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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that he will “asphyxiate” the Iranian government until it agrees to a peace deal with President Trump.

The US unleashed a fresh wave of strikes on Iran, its second in two days, in response to the regime’s attacks across the region, officials said.

An Ohioan pleaded guilty to vandalizing and trying to break into Vice President JD Vance’s Cincinnati home in January.

Former Rep. Eric Swalwell was surrounded by FBI agents at San Francisco International Airport as he got off a plane, leading to the seizure of his cellphone and laptop as part of a federal criminal investigation, newly obtained video shows.

Construction on the new White House ballroom can continue, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a victory for President Trump.

North Carolina Republican hopeful Col. Laurie Buckhout, who is vying in a swing district, got reprimanded Monday for placing a bet on Kalshi about her campaign.

In 2025, the US government spent approximately 33.8% of GDP.

Donald Trump posted an AI video showing Iran’s Kharg Island destroyed, hours after real US airstrikes hit rocket launchers on Larak Island.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy teased an unprecedented fraud crackdown announcement Monday involving the DOJ and Homeland Security.

Republicans are the underdogs in all nine of the major battleground Senate races, just two months out from Election Day, the RealClearPolitics aggregate of polling shows.