Michigan’s Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said she believes America is ready for a woman president, pushing back on recent comments by former first lady Michelle Obama, who said U.S. voters were not ready to elect a woman to the White House. In an interview with NPR released on Tuesday, Whitmer said she has ‘love’ for the former first lady and ‘the last thing I want to do is disagree with her,’ but that she has...
Gunfire echoed through Tehran Tuesday as heavily armed militias were deployed across the Iranian capital, transforming some districts into fortified zones under intense security. Video footage showed bursts of automatic weapons after dark as government buildings, state media sites and major intersections were reportedly placed under guard, with armored pickups and masked fighters patrolling the streets in Toyotas. The trucks were mounted with heavy machine guns and were moving in convoys with weapons firing into...
Israel is watching Iran and is sending a blunt warning to the regime, which is facing international pressure over growing protests. ‘We are in high readiness,’ Israeli United Nations Ambassador Danny Danon told reporters. ‘We are ready with our defense capability, and we’re ready with our offensive capabilities… We would advise Iran not to test our capabilities.’ Danon also said that Israel was aware of where Iran is keeping its ballistic missiles, something Tehran used...
President Donald Trump fueled fresh uncertainty Tuesday, offering a terse ‘you’ll find out’ when asked at the White House how far he would go to get Greenland. Trump dismissed concerns that Greenlanders do not want to join the U.S. and that a move to seize the island would undermine the NATO alliance. In recent weeks, Trump has zeroed in on Greenland, the world’s largest island and a strategic outpost in the Arctic. The remote, semi-autonomous...
Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom slammed foreign world leaders for ‘rolling over’ when confronted by President Donald Trump, declaring he should have brought ‘kneepads’ for foreign dignitaries attending the World Economic Forum in Switzerland. ‘People are rolling over. I should have brought a bunch of kneepads for all the world leaders,’ Newsom told reporters at the World Economic Forum in Davos. ‘It’s just pathetic.’ Newsom is attending the World Economic Forum and is expected to...
President Donald Trump has suggested his proposed ‘Board of Peace’ in Gaza could replace the U.N., underscoring what one national security analyst has described as a revision of the ‘existing international order.’ Asked Tuesday whether he envisioned the new body supplanting the U.N., Trump replied, ‘It might.’ Speaking at a White House press conference, the president also told reporters the U.N. has consistently failed to fulfill its mission. ‘The UN just hasn’t been very helpful....
President Donald Trump slammed Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., a member of the far-left ‘Squad’ in the House, over her multimillion-dollar net worth during a news conference from the White House Tuesday afternoon. Trump called the Somali-born lawmaker from Minnesota ‘crooked’ Tuesday amid a probe by congressional Republicans on the House Oversight Committee looking into how Omar’s wealth exploded after she became a lawmaker. In just one year, Omar’s net worth reportedly jumped $30 million, according...
A Danish lawmaker told President Donald Trump to ‘f— off’ during a recent heated debate at the European Parliament over the future of Greenland. Footage shows European Parliament member Anders Vistisen unleashing the rebuke during a session focused on U.S. interest in Greenland and amid Trump’s drive to acquire the Arctic territory, according to reports. The outburst came as Trump continued to float the idea of bringing Greenland under American control in a bid to...
The Trump administration asked for redactions to a sweeping new Heritage Foundation report modeling a potential U.S.–China war over Taiwan, even though the analysis relied entirely on publicly available, unclassified data, according to the report’s authors. The redacted report, TIDALWAVE, warns that the United States could reach a breaking point within weeks of a high‑intensity conflict with China — conclusions that the authors say prompted senior national security officials to seek redactions over concerns adversaries...
Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance announced on Tuesday they are expecting their fourth child. The couple said the baby is a boy. ‘Usha and the baby are doing well, and we are all looking forward to welcoming him in late July,’ the Vances wrote in a statement shared on social media. ‘During this exciting and hectic time, we are particularly grateful for the military doctors who take excellent care of our...
