In 2016, as then-presidential candidate Donald Trump vowed that US troops would carry out even his most extreme battlefield orders as commander in chief — some of which former military leaders said would be illegal — Pete Hegseth warned that service members had a duty to refuse unlawful orders from a potential President Trump.
In 2016, as then-presidential candidate Donald Trump vowed that US troops would carry out even his most extreme battlefield orders as commander in chief — some of which former military leaders said would be illegal — Pete Hegseth warned that service members had a duty to refuse unlawful orders from a potential President Trump.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday confirmed that the US had taken control of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. Attorney General Pam Bondi later posted a video on X showing armed personnel rappelling on to the ship from a helicopter, then moving on deck with guns drawn.
Federal agents used pepper spray to disperse a crowd of protesters that surrounded their vehicles in a heavily Somali neighborhood in Minnesota. The Trump administration has been openly targeting the Somali community with immigration enforcement operations. ICE officials told the AP via email that they made no arrests in the neighborhood and provided no further details.
A press conference turned into a pull-up contest between Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy and RFK Jr. The contest came as Duffy was announcing a campaign for family-friendly resources in airports, including fitness equipment.
Rep Ilhan Omar has issued a response after President Trump singled her out in comments made during a rally in Pennsylvania last night.
Rep. Nancy Mace tells Kaitlan Collins the incidents in a police report detailing her treatment of officers at the Charleston International Airport was "falsified."
Former President Barack Obama surprised a group of schoolchildren in Chicago during his visit to tour the nearly finished Obama Presidential Center.
CNN's Kaitlan Collins asks Sen. Bernie Sanders about recent remarks President JD Vance made praising the Vermont senator.
President Donald Trump sought to debut a new economic message: Democrats drove up prices, “and we’re bringing them down.” But the president at times undercut that message, complaining that his prepared remarks were boring and setting off on long, unrelated and often insult-ridden tangents at an event in Pennsylvania. CNN's Alayna Treene has the details.
CNN's Alayna Treene heads to a grocery store in Pennsylvania to ask residents what they think about the state of the economy. President Trump said in a Politico interview that he would give the economy an A-grade rating.
The Senate will vote Thursday to try and address rising health care costs for many Americans after enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits enacted in 2021 expire at the end of this year. On Tuesday, Majority Leader John Thune announced that the Senate will vote on a Republican-led alternative to the Democrats’ proposed three-year extension of the enhanced tax credits. Neither bill, however, is expected to get the 60 votes needed to advance.
