• WATCH: Trump was 'simply joking' about canceling the election, Leavitt says

    WATCH: Trump was 'simply joking' about canceling the election, Leavitt says

    Jan 15, 2026 11:41 PM EST

    ... has radiated across the city since an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot Renee Good in the head. Leavitt said that Democrats who had “held their state and local law enforcement hostage” and told them not to cooperate with federal authorities were “deranged in their hatred for President Trump.

  • WATCH: White House briefing addresses Machado meeting, Insurrection Act threat

    WATCH: White House briefing addresses Machado meeting, Insurrection Act threat

    Jan 15, 2026 03:44 PM EST

    ... that has radiated across the city since an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot Renee Good in the head. Leavitt said Democrats who had “held their state and local law enforcement hostage” and told them not to cooperate with federal authorities were “deranged in their hatred for President Trump.”

  • U.S. envoy says Gaza is entering second phase of ceasefire plan

    U.S. envoy says Gaza is entering second phase of ceasefire plan

    Jan 14, 2026 09:44 PM EST

    ... to his biography on the Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute’s website. Witkoff said the U.S. expects Hamas to immediately return the final Israeli hostage as part of its obligations under the deal, noting that “failure to do so will bring serious consequences.” A Hamas spokesperson, Hazem Qassem, told ...

  • After Maduro's ouster, Trump warns Cuba to 'make a deal' before it's too late

    After Maduro's ouster, Trump warns Cuba to 'make a deal' before it's too late

    Jan 11, 2026 10:56 PM EST

    ... Venezuelan capital, as part of an agreement between Cuba and Venezuela. “Venezuela doesn’t need protection anymore from the thugs and extortionists who held them hostage for so many years,” Trump said Sunday. “Venezuela now has the United States of America, the most powerful military in the World (by far ...

  • Hamas says it will dissolve its Gaza government upon new Palestinian body taking over

    Hamas says it will dissolve its Gaza government upon new Palestinian body taking over

    Jan 11, 2026 09:16 PM EST

    ... inner circle is accused of leaking confidential information to German tabloid Bild to improve public perception of the prime minister following the killing of six hostages in Gaza in 2024.It comes after an explosive interview by Kan News with former Netanyahu spokesperson Eli Feldstein, who described a clandestine meeting ...

  • Experts question Noem calling Good a 'domestic terrorist.' Here's what the term means

    Experts question Noem calling Good a 'domestic terrorist.' Here's what the term means

    Jan 10, 2026 08:06 PM EST

    ... have also pointed to the memo’s focus on left-wing violence; it does not mention the politically motivated assassination of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman, a member of the state’s Democratic-Farmer-Labor party, months before. "When a policy directive targets one ideological family and leaves others to ...

  • What to know about the intensifying protests shaking Iran and putting pressure on its theocracy

    What to know about the intensifying protests shaking Iran and putting pressure on its theocracy

    Jan 08, 2026 07:51 PM EST

    ... s theocratic government. Later that year, university students overran the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, seeking the shah’s extradition and sparking the 444-day hostage crisis that saw diplomatic relations between Iran and the U.S. severed. During the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s, the U.S. backed ...

  • Pardoned Jan. 6 rioters return to Capitol on 5th anniversary of insurrection

    Pardoned Jan. 6 rioters return to Capitol on 5th anniversary of insurrection

    Jan 06, 2026 11:40 PM EST

    ... disorder, obstruction of an official proceeding, and entering a restricted building with a firearm. President Donald Trump: So this is January 6. These are the hostages, approximately 1,500, for a pardon, full pardon. Liz Landers: On the first day of his second term, President Trump pardoned or commuted the ...

  • 'A difficult year.' How officers who defended the Capitol are grappling with efforts to downplay Jan. 6 violence

    'A difficult year.' How officers who defended the Capitol are grappling with efforts to downplay Jan. 6 violence

    Jan 05, 2026 11:02 PM EST

    ... video and photographic evidence documenting the carnage. Trump has called the rioters he pardoned, including those who were most violent toward the police, “patriots” and “hostages.” He called their convictions for harming the officers and breaking into the building “a grave national injustice.” “I think that was wrong,” Adam Eveland ...

  • Live Updates: Removed Venezuelan leader Maduro makes first appearance in U.S. court after capture

    Live Updates: Removed Venezuelan leader Maduro makes first appearance in U.S. court after capture

    Jan 05, 2026 05:53 PM EST

    ... the Venezuelan government. A U.S. intelligence assessment last year found no coordination between the gang and the Venezuelan government. Patel said the FBI's hostage rescue team, a tactical unit, was embedded with the U.S. forces in the mission to capture Maduro. Who is the judge who'll ...