
NBC News - 35 min 18 sec ago
The Republican primary runoff in Texas' Senate race will continue, with the deadline for a candidate to drop out of the race passing on Tuesday as President Donald Trump weighs backing Sen. John Cornyn or state Attorney General Ken Paxton.

The Raw Story - 58 min 23 sec ago
An analyst described how President Donald Trump 's recent attacks on NATO allies and reversed requests for assistance to reopen the vital oil channel, the Strait of Hormuz, have revealed how the president views war. MS NOW host Nicolle Wallace was talking to Tom Nichols, staff writer at The Atlantic, about why Trump's comments have isolated the United States from its European allies in his war against Iran . "There's such an erratic nature to his comments about what he wants and...

NBC News - 1 hour 4 min ago
President Donald Trump dropped his push for U.S. allies to protect the Strait of Hormuz from Iranian threats an about-face that came just one day after he called upon nations to "get involved" so oil tankers can safely navigate the crucial shipping lane.

The Raw Story - 1 hour 26 min ago
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt reversed her tune on Tuesday after previously saying there was "no imminent threat" from Iran then five days later saying the complete opposite. Leavitt wrote a lengthy response on X to Joe Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, the first administration official to speak out against the war and exit his role. Kent was a longtime MAGA ally of President Donald Trump , who appointed him to the job, and early Tuesday shared his decision...

The Raw Story - 2 hours 25 min ago
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard faced criticism for her response to the resignation of Joe Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center. In his resignation letter, Kent said that he was quitting because he could not "in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran." Gabbard responded hours later by expressing tepid support for President Donald Trump. But she did not come out in favor of or criticize the war effort. "The Office of the Director of National...

The Raw Story - 2 hours 39 min ago
Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones urged President Donald Trump's MAGA supporters to follow the lead of Joe Kent, an intelligence official who quit the administration over the war in Iran. "Well, it's historic time for America and the world. Facts are all coming out. This is truly the age of revelation," Jones declared on his Tuesday broadcast. "Joe Kent. The head of the Office of National Counterterrorism, number two under Tulsi Gabbard, who oversees all 17 intelligence...

NBC News - 2 hours 41 min ago
Senate Republicans voted to bring up the SAVE America Act to overhaul election laws nationwide, kicking off a long debate over President Donald Trump's No. 1 priority.

The Raw Story - 2 hours 47 min ago
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard indicated tepid support for President Donald Trump. Still, she did not endorse the war in Iran following the resignation of Joe Kent, one of her top deputies. "After much reflection, I have decided to resign from my position as Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, effective today," Kent said in an X post on Tuesday. "I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and...

Mother Jones - 2 hours 49 min ago
Joe Kent has resigned as the director of the National Counterterrorism Center in protest of President Donald Trump's ongoing war against Iran. Kent, a twice-failed Washington congressional candidate aligned with the isolationist MAGA right, is the highest-ranking Trump official to quit because of the war. But Kent didn’t portray the president as the real villain […]...

UPI - 2 hours 55 min ago
President Donald Trump hosted Irish Prime Minister Miche l Martin at the White House on Tuesday during their annual St. Patrick's Day visit.

Fox News - 3 hours 17 min ago
Gavin Newsom called the FCC chair's media warning "sick," according to Semafor on Monday, and referred to President Donald Trump as "Dear Leader" during an interivew.

Refinery29 - 3 hours 21 min ago
People walk along a quiet street in Havana on February 8, 2026. The Cuban government on February 6 announced emergency measures to address a crippling energy crisis worsened by US sanctions, including the adoption of a four-day work week for state-owned companies and fuel sale restrictions. (Photo by ADALBERTO ROQUE / AFP via Getty Images) A quick Google search of "Cuba" yields three dominant themes: the U.S. embargo on the Caribbean island, President Donald Trump , and oil, with the Cuban...

UPI - 4 hours 4 min ago
President Donald Trump told reporters Tuesday that he has delayed his trip to China for "five or six weeks" to focus on the war against Iran.

The Raw Story - 4 hours 47 min ago
Republicans who will be out of power and, in some cases, out of a job will look back on how they let President Donald Trump use his bully pulpit to pursue his own interests while leaving them " holding the bag " with furious voters. That was the lesson delivered by Politico's Jonathan Martin on MS NOW Tuesday, where he vociferously asserted that GOP lawmakers are headed for a disaster in November. Speaking with "Morning Joe" co-host Jonathan Lemire, Martin said, "It goes...

Babylon Bee - 4 hours 52 min ago
TEHRAN At President Donald Trump's direction, the U.S. military successfully took out Iran's new gay supreme leader by luring him out of his bunker with a cardboard cutout of Baywatch star David Hasselhoff.

CNBC - 5 hours 4 min ago
The House panel wants to question Bondi about the DOJ's compliance with the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which President Donald Trump signed into law.

NBC News - 5 hours 19 min ago
Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday said that personal criticism of judges is dangerous and urged prominent figures to dial down the rhetoric just days after President Donald Trump launched his most recent broadside against the Supreme Court...

CNBC - 5 hours 35 min ago
President Donald Trump has been pushing Congress to approve the SAVE America Act to require ID at the polls and proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote.

ABC News - 5 hours 40 min ago
President Donald Trump is delaying a diplomatic trip to China that was planned for months but began to unravel as he pressured Beijing and other world powers to form a military coalition to protect the vital Strait of Hormuz...

The Raw Story - 5 hours 41 min ago
President Donald Trump dodged a question on Tuesday about whether the United States would send military troops into Iran . Trump was in the Oval Office with Irish Prime Minister Taoiseach Miche l Martin on St. Patrick's Day when he shrugged off a question about whether sending soldiers into the country was fast becoming an inevitability. "Iran is just a military operation to me. Iran is something that was essentially largely over in two or three days," Trump said. "Because the navy...

The Raw Story - 5 hours 50 min ago
CNN anchor Jim Sciutto reported that European Union (EU) officials had turned their backs on President Donald Trump in Iran after he poisoned the well by trying to take over Greenland and threatening the NATO alliance. In an angry Truth Social post on Tuesday, Trump said NATO countries "don't want to get involved with our Military Operation against the Terrorist Regime of Iran." "We will protect them, but they will do nothing for us, in particular, in a time of need," the U.S...

Daily Signal - 6 hours 12 min ago
Joe Kent, the White House's counterterrorism chief, resigned from his office Tuesday morning, alleging that a pro-war “echo chamber” convinced President Donald Trump to strike... Read More The post Citing ‘Echo Chamber’ on Iran, Trump Counterterrorism Chief Resigns appeared first on The Daily Signal .

NBC News - 6 hours 27 min ago
When asked by reporters about Joe Kent's resignation from his position as the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, President Donald Trump said that Kent had been "weak on security." Kent resigned over the war in Iran.

Fox News - 6 hours 27 min ago
President Donald Trump said Joe Kent's resignation is "a good thing" because he was "weak on security."...