WASHINGTON — Trump administration officials are in discussion with Kurdish leaders in northern Iraq and northwestern Iran about potentially arming groups opposed to the Iranian regime, according to three people with knowledge of the discussions and an Iraqi Kurdish official
The House Ethics Committee opened an investigation into Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, over allegations that he had an affair with a political aide. Committee leaders announced Wednesday that they launched the investigation into whether Gonzales, a married father of six, engaged in sexual misconduct with a female member of his staff and whether he doled … Read more
Deploying the world’s most powerful military seems to exert an almost erotic fascination for Donald Trump This was originally published in This Week in Trumpland; sign up to receive it in your inbox every Wednesday It was a claim uttered repeatedly on the 2024 campaign trail: “I’m the only president in 72 years that didn’t … Read more
State party chair had urged candidates with no ‘viable path’ to victory to drop out to ensure Democratic win in November US politics live – latest updates Sign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inbox One day after California’s Democratic party urged candidates without a “viable path” in … Read more
Democratic voters in Texas displayed a survival instinct in picking James Talarico as their US Senate candidate James Talarico wins Democratic primary for US Senate in Texas Never write off the voter. It has been tempting to despair of an electorate that returned Donald Trump to power in 2024. But as the US midterm elections … Read more
Sri Lanka’s navy responded to a distress call from an Iranian warship, but found only oil slicks, empty life rafts and the bodies of sailors in the water after a U.S. torpedo strike sank the vessel in the Indian Ocean. The Sri Lankan navy sent ships and planes on a rescue mission after receiving a … Read more
Representative Greg Landsman explains his hope that the conflict remains limited but also creates an entirely new Middle East.
President Donald Trump said he will endorse a candidate “soon” in the GOP Senate primary in Texas between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton.
The number of Iranian ballistic missiles launched since the start of Operation Epic Fury has dropped sharply, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Dan Caine said Wednesday, as U.S. forces continue their campaign against Tehran’s military capabilities. Caine said at a Pentagon press briefing that Iranian theater ballistic missile launches are down 86% … Read more
The U.S.-Israeli attack that ended Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s iron-fisted rule of Iran also created a power vacuum in the Islamic Republic for the first time in decades, with a group of clerics convening to cast their votes on who would succeed him.
