GOP senators says Trump’s strikes ‘significantly degraded’ Iran but emphasize attacks not ‘forever wars’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! PALM BEACH, FLA. – One week into the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran, two Republican senators on the Senate Armed Services Committee say the military operation has “degraded” Tehran’s ability to strike back. But in exclusive interviews with Fox News Digital, Sens. Rick Scott of Florida … Read more

WATCH: Capitol Hill debate erupts over whether Trump’s Iran strikes amount to ‘war’

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Debate on Capitol Hill continues to rage over whether President Donald Trump started a “war” with the strikes he carried out against Iran last weekend, a key consideration for whether the president must look to Congress for authority to continue Operation Epic Fury. Where Republicans see a … Read more

Kristi Noem stoked controversy at Homeland Security. Why she lost Trump’s trust.

Plans for the largest deportation operation in U.S. history rely on an institution whose leader the president fired this week. Donning flak jackets and cowboy hats, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appeared in several videos over the past year defending agents and urging unauthorized immigrants to leave. Among other controversies, that self-promotion appears to have … Read more

Iran war deaths could resurface Trump’s complicated history with military sacrifice

It’s delicate for any president to watch flag-draped transfer cases return home from overseas, a solemn tradition that honors the dead and shines a spotlight on the human costs of conflict. Donald Trump’s visit Saturday to Dover Air Force Base, honoring the six American service members killed in the war in the Middle East, could … Read more

Iran war threatens Trump’s affordability push as rising energy prices complicate Fed rate cuts

The war with Iran is quickly becoming an economic problem for the United States — and a policy dilemma for the Federal Reserve. Rising oil prices, shipping disruptions in the Middle East and fresh signs of weakness in the U.S. labor market are creating a complicated backdrop just as inflation had begun to show some … Read more

DOJ asks appeals court to restore Trump’s executive orders targeting law firms, just 4 days after moving to drop defense

The Justice Department on Friday asked a federal appeals court to overturn a lower court ruling that invalidated President Trump’s executive orders targeting four major law firms. The move marks an about-face for the government. On Monday, the Justice Department told a D.C.-based appellate court on Monday it intended to voluntarily drop its appeals of … Read more

Capitol Hill Dems hail Trump’s DHS ouster of Noem after heated Senate hearing

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Capitol Hill exploded with reactions on Thursday as news spread that President Donald Trump had ousted Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem. “That she’s gone, you know — hallelujah,” Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Mass., told Fox News Digital on Thursday. “That he’s the replacement, oh my … Read more

America First? War in Iran threatens to split Trump’s MAGA coalition.

President Donald Trump, who has vowed to end America’s involvement in foreign wars since his first campaign a decade ago, is now engaged in the biggest military campaign of his presidency – and some of his most prominent supporters are not happy about it. “There are massive divisions over what we have done here,” said … Read more

Appeals court lifts injunction on Trump’s Chicago immigration operation

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A federal appeals court on Thursday lifted a lower court’s injunction that had restricted immigration agents’ use of force during Operation Midway Blitz, the Trump administration’s major enforcement operation in Chicago. A three-judge panel of the 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled 2-1 to vacate the … Read more

Sen. Peter Welch praises Trump’s ouster of Noem: “She went on a rampage in Minneapolis”

Sen. Peter Welch praises Trump’s ouster of Noem: “She went on a rampage in Minneapolis” – CBS News Watch CBS News President Trump announced on Thursday that he will replace Kristi Noem with Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin as Homeland Security secretary. Democratic Sen. Peter Welch of Vermont joins “The Takeout” with his reaction. Source link