,
President Trump is expected to announce Tuesday afternoon that U.S. Space Command headquarters is moving from Colorado Springs, Colorado, to Huntsville, Alabama, according to a U.S. official and two sources familiar with the planning. Mr. Trump signed an executive order in 2018 reestablishing U.S. Space Command, after it had been absorbed in 2002 into U.S.
Washington — Congress returns this week from its August recess staring down a deadline to fund the government and avert a possible shutdown by month’s end. But a handful of other GOP priorities — from cracking down on crime to fast-tracking President Trump’s nominees — have bubbled up in recent weeks, along with lingering tensions
Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler, the longest-serving New Yorker in the House, will not seek reelection in 2026, stating that there’s a “necessity for generational change in the party.” In an interview published Monday in The New York Times, Nadler said that after watching former President Joe Biden withdraw from the 2024 election following his rough
Nine former directors of the CDC have penned an op-ed for the New York Times condemning Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decisions as “endangering every American’s health.” It’s part of the continued fallout over the firing of the agency’s director last week. Dr. Céline Gounder has more. Original CBS News Link</a
President Trump announced Monday that he will award Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. “As President of the United States of America, I am pleased to announce that Rudy Giuliani, the greatest Mayor in the history of New York City, and an equally great American Patriot, will receive THE PRESIDENTIAL
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday said he “would constitutionally declare a republic in arms” if the South American country were attacked by forces that the United States government has deployed to the Caribbean. Maduro claimed eight U.S. military vessels “with 1,200 missiles” were targeting his country, calling them “the greatest threat that has been seen on our continent