Author: Alexandra Hutzler

The White House on Thursday stated definitively that Iran has all it needs to produce a nuclear weapon in “a couple of weeks” once given the go-ahead from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “Let’s be very clear, Iran has all that it needs to achieve a nuclear weapon,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at her […]

The world is waiting for President Donald Trump’s decision on whether the U.S. will join Israel in military action to wipe out Tehran’s nuclear facilities. As he weighs his options, Trump is being squeezed by different pressures from forces at home and abroad. The president huddled with advisers in the Situation Room twice already this […]

President Donald Trump, in January’s inaugural address, predicted his “proudest legacy will be that of a peacemaker and a unifier.” Six months into his second term, conflicts are raging on three fronts around the world. Iran and Israel are trading strikes amid fears of an all-out war in which the U.S. could become involved. Russia […]

Sen. Alex Padilla, a California Democrat, became emotional as he spoke out on the Senate floor on Tuesday about being forcibly removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s news conference in Los Angeles last week. In lengthy remarks, Padilla choked up as he described being taken to the ground by law enforcement officers and handcuffed. […]

President Donald Trump said on Monday that Iran wants to “talk” about de-escalation as aerial attacks continue between Tehran and Israel. Trump took questions on the deepening conflict as he met with Canadian Prime Minster Mark Carney at the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, on Monday. “They’d like to talk, but they should have done […]

The killing of a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband sent shockwaves through the political world and appeals from elected officials to turn down heated rhetoric. Democratic State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed on Saturday by a masked gunman disguised as a police officer. Hours before, Minnesota State Sen. John Hoffman, also a […]

Remarkable images are emerging of Marines training and National Guardsmen armed with rifles accompanying ICE agents on raids in Los Angeles. It’s a scene President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say can be replicated in any other American city where there are protests against the administration’s immigration crackdown. It’s also raising a host […]

Protests in Los Angeles are entering their fourth day over the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. President Donald Trump, over the weekend, called protesters “violent, insurrectionist mobs” after he deployed the National Guard despite objections from California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom. The escalatory step is prompting a host of legal questions, including how far Trump is […]

President Donald Trump and California’s Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom escalated their confrontation on Monday over the handling of protests in Los Angeles over the federal government’s immigration crackdown. Trump, arriving back at the White House after spending the weekend at Camp David, told reporters he would arrest Newsom if he were “border czar” Tom Homan […]

President Donald Trump on Monday doubled down on his goal to conduct mass deportations in some of the country’s biggest cities, specifically those run by Democrats. As he met with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney at the G7 summit in Alberta on Monday, Trump said Immigration and Customs Enforcement should turn its attention to New […]