The homeland security secretary, who was fired by President Trump Thursday, helped fulfill his border pledges, but also drew negative attention to his administration.Ms. Noem testified on Capitol Hill this week.
The remarkable split-screen underscored how abruptly Kristi Noem’s ouster as homeland security secretary had unfolded, even by the standards of President Trump’s fast-paced Washington.
Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut said Democrats had evidence to suggest Kristi Noem lied under oath during a Senate hearing on Tuesday.Senator Richard Blumenthal speaking on Capitol Hill in January. Blumenthal said that Kristi Noem’s removal did not protect her from an investigation.
The Feb. 28 school strike in Minab, which killed dozens, including children, appears to have been part of an attack on an adjacent naval base in southern Iran, where officials said U.S. forces were operating.
A handful of Democrats joined Republicans to defeat an effort to force President Trump to go to Congress for approval to continue using force against Iran, while two G.O.P. lawmakers backed it.Representative Thomas Massie of Kentucky was one of two Republicans to back the effort.
Mojtaba Khamenei, center, the son of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, participates in the annual Quds Day rally in Tehran, Iran, in 2019.
The pages had been withheld from the trove of documents related to the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein because of what officials called a mistaken determination that they were duplicates.The Justice Department acknowledged on Thursday that it had also identified about a dozen other documents
The actions of Ms. Halligan, who as a U.S. attorney brought criminal cases against President Trump’s enemies, are under review by the organization that licensed her to practice law.Lindsey Halligan at the White House last August.
Washington has rapidly warmed up ties with Venezuela — and applied major pressure on it — since capturing the country’s president, Nicolás Maduro, two months ago.A protest last month in Caracas, Venezuela’s capital, demanding freedom for political prisoners.
Anthropic has said it will sue the Defense Department over the designation, which could prevent the start-up from doing business with the U.S. government.Although Anthropic is the only company that provides the Pentagon with artificial intelligence technologies for use on classified systems, other c
Several House members had called for Mr. Gonzales, a Texas Republican, to step down after texts emerged showing his pursuit of a staff member who later killed herself.Representative Tony Gonzales at a House Homeland Security Committee hearing in Washington last month.
Minutes before the Senate filing deadline, Senator Steve Daines withdrew his re-election bid and an ally jumped in. Even some fellow Republicans criticized the 11th-hour switch.Kurt Alme, who has been serving as the U.S. attorney for Montana, was endorsed by Senator Steve Daines and President Trump
Mr. Parnas, who once tried to help find damaging information on Hunter Biden, said his background had turned him into “an advocate for speaking truth to power.”Lev Parnas announced his campaign in a video and post on Substack on Wednesday.
Presidents have sidestepped Congress to launch limited military strikes for decades. Trump’s decision to attack Iran is an aggressive escalation.
By transmitting his love of live performance, the “Just in Time” actor has completed his ascendance to full musical stardom.
Liberal justices accused their colleagues of expanding use of the emergency docket again in two orders issued this week.Since President Trump returned to the White House, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority has shown a willingness to short-circuit lower-court proceedings.
After repeated but cryptic rebukes from the justices, Judge Brian Murphy last week again ruled against one of the administration’s signature immigration programs.Camp Lemonnier in Djibouti.
The country is casting an ever wider net in its search for accountability after mass shootings. Charging parents is an emerging tactic.Community members gather at a memorial at Apalachee High School in Winder, Ga., in 2024.
The physical struggle, involving Senator Tim Sheehy of Montana, was captured on video. The protester, Brian McGinnis, said on social media that his arm was broken.Brian McGinnis, a Marine veteran from North Carolina, was protesting military actions in Iran when he was forcibly removed from a Senate
Three women were slain in two locations, officials said on Thursday. A frantic manhunt involving four states led to an arrest, but a motive was still unclear.Torrey, Utah, in 2023. The authorities asked residents there and in surrounding areas to lock their doors and stay home on Thursday before the
Cars have become so expensive that many Americans are putting off or not buying new cars, hurting the auto industry.The average monthly payment for a new car was $774 at the end of last year, and the average new car now costs nearly $50,000.
A draft assessment of the health of nature in the United States is grim but shot through with bright spots and possibility.A dried part of the Arkansas River in Garden City, Kan.
An unusual outbreak of wildfires in city parks gave scientists a chance to study these rare events. Now they’re coming to different conclusions.
One year in, assessing budget cuts to federal climate and science jobs.Demonstrators gathered to protest against budget cuts outside the headquarters of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Silver Spring, Maryland, last year.
