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Democrats aim to hold Trump accountable amid Iran ceasefire deal
In this Feb. 10, 2026, file photo, Sen. Chris Murphy speaks to reporters as he returns to his office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images, FILE)(WASHINGTON) -- Despite President Donald Trump saying that the United States and Iran have agreed to a two-week ceasefire, congressional Democrats...Read more -
DOJ says House Oversight's subpoena 'no longer obligates' Bondi testimony in Epstein matter
Former U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi answers questions from the media at the United States Capitol on March 18, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Matt McClain/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- Former Attorney General Pam Bondi is not expected to sit for a closed-door deposition next week, after the Department of Justice informed the House Oversight...Read more -
Possible 2028 Democratic presidential hopefuls head to NYC for National Action Network convention
Reverend Al Sharpton speaks during last day of National Action Network Convention at Sheraton Times Square. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- What is expected to be the biggest gathering of possible Democratic 2028 presidential hopefuls is set to happen at the convention for the National...Read more -
Possible 2028 Democratic presidential hopefuls head to NYC for National Action Network convention
Reverend Al Sharpton speaks during last day of National Action Network Convention at Sheraton Times Square. (Photo by Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- What is expected to be the biggest gathering of possible Democratic 2028 presidential hopefuls is set to happen at the convention for the National...Read more -
How the last-minute deal between Trump and Iran unfolded
Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- An 11th hour plea from the prime minister of Pakistan appears to have swayed both President Donald Trump and the Iranian regime to agree to a two-week ceasefire deal in exchange for temporarily opening the Strait of Hormuz, at least temporarily staving off Trump's promise to...Read more -
Trump's timeline for attacking Iran's critical infrastructure keeps shifting
President Donald Trump conducts a news conference in the White House briefing room about the war in Iran on Monday, April 6, 2026. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump has set several deadlines for launching massive attacks on critical Iranian infrastructure if Tehran doesn't make...Read more -
Trump, hours until deadline, threatens Iran's 'whole civilization will die tonight'
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in James S. Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 06, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- As his self-imposed Tuesday night deadline for Iran to make a deal or face massive U.S. attacks draws closer,...Read more -
Trump ally Sen. Ron Johnson breaks with president over Iran threats, as Democrats call on Congress to act
Senator Ron Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin, speaks during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026. (Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- Republican Sen. Ron Johnson broke with President Donald Trump on his threats to bomb civilian infrastructure in Iran, saying in...Read more -
In battleground Wisconsin, voters could grow liberal majority on state Supreme Court
A view of the Wisconsin State Capitol at sunset on February 3, 2026 in Madison, Wisconsin. (Photo by Joe Timmerman/Catchlight/Wisconsin Watch via Getty Images)(MADISON, Wis) -- Wisconsinites will vote for a new state Supreme Court justice on Tuesday in a race that could maintain or widen the court's liberal majority...Read more -
In Georgia runoff election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene, 2 veterans pitch opposing views on Iran war
Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) speaks during a hearing with the House Committee on Homeland Security in the Cannon House Office Building on December 11, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- In Georgia runoff election to replace Marjorie Taylor Greene, 2 veterans pitch opposing views...Read more -
After sweeping SCOTUS presidential immunity ruling, Trump wields it broadly in push for power
Justices of the US Supreme Court during a formal group photograph at the Supreme Court in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- Nearly two years after the Supreme Court's monumental 2024 decision granting President Donald Trump sweeping immunity from prosecution, the ruling's...Read more -
Vance visits Hungary ahead of election that threatens Orbán's authoritarian hold on power
U.S. Vice President JD Vance meets with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on April 7, 2026 in Budapest, Hungary. (Photo by Jonathan Ernst - Pool/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- Vice President JD Vance is in Hungary on Tuesday, meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, an ally of President Donald Trump, ahead of...Read more -
Trump shares dramatic new details about aviator's rescue in Iran
US President Donald Trump takes a question from a reporter after signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 31, 2026. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump on Monday shared new details about the...Read more -
What we know about the 45-day ceasefire proposal for war with Iran
President Donald Trump speaks as U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (C) and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Dan Caine look on. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump on Monday called a proposal to end the war with Iran a "significant step" but "not good enough"...Read more -
Trump to hold news conference on airman rescue as his deadline for Iran looms
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks from the Cross Hall of the White House on April 1, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump will hold a news conference Monday in the White House briefing room, where he's expected to give more details on the "daring" weekend rescue...Read more
