Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair Dan Caine will brief reporters Thursday morning on the U.S. military operation in Iran, just over a week into the fragile ceasefire between the Trump administration and Tehran. Their comments come after Vice President Vance traveled to Pakistan for talks with Iranian officials over bringing an end to the conflict that began in late February — though they failed to move the needle. President Trump, as tensions rise, imposed a blockade on the Strait of Hormuz and has pushed back on Iran for implementing pricy tolls in the key oil shipping channel. China's ties to Iran have also complicated matters.
President Trump is distracting from his own agenda this week, winning headlines for a series of AI posts invoking Jesus Christ even as his administration seeks to drive home preferred messages on the Iran war and the economy. The White House marked Tax Day by putting Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Small Business Administrator Kelly [...]
The leftist lawmaker has been a prime target of President Trump’s attacks on South Africa. The ruling, handed down after a conviction on gun charges, leaves Mr. Malema’s political future in doubt.
Jackson's dismissive attitude to the 'real world' harms that lower courts' overreaching actions have on the executive's constitutional authority raises alarm bells.
KHARTOUM, Sudan — Sudan’s army-appointed prime minister declared victory last week in the long-running civil war against the rebel Rapid Support Forces, while holding court with foreign journalists in a borrowed conference room of the minerals department. The ad hoc meeting space represents the Sudanese Armed Forces attempt to exercise a degree of normalcy in [...]
A non-citizen in Minnesota is facing felony charges for voting illegally, as Republicans push for stronger voter ID laws to address election integrity issues. The post Another Noncitizen Faces Charges for Voting Illegally. appeared first on The National Pulse .
A non-citizen in Minnesota is facing felony charges for voting illegally, as Republicans push for stronger voter ID laws to address election integrity issues. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Mukeshkumar Somabhai Chaudhari, a 39-year-old non-citizen, has been charged with perjury and a voting violation after allegedly registering to vote and casting a ballot in the 2024 election in Minnesota . Authorities report that Chaudhari initially denied voting but later admitted to it, claiming he “made a mistake” and was unaware of the prohibition against non-citizens voting until he was informed of it during his green card process. DETAIL: Investigators believe Chaudhari’s voter registration was triggered when he obtained a Minnesota driver’s…Open
