Mar 07 Fact-checking Trump's comments that a 2015 deal gave Iran the right to nuclear weapons By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact President Donald Trump repeatedly said the 2015 nuclear deal he pulled out of gave Iran the right to secure nuclear weapons. PolitiFact rated the statement False. Continue reading
Mar 06 Hegseth's remarks highlight the government's reluctance to show human costs of war By David Bauder, Associated Press Remarks by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that the American press emphasizes U.S. casualties in the Iran war because it “wants to make the president look bad” are a reminder of something that has endured across many decades and conflicts: the tension and trepidation about… Continue reading
Mar 06 Watch 3:31 DOJ releases Epstein files containing sexual assault allegations against Trump By Ali Rogin, Ali Schmitz The Department of Justice released a batch of previously unreleased documents from the Epstein files that include notes from FBI interviews with a woman who says she was assaulted by President Trump when she was a minor. The woman alleges… Continue watching
Mar 06 Watch 10:29 Brooks and Capehart on Trump's decision to launch strikes on Iran By Amna Nawaz, Jonah Anderson David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Amna Nawaz to discuss the week in politics, including the U.S. war on Iran and President Trump's decision to launch those attacks and the jobs report adding to… Continue watching
Mar 06 WATCH: Obama calls on Americans to 'step up' like Jesse Jackson for a better future By News Desk and Associated Press “We are living in a time when it can be hard to hope,” Obama said Friday at the final public tribute to Rev. Jesse Jackson. “Each day we wake up to some new assault to our democratic institutions. Another setback… Continue reading
Mar 06 WATCH: Leavitt clarifies what Trump's demand for Iran's 'unconditional surrender' means By Associated Press Asked what Trump meant by accepting only “unconditional surrender,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Friday that will be achieved when the president “determines that Iran no longer poses a threat to the United States of America” and the… Continue reading
Mar 06 Majority of Americans oppose military action in Iran, new poll finds By Matt Loffman A majority of Americans also disapprove of how President Donald Trump is managing the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran. Continue reading
Mar 06 Who are the Kurds and what role could they play in the war with Iran? By Sam McNeil, Associated Press The involvement of the Kurds could pressure Iranian defenses and pull Iraq deeper into war. Continue reading
Mar 06 Trump's pick for DHS secretary leaves U.S. Senate vacancy in deep-red Oklahoma By Sean Murphy, Associated Press Stitt said in a statement Thursday that he will look to appoint "a strong, small government conservative voice to support President Trump."… Continue reading
Mar 06 Who is Markwayne Mullin, Trump's new pick for DHS? By Sean Murphy, Associated Press The 48-year-old Republican has become one of Trump's fiercest defenders in the U.S. Senate. Continue reading