The Biden administration is closely watching how Iran reacts to the sudden death of its president, expecting the regional status quo to hold while still wary that one allegation could escalate tensions with Israel. For now, senior U.S. officials expect few — if any — changes in the way of Iran’s policies before the Islamist-led country elects a new president following the weekend helicopter crash that killed Ebrahim Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian. Iran’s Supreme Leader...

The White House said Monday that the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation will step down, a departure that follows the release earlier this month of a damning report about the agency’s toxic workplace culture. The White House said Martin Gruenberg will step down once a successor is appointed and that President Joe Biden will name a replacement “soon.” The announcement came after the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee earlier Monday called for Gruenberg’s removal...

Former President Trump’s hush money trial briefly devolved into a rowdy scene on Monday after the judge admonished a witness brought to the stand by Trump’s defense team. The witness, lawyer Robert Costello, elicited a tense exchange with Judge Juan Merchan over his decorum in the courtroom, where at one point the judge demanded to know if he was being stared down. Monday began with a bombshell revelation from star witness Michael Cohen in which he did not dispute stealing from the Trump...

Western allies are taking too long to make key decisions on military support for Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Reuters in an exclusive interview in Kyiv on Monday. He also said he was pushing partners to get more directly involved in the war by helping to intercept Russian missiles over Ukraine and allowing Kyiv to use Western weapons against enemy military equipment amassing near the border. The call to accelerate aid and push so-called "red lines" of engagement in the...

Sen. Marco Rubio refused to commit to accepting the results of the 2024 election. Sen. Tim Scott said President Biden should take a drug test. And Rep. Elise Stefanik snapped at a television host who brought up an article questioning her support for Donald Trump.

Over 60 percent of Independents believe that we should deport most or all illegal immigrants currently present in the United States, a recent poll found. The poll from Reuters/Ipsos found that a solid majority of independents are in favor of the policy, with 61 percent indicating that they believe the United States should deport illegal immigrants. The policy garnered the support of an even larger share of registered Republicans, 85 percent of whom said they are in favor of deporting most or...

Michael Cohen admitted on the witness stand Monday that he stole from the Trump Organization, according to multiple reports. Cohen testified Monday that he lied to former Trump Organization Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg in 2017 about how much he needed to be reimbursed for a payment to the tech company RedFinch. While he asked for $50,000, Cohen testified that he only gave the company $20,000. “You stole from the Trump Organization, correct?” Trump’s defense attorney Todd...

Former President Donald Trump will purge the administrative state by firing career bureaucrats from the DOJ and the FBI if he wins reelection, nine people involved in the effort told Reuters. Trump repeatedly vowed to drain the administrative state or “deep state,” as he termed it, upon returning to office. The term “administrative state” specifically describes the phenomenon of unaccountable and unelected administrative agencies, including the national security apparatus,...