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White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt closed Wednesday’s daily press briefing with more renderings of President Donald Trump‘s new 250-foot “United States Triumphal Arch.” The Interior Department will submit plans for the “architectural masterpiece” to honor the “enduring triumph of the American spirit” in Washington, D.C., as part of the nation’s 250th birthday celebrations, Leavitt … Read more

Israeli voters are against a ceasefire with Iran, and think Netanyahu has not gone far enough.

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans voted down a resolution Wednesday pushed by Democrats to prohibit President Donald Trump from taking further military action in Iran

Republicans aren’t ready to jump ship against President Donald Trump’s Iran war, as evidenced by another failed attempt to handcuff his war powers in the Middle East, but they also aren’t lining up to support a prolonged conflict. Senate Republicans blocked another war powers resolution from Senate Democrats for a fourth time on Tuesday as … Read more

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt slammed Democrats on Wednesday over mounting sexual assault allegations against former Rep. Eric Swalwell, questioning what they knew and why no one spoke out sooner. “I think the accusations and allegations against former Rep. Swalwell are despicable and disgusting,” said Leavitt. “It’s also quite plausible that there were many … Read more

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said during a White House press briefing that he is “optimistic” that gas prices will fall back to $3 a gallon in the next few months as the price per barrel decreases.

Surveillance video shows a school principal in Oklahoma tackling and disarming a former student armed with two semi-automatic handguns. Kirk Moore, principal of Pauls Valley high school, was shot in the leg as he wrestled the attacker. He is now healthy and recovering. Investigators said the alleged attacker, Victor Lee Hawkins, fired several shots before … Read more

How the attention economy produced a moment of congressional reckoning.

Mormon Wives star was accused of domestic violence by her former partner Dakota Mortensen Prosecutors in Utah have declined to press charges against Taylor Frankie Paul, star of the reality show The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives, after she was accused of domestic violence. In a statement on Tuesday, the Salt Lake county district attorney’s … Read more

Officials say charity fundraiser that flooded New York with drunk people in Santa costumes every Christmas was a con A SantaCon charity fundraiser that floods New York City with inebriated young people in red and white Santa costumes every holiday season was true to its name: a con, federal authorities said as they arrested its … Read more